The NFL and Germany – it fits. That’s why games will also take place on German soil in 2023. In the meantime, the NFL has officially communicated the pairings and the venue. Information on ticket sales and prices has also been published. The start of sales once again caused frustration.

In November 2022, the NFL was a guest in Germany for the first time and caused quite a stir. The world’s best football league will also play games in Germany in 2023, with pairings and venues officially announced on 10 May.

Which NFL teams will come to Germany in 2023?

It had been known for some time that the New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs would be coming to Germany in 2023. In the meantime, the two other teams that will be visiting Germany in the regular season have also been confirmed: the Miami Dolphins and the Indianapolis Colts.

How many NFL games will be played in Germany in 2023?

Two regular season games will be played in Germany in 2023. The New England Patriots and the Kansas City Chiefs will each play one of their home games in Germany.

NFL 2023 in Germany: Where will the games take place?

The announcement of the pairings was accompanied by the release of the venue. The venue for both games is Deutsche Bank Park in Frankfurt.

NFL in Germany: When will the 2023 games take place?

Both games will be played in the first half of November. On 5 November, the Kansas City Chiefs will face the Miami Dolphins in Game Week 9, and on 12 November, the New England Patriots will take on the Indianapolis Colts (Game Week 10).

NFL in Germany 2023: How to buy tickets for the games in Frankfurt?

Initially, an online registration was required to even be included in the distribution list. This phase ended at 6 pm on Thursday, 16 June. However, that was no guarantee of getting a ticket.

Tickets for the Chiefs’ game against the Dolphins were available from 12 noon on Tuesday 27 June. The tickets were sold out after only 15 minutes. For the Patriots vs Colts game, tickets went on sale on Tuesday 11 July, also at 12pm. Those tickets were gone after 30 minutes.

NFL in Germany: Any tips for getting tickets?

Last year showed that you need a fair amount of luck to get the coveted tickets. In addition, one should have registered beforehand. This was possible until 16 June. Without this registration, things look bad.

If you come away empty-handed from regular ticket sales, it’s worth keeping your eyes open for competitions. There should be a few in the coming weeks and months.

NFL games in Germany: How expensive is a ticket in 2023?

There will be seven different price categories. Category 1 tickets will cost 225 euros, category 2 tickets 207 euros. Category 3 tickets are available for 178 euros, Category 4 for 160 euros and Category 5 for 130 euros.

There is also Category 6 for 105 euros and Category 7 for 75 euros. Both of these also have special tickets for children. These cost 52.50 euros in category 6 and 37.50 euros in category 7 – in other words, half of the regular tickets in each case.

NFL in Germany: Will the Kansas City Chiefs also be visiting in 2024?

Yes, at least that’s what the “Bild” and the “Kansas City Star” report in agreement. According to the report, the team around star quarterback Patrick Mahomes will be a guest in Germany two years in a row.

While the Chiefs will play the Miami Dolphins in 2023, they will allegedly face the Carolina Panthers one year later. The venue is said to be Munich, where the first NFL game on German soil took place in the Allianz Arena in 2022.

NFL in Germany: Could games be played in other German cities in the near future?

This is rather not to be expected. Although Düsseldorf has just been named Germany’s NFL capital, this could also be seen as more of a consolation prize after the NRW capital lost out to Munich and Frankfurt in the bid to host NFL games.

NFL expert King rather assumes that the league will continue to expand. He writes: “The NFL will eventually host games outside England and Germany. Miami could play a game in Spain or Brazil in the next three or four years. The Rams are optimistic about playing in Australia one day. But clearly the market with the biggest prospects is Europe.”

Speculation is already rife about NFL games at Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium, Barcelona’s Camp Nou, Real Madrid’s Estadio Santiago Bernabeu or city rivals Atletico’s Estadio Metropolitano.

Will there soon even be an NFL team from Germany?

These are the hopes Goodell has been nurturing lately. The NFL boss said on the sidelines of the second London Game: “We’re trying to figure out right now if you could find some places that could be home to an NFL franchise because it’s significantly easier to implement something like that within a division.” This would avoid weekly trips across the pond, as six games of each season – around a third – would be played in Europe.

But that would require four franchises in Europe. Goodell sees the potential for two of them in the English capital. Further, the Big Boss stressed: “Yes, we want to expand in Europe, but there are still some details to work out – not just the obvious ones.”

NFL insider King is sceptical, at least in the short term. That’s because the league doesn’t want to increase the number of 32 teams, he said, and he doesn’t see any team on the verge of wanting to leave the US. This has been said for years of the Jacksonville Jaguars, who visited London for the ninth time in October. However, in 2018, the proposed sale of Wembley Stadium to club owner Shahid Khan had fallen through.