Euro 2021 - The Stadiums

BlueStevie35 · May 30, 2021

This is a quick guide to where each game of the tournament is taking place at the Euros, extra games were given to some venues after Dublin pulled out of hosting

Olympic Stadium, Baku (Azerbaijan)

Wales, Turkey and Switzerland will all be based here for the group stage playing each other, in and around travelling to Rome to face Italy. Baku will also host the 3rd quarter final

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen (Denmark)

All 3 of Denmark’s Group B games will emanate from here with the middle game against Belgium being the stand out. It will also be the venue for the 5th Last 16 tie

Wembley Stadium, London (England)

All 3 of England’s games will take place at the national stadium, including the anticipated clash with Scotland. The second and 7th Last 16 ties (one of which was initially for Dublin) as well as the semifinals and Final will also take place here

Fussball Arena Munchen, Munich (Germany)

Germany get the benefit of all 3 of their games in the ‘Group of Death’ being on home soil including the France and Portugal ties. The second quarter final will also be held here

Puskas Arena, Budapest (Hungary)

Hungary’s first two games as well as the potential group decider between World Champions France and defending European Champions Portugal and the 3rd Last 16 game will all take place in the Hungarian capital

Stadio Olimpico, Rome (Italy)

Home advantage for the 2006 World Champions with the other three nations in their group making the trek from Baku for the games, including the opening game of the tournament against Turkey on June 11th. The Italian capital will also be the venue for the last of the quarter finals

Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam (Netherlands)

The Netherlands (like most teams) have home advantage for the group stage and will be expected to progress comfortably. The formerly named Amsterdam Arena will kick off the Last 16 as well

National Arena, Bucharest (Romania)

Debutants North Macedonia as well as Austria and Ukraine will all be based in the Romanian capital for their games in and around travelling to Amsterdam. The stadium will also host the 6th Last 16 tie

St Petersburg Stadium, St Petersburg (Russia)

Another beneficiary of Dublin dropping out as the 2018 World Cup host city gets not only Russia’s opening 2 games and the Finland/Belgium game but also the group E games involving Sweden, Slovakia and Poland and will see the opening quarter final played there

Hampden Park, Glasgow (Scotland)

After a 23 year wait, the Tartan Army return to international tournament football when they face the Czech Republic in Group D as well as Croatia in their final game (after a Friday night sojourn to Wembley) with the Croats and Czechs meeting in Hampden’s other host game. It will also be where the Last 16 concludes

Estadio La Cartuja, Seville (Spain)

Originally meant to have been played at the San Mames in Bilbao, Spain’s 3 games will now be played in Seville, including the clash with Poland. It will also host the 4th Last 16 tie

barneygumble · May 30, 2021

Unsure of why they’ve used Hampden, Estadio Cartuja and Stadio Olinpico.... hardly fan friendly, are they?

And as for Baku... less said, the better.

TheBigIguana · May 31, 2021

barneygumble said:
Unsure of why they’ve used Hampden, Estadio Cartuja and Stadio Olinpico.... hardly fan friendly, are they?

And as for Baku... less said, the better.

If Scotland wanted to bid it was always going to be Hampden. Not sure what made it move from Bilbao but agree that's a bad pick. The Olimpico as historic as it is wouldn't be a top choice either. Should have give the San Siro a send off.

The binman chronicles · May 31, 2021

Lucky no one did a thread like this for the COPA.

Billy Dean · May 31, 2021

TheBigIguana said:
If Scotland wanted to bid it was always going to be Hampden. Not sure what made it move from Bilbao but agree that's a bad pick. The Olimpico as historic as it is wouldn't be a top choice either. Should have give the San Siro a send off.

I think Bilbao had to give theirs up because they couldn't confirm they could let in a given number of fans whereas Sevilla could IIRC. Something like that.

longers · May 31, 2021

I must have not been paying attention, I thought the entire thing was being held in UK for some reason

brieverton · May 31, 2021

Not a fan of this multi-country staging.

I think tournaments can develop a distinctive identify based on the "home" nation, particularly if that team is doing well also.

This dilutes that significantly.

TheBigIguana · May 31, 2021

brieverton said:
Not a fan of this multi-country staging.

I think tournaments can develop a distinctive identify based on the "home" nation, particularly if that team is doing well also.

This dilutes that significantly.

At the same time spending loads of money building stadiums for a few months is bad which takes a lot of countries out of ever hosting if they have to do the whole thing.

The binman chronicles · May 31, 2021

TheBigIguana said:
At the same time spending loads of money building stadiums for a few months is bad which takes a lot of countries out of ever hosting if they have to do the whole thing.

That's when a few countries can host. I think Belgium and The Netherlands had the euro's in the early noughties, Poland and Ukraine in 2012. Nothing wrong say for a UK and Ireland based WC, as long as the countries are neighbouring each other.

England, Scotland, Italy, Germany to name a few all get home advantage, while other teams have to travel the full length of the continent, that's madness to me and unjust.

TheBigIguana · May 31, 2021

The binman chronicles said:
That's when a few countries can host. I think Belgium and The Netherlands had the euro's in the early noughties, Poland and Ukraine in 2012. Nothing wrong say for a UK and Ireland based WC, as long as the countries are neighbouring each other.

England, Scotland, Italy, Germany to name a few all get home advantage, while other teams have to travel the full length of the continent, that's madness to me and unjust.

Poland and Ukraine still redid just about every stadium.

PhilM · May 31, 2021

TheBigIguana said:
Poland and Ukraine still redid just about every stadium.

The UK wouldn’t need to. Nor would Germany, France, Benelux and you’d suspect Portugal or Spain would need to or at least to a lesser extent.

Italy possibly would need some capital investment. The point being, there’s enough countries to do it the traditional way without the spread out method.

TheBigIguana · May 31, 2021

PhilM said:
The UK wouldn’t need to. Nor would Germany, France, Benelux and you’d suspect Portugal or Spain would need to or at least to a lesser extent.

Italy possibly would need some capital investment. The point being, there’s enough countries to do it the traditional way without the spread out method.

Using the current capacity standards Portugal and Benelux are out. France only makes it because of the 2016 renovations. Italy makes it but the stadiums are not in great shape in large part.

Diogenes the Cynic · May 31, 2021

Where's the stadia pics?

The binman chronicles · May 31, 2021

TheBigIguana said:
Using the current capacity standards Portugal and Benelux are out. France only makes it because of the 2016 renovations. Italy makes it but the stadiums are not in great shape in large part.

Using current capacities Luxembourg might be able to hold it!!