Camp Nou

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The Camp Nou (Catalan for "new field", sometimes reversed in other languages to become Nou Camp) is a football stadium in Barcelona, Spain ([41°22′51.27″N, 2°07′21.96″E]). With a capacity of 98,787 it is the largest football stadium in Europe. The stadium is the home ground of FC Barcelona. It is known to be one of the biggest and most atmospheric stadiums in the world. Although popularly called the Camp Nou by football fans, its official name —Estadi del Futbol Club Barcelona— translates as FC Barcelona Stadium.

Opposite the Camp Nou is the Palau Blaugrana, the stadium for indoor sports and adjacent is the Ice Rink, the stadium for ice based sports. Just Behind the complex is the Mini Estadi, the stadium where the FC Barcelona B and Andorra team play their matches.

Contents

1 History
2 Notable matches
3 Stadium information
4 External links

History

The stadium was built in 1957, designed by architects Francesc Mitjans, Lorenzo García Barbon and Josep Soteras.

The stadium consists of facilities such as a memorabilia shop, mini pitches for training matches, and a quaint little chapel for players to seek divine assistance before matches.

The inside of the Camp Nou

Notable matches

1979: FC Barcelona 1 - Nottingham Forest 2 (European Super Cup)
1982: FC Barcelona 2 - Standard Liège 1 (final, European Cup Winners' Cup)
1982: Belgium 1 - Argentina 0 (opening match, 1982 World Cup)
1989: A.C. Milan 4 - Steaua Bucharest 0 (final, European Cup)
1992: Spain 3 - Poland 2 (final, 1992 Olympics)
1999: Manchester United 2 - Bayern Munich 1 (final, Champions League)
2004: FC Barcelona 0 - Celtic 0 (UEFA Cup)

Stadium information

Name - Camp Nou
City - Barcelona
Capacity - 98,918
Inauguration - 1957
Pitch size - 105 x 72 metres

External links

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Austria

|width="33%"|Ernst Happel Stadion |width="17%" rowspan="3"|

Portugal

|width="33%"|Estádio da Luz

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England

|Old Trafford |Estádio do Dragão

|- style="text-align:left;" |Wembley Stadium |Estádio José Alvalade

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France

|Stade de France |style="background:#e9e9e9;"|

Russia

|Luzhniki Stadium

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Germany

|Allianz Arena |rowspan="3"|

Scotland

|Hampden Park

|- style="text-align:left;" |AOL Arena |Celtic Park

|- style="text-align:left;" |Olympiastadion, Berlin |Ibrox Stadium

|- style="text-align:left;" |Olympiastadion, München | rowspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|

Spain

|Camp Nou

|- style="text-align:left;" |Signal Iduna Park |Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

|- style="text-align:left;" |Veltins-Arena |Estadio Olímpico

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Greece

|Olympic Stadium, Athens |Estadio Vicente Calderón

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Italy

|San Siro |Santiago Bernabéu

|- style="text-align:left;" |Stadio Olimpico | rowspan="2"|

Turkey

|Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadyumu

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Netherlands

|Amsterdam ArenA |Şükrü Saracoğlu Stadium

|- style="text-align:left;" |Feijenoord Stadion | style="background:#e9e9e9;"|

Wales

|Millennium Stadium |

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