The match against the Italian club takes place on 10 August at 9 p.m. CEST on the Estadi Johan Cruyff
Como 1907, the Italian Serie A Club of former Blaugranes Cesc Fàbregas and Sergi Roberto, will be the opponents of Barça in the 60th edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy, “Festa del Gamper Estrella Damm” who on 10 August at 9pm Cest in the Estadi Johan Johyff.
Initially, the fixture would be played in Spotify Camp Nou, but in the end it will be the Estadi Johan Cruyff who will be the location for the game, just as it was in 2021 when the Barça men's and Dameceams Juventus were opposite a double header in a double header who saw Barça women participate in the official tournament of the first time.
Team presentation
The match against Como will also have the presentation of Hansi Flick's Squad as part of the “Festa del Gamper Estrella Damm” and will come after the three friendly matches of the team on their Asian tour against Vissel Kobe in Japan and against FC Seoul and Daegu FC in South Korea. The match against Como will also be the last test of the team prior to the start of the official competition in La Liga, which will be in Mallorca on Saturday 16 August.
The game will be a historic, because it will meet the two parties for the first time in Barça's 125-year history and the 118-year history of the Italian club.
Ninth Italian Club
Como becomes the ninth Italian club that participates in the Joan Gamper -Trophy. In his 50 earlier editions, 14 have seen the presence of teams from the Serie A: Sampdoria and AC Milan for three times, each twice, FC Internazionale and Juventus twice and one appearance of Napoli, Parma, as Roma and Brescia.
Como was one of the revelations of the Serie A in 2024/25 and the season finished in 10th place on their return to the TopFlight after an absence of 21 years. The club has strong Blaugrana tires with former Barça man Cesc Fàbregas -coach and former Barça -man Sergi Roberto, who came to Como in August 2024 after 18 years. The team of the Italian club also contains Defender àlex Valle, a La Masia product that appeared for the first team in a friendly game.