Barcelona To Play At Nou Camp After More Than Two Years Away

Barcelona will return to their iconic Nou Camp location aft much than 2 years erstwhile they look Athletic Club successful La Liga this weekend.

The stadium will reopen aft a partial renewal pinch a reduced capacity of 45,401 for nan lucifer connected Saturday, 22 November (15:15 GMT).

Barca past played an charismatic crippled astatine nan Nou Camp connected 28 May, 2023 against Real Mallorca earlier nan venue was closed for renovations.

Work began successful June 2023 astatine a costs of astir £1.1bn, pinch nan extremity of modernising nan stadium and expanding its capacity to 105,000 - making it 1 of nan largest grounds successful nan world.

The first scheme was to beryllium backmost playing games astatine nan stadium successful November 2024, to coincide pinch Barca's 125th anniversary, but nan Catalan nine person since faced a bid of delays.

They person mostly played astatine nan 55,000-seater Olympic Stadium connected nan city's Montjuic elevation during nan renewal work.

The reigning Spanish champions besides played 2 matches astatine nan 6,000-capacity Johan Cruyff Stadium, location to their women's team, this play aft failing to get a licence they needed for nan Nou Camp because of information reasons.

"Barcelona celebrates being capable to compete again astatine its stadium and proceed advancing successful nan broad translator task of nan caller Camp Nou," nan nine said.

They added that they are liaising pinch Uefa to besides clasp adjacent week's Champions League lucifer against Eintracht Frankfurt astatine nan revamped venue, though charismatic confirmation is pending.

The Nou Camp has served arsenic Barcelona's location crushed since it opened successful 1957 and antecedently had a capacity of 99,000.