England to Use Etihad as Euro 2028 Second Home

England will play at least one of its three Euro 2028 group matches away from Wembley, with Manchester City’s Etihad Stadium reportedly chosen as their 'second home' for the group stage. Other English venues under consideration included Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, Everton’s Hill Dickinson Stadium, Villa Park and Newcastle’s St James’ Park. Wembley will not host any round-of-16 matches, so England would also play a first knockout game away from the national stadium if they advance, though both semi-finals and the final are scheduled for Wembley. The tournament is co‑hosted by England, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland, with the opening match expected at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium and major fixtures earmarked for Dublin’s Aviva and Glasgow’s Hampden after Northern Ireland’s Casement Park was withdrawn. All four host nations must take part in qualification, but up to two places in the 24-team finals are reserved for hosts who fail to qualify, with UEFA to select the highest-performing hosts if more than two miss out. Manchester City’s stadium is reportedly undergoing a roughly £300 million expansion to boost capacity to about 61,747 ahead of the finals.