Football WILL be returning to the Principality Stadium :

SUNDAY 16TH AUGUST 2026

Football WILL be returning to the Principality Stadium

The Premier League Community Shield will return to the Welsh capital for the first time in 20 years

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The 2026 FA Community Shield will be played at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday 16 August.


The ‘curtain raiser’ for the new football season is traditionally played on the weekend before the Premier League begins.


Due to alterations to the 2026-27 football calendar, next season’s Premier League will begin over the weekend of Saturday 22 August, and Wembley Stadium connected by EE is unavailable on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 August due to pre-planned concerts.



The Principality Stadium in Cardiff will host the 2026 FA Community Shield



The Welsh national stadium has a rich history of hosting major football events, including the FA Community Shield on six occasions between 2001 and 2006, and it provides a neutral venue for the competing clubs as well as one of the largest capacities in the United Kingdom for fans to attend.
Further details about the 2026 FA Community Shield, which sees the winner of the Emirates FA Cup take on the Premier League champions, will be announced at the earliest possible opportunity following the conclusion of the 2025-26 football season.

That's us away then, even on a sunday?

This is big news for Cardiff and the Principality Stadium and the two sets of supporters will have a better weekend here than up in Wembley!

A lot of football fans have been saying lately that they want the FA Cup semi finals in Cardiff.

They loved it when Cardiff was used for big finals while Wembley was being rebuilt.

Great for the city and wider south Wales area. Brings a couple of quid to the struggling hospitality industry.

A lot of football fans have been saying lately that they want the FA Cup semi finals in Cardiff.

They loved it when Cardiff was used for big finals while Wembley was being rebuilt.

That actually makes a lot of sense. Not that they'll do it but if the semi is at a neutral venue why not at the Principality somewhere different for fans to go

hope the roof will be open for it.
should be a great occasion for everyone involved

A lot of football fans have been saying lately that they want the FA Cup semi finals in Cardiff.

They loved it when Cardiff was used for big finals while Wembley was being rebuilt.

I remember talking to liverpool fans at the Carling Cup final and they said they wish it was still in our neck of the woods because Wembley was surrounded by abandoned warehouses and barely any pubs

They said at the Birmingham game they had was one of the best days out they ever had

Sure the hotels will love the news of another chance to sky rocket their hotel prices