UEFA Euro 2032

UEFA Euro 2032 is one of the showpiece events of European football. The 2032 edition is set to be hosted by Italy and Turkey. This page tracks all 26 stadiums linked to the tournament, 0 confirmed and 26 candidate, mapped with capacities, host cities and, where known, how many matches each is set to stage. To stage the tournament a host must field around 10 stadiums meeting UEFA's capacity tiers, at least 3 of 50,000–60,000+ seats (for the opening match, semi-finals and final), 4 of at least 40,000 and 3 of at least 30,000.

UEFA Euro 2032 will be co-hosted by Italy and Turkey, but the joint bid was not the original plan. During the bidding process the two federations merged what had been separate, competing candidacies into a single dual-host bid.

From Italy's point of view the move made strategic sense. A standalone Italian bid was considered highly unlikely to succeed, largely because of long-standing doubts over its ageing stadium infrastructure, so joining forces with Turkey was a pragmatic way to stay in the race. The decision was also consequential: it led Italy to drop its involvement in the Euro 2028 bid in order to concentrate on 2032.

From Turkey's point of view the logic is less obvious. Turkey already has a deep portfolio of modern stadiums that comfortably satisfy UEFA's hosting requirements and could plausibly have staged the tournament alone. One widely-discussed theory is that Turkey is betting on Italy's lack of preparedness: should Italy fail to deliver the required venues in time, it could be excluded from the joint bid, leaving Turkey to be awarded the tournament as sole host. Those concerns are not merely hypothetical, UEFA president Aleksander Čeferin has publicly warned that Italy risks being removed as co-host if its infrastructure plans do not progress.

The Italian race entered its decisive phase on 31 July 2026, the FIGC's deadline for candidate cities to deliver their dossiers (approved projects, financial guarantees and proof of UEFA compliance). On 1 August the federation confirmed what it had received: <strong>13 cities putting forward 16 stadiums</strong>. The cities are Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Florence, Genoa, Lecce, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Rome, Salerno, Turin and Verona; Udine and Reggio Emilia, both mentioned earlier in the process, did not file.

The count reaches 16 because two cities entered more than one project. Rome submitted three: the existing Stadio Olimpico, the new Roma ground planned for Pietralata, and the Stadio Flaminio, Pier Luigi Nervi's derelict 1959 arena, which Lazio propose to restore and expand to 50,750 seats. Naples submitted two competing visions: the city council's publicly funded renovation of the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, and a privately financed new build pushed by club president Aurelio De Laurentiis on the former Q8 refinery site at San Giovanni a Teduccio in the east of the city.

The FIGC will shortlist five stadiums, plus reserves, by mid-September, and UEFA is expected to ratify the final Italian five in the first week of October 2026. Of the sixteen, only Turin's Allianz Stadium is tournament-ready today; every other candidacy depends on a renovation or a new build being delivered on time.

Sources

• La Gazzetta dello Sport, Euro 2032: which stadiums will host the tournament
• Calcio e Finanza, Florence files its official Euro 2032 candidacy (31 July 2026)
• Calcio e Finanza, Italy–Turkey joint candidacy for Euro 2032
• Football Italia, Gravina on Italy, Euro 2032 and Turkey
• Reuters, Čeferin threatens to remove Italy as Euro 2032 co-host over infrastructure