Euro 2028 Venues: All Nine Stadiums Ranked

Euro 2028 runs from 9 June to 9 July 2028 across nine stadiums in eight cities in the UK and Republic of Ireland. Cardiff hosts the opening match on Friday 9 June, and Wembley hosts both semi-finals and the final.

Cardiff’s ground holds 73,931 for rugby and about 78,000 in boxing configuration, and carries the only fully retractable roof of its kind in Britain — set out in our guide to Principality Stadium capacity.

Three of the nine are being built or expanded specifically for the tournament, and four of the largest grounds in the host nations were left out entirely. Capacities were checked in August 2026 and several will change before kick-off.

The nine venues, by capacity

Rank	Stadium (UEFA name)	Usual name	City	Capacity
1	Wembley Stadium	—	London	~90,000
2	National Stadium of Wales	Principality Stadium	Cardiff	73,931
3	Tottenham Hotspur Stadium	—	London	~62,850
4	Manchester City Stadium	Etihad Stadium	Manchester	61,000+ (rising)
5	Everton Stadium	—	Liverpool	~52,900
6	St James’ Park	—	Newcastle	~52,300
7	Hampden Park	—	Glasgow	~51,900
8	Dublin Arena	Aviva Stadium	Dublin	~51,700
9	Villa Park	—	Birmingham	50,000+ (expanding)

The shape of that table matters more than the order. Wembley is roughly 16,000 larger than the next biggest, and after Cardiff there is a steep drop — the remaining seven venues all sit between about 50,000 and 63,000. This is a tournament with two big stadiums and seven medium ones.

Why the names are different

UEFA does not recognise commercial naming rights during its own tournaments, so sponsor names are stripped for the duration. That produces three renamings that confuse fixture lists:

• Etihad Stadium → Manchester City Stadium
• Principality Stadium → National Stadium of Wales
• Aviva Stadium → Dublin Arena

Same buildings, different names. If you are cross-referencing a UEFA fixture list against a stadium guide, this is usually the source of the confusion. It is also a reminder of how much a naming-rights deal is worth to a club precisely because it disappears at moments like this — see our ranking of the biggest stadium naming rights deals.

Three venues are being built or rebuilt for the tournament

This is the part that makes Euro 2028 unusual as a venue story.

Villa Park is the clearest case. Its north stand is closed through 2026/27, temporarily cutting the ground to around 37,000, while the stand grows from 5,000 to 12,000 seats. Completion is due before the start of 2027/28, taking Villa Park beyond 50,000 in time for the tournament. For one season the smallest Euro 2028 venue will be far smaller than its tournament capacity.

Manchester City Stadium is rising from 53,400 to more than 61,000 through the new Pep Guardiola Stand, with completion due before the end of 2026.

Everton Stadium is entirely new, having opened in 2025 on the Liverpool waterfront. It replaced Goodison Park, and Euro 2028 will be its first major international tournament.

The practical consequence: any capacity figure for Euro 2028 published before 2028 is provisional. The same problem runs through every current stadium list, as our guide to the biggest stadiums in the UK sets out.

The big grounds that were left out

Four of the largest stadiums in the host nations are not being used, and the omissions are more interesting than the selections.

• Croke Park, Dublin — about 82,300. By far the largest stadium in Ireland, and it would have been the second largest venue in the tournament. The only Irish venue selected is Dublin Arena at roughly 51,700. Ireland’s biggest ground sits out its own home tournament — see Croke Park capacity, including the rule that once banned soccer there entirely.
• Old Trafford, Manchester — about 74,310. England’s largest club ground. Manchester is represented by the Etihad instead.
• Twickenham — about 82,000 and Scottish Gas Murrayfield — 67,144. Both larger than every selected venue except Wembley and Cardiff, but rugby union grounds with pitch dimensions and infrastructure built for a different sport.

Anfield, the Emirates, Celtic Park and Ibrox are also absent despite each holding around 60,000. Nine venues from a pool this deep means good stadiums missed out, which is unusual for a European Championship.

For the continental context, all of Wembley, Croke Park and Twickenham feature in our ranking of the largest stadium in Europe.

What we know about the schedule

Confirmed so far:

• Opening match: Cardiff, Friday 9 June 2028
• Both semi-finals: Wembley
• Final: Wembley, 9 July 2028
• Format: 24 teams

Wembley holding both semi-finals as well as the final is a concentration not every recent tournament has used, and it makes London the only city where a supporter could see two knockout rounds without travelling.

Tickets, and when to expect them

UEFA had not announced ticket arrangements when this page was written. On the pattern of recent European Championships, expect a public ballot roughly 12 to 18 months ahead — meaning at some point during 2027.

Two things worth doing early, because they apply to almost every major tournament: register an account on UEFA.com before any window opens, since account registration is normally a precondition and cannot be done retrospectively, and watch for a host-nation priority window, which several events run and advertise only domestically. Our guide to how major event ballots work tracks every major event’s window and which are currently open.

How we checked these numbers

The venue list, host cities, tournament dates, opening match and final are from UEFA’s own venue guide and fixtures-by-venue pages, cross-checked against Sky Sports’ schedule summary. Expansion detail for Villa Park and Manchester City Stadium is from StadiumDB’s construction records.

Capacities are current published figures for the standard configuration, not projected 2028 figures, except where a venue is explicitly marked as rising or expanding. Tildes mean approximate on purpose, and the two expanding grounds will need revising.

Review class: event-driven. Recheck when Manchester City Stadium completes, when Villa Park’s north stand reopens, on any UEFA ticketing announcement, and once the full fixture schedule is published.