{"id":48721,"date":"2026-07-01T18:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/48721\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T18:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T18:08:13","slug":"barcelona-set-to-play-a-pre-season-friendly-against-udinese-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/48721\/","title":{"rendered":"Barcelona set to play a pre-Season friendly against Udinese in August"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">FC Barcelona have added another fixture to their pre-season schedule, with a friendly against Udinese on 8 August in Udine, Italy, reports <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20260701\/1004201673\/barca-cierra-amistoso-pretemporada.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Mundo Deportivo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The match joins an increasingly busy summer programme as Hansi Flick\u2019s side prepare for the 2026\/27 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Pre-Season begins on 13 July<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first team will report back to the Joan Gamper Sports City on 13 July, when players will undergo the usual medical examinations before beginning preparations for the new season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a week of training in Barcelona, the squad will travel to St. George\u2019s Park in England for a training camp running from 27 July to 3 August.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/fc-barcelona-v-real-betis-balompie-laliga-ea-sports-1-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Hansi Flick Head Coach of FC Barcelona\" class=\"wp-image-200250\"  \/>Pre-season training starts in under two weeks. (Photo by Eric Alonso\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club is still waiting for several international players to return from the FIFA World Cup before the full squad is available.<\/p>\n<p>Confirmed friendly matches<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona had already confirmed two pre-season friendlies so far: <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/confirmed-barcelona-to-play-pre-season-friendly-against-ce-europa-in-july\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">first one on 24 July against Europa<\/a> at Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper and then on 31 July: Birmingham City at St. Andrew\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now, the Blaugrana will lock horns with Udinese in Udine, Italy, on 8 August. The possibility of facing the Serie A side <a href=\"https:\/\/barcauniversal.com\/barcelona-considering-pre-season-friendly-against-udinese-in-italy-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">had been reported in recent days<\/a>, and the match has now been finalised.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"688\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/udinese-calcio-v-spezia-calcio-serie-a-1024x688.jpg\" alt=\"Udinese corner flag\" class=\"wp-image-203649\"  \/>Barcelona set to face Udinese. (Photo by Timothy Rogers\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nottingham Forest may also be involved, with reports from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cy8dgze1n8go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BBC in England<\/a> suggesting that a three-team pre-season tournament was rubber-stamped earlier this week. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, with the Premier League club changing their managers today, from Vitor Pereira to Oliver Glasner, plans could end up being altered.<\/p>\n<p>More matches still possible<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Barcelona are still working on completing the remainder of their summer schedule.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Friendlies in Rabat (Morocco) and Nairobi (Kenya) have been discussed but have not yet been officially confirmed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The club is also expected to play another match during its training camp in England, with Watford and Stoke City among the clubs linked as potential opponents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Barcelona\u2019s traditional Joan Gamper Trophy is scheduled to take place on 19 August. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The opponent for the annual curtain-raiser has yet to be announced, with many names being discussed after Ajax and RB Leipzig were ruled out as possible opposition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FC Barcelona have added another fixture to their pre-season schedule, with a friendly against Udinese on 8 August&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[92,222,223,8603,20696],"class_list":["post-48721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-barcelona","tag-barcelona","tag-barcelona-news","tag-fc-barcelona","tag-pre-season","tag-udinese"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}