Camp Nou
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| Full name | Spotify Camp Nou |
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| Location | Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain |
| Owner | Barcelona |
| Executive suites | 23[2] |
| Capacity | 105,000 (expected)[3] |
| Record attendance | 120,000 (Barcelona v IFK Göteborg), 16 April 1986)[4] |
| Field size | 105 m × 68 m (115 yd × 74 yd)[5] |
| Surface | GrassMaster Hybrid grass[6] (5% synthetic fibres, 95% natural grass) |
| Scoreboard | Sony |
| Construction | |
| Built | 1954–1957 |
| Opened | 24 September 1957[5] |
| Renovated | 1982, 1993–1994, 2023–present[7] |
| Expanded | 1982, 2023–present[7] |
| Construction cost | €1.73 billion |
| Architect | Francesc Mitjans and Josep Soteras |
| Tenants | |
| Barcelona (1957–2023, 2025–present) Catalonia national team (selected matches) Barcelona Women (selected matches) | |
| Website | |
| Spotify Camp Nou | |
Spotify Camp Nou for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium used by FC Barcelona that was opened in 1957.
With a planned increased seating capacity of 105,000,[8] it is currently the largest stadium in Europe and the second largest football stadium in the world.[9]
The stadium was used to host the 1982 FIFA World Cup and the 1992 Summer Olympics. It also hosted the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich.
Matches hosted
[change | change source]European Competition Finals
[change | change source]| Competition | Season | Winner | Score | Runner-Up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UEFA Cup Winners' Cup | 1971-72 |  Rangers | 3-2 |  Dynamo Moscow |
| 1981-82 |  Barcelona | 2-1 |  Standard Liège | |
| European Cup | 1988-89 |  AC Milan | 4-0 |  Steaua București |
| UEFA Champions League | 1998-99 |  Manchester United | 2-1 |  Bayern Munich |
European Super Cups/UEFA Super Cups
[change | change source]| Competition | Season | Home Team | Score | Away Team | Match Leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| European Super Cup | 1979 | Barcelona | 1-1 | Nottingham Forest | Second Leg |
| 1982 | Barcelona | 1-0 | Aston Villa | First Leg | |
| 1989 | Barcelona | 1-1 | AC Milan | First Leg | |
| 1992 | Barcelona | 2-1 | Werder Bremen | Second Leg | |
| UEFA Super Cup | 1997 | Barcelona | 2-0 | Borussia Dortmund | First Leg |
International Competitions
[change | change source]| Competition | Match | Winner | Score | Loser |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 European Championship | Semi-Finals | Soviet Union | 3-0 |  Denmark |
| 3rd Place Match |  Hungary | 3-1 (a.e.t.) | Denmark | |
| 1982 FIFA World Cup | First Group Stage (Group 3) | Belgium | 1-0 |  Argentina |
| Second Group Stage (Group B) |  Poland | 3-0 | Belgium | |
| Soviet Union | 1-0 | Belgium | ||
| Soviet Union | 0-0 | Poland | ||
| Semi-Finals | Italy | 3-0 | Poland |
Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[change | change source]| Match | Winner | Score | Loser |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group A | Italy | 2-1 |  United States |
| Group C |  Sweden | 0-0 |  Paraguay |
| Sweden | 1-1 |  South Korea | |
| Quarter-Finals | Poland | 2-0 |  Qatar |
 Australia | 2-1 | Sweden | |
| Semi-Finals | Poland | 6-1 | Australia |
| Bronze Medal Match |  Ghana | 1-0 | Australia |
| Gold Medal Match | Spain | 3-2 | Poland |
Gallery
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Some of the exterior.
The front part of the stadium exterior.
The scoreboard.
The stadium during the opening ceremony of the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final.
A panorama of the stadium.
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References
[change | change source]- ↑ Cite error: The named reference
info-from-websitewas used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page). - ↑ Archived 5 April 2018 at the Wayback Machine. www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved on 4 April 2018.
- ↑ "Barcelona to build new stadium unless Camp Nou gets 105,000 capacity". The Guardian. 2013-12-10. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 3 February 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ↑ "Cifras Récords del FC Barcelona | FCBarcelona.cat". Archived from the original on 14 August 2020. Retrieved 25 February 2020.
- 1 2 Cite error: The named reference
infowas used but no text was provided for refs named (see the help page). - ↑ "New pitch to be laid at Spotify Arena". FC Barcelona. 9 July 2022. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- 1 2 "FC Barcelona presents the improvements to the future Camp Nou project at the College of Architects of Catalonia". FC Barcelona. 23 June 2022. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 17 July 2022.
- ↑ "A stadium, with all the latest advances for 105,000 spectators" (PDF). FC Barcelona. December 2022. Retrieved 17 January 2024.
- ↑ "Camp Nou - Barcelona - The Stadium Guide". Retrieved 2019-12-13.