UEFA on his page on Twitter dedicated to the publication of the visit of the President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev in Shemakhu, where he took part in the opening of a new football stadium.
The photo published in Twitter was captured by Ilham Aliyev and Executive Vice President Affa Elkhan Mamedov. Interestingly, UEFA almost never exposes photos of the heads of state if the UEFA President did not participate in the event. So it can be said that the opening of the football arena in Shemache, the European Football Union paid very special attention.
It is reported that the stadium in Shemache was built for funds allocated UEFA under the Hattrick program. This program sends revenues received from European Championships, National Associations.
“Hattrick helped Affa improve his infrastructure,” the UEFA site writes. – The construction of the Football Academy in Tovuse and the city stadium in Shemache was financed. The latter, at the opening of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev attended, includes a new synthetic field, main The stand at 2200 places and new premises for players and fans. Both projects will provide AFFA additional opportunities to increase the level of participation in the game and using football to promote social integration.
In addition, annually AFFA can use UEFA funds for building about ten new fields for mini-football for public use. “