Barcelona held an open training session at the Camp Nou on 7 November.Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Barcelona have announced they will play their first game at the renovated but unfinished Camp Nou on Saturday. The club will host Athletic Bilbao in La Liga two and a half years after they moved out so building work could begin.
Barcelona wrote in a message on X: “We’ve dreamed about the return. Now, it’s here. We’re back home. Back at Spotify Camp Nou.”
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The stadium will not be at full capacity but 45,401 spectators will be allowed to watch under the licence granted. When completed the Camp Nou is due to hold almost 105,000 spectators, up from the previous 99,000. The club said finished work included a new players’ tunnel and new dressing rooms.
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Barcelona held an open training session at the Camp Nou on 7 November. The club said they were hoping for permission from Uefa to play their next home Champions League game, against Eintracht Frankfurt on 9 December, at the stadium. They have been hosting matches at Estadio Olímpic Lluís Companys.