Johan Cruyff Stadium
Full name | Estadi Johan Cruyff |
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Location | Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Spain |
Coordinates | 41°22′27″N 02°03′02″E / 41.37417°N 2.05056°E |
Owner | Barcelona |
Operator | Barcelona |
Capacity | 6,000 |
Record attendance | 5,569 (Barcelona Femení v Real Madrid Femenino; 25 March 2023) |
Field size | 105m x 68m |
Surface | Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 14 September 2017 |
Built | 2017–2019 |
Opened | 27 August 2019 |
Construction cost | €12 million |
Tenants | |
Barcelona B Barcelona Femení Barcelona Juvenil A (U19 A team) |
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Netherlands professional footballer Eponyms and public art
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Johan Cruyff Stadium (Catalan: Estadi Johan Cruyff; Spanish: Estadio Johan Cruyff) is a football stadium operated by Barcelona in Sant Joan Despí, Province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, located in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, the club's training facility and youth academy, about 7 km from the Camp Nou. The stadium is home to Barcelona Femení, Barcelona B and Juvenil A (U19 A team). It is named in honor of legendary Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff who died in March 2016.
It is a UEFA Category 3 stadium and houses 6,000 supporters.[1] As part of the Espai Barça project, it is the replacement for the Mini Estadi, which was in front of the Camp Nou and was demolished in 2020,[2] and the land of the Mini Estadi will be used to build the Nou Palau Blaugrana.
History
[edit]Estadi Johan Cruyff broke ground on 14 September 2017 and was completed in Summer 2019. It was opened on 27 August 2019 with a friendly match between the under-19 teams of Barcelona and Ajax.[3] The match ended up in a 0–2 score where Ajax was the winner.[4] On 26 August 2019, a day before the stadium was officially opened to the public, Barcelona paid tribute to Cruyff by unveiling his statue at the Camp Nou.[citation needed]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Johan Cruyff Stadium". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 2019-06-27.
- ^ El Barça completa la demolición del Miniestadi
- ^ "The Estadi Johan Cruyff opens on August 27". Marca. 15 July 2019.
- ^ "Naci Univar nets the first goal at the Johan Cruyff stadium". Sport. 27 August 2019. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 28 August 2019.