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• 1954 The first stone is laid Barcelona, Spain 24,000 people attended the ceremony for a ground that would take three years to build and cost more than three times its budget, leaving the club in debt for a decade.
• 1957 Camp Nou opens Barcelona, Spain The largest stadium in Europe, holding 99,354 before its current reconstruction. Built to replace Les Corts, which Barcelona had comprehensively outgrown.
• 1957 The official name is never used Barcelona, Spain The stadium opened as the Estadi del FC Barcelona. Supporters called it the Camp Nou, the new ground, from the start, and the club adopted the name officially in 1998.
• 1966 Floodlights are installed Barcelona, Spain Lighting was added for evening European fixtures, which had previously forced kickoffs into the afternoon.
• 1972 Cup Winners' Cup final Barcelona, Spain Rangers beat Dinamo Moscow at Camp Nou in a final that ended with a pitch invasion and a two-year European ban for the Scottish club.
• 1973 Cruyff arrives Barcelona, Spain Johan Cruyff signed for a world record fee and won the league in his first season, beating Real Madrid 5–0 at the Bernabéu on the way. He would return as manager and rebuild the club entirely.
• 1974 The club's 75th anniversary Barcelona, Spain Barcelona marked the anniversary with a membership drive that pushed the club past 70,000 socis, the base that would fund the stadium's expansion.
• 1980 The museum opens Barcelona, Spain The club museum became one of the most visited in Catalonia, and for years drew more people annually than the Picasso Museum.
• 1982 Expanded to 120,000 for the World Cup Barcelona, Spain A third tier was added for the tournament, giving Camp Nou the highest capacity of any stadium in Europe.
• 1982 World Cup opening match Barcelona, Spain The tournament opened at an expanded Camp Nou, upgraded to 120,000 places with a third tier added for the World Cup.
• 1984 Maradona's last season Barcelona, Spain Diego Maradona spent two injury-hit years at Camp Nou, ending with a brawl in the Copa del Rey final in front of the king and 100,000 spectators.
• 1988 The Hesperia mutiny Barcelona, Spain Almost the entire first team publicly demanded the president's resignation. He survived, sacked the manager, and appointed Johan Cruyff instead.
• 1989 European Cup final Barcelona, Spain Milan beat Steaua Bucharest 4–0 with two goals each from Gullit and Van Basten, in one of the most one-sided European finals ever played.
• 1992 Olympic football final Barcelona, Spain Spain beat Poland 3–2 in front of a home crowd to win Olympic gold at the Barcelona Games.
• 1992 The Dream Team wins the European Cup Barcelona, Spain Cruyff's side won at Wembley, Barcelona's first, and the trophy was paraded at Camp Nou before a full stadium.
• 1994 The pitch is lowered Barcelona, Spain The playing surface was dropped by more than two metres to fit extra rows of seats, part of the conversion to an all-seater ground.
• 1998 Renamed and rated five stars Barcelona, Spain The Camp Nou name became official by member vote, and UEFA rated the stadium in its highest category.
• 1999 Champions League final Barcelona, Spain Manchester United scored twice in stoppage time to beat Bayern Munich 2–1 and complete the treble, on what would have been Matt Busby's 90th birthday.
• 1999 The club's centenary Barcelona, Spain Barcelona marked 100 years with a league title, and members voted Cruyff the most important figure in the club's history.
• 2003 Laporta and the Ronaldinho era Barcelona, Spain A new presidency signed Ronaldinho, whose football at Camp Nou drew a standing ovation from Real Madrid's supporters at the Bernabéu three years later.
• 2009 Six trophies in one year Barcelona, Spain Guardiola's side won every competition it entered, the first club ever to do so, with Camp Nou as its home through the run.
• 2010 Barcelona 5–0 Real Madrid Barcelona, Spain A performance against Mourinho's first Madrid side that is still used as the reference point for the possession game.
• 2010 Messi's era at its height Barcelona, Spain Barcelona under Guardiola won consecutive league titles playing a possession game built at La Masia, with Camp Nou as its stage.
• 2012 Tito Vilanova and a record league season Barcelona, Spain Barcelona took 100 points in a season played largely without their manager, who was undergoing cancer treatment.
• 2015 The treble is completed Barcelona, Spain The Messi, Suárez and Neymar forward line won the league, cup and Champions League, Barcelona's second treble in six years.
• 2017 La Remontada Barcelona, Spain Barcelona overturned a 4–0 first-leg deficit against Paris Saint-Germain, scoring three times after the 88th minute to win 6–1 — the only such comeback in Champions League knockout history.
• 2019 Messi's 600th goal for the club Barcelona, Spain A free kick against Liverpool in the Champions League semi-final first leg, in a tie Barcelona would lose 4–0 at Anfield a week later.
• 2021 Messi leaves Barcelona, Spain Financial rules made a new contract impossible after 21 years at the club. He gave his farewell press conference in the stadium's auditorium.
• 2022 A record crowd for a women's match Barcelona, Spain 91,553 watched Barcelona play Wolfsburg in the Champions League semi-final, a world record attendance for a women's football match set at Camp Nou weeks after the same ground had broken the previous one.
• 2023 Barcelona leave for Montjuïc Barcelona, Spain The club moved to the Olympic stadium on the hill while Camp Nou was gutted and rebuilt, a project scheduled to take several years and raise capacity above 105,000.
• 2023 The Espai Barça rebuild begins Barcelona, Spain Demolition of the upper tiers started on a project intended to raise capacity above 105,000 and roof the entire ground.
• 2025 A partial return Barcelona, Spain Barcelona began playing at a reduced-capacity Camp Nou while construction continued around them.