The stage is set for Europe’s summer festival of football: the Euro 2024 finals in Germany. We now know all the teams who have qualified for the region’s greatest football tournament, and when and where they will play their opening matches.
England and Scotland qualified emphatically. Sadly, Wales went out on penalties to Poland, who along with Georgia and Ukraine were last to qualify.
Euro 2024 kicks off in Munich on Friday 14 June and ends with the final in Berlin on Sunday 14 July.
Many fans will want to travel to Germany. Whether you are planning a midsummer’s dream trip to support your team or just soak up the atmosphere, these are the key questions and answers.
The venues?
- Berlin Olympiastadion (capacity 70,000)
- Munich Football Arena (67,000)
- Dortmund BVB Stadion (66,000)
- Stuttgart Arena (54,000)
- Gelsenkirchen Arena AufSchalke (50.000)
- Hamburg Volksparkstadion (50,000)
- Cologne Stadium (47,000)
- Düsseldorf Arena (47,000)
- Frankfurt Arena (46,000)
- Leipzig Stadium (42,000)
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Where and when are Scotland’s group-stage games?
14 June v Germany in Munich (the tournament’s opening match)
19 June v Switzerland in Cologne
23 June v Hungary in Stuttgart
Where and when are England’s group-stage games?
16 June v Serbia in Gelsenkirchen
20 June v Denmark in Frankfurt
25 June v Slovenia in Cologne
What are the basic travel mechanics?
Fortunately for supporters of England and Scotland, all the games – except for the opening match between Germany and Scotland in Munich – are in western Germany.
For Cologne, where England play Slovenia and Scotland play Switzerland, surface travel looks best: ideally a Eurostar train from London to Brussels and a connection from there.
But it will be much cheaper for groups of supporters to go by road. Many people will take cars across, and the Dover-Dunkirk or Harwich-Hook of Holland ferries are probably best – though Newcastle to Amsterdam and Hull to Rotterdam are also feasible, if expensive.
There’s a wide choice of flights on budget airlines from across England and Scotland to Germany, but they won’t be low-cost during the tournament for key games. It could be smart to fit to somewhere close to Germany. For example, to reach Gelsenkirchen, venue for England’s first game, Eindhoven in the Netherlands…
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