Rodolphe AMAILLAND :
On 11 and 12 May 2024, it's time for our unmissable, unifying football event: EUROP'FOOT!
We'll be welcoming 24 great teams ready to battle it out on the pitch, including 5 European teams. EUROP'FOOT is undoubtedly the most eagerly awaited European football event in 2024, ahead of the Euro football tournament in Germany a few weeks later.
In 2024, this 32nd edition has a special flavour because it's an Olympic year!
The Olympic and Paralympic Games are by their very nature unifying, for nations as well as for their people. Like football, they transcend all differences and celebrate the popular values of sport, excellence, surpassing oneself and solidarity.
One month after EUROP'FOOT and 100 years after the last summer Olympics in France, Vertou and Basse-Goulaine will also be experiencing an extraordinary moment of unity and shared pride: the passing of the flame! We can't wait to put on a memorable event that will showcase Vertou's countless natural, sporting and committed assets!
As well as being a sporting event, EUROP'FOOT is also an extremely festive and joyful occasion, where the Verdun spirit, to which we are so attached, is fully alive and well.
A big thank you to all those who have helped EUROP'FOOT shine for years: the various national and European teams, the organisers, in particular our President Didier Godineau, and all the volunteers, including the host families!
I hope you all have a great tournament, and that you give everything you've got on the pitch to win, and enjoy these moments of sharing and friendship. May the best team win!
Long live sport, long live the Olympic and Paralympic Games, long live EUROP'FOOT!