The FIGC has submitted Italy’s bid to co-host EURO 2032 with Turkiye, naming 13 cities and 14 stadiums in its dossier to UEFA.
The list includes major football centres such as Milan, Naples, Rome, Turin and Florence, but two projects have been removed from the proposals previously under consideration.
UEFA will eventually select five Italian stadiums to stage matches during the summer of 2032, with Turkiye providing the other five venues.
Rome is the only city still offering two possible stadiums. The Stadio Olimpico and the planned new Roma stadium in the Pietralata district both satisfy the criteria for consideration.
Naples, however, has submitted only the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. The proposed new arena that Napoli President Aurelio De Laurentiis wants to build outside the city is not included in the updated list.
The Stadio Flaminio has also been omitted from the dossier submitted on August 1. Lazio are planning to redevelop the Rome stadium, but it is no longer among Italy’s potential EURO 2032 venues.
The cities remaining in contention are Bari, Bologna, Cagliari, Florence, Genoa, Lecce, Milan, Naples, Palermo, Rome, Salerno, Turin and Verona.
Naples is represented by the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, while Rome’s two entries are the Stadio Olimpico and the planned Pietralata arena.
Bologna and Verona presented plans for their new stadium projects today, with both hoping their venues can be completed in time for EURO 2032.
The tournament would represent a significant opportunity for Palermo, its football club and the city, with the Sicilian capital hoping to be selected as one of the host cities.
“It’d be a huge boost for Palermo, the club and the city itself, to be one of the host cities in 2032. Crossing my fingers that the Sicilian capital is chosen and regeneration can follow.”