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The Chargers will be the home team for the
Friday, Sept. 5 game at Neo Quimica Arena in São Paulo. The
venue hosted a Week 1 matchup between the Philadelphia Eagles
and Green Bay Packers last season in the first NFL game in South
America.
Led by quarterback Justin Herbert, the Chargers finished 11-6 in
2024 in their first season under coach Jim Harbaugh before
losing 32-12 to Houston in the wild-card round of the playoffs.
“It’s an honor to once again represent the NFL on an
international stage,” said A.G. Spanos, the Chargers' president
of business operations. “It’s also a tremendous opportunity to
help grow the game and bring the Chargers brand to millions of
sports fans across Brazil and Latin America."
Since 1976, the Chargers have played regular-season or preseason
games in Mexico City, London, Tokyo, Berlin and Sydney.
The Chargers are scheduled to host AFC West rivals Denver,
Kansas City and Las Vegas along with Houston, Indianapolis,
Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburgh and Minnesota.
Since the Super Bowl champions usually get to open the following
season at home, the league is unlikely to schedule the Eagles
for back-to-back trips to South America, while the Colts and
Steelers are already scheduled to be the designated hosts of
their own international games.
The NFL has announced that seven regular-season games will be
played internationally during the 2025 season.
Three will be played in London. The Cleveland Browns and New
York Jets are the designated home teams for the games at
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium while the Jacksonville Jaguars will
make their yearly appearance at Wembley Stadium.
The Pittsburgh Steelers will host the league's first
regular-season game in Dublin, Ireland, and the Miami Dolphins
are the home team for the game in Madrid, Spain. Berlin will
host the Germany game for the first time with the Indianapolis
Colts as the home team.
The NFL can schedule up to eight international matchups,
beginning with this upcoming season.
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