Why are England playing Andorra in Spain?
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Andorra's national stadium is unavailable after the recent Games of the Small States of Europe.
Instead, England's World Cup qualifier against Andorra on Saturday, 7 June will take place at the RCDE Stadium in Barcelona, Spain, more than 120 miles away from their usual home the Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella.
Uefa - football's European governing body - said no stadiums in Andorra were available.
The Andorran Football Federation has built a new stadium in the Encamp area, but it did not meet Uefa deadlines to host this match.
The RCDE Stadium, where Espanyol play their home matches, has a capacity of 40,000 - more than 10 times the 3,306 who can watch matches at Andorra's national stadium, allowing more England fans to travel.
Andorra's average attendance for their Euro 2024 qualifiers was around 1,600 fans, but matches in the Nations League saw attendances between 800-1,000.
The Three Lions visited Andorra in October 2021, winning 5-0, in front of 2,285 supporters.
Espanyol said: "The Andorran Football Federation chose the RCDE Stadium as the venue due to its modern facilities and organisational capacity."
The stadium hosts a second England game in five days after Sarina Wiegman's Lionesses lost 2-1 to Spain there on Tuesday, 3 June.
After meeting Andorra on Saturday, England's men's team will host Senegal at Nottingham Forest's City Ground in a friendly on Tuesday, 10 June.
Andorra will next play at home in October this year.
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