Barcelona Reveals Opponents and New Venue for the Joan Gamper Trophy

Gilabola.com – Barcelona officially revealed potential opponents and new locations for the Joan Gamper trophy match.

The plan, Barca will meet the Italian club, Como 1907, in the match at the tournament ahead of the 2025 2026 season.

After initially announcing that the match would be held at Spotify Camp Nou, Barca now confirmed that they could not continue the plan because it failed to get the necessary licenses.

Now, it has been confirmed that the match will take place at Estadi Johan Cruyff on August 10, 2025.

“Como 1907, the Italian Serie A club trained by former Blaugrana player, Cesc Fabregas, and strengthened by Sergi Roberto, who will be against Barca in the 60th edition of the Joan Gamper ‘Festa Del Gamper Estrella Damm’ trophy, which will be played at Estadi Johan Cruyff on August 10,” Barca’s official statement regarding the annual event.

Sergi Roberto – who is also the former captain of the Catalan soccer club, joined the Italian club last summer.

While La Masia’s talented player, Alex Valle, recently also joined Como with a permanent contract, after spending the second half of last season as a como loan player.

With the existence of Fabregas, Roberto and also Valle, it is believed that the Barca meeting with Como next month will be very interesting to watch. The match was also certain to cheer up with the presence of several former Blaugrana frontmen.

The match against Como will also be a place for Hansi Flick to introduce his squad ahead of the new season. The introduction itself was carried out after three friendly matches played by Barca on their preseason tour to Asia.

In addition, the match against Como will also be the last test of Barca ahead of the new season of La Liga, which will open with a match against Mallorca on Saturday, August 16, 2025.

Joan Gamper’s trophy match this time will be a historic match for both clubs. Because the tournament will bring together the two clubs for the first time, namely in 125 years of History of Barça and 118 years of history of Como.

In addition, the Joan Gamper trophy match will also be a pleasant reunion for Fabregas, Roberto and Valle, because they will ‘return’ to the club headquarters that has raised their names.