Uefa Archives - League of Ireland

FAI & Irish FA announce joint bid for 2023 UEFA Under-21 EUROs

- November 1, 2018 0

The Football Association of Ireland and the Irish Football Association have today announced their intention to submit a joint bid to host the UEFA Under-21 Championship in 2023. The UEFA Under-21 Championship is the second biggest football tournament in Europe after the UEFA Euros. The best young talent from across the

Another Summer, Another Demonstration of UEFA’s Coefficient Farce

- July 10, 2018 0

“Football is about winning, it’s about competition, it’s about sporting merit,” he said. “I think it’s kind of a natural thing to give to those who have won a competition a special treatment like this.” Those words, spoken by the then UEFA boss Gianni Infantino in 2015, seem to suggest that

UEFA confirm dates for EURO 2020 games in Dublin

- May 24, 2018 0

Following UEFA's publication of match dates for the EURO 2020 tournament, Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Shane Ross T.D. and Minister of State for Tourism Brendan Griffin T.D., the Football Association of Ireland and Dublin City Council welcomed the announcement as Dublin prepares to host four games in the

FAI supports UEFA’s zero tolerance stance on pyrotechnics

League of Ireland

- February 16, 2018 0

The Football Association of Ireland supports UEFA's zero tolerance stance on pyrotechnics to ensure the safety of all supporters attending games. The FAI will work with An Garda Siochana, Emergency Services, Local Authorities, Clubs and all stakeholders throughout 2018 to raise awareness and fully implement new directives from UEFA. Education programmes will

Dublin selected as city to host the Euro 2020 draw

- September 28, 2017 0

Dublin has been selected to host the live televised UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw, which will take place in December 2018. UEFA selected Ireland as the venue for this event, to be held in the Convention Centre Dublin, following an invitation to bid issued to the host cities of this unique

FAI have banned two Athlone Town players for one year following investigation

- September 7, 2017 0

The FAI have released a statement with results from their investigation that they have been carrying out over the last few months following an UEFA Betting Fraud Detection System report. They have banned two players Igors Labuts and Dragos Sfrijan from all football related activities for 12 months. Full Statement below: The Football

Dundalk draw Rosenborg in the Champions League

- June 19, 2017 0

League of Ireland champions Dundalk FC have drawn Rosenborg in the Champions League 2nd qualifying round. The draw took place in Nyon today at Uefa HQ. The fixtures will take place on the 11th / 12th July and 18th / 19th July will be the return leg. Rosenborg are the current League champions

The election of Gianni Infantino from a League of Ireland perspective

League of Ireland

- February 29, 2016 0

Last Friday February 26th saw an important election take place nationally, one that will shape our political landscape for the next five years. There was also an important election on the same day in Hallenstadion, Zurich, Switzerland at the 2016 FIFA Extraordinary Congress, which had been called to elect someone