NFL selects Dolphins for inaugural game in Spain as league's international series continues to expand

The Miami Dolphins volition question to Europe successful 2025. On Friday, the franchise revealed it was the squad selected by the NFL to play successful the league's first-ever crippled successful Madrid, Spain. 

The NFL did not instantly supply a day for the game, but it volition instrumentality spot during the 2025 regular season. The Dolphins' hostile volition besides beryllium announced astatine a aboriginal date.

The Dolphins volition beryllium the designated "home" squad astatine Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, the longtime location of Real Madrid CF. The venue features a shot tract that retracts to marque mode for a tract that tin beryllium utilized for American football. The stadium has a capableness of conscionable implicit 78,000.

"We are thrilled to play the NFL's inaugural crippled successful Spain, a state of affluent history, contented and passionateness and location to a vibrant Dolphins instrumentality base," Dolphins president and CEO Tom Garfinkel said successful a statement.

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The NFL logo earlier a crippled betwixt the Green Bay Packers and Miami Dolphins astatine Hard Rock Stadium Dec 25, 2022, successful Miami Gardens, Fla.  (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

"There is simply a hunger for shot successful this market, and we are arrogant to articulation with the NFL successful increasing the crippled internationally portion engaging with aged and caller fans alike. With the unsocial synergy betwixt Miami and Madrid, we judge this is lone the opening for america successful this unthinkable region, and we look guardant to bringing the excitement and assemblage of Dolphins shot to Spain successful 2025 and beyond."

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The Dolphins announced their enactment to play successful Madrid little than a twelvemonth aft the NFL revealed it would big a crippled astatine Bernabéu Stadium astatine immoderate constituent during the 2025 season. The Dolphins besides clasp planetary selling rights successful Spain arsenic portion of the league's Global Markets Program.

An aerial presumption of Real Madrid's Santiago Bernabéu Stadium July 23, 2007, successful Madrid, Spain. (Angel Martinez/Real Madrid via Getty Images)

"The breathtaking first-ever crippled successful Spain underlines the NFL’s continued committedness to expanding its planetary footprint and reaching caller audiences crossed the world," said Brett Gosper, the league’s caput of Europe and APAC.

Next season's crippled volition people the Dolphins' eighth connected the planetary stage. The Dolphins are 2-5 successful games played extracurricular the U.S., with Miami's astir caller quality successful 2023, erstwhile they took connected the Kansas City Chiefs successful Germany.

A shot earlier an NFL crippled betwixt the Miami Dolphins and Kansas City Chiefs astatine the Waldstadion successful Frankfurt, Germany, Nov. 5, 2023. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images)

The NFL has been aggressively expanding its planetary footprint successful hunt of caller fans and gross streams. Partnering with 1 of the astir palmy shot clubs successful the satellite is simply a branding bonanza.

"This concern with the NFL volition bring 1 of the world’s astir prestigious sporting competitions to the Santiago Bernabéu, a stadium which has welcomed millions of passionate fans from astir the globe to bask unthinkable sporting experiences," said Emilio Butragueño, Real Madrid's organization relations director.

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The NFL tin docket up to 8 regular-season games internationally adjacent season. In summation to the crippled in Spain, London is slated to big 3 games, portion 1 crippled volition beryllium played successful Germany.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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