The NFL has announced it will play its first regular-season game in Berlin in 2025.
The match will be played in the iconic Olympic Stadium in the German capital.
The NFL has staged regular season games in Munich and Frankfurt since 2022, with the Berlin game set to mark the NFL’s fifth regular season game in Germany and the first in the German capital.
“Germany has a rich tradition of American football, and the NFL has a deep history with the city of Berlin,” said NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell.
“We first held a preseason match at the Olympic Stadium 34 years ago, before it was home to NFL Europe’s Berlin Thunder in the early 2000s.
“Now, with nearly 20 million NFL fans in Germany, we will make a historic return to the city by playing a regular season game for the first time as we open the next chapter in our relationship with Berlin.”
The NFL has announced it will play its first regular-season game in Berlin in 2025
Since 2022, the NFL has organized regular season games in Munich and Frankfurt, as well as in Berlin
The NFL played five American Bowl games at the Olympic Stadium between 1990 and 1994, and from 2003 to 2007 it was also home to NFL Europe’s Berlin Thunder.
The Olympic Stadium hosted the 1936 Olympic Games, the Men’s World Cup in 1974 and 2006, the Women’s World Cup in 2011, six Euro 2024 matches and world and European athletics championships.
Starting in 2025, the NFL will be able to schedule up to eight regular-season games per season.
A commitment to play two regular season matches in London at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and one match in Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu – home of Real Madrid – has already been announced for 2025.
Fifty-five regular season NFL games have been played around the world in the league’s history, with London, Munich, Frankfurt, Sao Paulo, Mexico City and Toronto playing host to date.
The NFL will announce the participating teams, schedule and ticket information in the coming months.