Hans Max Gamper-Haessig, known in Spain as Joan Gamper, was a Swiss football pioneer, versatile athlete and club president. He founded football clubs in Switzerland and Spain, most notably FC Zürich and FC Barcelona.

The Joan Gamper Trophy or Joan Gamper Cup is an annual friendly football match held in August, before the start of FC Barcelona's La Liga season.

The competition is hosted by FC Barcelona at the Camp Nou stadium and is named in honour of Joan Gamper.

The competition was inaugurated in 1966 by Enric Llaudet, one of Gamper's successors as club president. The trophy itself is an 800 grams (1.8 lb) silver cup with five micrometres of gold finishing, on top of a 10 kilograms (22 lb) marble plinth base.

Since 1997, the competition has only featured a one-off game, the tournament being shortened due to an increased fixture list and a shorter close season.

If the match is tied after 90 minutes, no extra-time is played and the winner is decided by a penalty shoot-out.

Scheduled to be played in August 2018 (it is held in August each year), the 2018 Joan Gamper Trophy will be the 53rd edition of the Joan Gamper Trophy.

Spanish side and hosts Barcelona will face Argentine side Boca Juniors at the Camp Nou in Barcelona.

This will mark Boca's sixth appearance in the Joan Gamper Trophy, after previously taking part in the 1967, 1977, 1984, 2003 and 2008 editions.

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