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Bačka Topola: an unusual venue for an Irish 'home' game

The match is being played in an empty 4,500-seat stadium as tensions rise over the fixture and UEFA has stayed largely out of the dispute.

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Bačka Topola, a one hour and 40-minute drive north of Belgrade, is an unlikely place to host a competitive international fixture, especially one as contested as tonight's Republic of Ireland versus Israel fixture.

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The Irish football team plays a ‘home game’ on Sunday evening some 2,500 kilometers away from the capital, Dublin. The charged Nations League duel with Israel is being played in the Serbian village of Backa Topola.

·Rotterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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After one point from three games and a 3:0 loss in the previous meeting, the team will meet Ireland again in a match without an audience in Serbia.

The nation league game Ireland against Israel becomes a ghost game on neutral terrain. There are good reasons for this.

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RTÉ broke the news in Ireland on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
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