Football Union of Russia to name St. Petersburg as a candidate city for Euro 2020
Russia
September 10, 2013, 13:52
The tournament will be hosted in 13 cities across different nations.
MOSCOW, September 10. (Itar-Tass) - Football Union of Russia (FUR) will name St. Petersburg to Union of European Football Associations as the Russian bid for Euro 2020, Nikita Simonyan, Vice President of FUR told Itar-Tass.
“St. Petersburg will be approved by the FUR executive committee during the session scheduled for September 12,” he said.
St. Petersburg will compete to host four matches of Euro 2020 – three during group stage and one quarter-final. The tournament will be hosted in 13 cities across different nations.