FC Barcelona's 2025/26 season officially kicks off with the annual Joan Gamper Trophy, a celebrated pre-season friendly that serves as a final warm-up before the competitive action begins.
This year, the Blaugrana will host Italian club Como in what promises to be an exciting spectacle, with Cesc Fabregas and Sergi Roberto returning to their old club for this match up. The venue will not be what returning faces will be used to as Camp Nou is unable to host the match given the lack of a permit from Barcelona City Council with the game being played at Estadi Johan Cruyff.
The game will offer insight into who Hansi Flick sees as part of his first-team squad, a side now without Iñigo Martínez, who departed in recent days. Robert Lewandowski is the only absentee, ruled out with a hamstring injury but not though to be significant for the Polish striker to miss the first game of the season.
How to watch the Joan Gamper fixture
The Joan Gamper Trophy is a friendly exhibition match hosted by FC Barcelona every year, usually before the start of the La Liga season and usually the only home pre-season game. An event to look forward to every year for all Barcelona fans, with Como 1907 being invited for the first time.
Spanish users are able to watch the game on TV3 Televisió de Catalunya, while viewers outside Spain will have the chance to watch the game for free on Barcelona’s YouTube channel.
The game kicks off at 21:00 in Spain (20:00 in UK, 15:00 ET, 12:00 PST) with the coverage on the YouTube channel likely to just start before the kick off.
The ‘Festa del Gamper Estrella Damm’ marks the moment every FC Barcelona fans can start to dream about the season ahead. Those dreams can be of trophies.