The team of Royal Antwerp FC is set to play legendary Ukrainian football club Dynamo Kyiv in a charity match on 15 July at 20:00, according to a post on Royal Antwerp FC’s website.
The game, dubbed “Match for Peace”, will serve as a warm-up for Antwerp before it starts its qualification for the UEFA Europa Conference League.
Meanwhile, for Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv, two-time UEFA Cup winners and forming a leading Soviet football club, the match is a warm-up for their upcoming Champions League qualifiers.
As part of the Match for Peace campaign, Dynamo Kyiv has toured Europe, facing off against famous clubs. To date, Dynamo have played Legia (Warsaw), Galatasaray (Istanbul), CFR 1908 Cluj (Cluj-Napoca), Borussia (Dortmund), Dinamo Zagreb, Basel FC, and Flora (Tallinn).
Dynamo is in great form, having won five friendly matches and drawing the other two.
The charity matches help raise money for Ukrainians affected by the ongoing war in the country, to give food and accommodation to refugees, purchase clothing and footwear, as well as medicine, financial assistance, and other humanitarian assistance.
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According to the organisers, Stop War in Ukraine, the funds go to “humanitarian issues caused by the Russian military invasion of Ukraine” and will be implemented using official bank accounts held by the National Bank of Ukraine and the Ministry of Social Policy of Ukraine.
The charity friendly will be held at Antwerp’s Bosuilstadion and tickets cost between €5 and €12 at the time of publication. The sale of tickets for the match ends on Tuesday 12 July at noon. Tickets can be purchased on the official website of Royal Antwerp FC.
