UEFA has lowered the cap for away tickets in this season's European competitions, meaning travelling Shamrock Rovers' fans will pay no more than €20 for tickets to their side's Conference League trips.
The cap in the Champions League, the highest tier of the three UEFA club competitions, has dropped to €60, with a further reduction pledged for the next campaign.
European football’s governing body confirmed the changes to the caps on Monday, following a weekend dominated by discussions around ticket pricing for Oasis’ reunion gigs next summer.
From next season, Champions League away tickets will be capped at €50 as UEFA and its president Aleksander Ceferin tries to ensure supporters feel "valued and recognised".
A price cap of €70 had been in place since 2019, with Monday’s announcement signalling the first lowering of that mark. From this season, clubs are now playing at least one extra away match in the new-look league phases of the Champions League and Europa League.
The new cap is the result of further consultation between UEFA, Football Supporters Europe (FSE) and the European Club Association (ECA).
Away tickets in the Europa League will be capped at €40 this season, reduced to €35 next term, and Shamrock Rovers supporters will pay a maximum of €20 per ticket for their away games, at Chelsea, Rapid Vienna and Larne.
"Today’s decision marks another key step in reaffirming UEFA’s commitment to enhancing the matchday experience for all fans," Ceferin said.
"By introducing more fan-friendly policies, we continue our mission to keep football as an inclusive sport where supporters who travel across Europe to follow their teams are valued and recognised."
FSE executive director Ronan Evain said: "The revised price caps are further recognition of how integral away fans are to the atmosphere of European club fixtures.
"This decision illustrates another positive achievement in FSE’s joint work with UEFA and clubs on improving conditions for fans traveling across Europe."
ECA chairman Nasser Al Khelaifi said the move was "an important signal" in helping to improve the match experience for fans.
"ECA’s collaboration with UEFA and the fans’ representatives through FSE is fundamental in ensuring travelling supporters can enjoy following their teams across Europe to the maximum," he said.
An FSE study published in November last year found ticket prices remained "stubbornly high", and that 12 of the 32 teams involved in the 2022-23 Champions League group phase charged the maximum amount at least once.
Rangers did so twice, Celtic three times and European champions Manchester City did so on six occasions.
Despite that, City were found to be the eighth-cheapest club to watch in the Champions League, with away tickets averaging at just over €40 in the season where they won the competition.
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