BERLIN, GERMANY - JANUARY 21: General view outside the stadium as a banner is displayed in memory of Kay Bernstein, President of Hertha Berlin prior to the Second Bundesliga match between Hertha BSC and Fortuna Düsseldorf at Olympiastadion on January 21, 2024 in Berlin, Germany.

NFL will play regular-season game in Berlin in 2025

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IRVING, Texas (AP) — The NFL will play its fifth game in Germany and its first regular-season game in Berlin in 2025.

The game will be played at the Olympic Stadium as part of a multiyear commitment. The NFL has played regular-season games in Munich and Frankfurt since 2022.

“Germany has a rich tradition of American football, and the NFL has a deep history with the city of Berlin,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. “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 1990-1994. The league can schedule up to eight international regular-season games per season, starting next year. The NFL already has committed 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.