Barça will wear a special edition shirt vs Elche to raise money for charity

FC Barcelona will wear a special edition of the blaugrana shirt with CUPRA’s name on the sleeve. Shirts, signed by the players, will be auctioned off in the following weeks to raise funds for programs against the coronavirus as selected by the Barça Foundation and CUPRA.

n Saturday, September 19, the Camp Nou will host the 55th edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy Game -Barça’s third and final match before the start of the 2020/21 LaLiga campaign. Their opponents will be Elche, and FC Barcelona players will wear a special edition of this season's jersey, incorporating the CUPRA logo on the right sleeve as part of an initiative promoted by the Club and the car brand, with the aim of raising funds for the fight against COVID-19.

Over the coming weeks, several special edition jerseys will be signed by the players and auctioned publicly through the United Charity platform, which specialises in sports auctions. In addition, CUPRA will offer the more than 15,000 SEAT and CUPRA employees the possibility of joining in this show of solidarity by purchasing this unique shirt design, through their internal corporate channels. For each shirt purchased by an employee part of the amount will be donated to the fight against COVID-19.

The funds raised will go to projects selected by the Barça Foundation and CUPRA, to help mitigate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. Specifically, they will be given to the #YoMeCorono campaign, led by Dr. Bonaventura Clotet, president of the Foundation against AIDS and infectious diseases, and president of the SEAT Healthy Company Scientific Committee; as well as programs aimed at supporting children and young people in vulnerable situations due to coronavirus.