Brentford are in talks with Ukrainian facet Shakhtar Donetsk over internet hosting their Champions League fixtures on the Gtech Group Stadium for the forthcoming season.
Shakhtar will immediately enter the league section of the 2026-27 competitors.
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Initially, they’d certified for the third qualifying spherical however had been moved into the league section on account of Champions League winners already qualifying by way of profitable Ligue 1.
Attributable to Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Shakhtar have been taking part in their European matches outdoors of their dwelling stadium. Final 12 months, their dwelling matches had been performed throughout Ljubljana, Slovenia and Krakow, Poland.
BBC Sport understands that discussions are ongoing between Shakhtar and Brentford over doubtlessly holding their Champions League matches in west London.
A Shakhtar official mentioned, “Shakhtar is presently negotiating with a number of venues in the UK and in an effort to safe a number stadium for its Uefa Champions League matches subsequent season. We is not going to touch upon the method till a choice is introduced within the close to future.”
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Brentford’s dwelling stadium complies with Uefa’s laws on stadia internet hosting Champions League matches and it’s understood Uefa would don’t have any problem with this happening, offering native authorities allow it.
Brentford have been recognized to lease out their stadium for non-England worldwide pleasant matches, the World Sevens Soccer (a feminine seven-a-side event) and customarily think about this selection an vital extra income stream.
With and each failing to qualify for Europe, and are the one London golf equipment set to function throughout European competitions in 2026-27.
Palace’s fixtures are prone to be performed solely on Thursdays, barring any modifications, on account of being within the Europa League.
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Like Shakhtar, Arsenal’s matches within the Champions League are prone to rotate between Tuesdays and Wednesdays and there might be fewer London-based scheduling points to deal with than in earlier seasons.
In the course of the 2021 Girls’s European Championships, performed a 12 months later because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Gtech Group Stadium hosted 4 matches together with Germany’s quarter-final win over .
It has since hosted a 2023 worldwide pleasant between ‘s and ‘s males’s facet, the 2025 Unity Cup and in Might, the 2026 version of the Girls’s World Sevens soccer event.