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December 17 – Udinese Calcio’s Bluenergy Stadium has been confirmed by UEFA because the venue for the Tremendous Cup 2025, marking the competitors’s first enterprise on to Italian soil.
The number of Bluenergy Stadium, introduced following the UEFA Govt Committee assembly on Monday, comes after the Udine metropolis council authorized a complete redevelopment plan for Stadio Friuli final week.
The stadium was opened in 1976 and at present boasts a capability of 25,144 after two renovations – one in 1990 and later a three-year venture ending in 2016.
Since then, the stadium has hosted the Italy nationwide staff on 4 events, most lately in October 2024, and served because the stage for the 2019 UEFA European Underneath-21 Championship last.
“Following the UEFA Underneath-21 Championship last in 2019 and 4 necessary fixtures involving the nationwide staff, Bluenergy Stadium and Udinese Calcio are honoured to host what I’d name an epic encounter,” mentioned managing director Franco Collavino.
“This occasion shouldn’t be solely a milestone for sports activities but in addition a momentous event for the town of Udine and the complete Friuli-Venezia Giulia area, underscoring the central position sport performs in our neighborhood. We’re totally dedicated to delivering an distinctive occasion, and it’s necessary to notice that the Udinese venture continues to show its potential to draw prestigious occasions whereas elevating the area’s profile. We prolong our gratitude to FIGC and UEFA for his or her belief and are assured that we are going to honour it by internet hosting the Tremendous Cup in one in every of Europe’s most progressive and forward-thinking stadiums.”
The Stadio Friuli renovation venture goals to remodel the stadium right into a ‘vibrant, multifunctional hub for sports activities, tradition, and commerce’.
“The Stadio Friuli represents one of the crucial necessary belongings of our metropolis, a spot the place sport expresses itself at its highest ranges, bringing the picture of Udine to a world stage,” mentioned Udine Mayor Alberto Felice De Toni.
“With the Stadio 2.0 venture, our metropolis shall be more and more on the forefront by making accessible to followers and residents a construction among the many most full in Europe.”
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