England may play two games away from Wembley at Euro 2028

At Euro 2028, co-hosts England may travel two games away from Wembley.

The Three Lions will play one of their three group games at one of Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Villa Park, Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium, and St James’ Park in Newcastle, according to BBC Sport. They will need to qualify for the tournament to advance to the final five English stadiums, where they will host games.

England would also have to play a game away from home if they qualified for the knockout round at Wembley because there are no last-16 games being played there.

Scotland, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland are all hosts by England.

The opening game will be held at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium, as first reported by the Times.

At the official launch of Euro 2028 in London on November 12th, the full schedule will be revealed.

The FA and Uefa, the body responsible for football in Europe, have both declined to comment.

At Wembley during the Euro 1996 semi-finals, England reached every match of their own competition.

Apart from their quarter-final victory over Ukraine in Rome, they also hosted games at Euro 2020, which was played across several nations, and played all of their games at Wembley.

England, Scotland, Wales, and the Republic of Ireland must meet qualifying requirements, according to Uefa, but any of those host nations who do not will be able to qualify will lose two spots in the finals.

Games will also be played at Glasgow’s Aviva Stadium and Hampden Park in Dublin.

The decision to remove the national team from their traditional home was largely driven by the number of recently developed and expanded stadiums in England, according to a senior source.

England’s men’s and women’s teams have played a number of games across the nation recently.

Due to Coldplay’s Wembley concerts, the men’s team played Andorra at Villa Park in Birmingham in September. The match was played at Nottingham Forest’s City Ground because the English friendly against Senegal in June and concert season clashed.

England have hosted home games at St James’ Park, Old Trafford, Manchester United’s Old Trafford, and Molineux, a Wolverhampton Wanderers’ ground since 2018.

Games have also been played at Leeds United’ Elland Road, Southampton’s St Mary’s, Leicester City’s King Power Stadium, and Riverside Stadium in Middlesbrough.