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==Possible bids==

At such a premature stage, currently there are no official bids in place, but the following are reported to be considering bids:

===[[Bulgaria]]
/–[[Romania]]===

This is potentially the first time these two countries have bid to host a major football tournament. The bid is supported both by the [[Romanian Football Federation|Federaţia Română de Fotbal]] and the [[Bulgarian Football Union]], and is the goal of UEFA committee member Mircea Sandu.

SOFIA, Nov 19 (Reuters) - Soccer news in brief from around the world:
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* [[Lia Manoliu Arena]] is a planned football stadium that will be built in Bucharest, Romania. It is planned to be ready in 2010 and it will host the national team's games and the Romanian Cup finals. The owners, the Municipality of Bucharest, will pay €142,000,000<ref>[http://www.cotidianul.ro/fara_numar_pentru_lia_manoliu-17186.html The national stadium costs more th
ean the stadiums used in the 2006 World cup]</ref> towards its construction, which will be able to hold 55,000 people but with a potential expansion of 63,000 people. It will be the first UEFA 5-Star venue in Romanian football.<ref>[http://sport.rol.ro/Diverse/Asa-va-arata-Lia-Manoliu-Arena.htm The national stadium]</ref>

[[Image:PA040010.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The stadium of Steaua Bucuresti has a seating capacity of more than 28,000]]

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* [[Stadionul Dan Păltinişanu]] is a multi-use stadium in Timişoara, built in 1960 and modernised in the last years. It is currently used mostly for football matches by the local team FCU Politehnica Timişoara. The stadium has a capacity of 32,019 seaters and a Light Installation of 1,465 lux. The stadium has the largest capacity in the country, since the National Stadium in Bucharest is being reconstructed.

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[[Czech Republic]]/[[–Slovakia]]===

The Hheads of Ggovernment of the [[Czech Republic]] and [[Slovakia]] have backed the idea of a joint bid for the organization of Euro 2020. It was launched on 31st October 2007 by President of the Federation Czech [[Pavel Mokry]]. But [[Mirek Topolanek]] and [[Robert Fico]] agreed that their two nations were still far from being able to conform to the specifications of UEFA. In 1996, the Czech Republic had flirted with the idea of making a joint bid for [[Euro 2004]] with Austria.

There would probably be one 50,000 capacity venue for the final, and two 40,000 capacity venues for the semi-finals while the rest would be around 30,000 for group games. From this it seems the Czech Republic and Slovakia would only be able to meet the minimum level of UEFA's stadia requirements.

If Prague gets the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, they must build a new 70,000-–80,000 capacity stadium for hosting, but if Prague would get the Olympics then that would rule them out of bidding for the European Championship.

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'''Czech Republic'''

The Czech Republic is putting serious efforts in building a new [[:Category:UEFA 5 star stadiums|5-star]] 50,000 capacity stadium so they can really count in the Czech Republic/–Slovakia bid for EURO 2020. But they have some interesting stadiums ready for expansion to meet the minimal requirements.

* The [[AXA Arena]] is a football stadium in Prague. It is the home venue of Sparta Prague and often the home stadium of the Czech National Football Team. Formerly known as the Letná Stadium (Letenský stadion) and as the Toyota Arena, it is now named after its sponsor, AXA. The first stadium on the place opened in 1921, the current stadium has been built in 1969 and reconstructed 1994. (contracted; show full)
Slavia finally presented a project of the new stadium, but no construction has started. In December 2003, the old Eden stadium was torn down and Slavia announced that the new stadium will be opened on October 19, 2005, however, by October 2005 the construction has not even started. It took one more year to start. The project had to be scaled down to lower the construction cost from 1.8 billion Czech crowns to less th
ean 1 billion. 

The construction started in October 2006. Despite the stadium was notnot being fully finished, it was opened on May 7, 2008 with an exhibition match against Oxford University A.F.C..   Many former Slavia stars (such as Pavel Kuka, Patrik Berger, Jan Suchopárek and Ivo Knoflíček) took part in this match. 

'''Slovakia'''

* [[Tehelné pole]] (meaning "Brickfield").  Most commonly the name refers to the football stadium which is the home field for Slovan Bratislava and the regular home for the Slovakia national team. The stadium has a capacity of 30,085 spectators, and is 105 m long and 68 m wide. It is planned that the current stadium will be demolished and a new one with the capacity around 35,000 people will be built, costing around 80 million Euro. The need for a new stadium stems from the UEFA rules, which require to play international matches on stadiums of certain standards from 2008, however, Slovakia lacks these stadiums so far.

===[[Croatia]]/[[–Serbia]]===

A similarly possible and politically attractive bid could come from [[Balkan]] neighbours [[Croatia]] and [[Serbia]], republics of the former [[Yugoslavia]] that broke up in the 1990s after the [[Yugoslav Wars]], in which the two countries fought against each other.  A joint hosting between Croatia and Serbia would signify the era of peace that has been established in the region, and by 2020 they would have significant time to develop new and redevelop existing suitable stadia in cities such as [[Zagreb]], [[Split]], [[Beograd]] and [[Nis]]. And would improve Diplomatic relations.

This bid will not be as powerful as the [[Euro 2012]] bid with Hungary &and Croatia, a more impressive country, a better infrastructure and more founds for sauce an event than Serbia  , but the Croatians have no other solution thean a single bid for the tournament, a standard it is not capable of.{{Fact}}

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'''Croatia'''

* [[Maksimir Stadium]] (official name: "Stadion Maksimir", English: "Maksimir Stadium") is a stadium in the Croatian capital of Zagreb. It takes its name from the neighbourhood of Maksimir. It is primarily the home of Dinamo Zagreb, the top football team in the country.
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'''Stadia'''====

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Image:HrazdanArmeniaTurkey.JPG|[[Hrazdan Stadium]], [[Yerevan]]
Image:Tofistadium.tight.jpg|[[Tofik Bakhramov Stadium]], [[Baku]]
Image:National Inside.jpg|[[Boris Paichadze Stadium]], [[Tbilisi]]
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