Camp Nou
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| Location | Barcelona, Spain |
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| Broke ground | March 28, 1954 |
| Opened | September 24, 1957[1] |
| Owner | FC Barcelona |
| Operator | FC Barcelona |
| Construction cost | 288 million pesetas |
| Architect | Francesc Mitjans i Miró Josep Soteras Lorenzo García Barbón |
| Capacity | 98,772[1] |
| Field dimensions | 105 metres (115 yd) x 68 metres (74 yd)[1] |
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| FC Barcelona (1957–present) | |
The Camp Nou (IPA: [kam ˈnɔw], Catalan for "new field", often erroneously called the Nou Camp in both Spanish and English) is a football stadium in Barcelona, Spain. The stadium has been the home of FC Barcelona since its construction in 1957. It is a UEFA 5-star rated stadium, and has hosted numerous international matches at senior level, and UEFA Champions League finals, the most recent being in 1999. It has a capacity of 98,772, making it the largest stadium in Europe, and the eleventh largest in the world. Its official name was Estadi del FC Barcelona (FC Barcelona Stadium) until 2000, when the club membership voted to change the official name to the popular nickname, Camp Nou.[2]
Opposite 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 Atlétic plays its games.
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History
Barcelona had outgrown their old stadium. [3] Camp de Les Corts which held 60,000 supporters and the Camp Nou, built between 1954 and 1957, was designed by architects Francesc Mitjans-Miró, Lorenzo García Barbon and Josep Soteras Mauri. FC Barcelona won their first game at Camp Nou in impressive fashion, a 4-2 victory against Legia Warsaw with Eulogio Martínez scoring the first goal at the new stadium. Over 90,000 fans were present at this momentous occasion.
The capacity has varied between 93,053 at its opening to 120,000 for the 1982 FIFA World Cup before the outlawing of standing sections at the stadium brought the capacity to below 99,000 in the late 1990s.
The stadium's facilities include a memorabilia shop, mini pitches for training matches, and a chapel for players. The stadium also houses the most visited museum in Catalonia, El Museu del Barça, which receives about 1,200,000 visits per year. The museum was inaugurated in 1984 under the presidence of Josep Lluís Nuñez. The museum shows 1,420 pieces about FC Barcelona's history, of which 420 are trophies. The inauguration ceremony of the 1982 World Cup was held on June 13. In front of a 100,000-strong crowd, Belgium beat Argentina 1-0.
Camp Nou has been host to other major events outside the sphere of football. Notable music artists who have performed in the stadium include:
- Pink Floyd
- Michael Jackson
- U2
- Bruce Springsteen
- Frank Sinatra
- Julio Iglesias
- Sting, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Youssou N'Dour, Tracy Chapman, Peter Gabriel and El Último de la Fila at the Amnesty International's Concert for Human Rights
- The Three Tenors: Josep Carreras, Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti
- Josep Carreras
- Montserrat Caballé
- Lluís Llach
Pope John Paul II celebrated mass with a congregation of over 120,000 at Camp Nou on November 17, 1982.
Future
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the stadium, the club issued an international tender for architects to develop a project for re-modeling the stadium. The aim of the project was to turn the stadium into an integrated and highly visible urban environment. Whilst not aiming for a substantial increase in seating capacity, proposals must accommodate a minimum of 50% of seats to be under cover.
On September 18, 2007, British architect Norman Foster and his company was selected to "restructure" the Camp Nou. The plans include an extra 10,000 seats to be added and the estimated cost is €250 million [4]
Recent and historical significant matches
- 1964: Real Zaragoza 2 - Valencia CF 1 (final, Inter-Cities Fairs Cup)
- 1972: Rangers F.C. 3 - FC Dynamo Moscow 2 (final, European Cup Winners' Cup)
- 1982: FC Barcelona 2 - Standard Liege 1 (final, European Cup Winners' Cup)
- 1982: Belgium 1 - Argentina 0 (opening match, 1982 World Cup)
- 1989: A.C. Milan 4 - FC Steaua Bucureşti 0 (final, European Cup)
- 1992: Spain 3 - Poland 2 (final, 1992 Olympics)
- 1999: Manchester United 2 - Bayern Munich 1 (final, Champions League)
cost £ 900,000,000
External links
- FC Barcelona Official website - Camp Nou page
- FC Barcelona Official website - FC Barcelona Information page
- Watch Camp Nou in 3D by using Google Earth. Model made by Stefan Larsson
- Camp Nou collection website - Camp Nou 50 years Information page
- Camp Nou, 24-IX-1957
- Information about the Museum of the FC Barcelona
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "FC Barcelona Information". FCBarcelona.cat. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ↑ 68.25% vote to change name to Camp Nou Official website
- ↑ History of Camp Nou Official website
- ↑ Norman Foster will restructure the Camp Nou Official website
| Preceded by Two legged Final |
Inter-Cities Fairs Cup Final Venue 1964 |
Succeeded by Stadio Comunale Turin |
| Preceded by Karaiskakis Stadium Piraeus |
UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final Venue 1972 |
Succeeded by Kaftanzoglio Stadium Thessaloniki |
| Preceded by Rheinstadion Düsseldorf |
UEFA Cup Winners Cup Final Venue 1982 |
Succeeded by Nya Ullevi Gothenburg |
| Preceded by Seoul Olympic Stadium Seoul |
Olympic Football tournament Final Venue 1992 |
Succeeded by Sanford Stadium Athens |
| Preceded by Neckarstadion Stuttgart |
European Cup Final Venue 1989 |
Succeeded by Praterstadion Vienna |
| Preceded by Amsterdam ArenA Amsterdam |
UEFA Champions League Final Venue 1999 |
Succeeded by Stade de France Paris |
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| Bernabéu · Calderón · Camp Nou · Coliseum Alfonso Pérez · El Madrigal · El Molinón · El Sardinero · José Zorrilla · La Rosaleda · Los Pajaritos · Mediterráneo · Mestalla · N. Colombino · Lluís Companys · ONO Estadi · Reyno de Navarra · Riazor · Ruiz de Lopera · San Mamés · Sánchez Pizjuán ·
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