Barcelona given official Camp Nou return date

Martin Macdonald

Updated: 17 Nov 2025 08:38 CST
3 min read

Barcelona have been given an official Camp Nou return date after spending an extended period playing away from their home.

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Camp Nou has been under construction since the end of the 2022-23 season, with Barca spending their last two campaigns at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys in Montjuic Hill.

The refurbishment was due to be finished by the end of 2024 but delays continued well into the 2025/26 campaign.

The lack of revenue from Camp Nou matches got to the point where Barca were surrendering €2 million in revenue for every game.

We’ve dreamed about the return. Now, it's here.
We’re back home. Back at Spotify Camp Nou 🏟️💙❤️ pic.twitter.com/sMTEuPbUvX
— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona) November 17, 2025

The club have now confirmed that the team will make their return to Camp Nou for this weekend's La Liga fixture versus Athletic Club on 22 November.

It's not a full return, though, as construction continues on the stadium. They have been restricted to a capacity of 45,401 for the time being.

So far in 2025/26, they have played seven home matches home. On Matchday Four in La Liga, the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys was unavailable so they were forced to play their home match against Valencia at the 6,000 seater Johan Cruyff Stadium inside their training facility.

The club will be required to start paying interest on the €1.45 billion loan from Goldman Sachs and its investors used to renovate Camp Nou, which will amount to €44m to be paid in December and more than doubling to €94m in a year’s time.

Barca’s sponsorship with Spotify for Camp Nou’s naming rights dropped to €5m until they return to the stadium, at which point it will rise to €20m for 20 years.

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