UEFA has announced that the two of Israel’s upcoming Euro 2024 qualifying games will be played in Hungary,
Recall that UEFA postponed all matches scheduled in the country earlier this month due to the Israel-Hamas war.
The new venue for the game is Pancho Arena in Felcsut. It will host Israel’s Group I qualifying game against Switzerland on November 15 and that of the Match against Romania on November 18. The matches will be played with spectators, UEFA said.
Before the two games, Israel which has 11 points from six matches and sits third in the group,will play away at Kosovo on November 12.
Earlier, UEFA has also rescheduled Israel’s away game against Kazakhstan in the Women’s Nations League to November 23 and the reverse fixture was shifted to November 26.
Also at the request of European football’s governing body UEFA, FIFA had also approved an exception regarding the mandatory release of players for the rescheduled matches.
“Mandatory release would apply for a maximum of one player per any club not affiliated to either of the participating member associations of a given match,” the statement read