The longest journeys in UEFA bar football
A European record was set in a 2015/16 UEFA Champions League organisation theatre when Benfica kick Astana 2-0 during home and drew 2-2 in a lapse leg in Kazakhstan – a divided sides creation a longest journeys in a story of UEFA’s bar competitions, around 6,174km.
That record could be damaged this season, should Astana – taking on Legia in this week’s UEFA Champions League third subordinate round – finish adult being interconnected this deteriorate with another Portuguese side, MarÃtimo, whose initial plea of a deteriorate is to discharge Botev Plovdiv in a UEFA Europa League.
MarÃtimo are formed on a Island of Madeira, and should a sides finish adult assembly – in a UEFA Europa League play-offs or over – a teams would face an rare 7,147km outing any way; UEFA.com maps a extremes of a footballing continent.
Longest UEFA bar journey
Kairat Almaty
2015 UEFA Futsal Cup finals
Sporting CP
2017 UEFA Futsal Cup finals
The longest feat march in European football story took Kairat behind to Kazakhstan after they won a tip esteem in bar futsal in Lisbon in Apr 2017, a 6,911km tour west not flustering Cacau’s side. Sporting CP done a lapse tour as a 2017 final 4 eventuality was hold in Almaty, yet mislaid 7-0 in a decider.
Longest European/South American Cup journey
Racing Avellaneda 2-1 Celtic
Between 1960 and 2004, a champions of Europe and South America competed for a UEFA-endorsed European/South American Cup – or Intercontinental Cup. The farthest any side had to transport was 11,304km, when Celtic flew south to take on Argentina’s Racing Avellaneda in a 1967 competition. Having won a home leg 1-0, they mislaid 2-1 in Avellaneda. They mislaid a tie 1-0 in Montevideo, a small 11,236km from Glasgow.
Shortest UEFA journeys
AC Milan 0-0 Internazionale Milano
Internazionale Milano 1-1 AC Milan
2002/03 UEFA Champions League semi-finals
AC Milan 2-0 Internazionale Milano
Internazionale Milano 0-3 AC Milan
2004/05 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals
In a early days of European football, smaller clubs were spasmodic swayed to play both their home and divided games during their opponents’ stadiums, yet no divided diversion concerned a shorter turn outing than these dual Milan derbies. The clubs always have a same sauce bedrooms during San Siro, ensuring an divided outing of 0km for these ties. Ironically, a initial of them was won on divided goals.
Most primeval UEFA games
Norway’s Tromsø have played 27 UEFA home games during their Alfheim Stadium.
The city of Tromso’s coordinates are 69° 40′ 58″ N, that is inside a Arctic Circle.
The longest UEFA tour to Tromso was taken by İnter Bakı, who had to transport 3,717km for a 2-0 UEFA Europa League second subordinate turn better in Jul 2013.
Most southerly UEFA games (excluding European/South American Cup)
Spain’s Las Palmas have played 5 UEFA home games during their Estadio de Gran Canaria.
Las Palmas lies in a Canary Islands, coordinates 28° 9′ 0″ N, that distortion off a seashore of Morocco and are serve south than Cairo.
The longest UEFA tour to Gran Canaria was undertaken by Sloboda Tuzla, who trafficked 3,548km for a 5-0 UEFA Cup initial turn better in Sep 1977.
Most eastward UEFA games
Russia’s Sibir Novosibirsk played dual UEFA home games during their Spartak Stadium Novosibirsk.
The coordinates are 82° 56′ 0″ E, creation it about as distant easterly as Nepal.
The longest of a dual journeys to play Sibir was a 4,951km transport taken by PSV Eindhoven for a 1-0 UEFA Europa League play-off better in Aug 2010.
Most westerly UEFA games (excluding European/South American Cup)
Santa Clara played dual UEFA home games during a São Miguel Stadium in Ponta Delgada.
The categorical city in a Azores, a coordinates are 25° 44′ 50″ W, definition it lies about as distant west as Cape Verde.
The longest tour west to Ponta Delgada was taken by Armenia’s Shirak, who trafficked 5,824km west for a 2-0 UEFA Intertoto Cup initial turn better in Jun 2002.
The longest probable journeys
Confine a hunt to clubs who have competed in UEFA competitions and a longest probable would be a 8,046km outing for a diversion between Sibir Novosibirsk and Tenerife – another side from a Canaries who are even serve west than Las Palmas, yet not as distant south – yet even some-more strenuous journeys could theoretically happen.
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok spent 3 seasons in a Russian tip moody from 2006 to 2008; their Dynamo Stadium is 100m from a Sea of Japan. A fanciful diversion between Luch-Energiya and Tenerife would engage an 11,460km outing any way.
Europe’s bounds can be stretched even serve though. Sides from abroad territories are entitled to play in a Portuguese and French domestic cups.
Santa Clara’s bottom in a Azores is a prolonged approach west, yet a conditions in France is even some-more startling, given that sides from Mayotte, Reunion, Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guyana could all theoretically validate for European foe as French Cup winners.
Should stream French Guyanese champions Matoury ever have to take on Luch-Energiya in a European game, it would engage a turn outing of a best partial of 30,000km – and it would be closer for them to fly west than east. The rim of a planet, incidentally, is around 40,000km.
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