ISRAEL READY TO HOST NATIONAL TEAMS OF ARMENIA AND AZERBAIJAN
AZG Armenian Daily
28/04/2006
According to Azerbaijani mass media, secretary of the Israeli Football
Federation, Naim Simmer, sent a letter to his Azerbaijani counterpart
Ramiz Mirzoyev suggesting to hold the European Championship qualifying
matches between Armenian and Azerbaijani teams in Israel. In Mirzoyev’s
words, he also received such suggestions from football federations
of Luxemburg, Belarus, Bulgaria, Latvia, Moldova and Holland.
Matthew Sprangers, member of the UEFA executive board, said from Baku
that the pitch for the qualifier matches will be chosen after the
meeting in Lyon on May 12. The get-together will draw 3 representatives
of each national football federation and 3 participants from the UEFA.