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History
and
description
Camp
Nou
was
built
between
1954
and
1957,
and
officially
opened
on
the
24th
of
September
1957
with
a
match
between
FC
Barcelona
and
a
selection
of
players
from
the
city
of
Warsaw.
The
stadium
replaced
Barcelona’s
previous
ground Camp
de
les
Corts,
which,
though
it
could
hold
60,000
supporters,
was
still
too
small
for
the
growing
support
of
the
club.
Camp
Nou
initially
consisted
of
two
tiers
that
could
hold
93,000
spectators.
It
was
first
called
Estadi
del
FC
Barcelona,
but
got
soon
referred
to
as
Camp
Nou.
The
stadium
was,
together
with Estadio
Santiago
Bernabeu,
playing
venue
of
the
Euro
1964
Championships.
It
hosted
the
semi-final
between
the
Soviet
Union
and
Denmark
(3-0),
and
the
match
for
third
place
between
Hungary
and
the
same
Denmark
(3-1).
The
stadium
hosted
two
Cup
Winners’
Cup
finals
in
the
following
decades,
the
first
in
1972
between
Glasgow
Rangers
and
Dynamo
Moscow
(3-2),
and
the
second
in
1982
between
Barcelona
and
Standard
de
Liège
(2-1).
Camp
Nou
got
expanded
with
a
third
tier
for
the
1982
World
Cup,
which
raised
capacity
to
120,000
places.
During
the
World
Cup,
it
hosted
the
opening
match
between
Belgium
and
Argentina
(1-0),
three
matches
in
the
second
group
stage,
and
the
semi-final
between
Italy
and
Poland
(2-0).
In
1989,
Camp
Nou
hosted
the
European
Cup
final
between
AC
Milan
and
FC
Steaua
(4-0),
which
was
followed
in
1999
by
the Champions
League
final between
Manchester
United
and
FC
Bayern
(2-1).
In
the
early
1990s,
Barcelona
started
converting
various
standing
areas
into
seating,
which
reduced
capacity,
though
additional
seats
were
created
by
lowering
the
pitch.
Until
the
late
1990s,
Camp
Nou
still
had
some
standing
areas
at
the
top
of
the
third
tier,
but
these
were
finally
eliminated,
reducing
capacity
to
just
below
100,000.
In
contrast
to
the
Bernabéu,
Camp
Nou
has
changed
relatively
little
since
its
inauguration
and
lacks
many
of
the
modern
facilities
common
in
most
stadiums
these
days.
For
the
last
decade,
Barcelona
have
therefore
been
investigating
either
redeveloping
Camp
Nou,
or
even
building
a
completely
new
stadium.
In
the
mid
2000s,
the
club
presented
plans
for
a
renovated
Camp
Nou,
designed
by
Norman
Foster,
but
a
lack
of
funding
prevented
realisation.
The
club
next
started studying
a
move
to
a
new
stadium,
but
finally
decided
in
2014
to
redevelop
the
current
stadium.
The
redevelopment
will
entail
the
reconstruction
of
the
first
tier
resulting
in
a
steeper
tier
with
better
views,
the
extension
of
the
top
tier
over
the
whole
of
the
stadium,
the
construction
of
a
roof
to
cover
all
seats,
and
expansions
and
improvements
to
the
interior
of
the
stadium
aimed
at
providing better
facilities.
The
resulting
capacity
will
be
slightly
higher
at
a
little
over
105,000
seats.
Works
are
planned
to
start
in
2017
and
gradually
performed
over
four
seasons
to
finish
in
2021.
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