Laliga dares to jump over the Atlantic: Game in Miami planned!

Laliga dares to jump over the Atlantic: Game in Miami planned!

Miami, Florida, USA - The Spanish football game between Villarreal and FC Barcelona will take place on December 20, 2025 at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami, Florida. The Spanish Football Association RFEF approved the organization of this game at a board meeting on Monday. This starts a historical experiment: it is the first time that a game of the highest Spanish football league, Laliga, is played outside Spain. With this step, Laliga pursues the goal of establishing your brand in the United States and reaching new audience groups. OE24 reports that this plan is controversial. There is considerable criticism within the RFEF and the player union that the decision was made unilaterally without sufficient coordination with the clubs and professional representatives concerned.

The approval of the RFEF for the project of the Laliga Club Barcelona and Villarreal is an important step in the planning. The request for the execution of the league game in Miami was officially noted. According to Espn there is approval for the game in the Hard Rock Stadium, since both clubs apply for the match Villarreal, but to carry in the USA. RFEF will now take the necessary steps to apply for approval at UEFA, which ultimately has to agree to FIFA.

background and further steps

LALIGA has been the desire to play a competitive game in the United States for a long time. This is not the first attempt: The planned appearance between Barcelona and Girona in January 2019 failed due to resistance from RFEF, UEFA and FIFA. Under the new leadership of RFEF President Rafael Louzan, however, the desire for international games will receive a new upswing. Those responsible for the RFEF supported the initiative and showed themselves to be open to new possibilities, especially after FIFA 2024 founded a working group to analyze the effects of competition games abroad.

The plans of the Laliga are discussed not only in Spain, but also internationally. In July, the Italian football fuel announced its support for a game of Serie A in Australia. Laliga sees the opportunity to assert itself in international competition and to expand the fan radius. In the past, away games of the Supercopa de España in Saudi Arabia, which further strengthens the trend of international football events.

For the game Villarreal against Barcelona, all associations involved, including RFEF, USSF, UEFA, Concacaf and FIFA, have to agree before the event can finally be implemented. This step could be of significant relevance for both Laliga and international football. n-tv reports about the far-reaching plans of the league to change the history of football and broader fan bases in new markets Enclose.