UEFA Euro 2028

The 2028 UEFA Men's European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Men's Euro 2028 or simply Men's Euro 2028, will be the 18th UEFA European Championship, the quadrennial international football championship. It will be co-hosted by England, Scotland, Wales and Republic of Ireland^[1] and is projected to take place from 9 June to 9 July 2028.^[2]

UEFA Euro 2028

Tournament details
Host countries	England Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales
Dates	9 June – 9 July
Teams	24
Venue(s)	9 (in 8 host cities)
← 2024 2032 →

Spain are the defending champions after winning the 2024 final against England, one of the upcoming hosts.

Bid process

Main article: UEFA Euro 2028 bids

The then-UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak (centre), with England captain Harry Kane (left) and then-England manager Gareth Southgate (right), at St George's Park in October 2023.

On 23 March 2022, UEFA announced that three proposals had been received from countries declaring an interest in hosting the tournament: one from Russia, one from Turkey, and a joint bid by all five UEFA members from the British & Irish Isles including Northern Ireland.^[3] Russia and Turkey were simultaneously bidding to host Euro 2032.

Russia submitted its bids despite the ongoing ban by UEFA on Russian clubs and national teams due to the country's invasion of Ukraine,^{[4][5][6][7][8]} and in May 2022 its bids for both 2028 and 2032 were declared ineligible.^[9][10][11] In early October 2023, Turkey withdrew its submission to focus on bidding for Euro 2032 together with Italy.^[12]

The joint bid thus remained unopposed, and was selected unanimously on 10 October 2023 in Nyon, Switzerland,^[13] meaning that the tournament would be organised by the Republic of Ireland and the four Home Nations of football, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. By late 2024, the proposed Northern Irish venue of Casement Park in Belfast was dropped, and it was confirmed that Northern Ireland would not host any games as originally planned, nor would it be eligible for automatic qualification.^[14][15]

Euro 2028 will be the fifth European Championship since 2000 to take place in multiple nations. England will be hosting the tournament for the third time, having previously hosted Euro 1996 and eight matches (including the final) of the pan-European Euro 2020. Scotland will be doing so for the second time, after hosting four matches of Euro 2020. For the first time matches of the competition will be played in the Republic of Ireland and Wales. The Republic of Ireland was initially selected to host matches in Euro 2020, but due to COVID-19 restrictions it was removed as a host, as the country was unable to confirm spectators could attend .

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2028 qualifying

Per UEFA's bid regulations, the automatic qualification of the hosts can only be guaranteed for up to two host associations.^[16] Therefore, UEFA decided that all four host teams (England, Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales) will enter qualifying, with two automatic spots held in reserve for hosts which fail to qualify via the group stage. Should more than two host teams fail to qualify, the spots will be decided based on qualifying ranking.^[17]

A revised qualification format was confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee in January 2023,^[18] modified from the previous cycle, with the exact format confirmed in May 2025. The qualifying group stage will feature twelve groups of four or five teams. The winner of each group will qualify for the European Championship, along with the eight best-ranked runners-up. The four remaining runners-up, along with teams from the Nations League, will advance to the play-offs. The exact play-off format is dependent on how many of the host slots are used.^[17]

Venues

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Location of the host cities of the UEFA Euro 2028.

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

Wales 7 Cardiff Republic of Ireland 8 Dublin

On 12 April 2023, ten host stadiums for the Euro 2028 bid were revealed, with the list being confirmed by UEFA on 10 October 2023.^[19][20] Notable omissions include Anfield in Liverpool, which was ineligible to host games due to its pitch dimensions falling short of UEFA's requirements, and Old Trafford in Manchester, which was ruled out after Manchester United were unable to guarantee whether the stadium would be ready at that time.^[21] Stadium of Light in Sunderland, London Stadium in London, Celtic Park and Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow, Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh and Croke Park in Dublin were also shortlisted, but were not chosen.^[22][23] Villa Park in Birmingham was planned to be redeveloped in time for Euro 2028, which would see the stadium's capacity increase from 42,785 to 52,500.^[24] In December 2023, the redevelopment plans were indefinitely postponed,^[25] However, renewed plans were announced in April 2025, to redevelop Villa Park's North Stand, in order to raise the capacity to over 50,000 in time for Euro 2028.^[26][27]

Casement Park in Belfast was also included in the bid instead of Northern Ireland's national football stadium, Windsor Park, as the latter does not have a capacity large enough to comply with UEFA rules for hosting European Championship matches.^[28][29][30] With the redevelopment of Casement Park being delayed and budget increased, it was dropped as a host venue; thus the tournament will have nine stadiums.^[14]

Further information: Casement Park § UEFA Euro 2028 issues

List of host cities and stadiums Country City Stadium Capacity Image England London Wembley Stadium 90,000 Tottenham Hotspur Stadium 62,850 Manchester City of Manchester Stadium[A] 61,000 Liverpool Hill Dickinson Stadium[B] 52,888 Newcastle St James' Park 52,305 Birmingham Villa Park[A] 50,000 Scotland Glasgow Hampden Park 51,866 Wales Cardiff Millennium Stadium 73,931 Republic of Ireland Dublin Dublin Arena 51,711

1. To be renovated.
2. New stadium.

Broadcasting rights

UEFA

Territory	Rights holders	Ref
Armenia	Armenia TV	[31]
Austria	ServusTV	[32]
Belgium	RTBF VRT	[33][34]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BHRT	[31]
Bulgaria	Nova	[35]
Croatia	HRT	[36]
Cyprus	CyBC	[37]
Czech Republic	ČT FTV Prima	[38]
Denmark	DR TV 2	[39][40]
Estonia	Postimees	[41]
Finland	Yle	[42][43]
France	TF1 beIN Sports	[44][45]
Georgia	GPB	[31]
Germany	ARD ZDF	[46]
Greece	ERT	[47][48]
Hungary	MTVA	[49]
Iceland	RÚV	[50]
Ireland	RTÉ	[31]
Israel	Charlton	[31]
Kosovo	Artmotion	[51]
Liechtenstein	SRG SSR	[52]
Malta	PBS	[31]
Moldova	TRM	[53]
Montenegro	Arena Sport	[31]
Netherlands	NOS	[54]
North Macedonia	Arena Sport	[31]
Norway	NRK TV 2	[55][56]
Poland	TVP	[57]
Romania	Pro TV	[58]
Serbia	RTS Arena Sport	[31][59]
Slovakia	TV Markíza	[60][61]
Slovenia	RTV Sport Klub	[31]
Spain	RTVE	[62]
Sweden	SVT TV4	[63][64][65]
Switzerland	SRG SSR	[52]
United Kingdom	BBC ITV S4C (Select games in Welsh)	[66]

Rest of the world

Territory	Rights holders	Ref
Canada	TVA Sports	[67]
Caribbean	C Sport	[68]
Central America	ESPN	[31][69]
China	iQIYI	[31]
Indian subcontinent	Sony Sports Network	[70]
Indonesia	MNC Media	[71]
New Zealand	TVNZ	[72]
Pacific Islands	Digicel	[31]
South America	ESPN	[31][69]
South Korea	CJ ENM	[31]
Sub-Saharan Africa	New World TV SuperSport	[73][74]
Mexico	izzi Sky TUDN	[75]
United States	Fox Sports FuboTV TelevisaUnivision	[76][77][78]

Sponsorship

Official global sponsors^[79]

• Adidas
• Atos
• Carlsberg
• Hisense
• Visit Qatar