Camp Nou
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Camp Nou, Barcelona, Spain — opened 24 September 1957, 1 rugby league games hosted, home of FC Barcelona (football); no rugby league tenant — a single showcase fixture for Catalans Dragons (Super League, based in Perpignan, France), relocated from their regular home for one game.
Sourcing caveat: This was a domestic Super League club fixture, not a rugby league international or cup final.
Ground facts
| Opened | 24 September 1957 |
| Home club | FC Barcelona (football); no rugby league tenant — a single showcase fixture for Catalans Dragons (Super League, based in Perpignan, France), relocated from their regular home for one game |
| Games hosted (rugby league, on record) | 1 |
| Top recorded crowd | 31,555 |
| Capacity | approximately 99,354 (all-seater, pre-2022 renovation figure, the capacity at the time of the rugby league match); original 1957 capacity was 106,146 |
| Floodlights installed | installed and inaugurated 23 September 1959 |
| Surface | GrassMaster hybrid turf (approximately 95% natural grass reinforced with synthetic fibres) at the time of the 2019 match |
| First rugby league match | 18 May 2019 — Catalans Dragons 33-16 Wigan Warriors, 2019 Super League regular season (attendance 31,555, our recorded top and only crowd) — billed as the first-ever Super League match played in Spain and a Super League attendance record outside Grand Finals and Magic Weekend |
| Years used | 2019 |
| Location | Barcelona, Barcelona |
Name history
- Estadi del FC Barcelona — the official name at completion in 1957; "Camp Nou" (Catalan for "New Ground") was the popular name from the start
- Camp Nou — adopted as the official name from the 2000-01 season, following a club member vote
- Spotify Camp Nou — since July 2022, under a sponsorship deal — postdates the rugby league match described here
Rugby league history
This one-off fixture was a Catalans Dragons "home" match relocated from their regular Perpignan ground, Stade Gilbert Brutus, to Camp Nou as a special promotional event aimed at growing rugby league's profile in Catalonia and Spain, leveraging Barcelona's status as a global sporting icon and one of the largest stadiums in the world. It generated significant UK press coverage as a novelty fixture. Camp Nou itself is overwhelmingly known worldwide as FC Barcelona's football stadium, one of the largest and most famous football venues on Earth; the 2019 rugby league game remains its only recorded rugby league fixture.
FC Barcelona's football stadium since 1957, one of the largest and most famous football venues in the world.
Sources
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
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