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It was opened on 27 August 2019 with a friendly match between the under-19 teams of Barcelona and Ajax. [3] The match ended up in a 0–2 score where Ajax was the winner. [ 4 ] On 26 August 2019, a day before the stadium was officially opened to the public, Barcelona paid tribute to Cruyff by unveiling his statue at the Camp Nou .
The following is a list of stadiums in Spain, ordered by capacity. Only stadiums with a capacity of 10,000 or more are included in this list. In the second list, the minimum capacity is 5,000. Stadiums in bold are part of the 2024–25 La Liga.
The first game played at the ground was between FC Barcelona and St Mirren. On 13 May 1923, the stadium hosted the Copa del Rey final between Athletic Bilbao and CE Europa and on 21 December 1924 Les Corts hosted a game between Spain and Austria. On 24 June 1925, the stadium was the scene of an incident that saw it closed for six months.
Since the inception of La Liga in 1929, Spain's highest level of association football annual league tournament, 88 football stadiums have been used to host matches. The inaugural round of La Liga matches took place on 10 February 1929 with five clubs hosting the opening fixtures.
Although originally planned to be called the Estadi del FC Barcelona, the more popular name Camp Nou ("new field") was used. [15] The June 1950 signing of László Kubala , regarded as one of Barcelona's greatest players, provided further impetus to the construction of a larger stadium.
The Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper (Catalan pronunciation: [siwˈtat əspuɾˈtiβə ʒuˈaŋ ˈɡampəɾ]) is the training ground and academy base of Spanish football club FC Barcelona. It was officially opened on 1 June 2006, and was named in honor of Joan Gamper , founder of the club.
Only stadiums with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included in this list. Stadiums that are defunct or closed, or those that no longer serve as competitive sports venues (such as Great Strahov Stadium, which was the largest in the world and held around 250,000 spectators), are not included. They are listed under List of closed stadiums by ...
The stadium was home to FC Barcelona B, the reserve side of the famous Catalan club, until they moved to Estadi Johan Cruyff in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper sports complex for the 2019-20 season. The stadium was also home to FC Barcelona C until July 2007, when they disbanded.