The ten-year anniversary of the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper

One of the most important FC Barcelona facilities is a now decade oldLocated on a swathe of land in Sant Joan Despí, just five kilometres from Camp Nou, the Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper officially opened its doors on 1 June 2006. The Club’s president at the time was Joan Laporta, although the tract was purchased nine years before by the Board of Directors of then-president Josep Lluís Núñez. Bureaucratic red tape, though, delayed ground-breaking until the winter of 2002, when Joan Gaspart was at the helm of the Club. The inauguration itself was more symbolic than anything, since…

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