{"id":12001,"date":"2026-09-15T11:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12001"},"modified":"2026-09-15T11:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-15T11:00:28","slug":"bucharest-to-host-2028-uefa-europa-league-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=12001","title":{"rendered":"Bucharest to host 2028 UEFA Europa League final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bucharest\u2019s National Arena will host the 2028 UEFA Europa League final, the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frf.ro\/comunicari\/comunicate-frf\/oficial-finala-uefa-europa-league-vine-la-bucuresti-arena-nationala-va-gazdui-ultimul-act-al-competitiei-in-2028\/\">announced<\/a> on Tuesday, September 15. The venue was selected by UEFA\u2019s Executive Committee following an assessment of bids submitted by the candidate federations.<\/p>\n<p>The match will mark the second UEFA final held at the National Arena, 16 years after the stadium hosted the 2012 Europa League final.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHosting the Europa League final in Bucharest represents the strongest signal of confidence from the UEFA president and my colleagues on the UEFA Executive Committee in the development strategy we have proposed for professional club football in Romania,\u201d FRF president R\u0103zvan Burleanu said.<\/p>\n<p>He further described the decision as \u201ca unique window of opportunity\u201d for Romanian professional football and said the event could generate sporting, business and social benefits while strengthening the country\u2019s international image.<\/p>\n<p>The National Arena has also hosted matches during UEFA Euro 2020, the 2023 European Under-21 Championship, and the 2025 European Under-19 Championship.<\/p>\n<p>The bid was supported by the Romanian government and Bucharest City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>The FRF said preparations would begin shortly in cooperation with UEFA specialists.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bucharest\u2019s National Arena will host the 2028 UEFA Europa League final, the Romanian Football Federation (FRF) announced on Tuesday, September 15. The venue was selected by UEFA\u2019s Executive Committee following an assessment of bids submitted by the candidate federations. The match will mark the second UEFA final held at the National Arena, 16 years after [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12001"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12001\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}