FAI to Refund Ireland Season Ticket Holders Amid Closed-Door Matches

The FAI will refund Ireland season ticket holders after confirming that the upcoming home Nations League fixture against Israel will be played behind closed doors in Serbia.

Supporters who bought season tickets are being offered either an account credit or a cash refund worth one fifth of the overall season ticket price, reflecting the value of the single missing home game. Loyalty points will still be awarded to all season ticket holders, despite the fact they cannot attend the match.

Upcoming Fixtures

Ireland’s 2026-27 Nations League campaign opens away to Kosovo in Pristina on 24 September, but the football has been pushed to the margins. The spotlight has instead locked onto the back-to-back games against Israel on 27 September and 1 October, fixtures that have already been shifted out of Ireland and moved to Hungary and Serbia.

Those decisions have unfolded against a backdrop of intense pressure from the “Stop the Game” campaign, which has urged the FAI to boycott the fixtures in protest at the humanitarian situation in Gaza. The association has held its line.

Last month, an FAI motion to proceed with the matches passed with a 68% majority, with the governing body stressing “the profound impact that non-fulfilment of UEFA fixtures would have on Irish football as a whole and its future development.”

The debate shows no sign of easing. The games will go ahead. The stands, for at least one of them, will not.