Philadelphia to host six FIFA World Cup 2026 matches
World Cup fixtures at Philadelphia Stadium will include a Round of 16 showdown on American Independence Day.
Philadelphia Stadium will host six matches at the FIFA World Cup 2026™, including one knockout-stage fixture on American Independence Day.
The full match schedule for the biggest-ever FIFA World Cup has now been unveiled, giving the framework for the 104-game tournament featuring 48 teams across 16 host cities in three countries – Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Five group-phase games will be held at the 69,000-capacity stadium. Its Round of 16 game will take place on Saturday, 4 July, exactly 250 years since the United States' Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia.
View the full FIFA World Cup 26 match schedule
Name: Philadelphia Stadium
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Capacity: 69,000
Opened: 2003
Côte d'Ivoire v Ecuador | Group E | Sunday, 14 June
Brazil v Haiti | Group C | Friday, 19 June
France v Bolivia/Iraq/Suriname | Group I | Monday, 22 June
Curaçao v Côte d'Ivoire | Group E | Thursday, 25 June
Croatia v Ghana | Group L | Saturday, 27 June
Match 89 | Round of 16 | Saturday, 4 July
Philadelphia Stadium opened with a blockbuster friendly match between Manchester United against Barcelona in August 2003, with Ronaldinho setting up Patrick Kluivert to score the arena's first goal.
It would go on to house US national team games, the 2015 Gold Cup Final and Manchester United again in the years since, as well as becoming the permanent residence of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles and the temporary home of MLS team Philadelphia Union during the 2010 season.
The venue was the setting for a total of eight fixtures during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, with six group games, one Round of 16 match and eventual winners Chelsea’s quarter-final victory over Palmeiras, which was also played on 4 July.
The United States’ Declaration of Independence was signed at Pennsylvania State House, Philadelphia in 1776.
NHL team Philadelphia Flyers’ 35-game unbeaten streak in 1979-80 is the longest in major North American sports history.
Famous Philadelphians include actors Grace Kelly, Kevin Bacon, Tina Fey, Kevin Hart, M. Night Shyamalan and Bradley Cooper.
Pat and Harry Olivieri invented Philadelphia’s iconic steak sandwich in the 1930s. Cheese was later added, creating “the cheesesteak”.
Philadelphia is the ‘city of firsts’ and is home to the USA’s first hospital, zoo, library and university.
Philadelphia was founded in 1682 and grew rapidly because of its port facilities, and was at the centre of the Revolutionary War, becoming the birthplace of the nation when a group of dissatisfied colonists met there on 4 July 1776 to adopt the Declaration of Independence.
Philadelphia was the capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800. Today, the City of Brotherly Love is a vibrant metropolitan city, the second largest on the east coast, and sixth largest in the country.