Romanian Football Federation Brings Awareness to FREE KICKS Project during International Matches
The FREE KICKS project gained significant visibility from the actions of project partner FRF, during the latter part of the year. Matches of the Romanian Men’s and Women’s National Teams, in addition to the U21 and U20 teams allowed for the project’s banners to be displayed in stadiums, reaching thousands of fans in attendance and millions of viewers on television.
Highlights:
- Romania vs. Lithuania
UEFA Nations League – 9/9/2024
This match drew 28,125 spectators in the stadium and was broadcast to a large TV audience of 1.6 million people.
Score: 3-1 for Romania. - Romania vs. Kosovo
UEFA Nations League – 15/11/2024
A strong number of 49,977 fans turned out, selling out the National Arena Stadium and reaching over 2.02 million people on TV.
Score: 3-0 for Romania due to abandoned match. - Romania vs. Cyprus
UEFA Nations League – 18/11/2024
It was a near-capacity match with a crowd of 45,244 fans and over 1.7 million people tuned in to the TV broadcast.
Score: 4-1 for Romania. - Romania vs. Poland
UEFA Women’s EURO Qualifier – 25/10/2024
Held at the Arch of Triumph Stadium Bucharest, 3000 spectators were in the stands.
Score: 2-1 for Poland. - Romania vs. Montenegro
UEFA EURO U21 2025 Qualifiers – 06/09/2024
6,500 supporters filled the sold-out Eugen Popescu Stadium Targoviste.
Score: 1-0 for Romania. - Romania vs. Switzerland
UEFA EURO U21 2025 Qualifiers – 15/10/2024
This match drew 9,056 fans to Rapid Stadium Bucharest stadium
Score: 3-1 for Romania. - Romania vs. Switzerland
U20 National Team Match -14/10/2024
The Eugen Popescu Stadium Targoviste was lively with 2057 spectators in attendance.
Score: 2-2.
Additionally, Voxpop interviews with Romanian National Team supporters were shown in the stadiums during the matches as mentioned above. In these videos, fans shared their thoughts and opinions on the FRF’s efforts to enhance circularity and sustainability within the organisation.
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