Hosts of EURO 2028 and 2032 to be announced tomorrow

The hosts for EURO 2028 and 2032 will be announced tomorrow in Nyon, Italy and Turkey are the only candidates to host EURO 2032. Italy will be represented at the ceremony by FIGC president Gabriele Gravina and the two ambassadors will be Gianluigi Buffon and Ilaria D’Amico

Monday, October 9, 2023

Hosts of EURO 2028 and 2032 to be announced tomorrow

The schedule for the next 8 years of the Euros will be made official tomorrow, including next year's competition in Germany and the two following tournaments. The UEFA Executive Committee will announce on Tuesday 10 October, tomorrow, the hosts of EURO 2028 and 2032. The only candidates for 2028 are the United Kingdom and Ireland, with five football federations between them, and the only candidates for 2032 are Italy and Turkey, whose respective football federations, the FIGC and the TFF, decided to join forces last July to organise the tournament together.

THE CEREMONY

In Nyon, the Italian delegation will be headed up by FIGC president and vice president of UEFA, Gabriele Gravina, along with the General Secretary, Marco Brunelli, the Project Manager Euro 2032, Antonio Talarico, and the entire team who worked on the proposal. For Turkey, the president of the Turkish Football Federation (TFF), Mehmet Büyükekşi, will be present alongside the General Secretary, Kadir Kardaş, and the vice president, Mustafa Eröğüt.

Two ambassadors have been chosen by the FIGC to present that dossier to the Executives: Head of the Delegation, Gianluigi Buffon, and the journalist and TV presenter, Ilaria D’Amico. The Turkish ambassador will be Volkan Demirel, the ex-goalkeeper of the Turkish National team (66 appearances between 2004 and 2014).

The Italian delegation will arrive in Nyon today. Tomorrow the day will begin with the presentation of the dossier to the Executive Board (9:30 to 11:15 CEST). The Executive Board members will then have 15 minutes to ask questions on each of the applications. Then, they will meet to vote (11:15 to 11:30 CEST), before heading into the ceremony at 11:30 CEST. It will be a true show that will be live to watch on RAI 2 and as a live stream on figc.it and Uefa.com. The end of the event will see various representatives from the different football federations talking to the media.

UEFA EURO 2032/Timeline

2 FEBRUARY 2022

The FIGC expresses its interest in hosting EURO 2032, far ahead of the 23 March deadline.

12 APRIL 2023

The Final Bid Dossier is sent for the application to host EURO 2032, following months of planning from the FIGC, the Italian government, the Italian parliament, the municipalities of Italy, and various other stakeholders. The cities nominated to host the games are: Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Florence, Genova, Milan, Naples, Rome, Turin, and Verona.

28 JULY 2023

At the end of a complex and fruitful discussion process, the FIGC and the TFF decided to unite forces, suggesting to UEFA that they be joint hosts for EURO 2032 on the basis of equality and respecting the autonomy of each other's skills.

10 OCTOBER 2023

The UEFA Executive Committee is called to Nyon to decide the hosts of EURO 2028 and 2032 and to outline the path for the next 8 and a half years.

UEFA EURO 2032/Gli Europei in Italia

EURO 1968

The last round of the European Championships was played in Italy for the first time: the hosts were chosen from the 4 countries in the finals. As well as Italy, there was the Soviet Union, England, and Yugoslavia. Games were played in Rome at the Stadio Olimpico, Naples at San Paolo, and Florence at Comunale, known as the Artemio Franchi stadium since 1991. Italy beat the USSR in Napoli on June 5 thanks to Giacinto Facchetti’s stroke of luck: after the 0-0 result, a coin was tossed to decide the winner since penalties were not yet used. Yugoslavia got the better of England the same evening in Florence. On 8 June the final was played in Rome: Dzajic and Domenghini scored the 1-1 draw which meant the game was replayed two days later. Then, Anastasi and Riva got two goals to beat Yugoslavia 2-0, bringing home Italy’s first European title.

EURO 1980

12 years later, Italy is back to host another Euro competition as decided on 13 November 1977 being chosen over England. It is the first competition with 8 teams in the final round. The two legs are played in 4 cities: Milan, Naples, Rome, and Turin (Comunale Stadium). Germany won in the final played at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome, they beat Belgium who had eliminated Italy on a goal difference. The Azzurri finished in the 4th spot after losing to Czechoslovakia on penalties in the consolation final. In 1980, there was also the first tournament mascot: Italy’s ‘Pinocchio’.

EURO 2020

In the latest Euros, played between June and July 2021 after being postponed due to the pandemic, Italy was one of 12 countries to play host to the tournament. Three group-stage knockout games and one of the quarter-finals was played in Italy in accordance with the government's regulations for stopping the spread of Covid-19.