Loughborough Stadium

Loughborough Stadium is to host tournament matches for UEFA.

Loughborough University hosts the footballing stars of tomorrow

The next Lionel Messi could be set to grace Loughborough University as it plays host to major tournament matches for UEFA.

Highly-rated youngsters from Greece, the Czech Republic and Denmark will be on campus in March as they look to secure qualification from Group 2 of the UEFA European Under-19 Championship for this summer’s UEFA final tournament in Armenia.

Richard Allen, Director of Football, explained: “Hosting elite level sport at Loughborough is in our DNA, and we’re looking forward to welcoming UEFA to campus. The matches are sure to showcase the best upcoming talent in football and we encourage members of the public to come down and catch a glimpse of the stars of tomorrow.”

The full fixture list can be found below:

23 March 2019, Czech Republic v Denmark, KO 4:40pm

26 March 2019, Czech Republic v Greece, KO 2:00pm

All UEFA fixtures will take place at the University’s main stadium, with entry free to the general public for all matches.

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Loughborough is one of the country’s leading universities, with an international reputation for research that matters, excellence in teaching, strong links with industry, and unrivalled achievement in sport and its underpinning academic disciplines.

It has been awarded five stars in the independent QS Stars university rating scheme, named the best university in the world for sports-related subjects in the 2018 QS World University Rankings, top in the country for its student experience in the 2018 THE Student Experience Survey and named University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times University Guide 2019 and the Whatuni Student Choice Awards 2018.

Loughborough is in the top 10 of every national league table, being ranked 4th in the Guardian University League Table 2019, 5th in the Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019 and 7th in The UK Complete University Guide 2019. It was also named Sports University of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017.

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