FCB PLAYS THEIR 1ST MATCH AT JOHAN CRUYFF STADIUM

Today, The Grandma has been watching some football matches, and she has started with the first match that F.C.Barcelona Femení played at Johan Cruyff Stadium on a day like today in 2019.

Johan Cruyff Stadium, in Catalan Estadi Johan Cruyff, is a football stadium operated by Barcelona in Sant Joan Despí, Barcelona, Catalonia. Located in the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, the club's training facility and youth academy, about 7 km from the Camp Nou. The stadium is home to Barcelona Femení, Barcelona B and Juvenil A (U19 A team). 

It is named in honour of legendary Dutch footballer Johan Cruyff who died in March 2016.

It is a UEFA Category 3 stadium and houses 6,000 supporters. As part of the Espai Barça project, it is the replacement for the Mini Estadi, which was in front of the Camp Nou and was demolished in 2020, and the land of the Mini Estadi will be used to build the Nou Palau Blaugrana.

Estadi Johan Cruyff broke ground on 14 September 2017 and was completed in Summer 2019.

It was opened on 27 August 2019, with a friendly match between the under-19 teams of Barcelona and Ajax. The match ended up in a 0-2 score where Ajax was the winner.

On 26 August 2019, a day before the stadium was officially opened to the public, Barcelona paid tribute to Cruyff by unveiling his statue at the Camp Nou.

On 7 September 2019, Futbol Club Barcelona Femení played their first game at Johan Cruyff Stadium against CD Tacón winning 9-1 with Alexia Putellas scoring the first goal.

More information: F.C.Barcelona

 It's like everything in football -and life.
You need to look, you need to think,
you need to move, you need to find space,
you need to help others. It's very simple in the end.

Johan Cruyff