2023-10-20 02:24:26
No match organized by UEFA will be played in Israel “until further notice” for security reasons linked to the conflict between the Hebrew state and Palestinian Hamas, the European football body announced this Thursday in a communicated.
“After a thorough assessment of the current safety and security situation throughout Israel, the UEFA Executive Committee has decided that no UEFA competitive matches will be played in Israel until further notice, wrote the authority. The Israel Football Federation and its clubs, Maccabi Haifa FC and Maccabi Tel-Aviv, have been invited to offer alternative venues/stadiums outside the territory of Israel for their home matches until this decision is made. will remain in force. »
The two Israeli clubs are respectively engaged in the Europa League and the Europa Conference League. The Europa League Group H meeting, in which we also find Stade Rennais, between Maccabi Haifa and Villarreal, scheduled for Thursday October 26, has already been postponed to December 6, as has the Europa Conference League match. between Maccabi Tel-Aviv and Zorya Luhansk, scheduled for the same date and postponed to November 25.
The body adds that the Maccabi Haifa youth team engaged in the Youth League has withdrawn from the competition and will be replaced this season by that of Sparta Prague in the second round.
UEFA had already postponed two international matches, including the Euro 2024 qualifying match between Israel and Switzerland, initially scheduled for October 12, to November 15 at a location to be determined. The Kosovo-Israel match, scheduled for October 15, was also postponed, with Israeli authorities banning their national team from traveling abroad.
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