The NFL has added a new country to its list of global destinations.
The league announced Friday that Spain will host the country’s first regular-season game in Madrid in 2025. The match will be played at the Santiago Bernabeu Stadium, the home of Spanish soccer club Real Madrid.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said: “Bringing the game to Madrid in 2025 reflects the league’s continued expansion of its global footprint and our ambition to bring our games to more fans around the world. “This highlights the fact that this trend is accelerating.” “Together with the City of Madrid and the Comunidad de Madrid, we are proud to partner with the global brand Real Madrid CF to bring great regular season competition to Spain at the world-class Santiago Bernabéu Stadium. I think so.”
Spain will become the fifth country outside the United States to host NFL regular season games, joining Great Britain, Mexico, Germany and Brazil.
The NFL will hold its regular season in Germany for the first time in 2022, and announced in September that the league’s first opening Friday game will be held in Brazil. The Philadelphia Eagles have been selected as one of the participants in the matchup, which will take place on September 6th at Arena Corinthians in Sao Paulo.
The teams participating in the 2025 game against Madrid will be announced at a later date, but NFL Director of International Peter O’Reilly said the teams participating in the conference will likely be AFC teams due to the additional home games. . That year.
O’Reilly said the NFL continues to explore the possibility of hosting games in other countries, including France.