City guides
Football cities.
Clubs, stadiums, derbies — by the cities that host them.
Spain
Barcelona
Barcelona is the home of FC Barcelona, one of the most influential clubs in football history. The Camp Nou. Europe's largest football stadium and the second-largest in the world, is undergoing the Espai Barça redevelopment that will lift capacity to 105,000 by 2027, making it the largest dedicated football ground globally. During construction (2024-2027) FC Barcelona play at Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (55,926 capacity) on Montjuïc, the venue used for the 1992 Olympic athletics events. Barcelona's other senior club is RCD Espanyol, currently in La Liga, playing at the Stage Front Stadium (40,500 capacity) in suburban Cornellà-El Prat. The El Clásico fixture (FC Barcelona vs Real Madrid) remains the most-watched club football fixture in the world, contested twice each La Liga season plus periodic Copa del Rey and European meetings.
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Liverpool
Liverpool's two senior football clubs. Liverpool FC and Everton, play less than half a mile apart across Stanley Park, the closest pair of top-flight grounds in England. Liverpool FC's Anfield (61,276 capacity after the 2023 Anfield Road End expansion) is the third-largest English club ground after Old Trafford and the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. Everton are leaving Goodison Park at the end of the 2024-25 season for the new Hill Dickinson Stadium at Bramley-Moore Dock (52,888 capacity), one of the most architecturally ambitious football grounds in the UK. The Merseyside derby is among the most-played top-flight derbies in English football history. Contested in every Football League / Premier League season since 1962. Liverpool combined senior matchday capacity exceeds 110,000.
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London
London is the only city in the world to host six current top-flight football clubs simultaneously: Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Crystal Palace and Fulham. Add Brentford in the Premier League, Queens Park Rangers and Millwall in the Championship, and the city's combined matchday capacity exceeds 400,000 across roughly 15 senior grounds. Wembley Stadium. The second-largest football ground in Europe at 90,000, hosts the FA Cup final, the EFL Cup final, the Community Shield, and England senior team home fixtures. The North London derby (Arsenal vs Tottenham), the West London derby (Chelsea vs Fulham), and the cross-river derby (Chelsea vs West Ham) are matchday highlights of the Premier League calendar. London's transport network is among the densest in Europe. Every major football ground sits within 10 minutes of a Tube, National Rail or Overground station, making weekend matchday travel between grounds a credible itinerary for visiting fans.
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Madrid
Madrid is one of European football's most concentrated football capitals: Real Madrid and Atlético Madrid play their home fixtures within 5 miles of each other, and combined senior matchday capacity exceeds 150,000. Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu reopened fully in 2024 after a four-year, €1.3 billion redevelopment that added a retractable roof, retractable pitch, and complete external skin, capacity now sits at 81,044. Atlético Madrid's Riyadh Air Metropolitano (formerly the Wanda Metropolitano) opened in 2017 with a 70,460 capacity. The Madrid Derby is contested twice each La Liga season plus periodic Spanish Cup and European meetings; the rivalry runs deeper than any single fixture, with Atlético's working-class identity contrasted against Real Madrid's establishment status. Real Madrid have won 15 European Cup / Champions League titles, more than any club in the world.
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Manchester
Manchester is football's most concentrated derby city. Old Trafford (74,310, Manchester United's home since 1910) and the Etihad Stadium (53,400, Manchester City's home since 2003) sit just over four miles apart, both reachable on the Metrolink tram network. Combined matchday capacity is approximately 130,000. Equivalent to 1.5% of Greater Manchester's population on any given derby weekend. The Manchester derby has become global must-see television in the Pep Guardiola era; both clubs have invested £1 billion+ each in stadium and infrastructure since 2010. Manchester also hosts Bury FC, Salford City, Stockport County and Oldham Athletic in the lower leagues. Wider Manchester-area football includes Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic, both within 30 minutes by tram or train.
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Milan
Milan is one of only a handful of major football cities in the world where two top-flight clubs share a single stadium. AC Milan and Inter Milan have shared the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. Universally known as the San Siro, since Inter moved in for the 1947-48 season. The 75,923-capacity ground is the largest stadium in Italy and the seventh-largest football stadium in Europe. The Derby della Madonnina, named after the gold statue of the Madonna atop the city's Duomo cathedral, is among the most photogenic derbies in world football: tens of thousands of red-and-black or blue-and-black scarves filling the same bowl, often with synchronised pyrotechnic displays. Both clubs have proposed to leave the San Siro for new dedicated stadiums; the timeline remains uncertain at the time of writing.
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Munich
Munich is the headquarters of Bayern Munich. The most-decorated German football club and one of the most influential in European football history. Bayern's Allianz Arena (75,000 capacity) opened in 2005 and is universally recognised by its translucent ETFE-foil exterior, designed to glow Bayern red, German national white, or Champions League blue depending on the fixture. Architects Herzog & de Meuron's design has been one of the most visually distinctive 21st-century sports buildings. Bayern have won the Bundesliga every year since 2013 — 11 consecutive titles, a German record. Munich's other senior club is TSV 1860 Munich, currently in the third tier (3. Liga) and playing at the Grünwalder Stadion. 1860 share the Allianz Arena's heritage. They were the original co-tenant of Bayern from 2005 until financial troubles forced them out in 2017.
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Paris
Paris is the home of Paris Saint-Germain, France's most-supported and most-decorated football club of the 21st century. PSG play at the Parc des Princes (47,929 capacity) in the 16th arrondissement, the same ground they have called home since 1973. The stadium is famous for one of European football's steepest seating gradients. Every seat sits close to the pitch, an architectural quirk that creates the intense atmosphere PSG home fixtures are known for. PSG have proposed to build a new larger stadium in Paris, with no firm timeline at the time of writing. Paris also hosts Stade Français Paris (rugby), Racing 92 (rugby) and the Stade de France (in nearby Saint-Denis, 81,338 capacity) — France's national stadium and the venue for the 1998 and 2024 men's World Cup / Olympic finals.
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Amsterdam
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Berlin
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Birmingham
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Bologna
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Brighton
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Brussels
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Budapest
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Cologne
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Dortmund
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Dubai
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Edinburgh
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Frankfurt
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Hamburg
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Lisbon
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Lyon
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Monaco
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Naples
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Newcastle upon Tyne
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Porto
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Rome
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Singapore
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Stuttgart
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Sunderland
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Valencia
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Watford
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Wembley
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Zurich
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