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AFFA appeals to UEFA to hold home match of national team away

23 November 2018 [15:15] - TODAY.AZ

By Report


Baku Olympic Stadium (BOS) will be closed for other events beginning from March 2019.

Report informs citing AFFA’s official website that this because the final match of the UEFA Europa League will be held in Baku on May 29 next year. According to the plan of the UEFA Organizing Committee, due to the preparation works BOS will not host any matches till that final match.

AFFA has applied to UEFA to hold the away match of the national team first, according to the calendar of the home match within the qualifying round of the 2020 European Championship which is supposed to be watched by great fans audience, if the home match is scheduled on March-May 2019. 

Notably, the draw in the Euro-2020 qualifying round will be held in Dublin, the capital of Ireland, on December 2, 2018.

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