Big football night - F.C. Barcelona vs Manchester United

Barcelona will meet Manchester United at the Camp Nou on April 23rd. This should be a great night of football at the highest level with both teams looking for a place in the Champions League final so strong emotions are guaranteed.

For those Manchester United fans coming to Barcelona from the UK or anywhere in Europe, here are some tips:

April 23rd coincides with the feast of Sant Jordi so you will be able to enjoy a great atmosphere all over Barcelona but specially around Las Ramblas area. Of course, city center will be packed, you should be extra careful with your handbags and wallet, so be extra careful with pickpockets.

As normally happens in this situations, airlines will bring up prices so you may consider for an alternative route to get to Barcelona (e.g. via Ireland or another country) if you don't have your flights booked already. Click here for a list of cities in the UK flying directly into Barcelona airport.

How to get to the Camp Nou? The easiest way is to take the underground (Metro). There are three metro stations very close to the Nou Camp: Collblanc (L5 - blue), Badal (L5 - blue) and Maria Cristina (L3 - green). Click here for a small map showing their location with regards to the Nou Camp. If your acommodation is in city center, the easiest is probably is to go Maria Cristina as you can take the metro at the following stations (Catalunya, Liceu or Drassanes, all at the L3 green line) as it is just few stations away.

For those of you travelling without a ticket, be aware that it may be almost impossible to obtain one as very small amount of tickets will be put on sale. You may try the box office (access 14) at the Nou Camp on April 23rd.

If you are unable to get a ticket and want to watch the match in an English speaking environment, you can go to an Irish Pub. There are few in the city centre area.

Finally, here are some useful links:

- Consulates in Barcelona
- Places to visit in Barcelona
- Restaurant in City center
- Bars
- Transport in Barcelona
- Useful information

F.C.Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona, normally known as Barça, is one of the best teams (if not the best) in Europe.
Although F.C.Barcelona has several professional and amateur sports teams (football, basketball, handball, futsal and roller hockey, rugby, athletics, baseball, ...), it is best know for its football team. Founded in 1899 by Joan Gamper, it currently has more than 150.000 members.

Current champion of the Spanish League (la Liga) and the UEFA Champions League.

The Camp Nou is FCBarcelona's main stadium, with a capacity of 98.000 it is one of the biggest and best stadiums in Europe.

Unfortunately that is not enough to allocate all its members, therefore it is quite difficult for newer members to get season tickets although they have preference over non-members when trying to get tickets.

Ticket price

Price depens on the team playing against and the location of the seats:

	C	B	A	A+
Tribuna 1/2	61	88	124	170
Tribuna 3	56	82	117	153
Lateral 1/2	46	67	98	134
Lateral 3	40	57	84	117
Gol 1/2	33	48	71	94
Gol 3	26	40	61	84
General	18	30	50	73
Member discount	20%	20%	20%	20%
Team	Gimnàstic	Zaragoza	Osasuna	R. Madrid
	Racing	Sevilla	Valencia
	Celta	Villareal	Espanyol
	Recreativo	Real Sociedad	Mallorca
		At. Madrid
		Betis
		Deportivo
		Levante
		Ath. Bilbao
Champions League		Group Stages	Group Stages	Group Stages

Teams are divided into different categories (C, D, A, A+). GENERAL are the cheapest seats as they are the highest seats, although there is a decent view. GOAL seats are located behind the goals. Finally LATERAL and TRIBUNA are side stands (no difference at all between them on terms of view) however TRIBUNA is where the president seats so it si more expensive.

Tickets can be obtained at ticket offices at the Nou Camp, or by calling 902 1899 00, at the ServiCaixa ATMs or on the internet at the F.C.B web page.

FCB Museum

It is one of Barcelona's main atractions, named after the former president Josep Lluis Nuñez, it is the most visited museum in Catalunya with over 1.160.000 visits last year. The price of the museum is €7, or €11 including the Camp Nou which I strongly recommend.

The FCB Museum including the Camp Nou tour is highly recommended, I would describe it as "must see".

Click here for a list of sport events in Barcelona.

Tags: F.C. Barcelona, FCB, Futbol Club Barcelona