Camp de les Corts
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 Barcelona , Spain
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| Coordinates | 41 ° 23 '9 " N , 2 ° 8' 8" E |
| owner | FC Barcelona |
| start of building | February 19, 1922 |
| opening | May 20, 1922 |
| First game | FC Barcelona - FC St. Mirren 2-1 |
| Renovations | 1945: main stand 1946: south curve 1950: north curve |
| demolition | 4th February 1966 |
| surface | Natural grass |
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Santiago Mestres Josep Alemany |
| capacity | At the opening: 21,500 seats At the closing: 60,000 |
| playing area | 101 × 62 m |
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The Camp de Les Corts , often just called Les Corts , was a football stadium in Barcelona . Between 1922 and 1957, FC Barcelona played their home games in this stadium.
history
At the initiative of club president Joan Gamper , the foundation stone was laid for the Les Corts stadium on February 19, 1922. Gamper contributed a million pesetas to the construction of the stadium . After a construction period of almost three months, the opening game took place on May 22, 1922, when FC Barcelona defeated FC St. Mirren 2-1.
On June 14, 1925, at the time of the Primo de Riveras military dictatorship , there was a scandal in Les Corts. Before the FC Barcelona game against an English ship team, the Barça fans whistled the traditionally well-rehearsed Spanish national anthem . When the English anthem was then performed, the audience gave a tumultuous applause. As a result, the government ordered the stadium to be closed for six months, later reduced to three months. In addition, club president Gamper had to give up his office and leave the country. During the Spanish Civil War, the fascists bombed the club grounds of FC Barcelona, but the stadium was unscathed.
The stadium served twice as the venue for an international match for the Spanish national team : in 1924 in a 2-1 win over Austria and in 1953 in a 3-1 win over Belgium. In 1923, Les Corts was the scene of the Spanish Cup final , which Athletic Bilbao and CE Europe contested (1-0).
In Les Corts, FC Barcelona celebrated its first Spanish league championship in 1929 , which is considered to be the highlight of the club's "Golden Age". The team from 1952 around the Hungarian László Kubala was similarly successful . This year it won five trophies in one year, which increased the number of members of FC Barcelona rapidly. As a result, the spectator capacity of Les Corts was no longer sufficient and the club's management began building the Camp Nou . FC Barcelona moved to Camp Nou in 1957, the reserve team CD Condal continued to play at Les Corts until 1965.
On February 4, 1966, FC Barcelona had the stadium demolished and three months later sold the property to the real estate company Habitat for 226 million pesetas .
capacity
When it opened, the stadium had 20,000 seats and a covered grandstand for 1,500 spectators. In the course of time, the stadium was rebuilt several times and finally offered space for up to 60,000 spectators. In 1926 the west side of the stadium was roofed and the terracing was extended to three more sides. This increased the stadium's capacity to 45,000. The association carried out further renovations between 1944 and 1950. The largest of these was completed in 1945 and concerned the modern covered, 104 × 26 meter grandstand.
Web links
- Barcelona - Camp de Les Corts (English)
- Revista Barça - Report on the inauguration (page 60, Spanish) (PDF; 14.9 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Cronologia. (PDF; 89 kB) (No longer available online.) In: FCBarcelona.cat. Formerly in the original ; Retrieved July 20, 2011 (Catalan). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jaume S. Sabartés: FC Barcelona - Between Sport and Politics. History of the association from 1939 to 1981 . 1987, ISBN 3-925867-01-5 , pp. 182-184 .
- ^ A b From Les Corts to Camp Nou (1922–1957). (No longer available online.) In: FCBarcelona.cat. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012 ; accessed on July 20, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fútbol en la Red: Estadios donde ha jugado la selección ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ rsssf.com: Spain - Cup 1923
- ↑ a b Barcelona - Camp de Les Corts
- ↑ Camp Nou: Living Legend. (PDF; 438 kB) In: stadionwelt.de. September 2004, accessed July 20, 2011 .
- ^ Brief history. (No longer available online.) In: FCBarcelona.cat. Archived from the original on July 16, 2011 ; accessed on July 20, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Jaume S. Sabartés: FC Barcelona - Between Sport and Politics. History of the association from 1939 to 1981 . 1987, ISBN 3-925867-01-5 , pp. 30 .
