Romania

The Arena Națională, or National Arena if you’d like the translation, opened in 2011 and is the biggest stadium in Romania. It was designed to replace the National Stadium and can be found inside the larger Lia Manoliu National Sports Complex in the city of Bucharest. As you might have guessed it is the location for all of Romania’s international matches, with Steaua București playing their games in the ground from 2015 onwards. Dinamo București also play some important games in the stadium, though they have a different home for most league games. The stadium is capable of holding 55,634 people, though it rarely reaches anywhere near that figure for Steaua matches. The nature of the ground means that it can be used to host top matches not only from Romanian football but from Europe, too. It hosts the Romanian Cup Final and Supercup Final every year and in 2012 it was the venue for the final of the UEFA Europa League. In 2020 it will be one of the venues used for the 60th anniversary of the European Championships, which will be a pan-European event.