The last match of Didier Deschamps’ team at the Stade de France, before the start of work for the Paris Olympics, will be played on November 16 against Gibraltar, during the qualifications for Euro 2024.
It will be temporary, but the Blues will move. The French football team will host the Republic of Ireland on September 7 at the Parc des Princes in qualifying for Euro 2024, and not at the Stade de France already selected for the 2023 Rugby World Cup, according to the schedule unveiled, Thursday 11 May, by the French Football Federation (FFF). This will not be the only “relocated” match at the Stade de France.
Only one meeting of Didier Deschamps’ men is scheduled for next season in the usual enclosure of Saint-Denis, due to renovation work for the Olympic Games scheduled for the summer of 2024. It will be against Gibraltar, November 16, 2023, in Euro qualifying, if the current schedule is respected. Work is scheduled to start in December.
31 cities were candidates
Pregnant of the Blues from 1972 until 1997, the Parc des Princes hosted, for the last time, a match of the French team in November 2021, against Kazakhstan (8-0), qualifier for the 2022 World Cup. from Paris, five other cities will have the privilege of hosting Kylian Mbappé and his teammates: Lille on October 17 for a friendly match, Lyon and Marseille in March 2024 for friendlies or for the Euro 2024 play-offs, then Bordeaux and Metz for new friendly encounters (June 2024).
This choice was made by the Executive Committee of the Federation (FFF), after a consultation launched in March. “Thirty-one cities have applied to host an international match” French men’s, women’s and Espoirs teams, specifies a press release from the FFF.
“This consultation testifies to the attractiveness of our selections and we are delighted. They will evolve in front of their supporters throughout the territory, since ten regional metropolitan leagues out of thirteen will be mobilized“, says Philippe Diallo, interim president of the FFF. Next season, for its part, the French women’s team will play in Valenciennes, Reims, Rennes, Sochaux, Metz and Saint-Etienne. Unlike their male counterparts, the Bleues do not have a designated stadium.
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