Football Ground Map
Football Ground Map
It's that time of year again when national sides around Europe battle for footballing supremacy with this summer's Euro 2024 tournament taking place in Germany. The country hosted the World Cup in 2006 and will now welcome the continent as 24 teams go head-to-head in a race to the final.
As the countdown continues, fans and bettors will be assessing Euro odds with hosts Germany, England and France among the favourites to be crowned champions this July. This article will profile the magnificent stadiums which will play host to the tournament and reveal where all the big games are set to take place.
Capacity: 70,000
The Olympiastadion in the German capital was the venue for the 2006 World Cup final between France and Italy and the impressive 70,000-seater arena will again host the showpiece for Euro 2024.
Built in 1936, it hosted the Olympics that year as Jesse Owens won four gold medals and will be one of the oldest stadium used this summer.
Still boasting a running track, it is one of the most iconic and historic stadiums in the world and is home to Hertha Berlin.
At Euro 2024, the Olympiastadion will host group games involving Spain, Croatia and the Netherlands, one Round of 16 fixture, one quarter-final match-up and, of course, the final when one nation will achieve its dream and lift the trophy.
Capacity: 67,000
Few stadiums have seen as much success as the Allianz Arena during its formative years with Bayern Munich winning 14 Bundesliga titles since it was opened back in 2005.
Famous around the world for being home to one of the greatest club sides in history and particularly the 21st century as Bayern have dominated German football, the Allianz Arena is also instantly recognisable from the inside to the outside, with an exterior shell that can completely change colour depending on the event.
The stadium will host the Euro 2024 curtain-raiser as hosts Germany take on Scotland to kick the tournament off with three other group games, a last 16 tie and semi-final also being held in Munich.
Capacity: 66,000
On domestic days, Dortmund's home ground is perhaps home to one of the most famous stands in the world with the 'Yellow Wall' housing more than 24,000 passionate Dortmund fans behind the goal.
Fans of Italy, Turkey, France and Portugal are among the nations who will get to enjoy the magic of the BVB Stadion at Euro 2024 while the ground will also host a last 16 fixture and one of the two semi-final clashes.
In total the stadium has hosted ten World Cup fixtures across the 1974 and 2006 tournaments and is one of the finest settings for football in the modern era.
Capacity: 50,000
The stadium is back in the big time for the Euros having been forced to host Bundesliga 2 matches following Schalke's relegation in 2023. The club failed to earn promotion but while the Veltins Arena won't be hosting the likes of Bayern, Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen in the league anytime soon, it will host a last 16 tie as well as three group matches including the tasty encounter between Spain and Italy.
Capacity: 46,000
Renovated four times during it's near 100-year anniversary, the Frankfurt Arena looks like a modern stadium as it's latest makeover came in 2005 ahead of the World Cup a year later.
With a retractable roof and also serving as a venue for concerts, with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Bruce Springsteen and Beyonce all performing, the stadium in Frankfurt is equipped with all the attributes requried of a stadium hosting international tournaments.
Home to Eintracht Frankfurt and now also NFL games, this will be the venue where England take on Denmark in the group stages and hosts Germany play Switzerland. A last 16 tie will also be hosted in the west German city.
Capacity: 50,000
Another stadium without Bundesliga football in recent years after Hamburg, one of the most iconic teams in German history, were relegated back in 2018, the Volksparkstadion remains a top arena, capable of hosting tournament football.
On the third day of Euro 2024, Poland and Netherlands will meet in the city and Czech Republic will also play two group games there. What's more, the ground will also feature one of the four quarter-final ties on July 5th.
Capacity: 54,000
Having previously hosted non-soccer events including World Athletics Championships and American Football, renovations in 2011 led to the stadium being a soccer-only venue and it is the home of Bundesliga side Stuttgart.
This summer it will host four group games including Germany's match with Hungary and a quarter-final clash.
Capacity: 47,000
The Dusseldorf Arena will host its first-ever tournament this summer, twenty years since it was built to replace the Rheinstadion at the turn of the century.
Home to Fortuna Dusseldorf, the arena missed out on hosting Bundesliga football next season after Fortuna lost the relegation play-off tie to Bochum. However, it will be the venue for three group games, including Austria vs France, one last 16 clash and a quarter-final.
Having previously welcomed Tyson Fury, Eurovision, The Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen to perform at the arena, this stadium certainly knows how to host an event.
Capacity: 47,000
Koln are one of the most historic and storied clubs in German football and have played in Mungersdorf since the 1920s. Their current stadium is the third built on the site and was created ahead of the World Cup in 2006.
Cologne also hosted Euro games in 1988 and will do so again this year, with Scotland vs Switzerland and England vs Slovenia two of four group games set to be played in the city. The Cologne Stadium will also host a last 16 tie on June 30th.
Capacity: 42,000
The largest stadium in East Germany will host some stunning group stage fixtures this summer. Portugal and Czech Republic will meet in the ground's first fixture before the Netherlands and France meet followed by Croatia against Italy.
Home to Red Bull Leipzig, the arena has regularly hosted top Bundesliga games and Champions League clashes. Not only that, Leipzig also featured five World Cup matches back in 2006.
This summer football fans from all over the world will tune in to watch Euro 2024 with all eyes on Germany and the nation's magnificent stadia. From the kick off in Munich to the showpiece final in Berlin, it's set to be an enthralling tournament played in some of the greatest venues on the continent.
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