{"id":318,"date":"2018-01-18T13:21:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T18:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=318"},"modified":"2018-01-18T13:21:55","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T18:21:55","slug":"windsor-park-makes-2020-uefa-super-cup-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=318","title":{"rendered":"Windsor Park makes 2020 UEFA Super Cup bid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-319\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WindsorParkNov16_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WindsorParkNov16_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/WindsorParkNov16_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>Belfast\u2019s Windsor Park is among nine European grounds in the running to host the UEFA Super Cup in 2020, European football\u2019s governing body has announced.<\/p>\n<p>Home to Northern Ireland, owned by Linfield and refurbished in 2016, the 18,434-seat capacity stadium also bid for the 2019 event but lost out to Istanbul\u2019s Vodafone Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Nations hosting matches in the 2020 European Championship were not allowed to enter bids for the 2020 Super Cup, which is played in August between the winners of the Champions League and the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>Declarations of interest at this stage are not binding and final proposals must be submitted by March 29.<\/p>\n<p>The winning bid will be chosen by UEFA\u2019s executive committee in May 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The nine stadiums to have expressed an interest are: Albania\u2019s National Arena in Tirana; Dinamo Stadium in Minsk, Belarus; the Olympic Stadium in Helsinki, Finland; France\u2019s Grand Stade de Nice; the Sami Ofer in Haifa, Israel; Kazakhstan\u2019s Central Stadium in Almaty; the Zimbru Stadium in Chisinau, Moldova; Windsor Park and Porto\u2019s Estadio do Dragao.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-318\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=318&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-318\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=318&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-318\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=318&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=318\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Belfast\u2019s Windsor Park is among nine European grounds in the running to host the UEFA Super Cup in 2020, European football\u2019s governing body has announced. 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