What happened
Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia has been approved to host Como 1907’s home fixtures in the 2026/27 UEFA Champions League. The club says work included a new stand and upgrades to infrastructure, safety and operational facilities.
The first home fixture is against RB Leipzig on Thursday 10 September at 21:00 CEST. The club’s league-phase ticket package also lists home matches against Manchester United, AEK Athens and Paris Saint-Germain.
The Como view
Qualification is the sporting achievement. Hosting the matches at the Sinigaglia gives that achievement its proper emotional address. A European night in a borrowed ground would still count in the table, but it would not feel the same in the memory.
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The stadium’s limits and its beauty are tied together. Improvements were necessary to meet UEFA requirements, and supporters have had to live with the disruption that comes with change. The reward is not a generic Champions League backdrop. It is the competition arriving at the ground that has carried Como for generations.
RB Leipzig will make the evening demanding immediately. The temptation around a historic fixture is to spend the whole night admiring the occasion. Como’s players need the opposite instinct: let the supporters absorb the setting while the team treats every duel, restart and transition as work.
For international fans, this is also a useful reminder that the club’s global growth and local identity do not have to cancel each other out. More people can discover Como precisely because the images, noise and geography of the Sinigaglia are impossible to confuse with anywhere else.
Bottom line
The Champions League is coming to Como, not merely to a team wearing Como’s shirt. That distinction is why Thursday night already matters.