The Italian Football Federation has confirmed that it has received submissions from 13 cities with 16 stadiums that could be potential host cities and stadiums for UEFA Euro 2032, which will be jointly hosted by Italy and Türkiye.
Interested venues had to submit the relevant documentation to the FIGC to verify their compliance with the requirements set by European football’s governing body ahead of the deadline on July 31.
The cities of Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Florence, Genoa, Lecce, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Rome, Salerno, Turin and Verona have all submitted documentation for 16 venues that will now undergo technical assessment by UEFA delegates. The stadiums will be reviewed according to their compliance with the infrastructural, financial and organizational standards required to be eligible to host the tournament.
Over the coming weeks, the list will be consolidated so that the venues that do meet eligibility standards can be submitted to UEFA by October 1, in line with the timetable established by the selection process. By the end of the process, five venues in Italy will have been chosen to stage matches at Euro 2032, alongside five in Türkiye.
Selection Process
The FIGC outlined an initial plan with 10 potential Euro 2032 host cities in Italy, which have all made the latest list announced by the federation this week. Lecce, Palermo and Salerno have since been added as contenders after accelerating plans for redevelopments of their respective stadiums.
Of the 16 stadiums currently in contention, it is believed that the Allianz Stadium in Turin (the home venue of Juventus) is the only venue that currently meets UEFA’s strict tournament eligibility standards.
Meanwhile, Rome and Naples have submitted multiple venues to be considered for the tournament.
In Rome, AS Roma’s Stadio Olimpico and SS Lazio’s Stadio Flaminio have been proposed for redevelopment, but AS Roma has submitted a separate bid for a prospective new stadium in the Pietralata quarter in the northeast of the city.
Naples may either look to redevelop the existing Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, the home of SSC Napoli, or build a new stadium elsewhere in the city.
The Stadio Olimpico in Rome, the Allianz Stadium in Turin, and a proposed new stadium that will be home to AC Milan and Internazionale (to replace the existing San Siro Stadium) are considered to be the frontrunners to lead Italy’s chosen venues for the 2032 tournament, according to newspaper La Repubblica.
Reported Bid Issues
In October 2023, it was announced that Italy and Türkiye would jointly host Euro 2032. It came after they both withdrew individual bids (including Türkiye’s bid to host Euro 2028) because of the financial and logistical burdens of hosting a 24-team competition.
Many Italian venues in contention to host the tournament will either need to be redeveloped or built entirely to be able to meet eligibility standards.
Andrea Abodi, Italy’s minister for sport and youth, wrote on X that the 16 redevelopment or construction projects would likely cost €4.5 billion ($5.2 billion) in private investment, and require the “close collaboration between the government, municipalities, regions, clubs, the FIGC and UEFA.”
There have previously been suggestions that Italy might be forced to forfeit its right to co-host Euro 2032 with Türkiye, due to the high costs of redeveloping or building new stadia and tight logistical timelines.
The majority of stadiums in Serie A, the top tier in Italy, are owned by local municipalities as opposed to the clubs themselves. As a result, stadium redevelopment and new constructions have been made more complex over several decades because of complicated and long planning phases and tough heritage laws.
Turkish Bid
Unlike Italy, which has previously staged two FIFA World Cups and matches at three UEFA European Championships, Türkiye is yet to host a major football tournament.
While 13 cities and 16 stadiums will come under consideration in Italy, Türkiye has 10 largely modern and broadly tournament-ready venues that could host Euro 2032 matches. Like in Italy, though, five Turkish stadiums are ultimately expected to be selected as host venues for the tournament in six years’ time.
The Turkish list includes three venues in Istanbul, and one each in Ankara, Bursa, Eskisehir, Konya, Antalya, Gaziantep and Trabzon. Most of the stadiums have already delivered high-profile matches such as Champions League finals, Europa League games and Turkish Men’s National Team fixtures, so they would require considerably less redevelopment investment than their counterparts in Italy.
UEFA Euro 2032 will be the next edition after UEFA Euro 2028, which will be co-hosted by England, Scotland, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland June 9–July 9, 2028.
The tournament will again feature 24 national teams, with matches being held in nine stadiums across eight host cities, including London (two venues), Cardiff, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Birmingham, Glasgow and Dublin.
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