The Bulgaria–Greece–Romania–Serbia UEFA Euro 2028 and 2030 FIFA World Cup bid was a joint bid to host the UEFA Euro 2028 and 2030 FIFA World Cup by Bulgaria, Greece, Romania and Serbia. The bid was led by the Craiova Group.
On 25 February 2019, at the meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria of the Ministers of Youth and Sports of Romania, Constantin Bogdan Matei; Bulgaria, Krasen Kralev; Serbia, Vanja Udovičić and Deputy Minister of Culture and Sports of Greece, Giorgos Vasileiadis, it was officially confirmed that these four countries would submit joint candidacy for the organization of the UEFA Euro 2028 and the 2030 FIFA World Cup. Following the second meeting, the ministers signed a memorandum of understanding on 10 April 2019 in Thessaloniki, Greece. However, the project was quietly abandoned, mainly due to Greece bidding with Egypt and Saudi Arabia.
Possible venues For the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it is confirmed that stadiums must have a capacity of at least 40,000 for group round matches and second round matches, 50,000 for quarter final and 60,000 for the semi-finals and at least 80,000 for the Opening Match and Final; none of the countries concerned have stadiums with such a capacity for the opening and final matches as of yet and the rules for 2030 have not been announced. Olympic Stadium was the stadium mentioned to host the Opening Match, while the Bucharest Arena was set for the Final match.
Bulgaria Sofia Plovdiv Vasil Levski National Stadium Plovdiv Stadium Capacity: 44,000(to be renovated and expanded to 50,000) Capacity: 55,000(to be renovated) Burgas Varna Chernomorets Arena New Varna Stadium Capacity: 30,000(Planned) Capacity: 22,000(Under Construction)
Greece Athens Olympic Stadium Agia Sophia Stadium Capacity: 75,000 Capacity: 31,800 Athens Thessaloniki New Panathinaikos Stadium New Toumba Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 41,926(Planned)
Romania Bucharest Cluj-Napoca Arena Națională Cluj Arena Capacity: 55,634 Capacity: 30,201 Craiova Iași Stadionul Ion Oblemenco New Iași Arena Capacity: 30,983 Capacity: 25,000(Planned) Timișoara New Timișoara Stadium Capacity: 30,000(Planned)
Serbia Belgrade New National Stadium Rajko Mitić Stadium Capacity: 60,000(Planned) Capacity: 55,538 (To be renovated) Niš Kragujevac Čair Stadium Čika Dača Stadium Capacity: 18,151(to be renovated and expanded to 25 000) Capacity: 15,100(to be renovated and expanded to 20 000)
Key people Borislav Mihaylov – president of the Bulgarian Football Union Evangelos Grammenos – president of the Hellenic Football Federation Răzvan Burleanu – president of the Romanian Football Federation Slaviša Kokeza – president of the Football Association of Serbia
See also Uruguay–Argentina–Chile–Paraguay 2030 FIFA World Cup bid Spain–Portugal–Morocco 2030 FIFA World Cup bid
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