The NFL will play its first regular season game in Dublin in 2025, with the Pittsburgh Steelers signed on as the designated team.
The league announced the game on Friday but did not name an opponent for the Steelers or a game date. Details will come when the NFL schedule is announced in the spring.
The Steelers and Chicago Bears played a preseason game in 1997 at Dublin’s Croke Park, where the game will be staged this fall. It is the largest sports venue in Ireland.
The Rooney family, owners of the Steelers, have ties to Ireland. The team’s late chairman, Daniel M. Rooney, was U.S. ambassador to Ireland and a co-founder of the Ireland Funds Charity.
“We are very excited to be the designated team in the first regular season game to be played in Ireland this upcoming season,” Steelers president Art Rooney II said. “The opportunity for the Pittsburgh Steelers to play in Ireland is truly special, not only because of the Rooney family history there, but also to play in front of the growing number of Steelers fans in Ireland. We are thrilled to be part of this historic event to represent Pittsburgh in a game that brings the NFL to the great sports fans in Ireland.”
The NFL International Games series continues to expand in 2025.
Three games will be played in London, with the Jacksonville Jaguars, Cleveland Browns and New York Jets already scheduled as the designated team for one game each. The Indianapolis Colts are the designated team in Berlin, with the Miami Dolphins holding that title for the International Games event in Madrid.
The game in Berlin will be the first regular season NFL game in the city, while the Madrid game will be the debut regular season game in Spain.
The league also recently announced that the Los Angeles Rams would be the designated team for a game in Melbourne, Australia, in 2026.
