Loaders begin next season more than 6,000 miles away from the friendly setting at Sofi Stadium. NFL returns to Brazil and has utilized chargers as the designated team for the international game.
Charging opponent will be revealed in the spring according to the NFL.
The game is scheduled for Friday 5. September at the Neo Quimica Arena in São Paulo and is part of the NFL’s international series. When the game starts, chargers will be the first franchise in the league story competing in NFL games on five continents.
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Los Angeles Chargers play their 2025 season opener at the Neo Quimica Arena in São Paulo, Brazil. An opponent to be announced later in the year. (AP Photo/Other Pens, File)
Since 1976, chargers have played regular seasonal or for seasonal games in Mexico City, London, Tokyo, Berlin and Sydney.
Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers met in São Paulo last season in the first NFL game ever in South America.
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Eagles defeated Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl Lix. Philadelphia is scheduled to play Los Angeles in 2025, but the reigning masters are traditionally open the following season at home. Furthermore, the NFL is unlikely to plan Eagles for back-to-back trips to South America.
Chargers ended 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.
A Los Angeles Chargers logo before an NFL football match between Los Angeles Chargers and New England Patriots Sunday 31 October 2021 in Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong, File)
“It is an honor that once again represent the NFL on an international stage,” said AG Spanos, Chargers’ president of business operations. “It’s also a huge opportunity to help grow the game and bring the Chargers brand to millions of sports fans over Brazil and Latin America.”
The NFL has announced that seven regular seasonal matches will be played internationally during the 2025 season. The league can plan up to eight regular seasonal matches international next season.
The NFL logo is seen on the field before a game between Green Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins at Hard Rock Stadium on December 25, 2022 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)
In addition to the game in Brazil, London is scheduled to host three matches, and Miami Dolphins will play in the first regular seasonal match ever in Spain. The Indianapolis Colts has been selected as the homeland for a game in Berlin, Germany in 2025, and Pittsburgh Steelers travel to Dublin to host the first regular seasonal match in Ireland.
By 2026, Los Angeles Rams will be the designated team for a game in Melbourne, Australia, which will be the first time an NFL game has taken place on that continent.
NFL’s full slate of regular seasonal matches for next season is expected to be released in May.
