Football Association chairman Greg Dyke claimed yesterday that Wembley has a “good chance” of being chosen to host the final and semi-finals of Euro 2020 — the first time England will have succeeded in a bid for a major men’s football tournament for more than 20 years.

Wembley is up against Munich but with the German FA (DFB) concentrating on a bid for Euro 2024, the England bid is a clear favourite.

England has not succeeded in winning a bid for a major tournament since 1992 when it was awarded Euro 96 and since then it has had two disastrous World Cup bids.

Uefa is staging Euro 2020 in 13 cities across Europe to mark the 60th anniversary of the European Championships.

Dyke said: “We are down to two between us and Germany, who want to host it in Munich. Munich is a great stadium but I think we feel that we have got a pretty good chance.

“It is the first time the Euros have been played like this, played all over Europe. It would be seen in many ways as England being the host, even though we are not, because of playing the semi-finals and final at Wembley. Of course, what we would hope for is that we are there.

“You can never be too confident. I think Wembley is a great stadium and we have got a pretty good chance of hosting the final and the semi-final, so you get three big games.

“It would be great for English football. It would be even better if England can reach at least the semi-finals. That’s the aim. Well, the aim is to win it but let’s try and get to the semi-finals.”

The Germans have hinted they may withdraw their bid just before the vote but Uefa may prefer them to continue so at least there is a contest rather than a coronation.

Dyke added: “What is clear is if you get 2020 then there is no point in bidding for 2024. So it could well be that the Germans could decide they withdraw from 2020 to bid for 2024.”

The bids for Glasgow’s Hampden Park, Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium and Dublin’s Aviva Stadium to host three group games and a knockout match each appears less clear-cut.

Scottish FA chief executive Stewart Regan acknowledged it was “highly unlikely” that all four British and Irish bids would be successful. Scotland have the most to fear after the commercial side of their bid was described as “inadequate” in Uefa’s technical reports.

Regan said: “There are four bids from the UK and Ireland and I think it is highly unlikely all four are going to be hosts.”