Chargers to play 2025 regular season opener in Brazil

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The Chargers will begin next season more than 6,000 miles away from the friendly confines of SoFi Stadium. The NFL is returning to Brazil and has tapped the Chargers as the designated team for the international game.

The Chargers' opponent will be revealed this spring, according to the NFL. 

The game is scheduled for Friday, Sept. 5 at Neo Quimica Arena in São Paulo and is part of the NFL's International Series. Once the game kicks off, the Chargers will be the first franchise in league history to compete in NFL games on five continents.

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The Los Angeles Chargers will play their 2025 season opener at Neo Quimica Arena in São Paulo, Brazil. An opponent to be announced later this year. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Since 1976, the Chargers have played regular season or preseason games in Mexico City, London, Tokyo, Berlin and Sydney.

The Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers met in São Paulo last season in the first-ever NFL game in South America.

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The Eagles defeated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX. Philadelphia is scheduled to play Los Angeles in 2025, but the reigning champions traditionally get to open the following season at home. Furthermore, the NFL is unlikely to schedule the Eagles for back-to-back trips to South America.

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.

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