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Ronald Araujo receives the champion trophy at the end of the match between FC Barcelona and Como 1907, corresponding to the Joan Gamper Trophy, at the Joan Cruyff Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, on August 10, 2025. (Photo by Joan Valls/Urbanandsport/NurPhoto via Getty Images) | NurPhoto via Getty Images
Barcelona have confirmed they will take on Al Ahly in the Joan Gamper Trophy ahead of the start of the 2026-27 campaign.
The Catalans will face the Egyptian side at the Camp Nou on Wednesday 19 August at 8.00pm local time in the club’s traditional curtain-raiser.
Al Ahly will become the first Egyptian club – and the first African side – to take part in the Joan Gamper Trophy but have faced Barcelona before.
The two sides first played in a friendly in 1961 and then met again in 2007 as part of Al Ahly’s centenary celebrations.
The game comes after Barcelona’s pre-season trip to England for a training camp and pre-season friendly against Birmingham City.
Barcelona are also scheduled to play in a mini-tournament in Italy where they will take on Udinese and Nottingham Forest.
The pre-season tournament will be made up of three 45-minute games to decide the winners of the trophy.
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