NAPLES, ITALY – MAY 23: Fans of Napoli display a tifo prior to the Serie A match between Napoli and Cagliari at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on May 23, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
Napoli released a formal statement confirming they believe the Stadio Maradona is not suited to planned reconstruction work, intending to build a new arena to host EURO 2032 matches.
The issue of stadiums in Italy continues to be a huge problem, especially with the upcoming deadlines to provide five venues for the EURO 2032 tournament.
That is being co-hosted by Turkey, so they need five stadiums each rather than 10, but it is still proving difficult to even get those in place.
The local council in Naples has proposed a project of refurbishment for the existing Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, which was the subject of a meeting involving UEFA, the FIGC, the local authorities and Napoli.
Napoli confirm plan for new stadium

The club released a statement this afternoon warning that the encounter reached โno decisionโ and if anything it convinced them even more that โthe Stadio Maradona is not suited to hosting EURO 2032.โ
They denied reports that UEFA had given the all clear for this to be a host venue for the tournament.
โAfter two years of studied paid for by the club, we excluded the compatibility of investment at the Maradona. Even those changes hypothesised by the Council, which are unsatisfactory, would not allow the stadium to reach the standards of a modern arena.
โNapoli intend to invest its own resources for the construction of a new stadium, capable of hosting EURO 2032 as well.
โThe club has identified a degraded area of the city, where the construction of a new stadium would give a significant contribution cost-free to the city of urban renewal.โ
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