HatTrick: Making an impact across Europe in 2025

Since launching in 2004, the our HatTrick programme has distributed €2.6 billion of EURO revenue across all 55 of our member national associations.

By 2028, that total will rise to €3.5 billion, with the current cycle of reinvestment – a record €935 million from EURO 2024– already making a tangible difference throughout Europe.

A home for Andorran football

On 14 October, Andorra officially inaugurated Estadi de la FAF, their new national stadium, as their men’s national team faced Serbia in the European Qualifiers for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Built with HatTrick support, the stadium has a capacity of 5,000 and is the new home of Andorra’s national teams and Andorran club sides in UEFA competitions. The ground will also feature a new three-floor headquarters for the Andorran Football Federation which is still under construction.

Previously, Andorra shared the 3,300-capacity Estadi Nacional with their national rugby team, so this new stadium represents a dedicated home and a new base from which Andorran football can continue to grow.

Building new stages for success

In San Marino, EURO 2024 revenue has contributed to the installation of a FIFA Quality Pro surface at the Stadio di Acquaviva – also a HatTrick-funded project – which had been left unplayable by flooding. The new turf allowed the ground to host matches during the UEFA Regions’ Cup earlier this year, and it will continue to be the venue for San Marino national team youth matches and training sessions.

Further north, the Faroe Islands used HatTrick funds to rejuvenate their national Tórsvøllur Stadium in Tórshavn, with reconstructed stands, new floodlights and a pitch upgrade. Við Djúpumýru in Klaksvík also received funding for new floodlights as the two grounds played host to the UEFA Women’s Under-17 EURO in May – the country’s first UEFA final tournament.

The men’s Under-17 EURO was hosted in Albania around the same time, where the Arena Kombëtare – opened in 2019 with HatTrick support – hosted five matches, including the final, and continues to prove a valuable addition to Albanian and European football.

Arena Kombëtare hosted the inaugural Conference League final in 2022 and five matches at the 2025 Under-17 EURO

Creating world-class facilities

Neighbouring Kosovo is also enhancing its footballing infrastructure, with HatTrick funds approved for the final upgrade to their national training centre in Hajvalia – the construction of a 14,000-seat stadium.

Portugal, meanwhile, opened the FPF Arena, a state-of-the art venue for Portuguese futsal and multi-purpose space where the UEFA VAR Symposium was hosted in April, and which is the latest addition to their HatTrick-funded ‘Cidade do Futebol’.

Increasing opportunities

EURO 2024 revenue is also being reinvested further down the pyramid, with new infrastructure providing more opportunities to play the game in Latvia, where six air domes are being built to ensure football of all levels can continue through the harsh winter conditions. The latest dome was inaugurated in October and the project is slated for completion by December 2027.

In Czechia, HatTrick funding is being invested into a nationwide project to upgrade the infrastructure of amateur clubs across the country. This includes new playing surfaces, spectator stands, facilities such as changing rooms and offices, and energy-reducing equipment like solar panels and heat pumps.

Six air domes are enabling football across Latvia to continue throughout winter

Nurturing the next generation

Over the last few years, HatTrick has funded Switzerland’s national youth training centre for girls, which provides an elite environment for the nation’s most promising young players. The impact of the academy was on full show at Women’s EURO 2025, where multiple graduates, including captain Lia Wälti, starred for the host nation on their run to the quarter-finals.

The women’s game in Italy is also being boosted by EURO revenue through the Calcio+15 programme. Launched in 2007, the initiative scouts the best young players to join regional teams, which come together for an annual tournament and crucial off-pitch education on nutrition, health, psychology and career opportunities. At Women’s EURO 2025, where Italy went on a historic run to the semi-finals, more than half of the squad had been through the programme.

Calcio+15 provides footballing opportunities and off-pitch education UEFA via Getty Images

Raising professional standards

Wales continue to perform well at international level as their men gear up for the World Cup qualifying play-off in March, while The New Saints became the first Welsh club to compete in a UEFA competition last season. Now, the Football Association of Wales (FAW) are implementing a long-term project to further develop their men’s top-flight, the Cymru Premier Division.

With HatTrick support, the project will include a revamped format from 2026/27, the implementation of long-term league and club strategies, organisation of workshops, training and knowledge-sharing opportunities, and much more.

A similar drive for increased professionalisation is happening in women’s football in France, where the French Football Federation are using HatTrick funding to implement a club licensing system in the women’s second division, provide more women’s clubs with performance tools such as video analysis, and create a new communications strategy to drive increased attendance and engagement with women’s football.

The French Football Federation are using HatTrick support to further professionalise women's footballGetty Images

Looking ahead

With more than half of EURO revenue since 2004 being reinvested into European football, the HatTrick programme has established itself as the largest solidarity and development initiative in sport.

And with three years remaining in the current HatTrick cycle, the impact of the programme will only increase, ensuring all 55 of our member associations can continue to grow the game at all levels.