🏟️ Every stadium as UK & Ireland confirmed for Euro 2028 | OneFootball

The UK and Ireland have been confirmed as the hosts for Euro 2028 on Tuesday.

An original shortlist of 14 stadia was cut down to 10 for the final bid, with Croke Park (Dublin), London Stadium (London), Old Trafford (Manchester) and the Stadium of Light (Sunderland) not making the final cut.

Here are the 10 venues — six in England, one in each of Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland — that have been selected for the tournament.

Wembley (London, England)

Capacity: 90,652

The old Wembley hosted the 1966 World Cup and 1996 Euros finals. The new Wembley has hosted a Euros final already too (2021), plus a Women’s Euros final (2022) and will host its third Champions League final at the end of this season.

There’s no doubt at all that the Euro 2028 final will be held at England’s biggest football stadium.

National Stadium of Wales (Cardiff, Wales)

Capacity: 73,953

The 2017 Champions League final was held in Cardiff, with Real Madrid prevailing over Juventus in the Welsh capital. And the pedigree doesn’t stop there: the stadium also substituted for Wembley for FA Cup semi-finals and finals in the early 2000s as England’s home of football was knocked down and rebuilt.

Hampden Park (Glasgow, Scotland)

Capacity: 65,000*

*not current capacity

Another ground that has hosted a Champions League final, albeit one way back in 2002. Hampden Park also hosted three Euros matches back in 2021, including one knockout match, and will be redeveloped to add an extra 13,000 seats in time for Euro 2028.

Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London, England)

Capacity: 62,322

Opened in April 2019, Tottenham’s stadium is already internationally recognisable thanks to the regular staging of NFL matches. There have already been six NFL regular season games played in north London, with another to follow this year and two more agreed per season all the way through to 2030.

City of Manchester Stadium (Manchester, England)

Capacity: 61,958*

*not current capacity

Originally opened for the Commonwealth Games way back in 2002, it soon became the home of Manchester City, who plan to increase capacity before Euro 2028 comes around.

Everton Stadium (Liverpool, England)

Capacity: 52,679*

*not yet complete

Picked ahead of Anfield (seen in the background above), the new Everton stadium is set to open in 2025 as long as all everything to plan.

St James’ Park (Newcastle, England)

Capacity: 52,305

Used for Euro 96, St James’ Park will represent the north-east once more in 2028.

Villa Park (Birmingham, England)

Capacity: 52,190*

*not current capacity

Also used for Euro ’96 and previously the regular home of FA Cup semi-finals, Villa Park is another ground that will undergo a makeover ahead of Euro 2028.

Aviva Stadium (Dublin, Ireland)

Capacity: 51,711

Set to host a Europa League final for the second time at the end of this season, Ireland’s Aviva Stadium already has a high rating at UEFA.

This will be a chance to finally host Euros matches after the COVID pandemic saw Euro 2020 games moved away from Ireland.

Casement Park (Belfast, Northern Ireland)

Proposed capacity: 34,500

Chosen over Windsor Park — Northern Ireland’s national football stadium — due to capacity, a redevelopment of Casement Park is planned and necessary ahead of Euro 2028. As it stands, the stadium has gone unused for a decade.