{"id":509111,"date":"2026-02-24T12:21:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/?post_type=news&#038;p=509111"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:21:27","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T16:21:27","slug":"lions-will-play-a-regular-campaign-match-in-munich-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/lions-will-play-a-regular-campaign-match-in-munich-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions will play a regular-campaign match in Munich in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Lions will compete in a 2026 regular-campaign match in Munich, Germany, for the 1<sup>st<\/sup> time in the franchise\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p>The match will be held at Allianz Arena and will mark the Lions\u2019 1<sup>st<\/sup> international game in the past 12 years.<\/p>\n<p>However, Detroit\u2019s opponent won\u2019t be revealed until the entire National Football League schedule is revealed next month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very happy to be picked to play in Munich next campaign,\u201d Detroit president and CEO Rod Wood shared. \u201cAs a franchise, we became very popular in Germany, and we can\u2019t wait to play in front of our supporters there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lions\u2019 last international match was November 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 2015, vs. the Chiefs in London. A year before that, Detroit faced the Falcons also in London.<\/p>\n<p>Detroit wide receiver \u00a0Amon-Ra St. Brown&#8217;s mother, Miriam, hails from Cologne, and he is excited to return to the country, where he frequently visited as a young man.<\/p>\n<p>Lions will try to reach the postseason after missing the playoffs for the 1<sup>st<\/sup> time since 2022 in the past campaign, despite being favorites to do it last year.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83e\udd81\ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddea LIONS TAKING A HOME GAME TO GERMANY!<\/p>\n<p>Detroit will play one of their 2026 home games at Munich&#39;s Allianz Arena.<\/p>\n<p>Opponent TBD\u2014but rumors point to the Patriots.<\/p>\n<p>And Amon-Ra St. Brown (fluent in German) gets to play on familiar turf. \u26a1<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/OnePride?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#OnePride<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NFLGermany?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#NFLGermany<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Lions?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#Lions<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f6YLDYBpom\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/f6YLDYBpom<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Alyona Lyubov (@aalyonaby1309) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aalyonaby1309\/status\/2026322959489765675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Lions will compete in a 2026 regular-campaign match in Munich, Germany, for the 1st time in the franchise\u2019s history. 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