Euro 2028: Co-hosts England might play two video games away from Wembley

Co-hosts England might play two video games away from Wembley at Euro 2028.

BBC Sport has been instructed the Three Lions, who must qualify for the event, would play one among their three group matches at one of many different 5 English stadiums internet hosting video games – Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium, Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Villa Park, Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium and St James’ Park in Newcastle.

Wembley is not going to host any last-16 video games, which means England would additionally face a match away from the nationwide stadium in the event that they reached the primary knockout spherical.

England are joint hosts alongside Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland.

And as first reported by the Times, Cardiff’s Principality Stadium is ready to host the opening sport.

The full schedule might be unveiled on 12 November on the official launch of Euro 2028 in London.

The Football Association (FA) and Europe’s governing physique Uefa have declined to remark.

England performed all their matches at Wembley at Euro 1996 as they reached the semi-finals of their very own event.

They additionally hosted video games at Euro 2020, which was break up throughout a number of international locations, and performed all their video games at Wembley other than the quarter-final victory over Ukraine in Rome.

Uefa has stated England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland must qualify for Euro 2028 – however two locations might be reserved on the finals ought to any of these host nations fail to qualify.

Dublin’s Aviva Stadium and Hampden Park in Glasgow may also host video games.

Northern Ireland was initially as a result of, however has since pulled out after Belfast’s Casement Park was eliminated as an choice due to funding points.