Israeli soccer club Hapoel Beer-Sheva to have no away fans in stadium for 2 Europa League games

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Hapoel Beer-Sheva will play two Europa League away matches without its supporters due to security concerns and local authority decisions. Its match against Union Saint-Gilloise has been moved from Leuven to Fortuna Düsseldorf’s stadium in Germany, where neither team will have fans.

Israeli champion Hapoel Beer-Sheva be without its fans for two away games in the Europa League this month. Dutch club AZ Alkmaar said Wednesday that city authorities advised that the Oct. 15 game against Hapoel Beer-Sheva should be played without away fans in the stadium because of security reasons. Hapoel Beer-Sheva’s game one week later away to Union Saint-Gilloise will now take place in Germany – without any fans from either team at Fortuna Düsseldorf’s stadium — because the mayor of Belgian town Leuven declined to host the Oct. 22 game as originally planned.