Camp Nou Facts for Kids

Camp Nou (also known as the Nou Camp) is a famous football stadium in Spain. It is the home ground for FC Barcelona, a well-known football club. The stadium first opened its doors in 1957. It is huge, able to hold 99,354 people! This makes it the biggest stadium in Europe. It is also the second largest football stadium in the world.

Camp Nou has hosted many important events. These include matches for the 1982 FIFA World Cup and events for the 1992 Summer Olympics. It also hosted the exciting 1999 UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester United and Bayern Munich.

View of the stadium from the top.

FC Barcelona fans show their colours at Camp Nou.

Big Football Matches at Camp Nou
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Big Football Matches at Camp Nou

Camp Nou has seen many thrilling football matches over the years. It has hosted finals for major European club competitions. It has also been a venue for big international tournaments.

European Club Finals Hosted

Camp Nou has been chosen to host the final matches of important European club competitions several times.

In the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, it hosted the finals in 1972 (where Rangers won) and 1982 (where Barcelona won).
For the top club competition, the European Cup (now UEFA Champions League), it hosted the 1989 final where AC Milan won.
It also hosted the memorable 1999 UEFA Champions League Final. In that match, Manchester United beat Bayern Munich in a very exciting game.

UEFA Super Cup Games

The stadium has also been a venue for several European Super Cup matches. This cup is played between the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League. Barcelona played many of these matches at Camp Nou. For example, they played against Nottingham Forest in 1979 and against Aston Villa in 1982. They also played against AC Milan in 1989 and Werder Bremen in 1992. In 1997, Barcelona played against Borussia Dortmund here.

International Tournaments Hosted

Camp Nou has also been a key stadium for big international football tournaments involving national teams.

1964 European Championship

In 1964, Camp Nou hosted two matches for the European Championship.

A semi-final match saw the Soviet Union win against Denmark.
The third-place match was also played here, with Hungary beating Denmark.

1982 FIFA World Cup

The stadium was a major venue for the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Many exciting group stage matches took place here.

In the first group stage, Belgium played against Argentina.
In the second group stage, teams like Poland, Belgium, and the Soviet Union played their matches at Camp Nou.
The stadium also hosted a semi-final match where Italy won against Poland.

Football at the 1992 Olympics

Camp Nou was also used for football matches during the 1992 Summer Olympics held in Barcelona.

It hosted group stage matches, including Italy versus United States, and Sweden playing against Paraguay and South Korea.
Several quarter-final matches were played here, such as Poland against Qatar and Australia against Sweden.
The semi-final match between Poland and Australia also took place at Camp Nou.
Finally, both the Bronze Medal Match (where Ghana won) and the Gold Medal Match (where Spain won against Poland) were held at this famous stadium.

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Some of the exterior.
The front part of the stadium exterior.
The scoreboard.
The stadium during the opening ceremony of the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final.
A panorama of the stadium.

Images for kids

One of the stands displaying Barcelona's motto, Més que un club, meaning "More than a club".
Main stand external view of the stadium.
Interior of the stadium with its current capacity of 99,354 during a UEFA Champions League game between Barcelona and Inter Milan in 2019
Camp Nou was host when U2 played in Barcelona on their 360° Tour.
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