Azerbaijani football club Qarabag confirms $640,000 ticket revenue from charity match against Galatasaray
Friendly clash played in front of 62,000 fans on March 26 to help earthquake victims in Türkiye
ISTANBUL
Azerbaijani football club Qarabag confirmed Wednesday that over $640,000 in ticket revenue was collected from a charity match against Galatasaray.
Qarabag said in a statement that the fundraising match, which ended 2-1 in favor of the Turkish club on March 26, was played in front of 62,000 fans at Baku Olympic Stadium.
Baku Olympic Stadium, a 68,700-seat football venue, hosted the 2019 UEFA Europa League final and several matches during the UEFA EURO 2020 tournament.
More than 50,000 people were killed on Feb. 6 when magnitude 7.7 and 7.6 earthquakes struck 11 Turkish provinces – Adana, Adiyaman, Diyarbakir, Elazig, Hatay, Gaziantep, Kahramanmaras, Kilis, Malatya, Osmaniye and Sanliurfa.
More than 13.5 million people in Türkiye have been affected by the devastating quakes as well as many others in northern Syria.
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