Official: Barcelona will face Tottenham in the Joan Gamper Trophy

Barcelona have officially announced that they will be taking on Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur in the Joan Gamper Trophy next month.

The Joan Gamper Trophy match is the traditional curtain-raiser of a season for Barcelona, usually played at Spotify Camp Nou.

However, this time out, with the home stadium undergoing renovations, the venue will be shifted to Estadi Lluis Companys in Montjuic, where the Blaugrana will be playing their home games for the next 15-16 months or so, until the new Spotify Camp Nou is ready.

It was speculated that the Catalans could be facing Lazio in the Joan Gamper Trophy clash, but earlier this week reports emerged that it will be Tottenham that they will be taking on.

And now the same has been officially confirmed, with the La Liga champions set to take on Ange Postecoglou’s men on August 8, with the match kicking off at 8 pm (CET).

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— FC Barcelona (@FCBarcelona_cat) July 12, 2023

It will be the 58th edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy and the second time that Tottenham Hotspur will be participating in the contest, having done so previously in 1986, when it used to be a four-game tournament.

However, Spurs did not face Barcelona at the time as they were eliminated by PSV Eindhoven in one of the sem-finals.

This will be the third time that the Joan Gamper Trophy match will be played at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium after 1990 and 1996, when the venue was shifted from Camp Nou due to a change of the pitch.