51 matches across 9 grounds in 8 cities. 8 of them are in the United Kingdom and one is in Dublin, which is a different country as far as your phone is concerned. A Europe+ eSIM covers both, and 33 more besides.
Friday 9 June 2028
Cardiff's National Stadium of Wales starts the tournament with a Group A game. It is a five-minute walk from Cardiff Central, which makes it one of the easiest arrivals of the whole month.
Sunday 9 July 2028
Wembley takes both semi-finals on 4 and 5 July and the final a fortnight after the group stage ends. Kick-off is 18:00 CEST, which is 17:00 in London.
Dates, venues and fixture allocation as published by UEFA. 24 teams, 51 matches, 4 host nations.
England, Scotland and Wales share one mobile market. Ireland is a separate one. Buy a UK-only plan and it stops at the Irish Sea, which matters more than it sounds: Dublin hosts five group games, a round of 16 tie and a quarter-final, and that quarter-final feeds straight into a Wembley semi-final.
What roaming across the two costsEurope+ covers 35 countries on one profile, the United Kingdom and Ireland among them. Buy it, wait for the email saying your QR code is ready, install it over home Wi-Fi.
Heathrow, Manchester, Edinburgh or Dublin, it makes no difference. Set the Lotsotravel eSIM as your active data line in Settings and you are online.
Fly Manchester to Dublin for a quarter-final and the same profile keeps working. No second plan, no border setting to forget on the way back.
Match days run on a hundred small requests rather than one big stream: a mobile ticket at the turnstile, live departure boards, maps open the whole way there and back, group chats, and a few clips once it is over.
All 9 grounds, what each one hosts, and how you get there, transcribed from UEFA's venue guide. UEFA uses tournament names for sponsored grounds, so the everyday name is in brackets.
Six of the nine grounds, in five cities. Two of them are in London, and one of those two decides the tournament.
London · 88,000 capacity
The biggest ground in the tournament and the one that ends it: four group games, a quarter-final, both semi-finals and the final on 9 July.
Wembley Park on the Jubilee and Metropolitan lines, Wembley Central on the Bakerloo and London Overground, Wembley Stadium on Chiltern Railways.
Data guide for this citySoon · 29 AugustLondon · 60,000 capacity
London's second venue, in N17: four group games and a round of 16 tie between the two runners-up from Groups D and E.
White Hart Lane on the London Overground, Seven Sisters and Tottenham Hale on the Victoria line, plus National Rail into Tottenham Hale.
Data guide for this citySoon · 29 AugustManchester · 58,000 capacity
Where England open their tournament if they qualify directly: four group games and a round of 16 tie.
Etihad Campus and Velopark stops on the Metrolink Blue and Yellow lines, roughly ten minutes from Piccadilly.
Data guide for this citySoon · 31 AugustLiverpool · 50,000 capacity
The newest ground of the nine, on Bramley-Moore Dock, with four group games and a round of 16 tie.
Sandhills on the Merseyrail Northern line is the closest station, about a mile from the dock; Moorfields and Lime Street put you in the city centre for a longer waterfront walk.
Data guide for this citySoon · 31 AugustNewcastle · 50,000 capacity
A ground in the middle of its own city centre, hosting four group games and a round of 16 tie.
St James and Monument on the Tyne and Wear Metro, both a short walk from the turnstiles, with Newcastle Central about ten minutes away on foot.
Data guide for this citySoon · 2 SeptemberBirmingham · 48,000 capacity
The oldest ground in the tournament, first built in 1897, with three group games and a round of 16 tie.
Witton and Aston stations, both a short walk from the ground and a few minutes out of Birmingham New Street.
Data guide for this citySoon · 2 SeptemberCardiff opens the tournament on 9 June and keeps going into the quarter-finals.
Cardiff · 73,000 capacity
Kicks the whole thing off on 9 June, then takes three more group games, a round of 16 tie and a quarter-final.
Cardiff Central, a few minutes' walk away, with Transport for Wales services from across South Wales and the Great Western Main Line from London.
Data guide for this citySoon · 23 AugustHampden takes four group games, a round of 16 tie and a quarter-final.
Glasgow · 51,000 capacity
Scotland's national stadium, and where Scotland play all three group games if they qualify directly. Four group games, a round of 16 tie and a quarter-final.
Mount Florida and King's Park on the ScotRail Cathcart Circle, both a few minutes from the turnstiles, four stops out of Glasgow Central.
Data guide for this citySoon · 27 AugustThe one venue outside the United Kingdom, and the only reason your data plan has a border to think about.
Dublin · 50,000 capacity
The only venue outside the United Kingdom, and the busiest outside London: five group games, a round of 16 tie and a quarter-final.
Lansdowne Road DART station is at the foot of the stadium, with Grand Canal Dock a short walk north and the city centre twenty minutes away on foot.
Data guide for this citySoon · 25 AugustMost teams play their three group games in three different stadiums. The five home associations are the exception: if they qualify directly, UEFA has already fixed where their group matches land. Northern Ireland is on the list even though Belfast has no venue, so its fixtures sit in England.
None of the hosts is guaranteed a place. UEFA has all four host nations play qualifying, with two reserved spots for the best-ranked hosts who miss out.
A quarter-final at Dublin Arena on 30 June sends its winner to Wembley four days later. If you follow that path on a UK-only plan, your phone goes dark for the leg that matters most. A Europe+ plan covers the United Kingdom and Ireland on the same profile, so the trip that crosses the Irish Sea costs the same as the trip that does not.
The cross-border roaming mathsWhere each ground actually is, which line gets you there, and what your phone will be doing all day.
A Europe+ regional eSIM does. Eight of the nine venues are in the United Kingdom and the ninth, Dublin Arena, is in the Republic of Ireland, which is a separate country for mobile data. Europe+ covers 35 European countries on one profile, including both, so the same line works at Wembley and at Lansdowne Road. A UK-only plan will not work in Dublin.
The tournament runs from 9 June to 9 July 2028. Cardiff's National Stadium of Wales hosts the opening match on 9 June, and Wembley takes both semi-finals on 4 and 5 July and the final on Sunday 9 July, kicking off at 17:00 local time.
Budget 1 to 3 GB for a single match day once you add a mobile ticket, live train times, maps in both directions, group chats and a few clips. A week following the group stage across one or two cities usually sits between 5 and 10 GB. Following a team from the opening match to the final is more comfortable on 20 GB or an unlimited plan.
Check before you assume it does. The United Kingdom left the European Union's Roam Like At Home rules in 2021, so an EU SIM's free roaming no longer extends to Britain by law. Most European operators still include the UK in their Europe zone as a commercial choice, but it is a choice they can change, and it is worth reading your own plan's country list rather than finding out at the turnstile.
Yes. The United Kingdom and Ireland both run on UTC+1 in June and July, so a kick-off is the same clock time in Glasgow, Cardiff and Dublin. UEFA publishes kick-off slots in CEST, which is one hour ahead: the 18:00 CEST final is 17:00 where you are standing.
Buy it a week or two before you fly. Plan validity starts counting from activation, so buying early burns days you have paid for. The useful thing to do today is confirm your phone supports eSIM and is carrier-unlocked, because that is the part that can take weeks to sort out with your provider.
Through the website. You buy the plan online and get an email when your QR code is ready to view and install there. WhatsApp and email handle support questions, while the code itself always lives on the website.
Install a Europe+ eSIM over home Wi-Fi before you leave and it works from Cardiff on 9 June to Wembley on 9 July, Dublin included.