Azerbaijan, Luxembourg national teams not to play at new stadium

Luxembourg national team, which is the rival of the Azerbaijani national team in UEFA’s Nations League, will not play matches at the newly built National Stadium, Report says, citing wort.lu.

Paul Philipp, President of the Luxembourg Football Federation (FLF), expressed disappointment by the delay of works due to the coronavirus pandemic. He said it was almost impossible to play matches within the Nations League in the new stadium. The FLF president added that the first games at the stadium are likely to take place for March 2021.

Notably, besides Luxembourg, Cyprus and Montenegro are also rivals of the Azerbaijani national team in the first group of the C League.

The Azerbaijan-Luxembourg national team are to play on September 1, while the next match between the national teams is scheduled for November 15. These will be the first and last matches of the Azerbaijani national team in the tournament.