Johan Cruyff Stadium ( Catalan: ;

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: ) is a

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stadium operated by

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, Spain, located in the

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, the club's training facility and youth academy, about 7 km from the

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. The stadium is home to Barcelona Femení,

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and Juvenil A (U19 A team). It is named in honor of legendary Dutch footballer

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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

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, which was in front of the

and was demolished in 2020, and the land of the Mini Estadi will be used to build the

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History

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

and

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. 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,

paid tribute to Cruyff by unveiling his statue at the

References

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