Spotify Camp Nou · Profile

Spotify Camp Nou is the home stadium of FC Barcelona. It stands in the Les Corts district of Barcelona, and the club has played its home games there since 1957. It opened on 24 September 1957 under the name Estadio del Club de Fútbol Barcelona. It officially became Camp Nou in 2001, and since 1 July 2022 it has been called Spotify Camp Nou under a sponsorship deal. The stadium was closed from 2023 to 2025 for the Espai Barça redevelopment and reopened in phases in November 2025.

Construction

The new ground replaced the Les Corts field, which had become too small for the club's growing membership, and it was built in the same district. The foundation stone was laid on 28 March 1954. Architect Francesc Mitjans designed it, working with Josep Soteras and Lorenzo García-Barbón. The original budget was 67 million pesetas, but the final bill reached 288 million, more than four times the estimate. Construction took a little over three years.

Opening and first matches

The stadium opened on 24 September 1957 with a friendly in which Barcelona beat a Warsaw select side 4-2. Paraguayan forward Eulogio Martínez scored the first goal at the new ground. The first competitive match came on 6 October 1957, when Barcelona beat Real Jaén 6-1 in the league; Villaverde scored the first official goal in the third minute. The original capacity was around 90,000.

Expansion and name changes

A third tier was added for the 1982 World Cup, raising capacity to about 120,000. On 12 May 1982, Barcelona won the Cup Winners' Cup final at home against Standard Liège (2-1), with around 110,000 fans in attendance. Later work turned the stadium all-seater and set capacity at 99,354. The official name was Estadio del Club de Fútbol Barcelona from 1957 to 1973 and Estadi del Futbol Club Barcelona from 1973 to 2001. The name everyone already used, Camp Nou, was made official after a members' vote on 11 April 2001, which the club assembly ratified on 23 July that year.

Host of major tournaments

The ground staged two matches at the 1964 European Championship: the semi-final between the Soviet Union and Denmark (3-0) on 17 June and the third-place match between Hungary and Denmark (3-1) on 20 June. At the 1982 World Cup it hosted the opening game on 13 June, in which Belgium beat Argentina 1-0 with a goal from Erwin Vandenbergh, and the semi-final on 8 July, when Italy beat Poland 2-0. On 24 May 1989 it hosted the European Cup final, won 4-0 by AC Milan over Steaua Bucharest in front of 97,000 spectators. On 8 August 1992 it staged the Olympic football final at the Barcelona Games, where Spain beat Poland 3-2. On 26 May 1999 Manchester United came from behind to beat Bayern Munich 2-1 in the Champions League final in front of a crowd of 90,245.

Spotify Camp Nou and Espai Barça

On 15 March 2022 the club announced a deal with Spotify that included the stadium's naming rights, and on 1 July 2022 the ground became Spotify Camp Nou. The last match before the rebuild was played on 28 May 2023, when Barcelona beat Mallorca 3-0 on the 37th matchday of the league, with two goals from Ansu Fati and one from Gavi. It was also the farewell game for Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba. The stadium closed on 31 May 2023 and demolition began in June. During the works the team played its home games at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on Montjuïc, where its final match was against Villarreal on 18 May 2025. The redevelopment plan calls for a final capacity of about 105,000.

Phased reopening

Barcelona returned to the stadium on 22 November 2025, 909 days after the last game, with only part of the stands open. On the 13th matchday of the league they beat Athletic Club 4-0. Robert Lewandowski scored the first goal at the rebuilt ground in the opening minutes, Fermín López added another and Ferran Torres scored twice. The attendance was 45,157.