England fans face 5,000-ticket limit at Euro 2012 knockout games | Football | The Guardian
Normally Uefa reserves 20% of capacity for each competing nation. However, in recognising the logistical difficulties in getting around two large countries, where the transport network is not as sophisticated as that in western Europe, the continental governing body has opted to reduce numbers.
"We have reduced the capacity of supporters to 5,000 each," confirmed Martin Kallen, Uefa's operations director for Euro 2012. "It makes it easier logistically than when we have 20% of the capacity for each finalist. With England there is not this problem but some countries do not have as many supporters and we want to give local people a chance to ensure we have full stadiums."
