Overview
- After 909 days away during renovations, Barcelona played their first match back at the revamped stadium.
- Two of the club’s longest‑tenured socios, Juan Canela Salamero and Jordi Penas Iberri, took the ceremonial kickoff.
- 45,157 fans filled the stands for the phased reopening, as Robert Lewandowski, Ferran Torres (two) and Fermín López scored.
- Dignitaries including Barcelona mayor Jaume Collboni, Parlament president Josep Rull, Culture Minister Ernest Urtasun and Limak CEO Ebru Özdemir watched from the expanded authorities’ box.
- Supporters mixed tradition with spontaneity, singing the club anthem, chanting for Lionel Messi and urging the return of the animation section, while the team finished the night atop LaLiga.