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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sport
Sid Lowe

Barcelona to play first game at renovated Camp Nou on Saturday against Athletic Bilbao

Barcelona hold an open training session at the Camp Nou on 7 November
Barcelona held an open training session at the Camp Nou on 7 November. Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images

Barcelona will finally play at the Camp Nou for the first time since May 2023. The Catalan club announced they have been granted a licence to occupy 45,401 seats of the renovated stadium, which is yet to be completed, against Athletic Club on Saturday afternoon.

The announcement comes after a series of missed targets and 10 days after a successful, smaller-scale test run in which a training session held there was attended by more than 20,000 supporters. The stadium will carry the name Spotify after a €280m title rights deal was agreed in March 2022.

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