The 82,000-capacity Croke Park stadium has been set aside as a possible fan zone by the organisation that oversees European football, but even it may not be enough to house everyone who would travel to Dublin without a ticket in order to enjoy the atmosphere for the match on Wednesday, May 22.

Both teams have substantial fan bases in Ireland and are still in the running to play in the Aviva Stadium final. Liverpool leads Sparta Prague 5-1 and will play the return match at Anfield on Thursday, while Rangers is tied with Benfica going into the second leg at Ibrox.

Theodore Theodoridis, general secretary of UEFA, stated on Tuesday that “one of the biggest challenges for us this year could be the Europa League final.” There are other combinations as well that could cause UEFA some trouble.

Under some circumstances, this might prove to be the most challenging task for us due to the teams who have the capacity to qualify.

“We are aware that they will bring a number of fans who do not have tickets, and there is also the matter of possible public viewing locations.”

“There are a few combinations that would be very difficult to figure out how to fit everyone who would be at that game (I won't reveal the names since you are smart enough to figure it out).”

“We have already reserved Croke Park as a potential public viewing venue, but that could not be enough.”

“There are a couple of pairings I won’t speculate on the names, but you are clever enough to work it out that would be extremely challenging to find ways to accommodate everybody that will be present for that game.”

“We are working on this already, together with the local authorities and also Football Supporters Europe.”

“If we do get to one of those scenarios, we will also go to the supporters of the clubs involved to find the best solution.”

“The biggest problem we have now is whether Croke Park would be big enough – because we think we would need more alternatives for public viewing for the people who will be in Dublin.”

“It’s not an easy operation and it is just for a couple of scenarios which would make it extremely complicated – especially with clubs who already have a large fanbase on the island of Ireland.”

“But we are working on it and will involve the fanbases as well. We have to see who gets to the semis and then we will start to work with them as well.”