Risoupoli, not the Panthessaliko Stadium, will host the National Football Team’s match against Northern Ireland. The League of nations. The match will take place on Tuesday, September 27th.

The match of “white-blue” is the last for her National in the second group of the third division of the League of Nations. His team Gustavo Poyet achieved promotion and the right to participate in qualifying matches for reaching the final phase of Euro 2024.

The Georgios Kamaras Stadium will finally host the men’s national team in the 2022-23 UEFA Nations League final group game against Northern Ireland on 27 September 2022.

This choice was considered binding and imperative based on the UEFA rules (Article 22, paragraph 04 of the UNL announcement) and despite the fact that UEFA declared the Panthessal Stadium in Volos to be the headquarters of the national team in UNL since the previous February.

This is solely due to the activation of the respective right to change the venue of an official international match on behalf of the Northern Ireland Host Association in order to provide accommodation and movement for the 600 fans who have declared that they will come to our country. to watch the game.

It is noted that the EPO accepted in writing the initial request of P.O. Northern Ireland and took over the accommodation/relocation of Irish supporters to and from Volos, however the host association subsequently withdrew its position and asked UEFA to change the venue of the match.

After that, the new headquarters of our National Team was selected and agreed with UEFA based on the existing list of available stadiums that meet the conditions for hosting international games of national teams and have already been declared and certified by the European Federation.

In any case, the EPO considers it necessary to thank the municipality of Volos and Mayor Achilleas Beo, as well as the Thessaly Football Club Association and its President Miltiadis Kagyros, who, for their part, did everything to make the match against Northern Ireland possible. in Volos, as they were also the biggest contributors to the national team’s two home games in Volos against Cyprus and Kosovo last June.

The Hellenic Football Federation and all members of our national team also express their gratitude to the people of Volio and the people of the entire region for their unique support at the June games. Their contribution was invaluable and reflected in the efforts of the players and the winning results.

In Volos, our national teams have certainly found their “home”, so the women’s team is already scheduled to play an important World Cup qualifying match against Wales on 2 September at the Panthessal Stadium.

Finally, the EPO thanks the amateur Apollo who immediately agreed to the cession of the Georgios Kamaras field.

We remind you that the Greece-Northern Ireland game is the last for the men’s national team in the 2nd group of League C of the UEFA Nations League and our team has already mathematically secured access to League B and future qualifications. matches to reach the final phase of Euro 2024.