Roma to support Nepal flood victims through Champions League match shirt
Italian club to auction special 'Together for Nepal' shirts to be worn in the match against Fenerbahce.
Italian football club AS Roma will help create awareness and raise funds for flood-affected people in Nepal by wearing shirts carrying a message of support during their UEFA Champions League match against Fenerbahce.
The Rome-based club, who travel to Istanbul for their opening match of Europe’s elite football competition on Thursday, will sport shirts emblazoned with the words “Together for Nepal” and the World Food Programme’s (WFP) logo after being banned from displaying their betting company sponsor in Turkiye.
The club will also raise funds for relief efforts by auctioning the special shirts and contributing the money to the WFP, the United Nations’ agency based in Rome.
“AS Roma and the WFP are joining forces to support the people of Nepal, who have been severely affected by the floods and landslides impacting the country,” Roma, one of the giants of Italian and European football, said in a statement on its website.