Today, the UK and Ireland’s final bid to host UEFA EURO 2028 has been submitted, marking the first-ever hosting rights for a major tournament in football for some of the nations. Now that Turkey has withdrawn its bid, so UK and Ireland are only awaiting final approval from Uefa’s executive committee next week. Once the EURO 2028 bid is approved, ten stadia across England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, including one in Glasgow, will host matches for the prestigious tournament.
High-capacity, world-famous football grounds and state-of-the-art new venues across the five nations have been selected to host on-the-pitch action, one of which being the home of Scotland’s National Team, Hampden Park. With a whopping 52,032 capacity, the Glasgow stadium is expected to be used for top-tier matches during the UEFA EURO 2028 tournament.
Uefa issued a statement on Wednesday morning which read: “Further to the announcement on July 28 which revealed the desire of the Italian and Turkish FAs to submit a joint bid to stage Uefa EURO 2032, the Uefa administration has today written to both associations to confirm that their joint bid has been duly received and will go forward for assessment and consideration by the Uefa executive committee.”
“As indicated by the FA of Turkiye with its submission of the request for a joint bid, their bid to stage Uefa EURO 2028 is consequently withdrawn. The award of both tournaments still requires the approval of the executive committee at its meeting in Nyon on October 10.”
“The presentations at that meeting will be an important part of the process which will take due consideration of the content of the bid submissions before reaching a decision.”
As part of the UK and Ireland’s joint bid, the nations aim to make almost three million tournament tickets available – more than any previous UEFA EURO tournament. Plus, the potential hosts hope to offer an average stadia capacity of 58,000 and host matches across multiple nations and regions to reach as many communities as possible.
The other stadiums included in the FAs’ joint UEFA EURO 2028 bid alongside the Hampden Park stadium in Glasgow are: Wembley Stadium (London), Etihad Stadium (Manchester), National Stadium of Wales (Cardiff), Tottenham Hotspur Stadium (London), Everton Stadium (Liverpool), St James’ Park (Newcastle), Villa Park (Birmingham), Hampden Park (Glasgow), Dublin Arena (Dublin), and Casement Park (Belfast).
UEFA is expected to confirm the chosen tournament hosts later this year.