victoria stadium did meet the uefa criteria as a category 2 stadium for uefa intercontinental club matches such as uefa champions league games with an example of this being when lincoln red imps used it to host their 2016–17 uefa champions league match against scottish team celtic. however, in 2017, uefa stated that victoria stadium could not be used for all of gibraltar's representatives in the uefa champions league and uefa europa league during the 2017–18 season. this was owing to an increase in the number of gibraltarian representatives in the competitions and due to failing a uefa pitch inspection.