This Day in History: 2022-10-28

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EULOGIO MARTINEZ RAMIRO SCORES THE NOU CAMP’S FIRST GOAL (1957)

For all that Barcelona’s magnificent Camp Nou Stadium is a symbol of Catalan identity, the first goal scored there came from a Paraguayan, Eulogio ‘Kokito’ Martinez Ramiro, who netted in the 11th minute of a 4-2 victory over Select Warszawa. The 24 September match had been specially arranged to mark the opening of Camp Nou and over 90,000 fans packed the new arena, which took three years to build and replaced the old Les Corts Stadium. Goal machine Martinez was Barcelona’s top scorer on three occasions and helped the Catalans to two La Liga titles, two Spanish Cups and two European Fairs Cups.

FC Barcelona’s imposing Camp Nou. The current capacity of the grand stadium is 98,477.