England will play away from Wembley Stadium during the 2028 European Championship, it has emerged.
Provided they qualified, the co-hosts would play two of their group matches at the national stadium and a third at another of the English venues.
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It would be the first time England would have hosted a fixture at a major tournament away from Wembley, having played all their matches there at the 1966 World Cup and at Euro ’96, as well as all but one of their games at the pan-European Euro 2020 – the other was staged in Rome.
Euro 2028 would also see England play any last-16 fixture away from Wembley, which will not host any matches in that round.
But, provided they win their group, they would return to the national stadium from the quarter-finals onwards.
The other English venues at the tournament are the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium, Villa Park, Newcastle United’s St James’ Park and the Etihad Stadium.
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Uefa is set to announce the full match schedule for Euro 2028 next week but, as first revealed by The Times, all the host nations will play their group fixtures in their own countries.
That would mean Scotland playing at Hampden Park, Wales at the Principality Stadium, and the Republic of Ireland at the Aviva Stadium, as – unlike in England – those are the sole venues in those nations.
The opening match of the tournament will be staged in Cardiff and will feature Wales, provided they qualify.
All the co-hosts would need to qualify for the tournament in order to benefit from home advantage, although two places in the 24-team finals will be reserved for the host nations should they fail to do so.
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Were three of the co-hosts not to reach the tournament by right, Uefa would select the two countries who had performed best during qualifying.
