El Gamper, a tradition with good memories for Barça

Next Sunday at the Johan Cruyff stadium, the usual celebration for the 2025 Joan Gamper Trophy will take place before the start of the official season. FC Barcelona will face Como 1907, managed by former Barça player Cesc Fàbregas, who are coming off a 3-3 draw against Betis in the preseason.

In this sense, the match will be special. 'Los larianos' will participate in the Gamper for the first time, and they also have Sergi Roberto and Alex Valle, two former Barça players.

Likewise, this match usually leaves a pleasant memory for the fans of the Azulgrana team, considering that in the last 14 editions, Barça has only suffered two defeats.

 The Gamper, a guaranteed trophy for Barça

Although it remains to be seen how the Barça-Como match will end, the Catalan team has a habit of making the home ground respected when it comes to playing this match, which mainly serves to finish making adjustments to the tactical system, if necessary.

In any case, Barça's last 15 matches for the Gamper were a total spectacle for the fans, and although they have not won them all, the team has always known how to respond to the fans. That is why at FCBN we want to remind you how the matches ended: 

• 2010 / FC Barcelona - AC Milan (1-1 in 90 minutes and then the Culés won 3-1 on penalties)
• 2011/ FC Barcelona - Napoli (5-0)
• 2012/ FC Barcelona - Sampdoria (0-1)
• 2013/ FC Barcelona - Santos (8-0)
• 2014/ FC Barcelona - Club León (6-0)
• 2015/ FC Barcelona - Roma (3-0)
• 2016/ FC Barcelona - Sampdoria (3-2)
• 2017/ FC Barcelona - Chapecoense (5-0)
• 2018/ FC Barcelona - Boca Juniors (3-0)
• 2019/ FC Barcelona - Arsenal (2-1)
• 2020/ FC Barcelona - Elche (1-0)
• 2021/ FC Barcelona - Juventus (3-0)
• 2022/ FC Barcelona - Pumas (6-0)
• 2023/ FC Barcelona - Tottenham (4-2)
• 2024/ FC Barcelona - Monaco (0-3)

In the last 15 years, Barça has demonstrated a remarkable superiority against teams that have debuted in the Gamper. During this period, the Catalan team has faced debutant clubs in the Trophy on eight occasions, and the results speak for themselves: seven victories and only one defeat.

It should be remembered that those debutant teams have been Elche, Pumas, Napoli, Club León, Arsenal, Roma, Chapecoense. The only one they didn't win against was Monaco.

Lewandowski will not be able to play in the Gamper

In this order of ideas, Robert Lewandowski will not be able to be part of the match for the Gamper due to muscle discomfort located in the biceps femoris of his left leg. In this way, the Polish goalscorer says goodbye to the traditional match, where the squad is also presented to the Blaugrana fans.

In addition, the club does not rule out that the injury may also compromise the participation of '9' in the league debut against RCD Mallorca, scheduled for August 16. The medical services are closely monitoring the player's progress.

'Lewy' has seen minutes during the 3 matches of the Asian tour, where he scored 2 goals and gave 1 assist in 135 out of 270 possible, as coach Hansi Flick was dosing him. However, this alters the coach's plans, considering that he may miss the first LaLiga match.