Berlin to host regular-season NFL game in 2025

In addition to the game, the NFL will work with the Berlin Senate across their major sports development program to grow and develop flag football — the non-contact format of the game that will be included in the Olympic Games Los Angeles 2028 (LA28) — in Berlin’s schools and clubs.

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 2003-07. The Olympic Stadium has hosted the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, the FIFA Men’s World Cup (1974 and 2006), a FIFA Women’s World Cup (2011), six UEFA EURO 2024 matches, including the final, and world and European athletics championships. The Olympic Stadium is also the home of the football club Hertha BSC.

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 Bernabéu Stadium — home to Real Madrid C.F., have already been announced for 2025. Other games and locations will be confirmed in the weeks and months ahead.

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

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

Fans can register their interest here: nfl.com/berlin.