FAQ - Visiting Camp Nou guide

Since a lot of questions in the Open Thread are the same, I thought I create this FAQ Thread, so that everyone planning to travel to BCN and watch a game at Camp Nou has most questions already answered.

Q: Where should I buy tickets?
A: You should buy them only from the official website fcbarcelona.com, at the Camp Nou ticket offices, or at one of the official Barça stores in Barcelona (FCBotiga). It is not advised to use third party websites such as viagogo. You will overpay and risk that it might be scam, that your tickets won't work.

Q: When should I buy the tickets?
A: As soon as you see seats you like on the website no reason not to buy them. They won't get any cheaper, prices stay constant most of the time or get slightly higher if there is high demand. You might want to wait until the date and time is confirmed, so that it won't mess up your planning.

Q: When will the date and time be confirmed?
A: If on the website near the date "TBA" is written, that means the date and time is not yet announced. La Liga games normally get a confirmed date around 3-4 weeks before the game. This means that the date can be either Sunday or Saturday in most cases. Barça nearly never plays on Mondays on Fridays, so you don't need to worry about that when you are planning.

Q: There are currently no tickets available for the game I want to see, what should I do?
A: Wait. Don't get worried and buy on third party websites overpriced tickets. Camp Nou nearly never sells out. You will get tickets for (nearly) every game. You can look up here https://www.transfermarkt.com/fc-barcelona/besucherzahlenentwicklung/verein/131 how often it was sold out in past years. In some years it was once per season, in other years 0. And this one game would always be el clásico. For every other game it's no problem to get tickets, and even for that game it is very likely that you will get tickets. Look from time to time on the website to see if tickets are available. The sooner the game is, the likelier it is that tickets will be available.

Q: Why do most tickets become available to buy in the days before the game?
A: Barça has around 85000 seasonticketholders. But many of these do not go to every game. There is a system called Seient Lliure, which allows seasonticketholders to tell the club that they won't attend the game, which means the club can sell those seats. The seasonticketholder giving up his seat gets a certain % of the money back, which can accumulate up to 95% of the price of the seasonticket. Most will make this decision days before the game, so that's when the club can start to sell those seats. For La Liga games normally some tickets get sold soon after the schedule is announced, but the majority in the weeks/days before the game. For UCL you also should look at the website on the days after we draw our opponent, but most are being sold days before the game. For big games such as el clásico you will most likely only be able to buy in the week (or few days) before the game takes place.

Q: How do I become a seasonticketholder?
A: You have to be a soci (member) and then you will have to enter a waiting list, which will probably take many years until you get your seasonticket. Seasonticket prices are cheap in comparison to other clubs', but getting one is very difficult.

Q: What are the best seats?
A: There is no such thing as best seats, it comes down to preference. The best atmosphere you will find at Gol Nord First rank, which are also my favorite seats. This is behind the Grada d'Animació who fill the first part of this area (you can't get any tickets there), who sing all the Barça chants during the games. These are low-mid ranged seats in terms of price and my personal recommendation. In terms of vision, it's really good on most seats, but generally the more money it costs, the better the vision is.

Q: I thought the ultras are banned at Camp Nou?
A: Yes, the ultragroup Boixos Nois is banned from all home games since Laporta became president in 2003. The Grada d'Animació consists of some Penyas (fangroups), the main groups being Penya Almogàvers and Supporters Barça, who sing all the chants during the games and support the team.

Q: How much will the tickets cost?
A: This really depends on the game. For some La Liga games cheapest tickets may be around 50€, for other games it will be higher. Championsleague KO games generally cost above 100€. For el clásico cheapest tickets at the 2018 one (5-1) were 151€, but after the socis only sale cheapest were already at 180€. Copa tickets generally are always a lot cheaper. For comparison, the seats I recommended above (Gol Nord First, or Second Lower) did cost me around 130€ for UCL Ro16 games against opponents such as PSG or Chelsea and 230€ for el Clásico in la Liga.

Q: Will there be any promotions to get cheaper tickets?
A: This happens very rarely, but especially at Black Friday and maybe some other occations the club often offers discounts and bundles to get cheaper tickets for few games, normally against lowtable or midtable clubs.

Q: Do I have to print my tickets or can I have it on the phone?
A: Either way works fine.

Q: How do I get to Camp Nou?
A: You can take the Metro, L5 Collblanc or Badal, L3 Les Corts are close to the stadium. You can also take the bus. For tickets for public transportation I always bought T-10 tickets, which you can use 10 times for about 10€. You can also use it to get with the R2 Rodalies train from the airport to the city center (Sants Estació).

Q: How do I get back after the games?
A: A lot of people will want to take the Metro after the match, so it will take quite a long time, which is why you will see some people leaving around the 90th minute, even though the game is not over. Metro is working until 0 am, on some occasions an hour longer because of the Barça match (normally only for games that start really late like 9:30pm). Be careful in the Metro, because there may be thieves trying to take advantage that it is so full.

Q: Should I also go to the Barça Museum and Stadium Tour?
A: Yes, it's great. A little bit expensive, but a must do for every football fan and especially every Barça fan. You will see all the trophies, important moments in the clubs history, you can go through the tunnel inside the stadium and stand on the pitch in front of the bench. You can see the press rooms where the players give interviews, the area where the press sits during the matches, the away changing room and much more. If you have already been some years ago I wouldn't say that the changes are big enough that you have to go again, but that's your choice.

Q: What else can I do?
A: You could watch a Barça B match at the Miniestadi for around 10€, which is right next to Camp Nou (next year they will be at the new Estadi Johan Cruyff near the Ciutat Esportiva), or one of the clubs other sports such as a Basketball game at the Palau. The FC Barcelona Megastore is also next to the stadium.

Q: I want to learn the Barça fan chants for my visit at Camp Nou or know what the lyrics mean in English.
A: https://www.reddit.com/r/Barca/comments/amwhux/23_best_fc_barcelona_fan_chants_english_subtitles/

Q: Where do Barça fans celebrate?
A: On the Rambla at the Font de Canaletes (fountain). The reason is that in the past there was the office of a popular newspaper and in times where you couldn't watch away games on TV or listen to it on radio, fans went there, because the newspaper did write the livescores outside of the building. On the fountain it says that whoever drinks from it will fall in love with this city and will always return to it. So better take a drink :)

All other questions regarding the city of Barcelona might be better answered in r/Barcelona. I am not from Barcelona, nor Spain, but I am travelling there once or twice a year normally. Though we have some users here that are from the city or other places in Catalunya. Other questions about Camp Nou you might find here an answer https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/tickets/football/faqs/ If you still have any unanswered questions, ask in the Open Thread.