( CNN ) -- Polish football fans have celebrated the launch of the biggest stadium for this year 's Euro 2012 finals with a free music festival and fireworks display . The newly-constructed National Stadium in Warsaw will host the opening match of the four-yearly tournament on June 8 when co-hosts Poland take on Euro 2004 winners Greece in Group A . The first 40,000 fans to arrive on Sunday were given the chance to see Polish pop acts including VooVoo i Haydamaky , Zakopower , Coma , T. Love and Lady Pank . The at the 50,000-seat arena , which will also host a semifinal , was built on the site of the old 10th Anniversary Stadium , which had stood since 1955 and welcomed Pope John Paul II in 1983 . `` I am very happy that the National Stadium has been finally unveiled , '' Poland 's tournament director Adam Olkowicz told the website of European football 's governing body UEFA . `` It 's the biggest Polish venue for this year 's final tournament . On June 8 , we will witness the opening ceremony here followed by the first match between Poland and Greece . `` I hope that Poland 's players play to their best , with the backing of thousands of local supporters . '' On February 29 , Franciszek Smuda 's Poland team will play in their new home for the first time -- exactly 100 days before the start of Euro 2012 -- when they take on Portugal , who boast players such as Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo . The first football match to be played at the stadium , located on the east bank of the river Vistula , will be a Polish Super Cup clash between Legia Warsaw and Wisla Krakow on February 11 . The National Stadium is one of five venues built especially for the 14th European Championship , which is being co-hosted with Ukraine , and one of three new stadia in Poland . The other two are the Arena Gdansk and the Municipal Stadium in Wroclaw .
The new National Stadium in the Polish capital of Warsaw was opened on Sunday . Poland and Ukraine will host the forthcoming Euro 2012 football tournament . The National Stadium will host the opening match between Poland and Ukraine on February 8 . It will also be a semifinal venue , with Poland set to play there for the first time on the 14th .