NFL announces first-ever regular season game in Berlin in 2025

The NFL has announced it will play a regular season game in Berlin for the first time in 2025. 

The game will be played at the iconic Olympic Stadium in the German capital.

The NFL has held regular season games in Munich and Frankfurt since 2022, with the game in Berlin set to mark the fifth NFL 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 game at the Olympic Stadium 34 years ago, before it was home to NFL Europe's Berlin Thunder in the early 2000s. 

'Now, with almost 20 million NFL fans in Germany, we'll make a historic return to the city playing a regular season game for the first time as we open the next chapter in our relationship with Berlin.'

The NFL played five American Bowl games at the Olympic Stadium between 1990 and 1994, and it was also home to NFL Europe’s Berlin Thunder from 2003 to 2007. 

The Olympic Stadium has hosted the 1936 Olympics, the men’s World Cup in 1974 and 2006, a women’s World Cup in 2011, six Euro 2024 matches  and world and European athletics championships.

Beginning in 2025, the NFL can schedule up to eight league-operated international regular season games per season.

A commitment to playing two regular season games in London at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and one game in Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu – home to Real Madrid - have already been announced for 2025. 

Fifty-five regular season NFL games have been played around the world throughout the league's history, with London, Munich, Frankfurt, Sao Paulo, Mexico City and Toronto all hosting games to date.

The NFL will announce participating teams, schedule and ticket information in the coming months.