UEFA Euro 2028 bids

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Host cities and venues of UEFA Euro 2028

England 1 2 London 3 Birmingham 4 Liverpool 5 Manchester 6 Newcastle

Wales 7 Cardiff Scotland 8 Glasgow Northern Ireland 9 Belfast Ireland 10 Dublin

England, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, Scotland, and Wales – On 5 January 2022, the football associations of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland announced a joint Ireland and Home Nations bid for the UEFA Euro 2028, which meant their own 2030 World Cup bid would be unsustainable.^[8][9] The five associations confirmed on 7 February that they would drop their 2030 interest and would instead focus on Euro 2028.^[10] On 5 March 2022, media outlets in Ireland and UK erroneously reported that the Ireland and UK bid would be the sole remaining bid, with Turkey set to withdraw its bid, and Russia barred from applying.^[11][12]

On 12 April 2023, the 10 host stadiums were revealed:^[13][14]

• London, England – Wembley Stadium, capacity 90,652
• Cardiff, Wales – Millennium Stadium, capacity 73,952
• Glasgow, Scotland – Hampden Park, capacity 65,000 (stadium to be reconstructed)
• London, England – Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, capacity 62,322
• Manchester, England – City of Manchester Stadium, capacity 61,958 (capacity to be expanded 2023–26)
• Liverpool, England – Everton Stadium, capacity 52,679
• Newcastle upon Tyne, England – St James' Park, capacity 52,305
• Birmingham, England – Villa Park, capacity 52,190 (capacity to be expanded)
• Dublin, Republic of Ireland – Aviva Stadium, capacity 51,711
• Belfast, Northern Ireland – Casement Park, proposed capacity 34,500

The stadium shortlist as of 16 November 2022 included 14 host stadiums. The four stadiums not on the final list were:^[1]

• Dublin, Republic of Ireland – Croke Park, capacity 82,300
• London, England – London Stadium, capacity 66,000
• Manchester, England – Old Trafford, capacity 74,310
• Sunderland, England – Stadium of Light, capacity 49,000

Italy

 Italy – In February 2019, Italian Football Federation President Gabriele Gravina told Sky Sport Italia that the federation was considering a bid.^[22] The bid was proposed again by Gravina some few days after Italy's win at Euro 2020.^[23] In February 2022, the Italian federation announced it would bid for Euro 2032, instead of 2028, as it would allow them more time to redevelop facilities.^[24]

Turkey

 Turkey – On 15 August 2019, the Türkiye Football Federation announced that Turkey would bid to host Euro 2028.^[25] The Federation confirmed the submission of its application on 23 March 2022.^[26] Turkey's bid is the sixth consecutive bid of the country, having been unsuccessful on the previous five occasions (2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024). On 12 April 2023, TFF revealed a list 10 stadiums for both 2028 and 2032 bids:^[27]

Ankara

Antalya

Bursa

Eskişehir

Gaziantep

Istanbul

Konya

Trabzon

Turkey venue map

• Istanbul – Atatürk Olympic Stadium, capacity 74,753
• Istanbul – Rams Park, capacity 53,611
• Istanbul – Ülker Stadium, capacity 47,834
• Ankara – New Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium, capacity 45,000
• Bursa – Sütaş Timsah Park, capacity 43,331
• Konya – Medaş Konya Büyükşehir Stadyumu, capacity 42,000
• Trabzon – Şenol Güneş Sports Complex, capacity 40,782
• Antalya – Corendon Airlines Park, capacity 32,537
• Eskişehir – Atatürk Stadium, capacity 32,500
• Gaziantep – Kalyon Stadium, capacity 33,502

On 28 July 2023, UEFA received request from TFF and FGIC to merge their 2032 hosting bids into a combined bid. On 4 October 2023 - it was announced that Turkey had withdrawn their bid.^[28]