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Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

{{Short description|Stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia}}

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| former_names = Estadi de Montjuïc {{small|(1929–85)}}
Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc {{small|(1989–2001)}}

| tenants = Barcelona Dragons (1991–92, 1995–2002)
Espanyol (1997–2009)
Barcelona (2023–present)

| seating_capacity = 55,926

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Lluís Companys Olympic Stadium{{Cite web |title=How to get to the Olympic Stadium Lluís Companys {{!}} FC Barcelona Official Channel |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/tickets/football/how-to-get-to-stadium-lluis-companys |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=www.fcbarcelona.com |language=en}}{{efn|{{langx|ca|Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys}}, {{IPA|ca|əsˈtaði uˈlimpiɡ ʎuˈis kumˈpaɲs|pron}}}} formerly known as the Estadi de Montjuïc and Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc and also known in English as the Barcelona Olympic Stadium,{{Cite web |title=Olympic Stadium in Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain |url=https://www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com/en/attractions/olympic-stadium-barcelona.html |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=www.barcelona-tourist-guide.com}}{{Cite web |title=Barcelona’s Olympic Stadium: the magnificent setting of the ’92 Olympics |url=https://www.barcelo.com/guia-turismo/en/spain/barcelona/things-to-do/barcelona-olympic-stadium/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Barceló Experiences |language=en-US}} is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 International Exposition in the city (and Barcelona's failed bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were awarded to Berlin), it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics{{cite web|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s2.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080528011647/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s2.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 May 2008 |title=Official Report of the XXV Games of the Olympiad Barcelona 1992; Volume II; p.127 }} and 1992 Summer Paralympics. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Barcelona since the 2023–24 season, due to the renovation of their regular ground, the Camp Nou. The stadium is named after Lluís Companys, a president of the Generalitat de Catalunya (Government of Catalonia) executed by Francoist Spain.

With its current capacity of 55,926 seats{{cite news |title=Barca's attendances for next season will be capped at under 50,000 |url=https://www.sport.es/en/news/barca/barcas-attendances-for-next-season-will-be-capped-at-under-50000-86477012 |access-date=17 June 2023 |work=Sport |date=25 April 2023}} (67,007 during the 1992 Olympics), it is the sixth-largest stadium in Spain and the second largest in Catalonia.

The stadium is located in the Anella Olímpica, on Montjuïc, a hill to the southwest of the city that overlooks the harbor.

History

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Designed by architect {{Interlanguage link|Pere Domènech i Roura|es}} for the 1929 Expo, the stadium was officially opened on 20 May 1929. The opening ceremonies included Spain's first official rugby international game against Italy, and a friendly football match between the Catalan national team and Bolton Wanderers, which the Catalan team won by a shocking score of 4–0 with goals from Josep Samitier (2), Martí Ventolrà and Manuel Parera.{{cite web |url=http://hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com/preview/1929/05/21/pagina-1/1376635/pdf.html |title=Como la selección de Cataluña... |trans-title=How did the Catalonia team... |language=es |publisher=Hemeroteca |website=hemeroteca.mundodeportivo.com |date=21 May 1929 |accessdate=24 June 2022 }}

It was meant to host the People's Olympiad in 1936, a protest event against the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, but the event had to be canceled due to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.

In the fifties, the stadium was the centerpiece of the 1955 Mediterranean Games, and in 1957 it hosted the only national football cup final between Barcelona and Espanyol, the two local clubs.

In the seventies, the stadium was disused and the stands deteriorated. When the Spanish Grand Prix and other races were held at the Montjuïc racing circuit, the stadium was used as a paddock for the teams. Due to safety concerns, the 1975 F1 race was nearly boycotted by drivers.{{cn|date=May 2024}}

During Barcelona's bid for the 1992 Summer Olympics, the stadium was totally renovated with the involvement of Italian architect Vittorio Gregotti. The stadium was gutted, preserving parts of the original facades, and new grandstands were built. In 1989, the venue was re-inaugurated for the World Cup in Athletics, and three years later it hosted the opening and closing ceremonies and all the athletics competitions of the Olympic Games and also the same functions during the Paralympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080528011647/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s2.pdf 1992 Summer Olympics official report.] Volume 2. pp. 160–7.

The stadium served as the home of Espanyol from 1997 until 2009.

It also served as the home of the Barcelona Dragons American football team from 1991 until 2002. Because the size of the playing surface was slightly shorter than the regulation American football length, the stadium only had seven-yard end zones, three yards shorter than regulation NFL size in 1991 and 1992. They were later lengthened to the standard ten yards. The stadium also played host to the National Football League's American Bowl in 1993 and in 1994. The San Francisco 49ers played the Pittsburgh Steelers on 1 August 1993. The second game was played on 31 July 1994 between the Los Angeles Raiders and the Denver Broncos.

In 2001, the stadium was renamed after the former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Lluís Companys, who was executed at the nearby Montjuïc Castle in 1940 by the Franco regime. In 2010, the stadium hosted the 20th European Athletics Championships.

Since the 2023–24 season, the stadium has served as the home ground for Barcelona during the redevelopment of the Camp Nou. The club plans to continue playing at the Estadi Olímpic until the redevelopment of the Camp Nou is completed by the 2025–26 season.{{cite press release|title=Agreement on the transformation of Espai Barça and work on new Camp Nou to begin in June |url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/club/news/2594099/agreement-on-the-transformation-of-espai-barca-and-work-on-new-camp-nou-to-begin-in-june |publisher=Fútbol Club de Barcelona|publication-place=Barcelona|access-date=28 April 2022}}

Events

=Sports=

== Football ==

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{{Col-3}}

;Spain national team matches

class="wikitable"
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
1 January 1930{{fb|TCH}}align="center"|1–0Friendly match
26 April 1931{{fb|IRL}}align="center"|1–1Friendly match
23 February 1936{{fb|GER|1935}}align="center"|1–2Friendly match
30 May 1948{{fb|IRL}}align="center"|2–1Friendly match
2 January 1949{{fb|BEL}}align="center"|1–1Friendly match
29 March 2000{{fb|ITA}}align="center"|2–0Friendly match
13 February 2002{{fb|POR}}align="center"|1–1Friendly match
18 February 2004{{fb|PER}}align="center"|2–1Friendly match

{{Col-3}}

;Andorra national team matches

class="wikitable"
DateOpponentScoreCompetition
9 June 1999{{fb|FRA}}align="center"|0–1UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
28 March 2007{{fb|ENG}}align="center"|0–3UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying
6 September 2008{{fb|ENG}}align="center"|0–22010 FIFA World Cup qualification

{{Col-3}}

;Catalonia national rugby league team matches

class="wikitable"
DateOpponentScoreCompetitionAttendance
20 June 2009

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Czech Republic

| align="center" |52–10

| Friendly

| 18,150

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=Music=

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class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
Date

!Origin

!Artist

!Event

!Opening Act

!Attendance

!Revenue

7 October 1989

|{{flag|Spain}}

|Mecano

|Tour 1989

|La Unión Los Pollos

|—

|—

13 June 1990

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

| rowspan="2" |The Rolling Stones

| rowspan="2" |Urban Jungle Tour

| rowspan="2" |Gun

| rowspan="2" |—

| rowspan="2" |—

14 June 1990
25 July 1990

| rowspan="5" |{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Prince

|Nude Tour

|—

|49,455 / 49,455

|—

1 August 1990

|Madonna

|Blond Ambition World Tour

|—

|—

|—

5 October 1990

| rowspan="2" |Tina Turner

| rowspan="2" |Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour

| rowspan="2" |—

| rowspan="2" |—

| rowspan="2" |—

6 October 1990
18 September 1992

|Michael Jackson

|Dangerous World Tour

|—

|60,000 / 60,000

|—

11 May 1993

|{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Bruce Springsteen

|1992-1993 World Tour

|—

|—

|—

6 October 1993

|{{flag|France}}

|Jean-Michel Jarre

|Europe in Concert

|El Último de la Fila

|—

|—

27 July 1994

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

|Pink Floyd

|The Division Bell Tour

|—

|—

|—

13 June 1995

|{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Bon Jovi

|These Days Tour

|Van Halen

|—

|—

13 September 1997

|{{flag|Ireland}}

|U2

|Popmart Tour

|Placebo

|60,096 / 60,096

|$2,281,165

20 July 1998

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

|The Rolling Stones

|Bridges to Babylon Tour

|Hothouse Flowers

|52,375 / 52,375

|$2,464,319

17 May 2003

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Bruce Springsteen

|The Rising Tour

|—

|—

|—

21 June 2003

|Metallica

|European Tour 2003

|—

|—

|—

29 June 2003

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

|The Rolling Stones

|Licks World Tour

|—

|—

|—

2 July 2003

|{{flag|Spain}}

|El Canto del Loco
La Oreja de Van Gogh

|MoviStar Activa

|—

|—

|—

21 June 2007

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

|The Rolling Stones

|A Bigger Bang Tour

|Biffy Clyro

|—

|—

30 June 2007

|{{flag|Mexico}}

|RBD

|Celestial World Tour

|Diego Boneta

|—

|—

27 September 2007

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

|The Police

|Reunion Tour

|Fiction Plane

|54,553 / 54,553

|$5,554,320

1 June 2008

|{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Bon Jovi

|Lost Highway Tour

|NoWayOut, Sabia

|46,255 / 46,255

|$4,046,421

7 June 2009

|{{flag|Australia}}

|AC/DC

|Black Ice Tour

|The Answer

|64,196 / 64,376

|$5,906,138

21 July 2009

|{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Madonna

|Sticky & Sweet Tour

|Paul Oakenfold

|44,811 / 44,811

|$5,010,557

4 September 2009

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

|Coldplay

|Viva la Vida Tour

|The Flaming Lips

|63,306 / 64,376

|$4,554,068

3 December 2009

|The Prodigy

|European Stadium Tour

|Enter Shikari

|—

|—

4 December 2009

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Marilyn Manson

|The High End of Low Tour

|esOterica

|—

|—

9 April 2011

|We Are Scientists

|Brain Thrust Mastery Tour

|Els Pets

|—

|—

29 May 2011

|{{flag|Colombia}}

|Shakira

|The Sun Comes Out World Tour

|—

|24,112 / 43,500

|$612,989

27 July 2011

| rowspan="3" |{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Bon Jovi

|Live 2011

|The Rebels

|39,992 / 39,992

|$3,021,325

17 May 2012

| rowspan="2" |Bruce Springsteen

| rowspan="2" |Wrecking Ball Tour

| rowspan="2" |—

| rowspan="2" |79,430 / 86,000

| rowspan="2" |$6,692,818

18 May 2012
7 June 2013

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

|Muse

|The 2nd Law World Tour

|You Don't Know Me

|—

|—

8 July 2014

|One Direction

|Where We Are Tour

|5 Seconds of Summer, Abraham Mateo

|40,333 / 40,333

|$3,391,560

29 May 2015

|{{flag|Australia}}

|AC/DC

|Rock or Bust World Tour

|Vintage Trouble

|60,000 / 60,000

|—

26 May 2016

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

| rowspan="2" |Coldplay

| rowspan="2" |A Head Full of Dreams Tour

| rowspan="2" |Alessia Cara
Lianne La Havas

| rowspan="2" |111,261 / 111,261

| rowspan="2" |$9,734,130

27 May 2016
3 August 2016

|{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Beyoncé

|The Formation World Tour

|Chloe x Halle

|45,346 / 45,346

|$4,806,995

18 July 2017

|{{flag|Ireland}}

|U2

|The Joshua Tree Tour 2017

|Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

|54,551 / 54,551

|$5,930,076

27 September 2017

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

|The Rolling Stones

|No Filter Tour

|Los Zigarros

|58,622 / 58,622

|$8,769,703

20 June 2018

| rowspan="4" |{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Bruno Mars

|24K Magic World Tour

|DNCE

|—

|—

1 July 2018

|Guns N' Roses

|Not in This Lifetime Tour

|Volbeat, Nothing More

|48,649 / 48,649

|$4,370,000

11 July 2018

|Beyoncé Jay-Z

|On The Run II Tour

|—

|46,982 / 46,982

|$4,733,549

5 May 2019

|Metallica

|Worldwired Tour

|Ghost, Bokassa

|51,799 / 53,760

|$5,285,919

7 June 2019

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

|Ed Sheeran

|Divide Tour

|Anne-Marie, James Bay

|54,658 / 54,658

|$4,126,520

7 June 2022

|{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Red Hot Chili Peppers

|2022 Global Stadium Tour

|A$AP Rocky, Thundercat

|—

|—

29 July 2022

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

|Iron Maiden

|Legacy of the Beast World Tour

|Within Temptation, Airbourne

|—

|—

28 April 2023

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|United States}} USA

| rowspan="2" |Bruce Springsteen

| rowspan="2" |2023 Tour

| rowspan="2" |—

| rowspan="2" |—

| rowspan="2" |—

30 April 2023
24 May 2023

| rowspan="4" |{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

| rowspan="4" |Coldplay

| rowspan="4" |Music of the Spheres World Tour

| rowspan="4" |CHVRCHES
Porij

| rowspan="4" |224,761 / 224,761

| rowspan="4" |$27,262,896

25 May 2023
27 May 2023
28 May 2023
8 June 2023

|{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Beyoncé

|Renaissance World Tour

|Arca

|52,889 / 52,889

|$7,395,529

12 July 2023

|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} UK

|Harry Styles

|Love On Tour

|Wet Leg

|—

|—

20 July 2023

|{{flag|Canada}}

|The Weeknd

|After Hours til Dawn Tour

|Kaytranada
Mike Dean

|54,017 / 54,017

|$5,484,112

11 June 2024

|{{flag|Germany}}

|Rammstein

|Rammstein Stadium Tour

|—

|—

|—

20 June 2024

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|United States}} USA

| rowspan="2" |Bruce Springsteen

| rowspan="2" |2024 Tour

| rowspan="2" |—

|—

|—

22 June 2024

|—

|—

10 July 2024

|{{flagicon|Spain}} Spain

|Estopa

|Gira 25 Aniversario

|—

|—

|—

9 June 2025

| rowspan="2" |{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Guns N' Roses

|2025 Tour

|—

|—

|—

1 July 2025

|Imagine Dragons

|Loom World Tour

|—

|—

|—

19 July 2025

|{{flagicon|Spain}} Spain

|Aitana

|Metamorfosis Tour

|—

|—

|—

30 July 2025

|{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Kendrick Lamar + SZA

|Grand National Tour

|—

|—

|—

9 August 2025

|{{flagicon|South Korea}} South Korea

|Blackpink

|Blackpink 2025 World Tour

|—

|—

|—

12 September 2025

|{{flagicon|United States}} USA

|Post Malone

|Big Ass Stadium Tour

|Jelly Roll

|—

|—

Notes

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References

{{Reflist}}

External links

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  • [https://espanaestadios.com/2018/09/09/barcelona-estadi-olimpic-lluis-companys/ Estadios de España] {{in lang|es}}

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| after = Centennial Olympic Stadium
Atlanta

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| title = Olympic Athletics competitions
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Atlanta

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Gothenburg|

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Moncton|

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Eugene|

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