The Icon League, a small-field indoor soccer league featuring prominent players, will enter its third season in fall 2025!
Here you can find all the information about Icon League 2025 Season 3: participants, teams, dates and schedule, the format with the special rules, and live broadcasts.
Icon League 2025 Schedule: Matchday 2, October 6.
Icon League table after match day 1
Icon League start 2025: Schedule and all dates
When does the Icon League 2025 start?
The new Icon League season will start on Sunday, September 28, 2025. There will be a total of 15 match days on the Icon League 2025 schedule.
After the 13 match days of the regular season, which will be played at various venues – such as Hanover, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, Leipzig, and Bremen – the play-in tournament will begin on December 8.
On December 14, the top four teams will compete for the championship title in the final tournament.
Key dates for Icon League 2025 – Season 3:
Icon League 2025: Dates & venues for Season 3
- Match day 1: September 28 in Hanover (ZAG Arena)
- Match day 2: October 6 in Hamburg (Sporthalle)
- Matchday 3: October 13 in Düsseldorf (Castello)
- Matchday 4: October 14 in Düsseldorf (Castello)
- Matchday 5: October 20 in Düsseldorf (Castello)
- Match day 6: October 21 in Düsseldorf (Castello)
- Match day 7: October 26 in Leipzig (Quarterback Arena)
- Match day 8: November 2 in Stuttgart (Porsche Arena)
- Match day 9: November 10 in Düsseldorf (Castello)
- Match day 10: November 17 in Düsseldorf (Castello)
- Match day 11: November 18 in Düsseldorf (Castello)
- Match day 12: November 23 in Bremen (ÖVB Arena)
- Match day 13: December 1 in Düsseldorf (Castello)
- Play-ins: December 8 in Düsseldorf (Castello)
- Final tournament: December 14
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Venue: Where do the games take place?
In the first two Icon League seasons, the match days were held in Cologne and Düsseldorf.
This will change in Icon League Season 3, starting in September 2025. There will be several different Icon League venues.
The Icon League will start in Hanover in the fall of 2025, with match day 2 taking place in Hamburg. Other venues include Bremen, Stuttgart, Leipzig, and Düsseldorf.
Most of the match days on the list of Icon League venues for Season 3 in 2025 will be held at the Castello in Düsseldorf. Eight match days in the regular season and the play-in tournament will take place here.
Icon League 2025 Stars & Teams: Who will be participating in Season 3?
Once again, active and former professional soccer players, as well as other big names from the world of sports, TV, and internet entertainment, will lead the teams.
Which teams and participants will be competing in the Icon League 2025 in the fall?
Icon League teams and their captains
- B2B United: Benjamin Henrichs and Bilal Kamarieh
- Berlin Underdogs: Fabian Reese and Ski Aggu
- Buzz Club: Moritz Bäumel and Luka Ouzounis
- DNA Athletics: David Alaba and Niklas Wilson-Sommer
- FC Bavarian Clique: Franck Ribéry and ViscaBarca
- FC Berlin City: Antonio Rüdiger and Luciano
- FC One Football: One-Football Community
- FOKUS Eagles: Jordan Torunarigha and Sidney Friede
- Plyrs United: Claudio Pizarro and Leon Draisatl
- SC Bürgeramt: Reezy and Achraf
- The Pack: Simon Terodde and Wolff-Christoph Fuss
- Two Stripes United: Robert Andrich and Felix Kroos
- Wontorriors: Laura Wontorra, Martin Harnik, and Nils Glagau
Which celebrities are on which teams?
The list of Icon League participants for 2025 once again features some very prominent names from the wide world of soccer.
The two Real Madrid stars Antonio Rüdiger and David Alaba lead “FC Berlin City” and “DNA Athletics.” Bayern’s Alphonso Davies is one of the captains at “One Football,” Robert Andrich leads “Two Stripes United” together with Felix Kroos, Benjamin Henrichs is with “B2B United” and Fabian Reese from Hertha BSC is joining forces with Ski Aggu at “Berlin Underdogs.”
In addition, former Bayern stars Franck Ribery (“Bavarian Clique”) and Claudio Pizarro (“Plyrs United”) are also leading two Icon League teams.
Leon Draisaitl, one of the best ice hockey players of the present day, is also on the list of Icon League participants. Soccer presenter Laura Wontorra and soccer commentator Wolf-Christoph Fuss will not only have a lot to say in the Icon League 2025 season, but may also have a say in some decisions here and there.
Mode & rules of the new Icon League
What will the format and mode of the Icon League be?
The games will be played 5 vs. 5 with boards. This is one of two differences from the Baller League, where games are played 6 vs. 6 without boards.
With a corresponding set of rules, everything should become even more exciting and varied.
Each team has one “rulebreaker” during the game, which can be used once per team. There are a total of eight of these Icon League rules.
The rules of the Icon League 2025
- Players: 5 vs. 5 on the field
- Game duration: 2 x 15 minutes (5-minute half-time break)
- Field: 50 x 29 meters WITH boards
- No draws: If the score is tied after official playing time, the “golden goal” decides the winner.
What are the rulebreakers?
The “rulebreakers” in Icon League Mode 2025 are special rules that a team can use to throw their opponents off their rhythm or even to decide a game.
For example, goals count double if the shot or assist was played off the boards. In “Team Play,” goals also count double if the players have only touched the ball once each beforehand.
Another interesting feature is the “shot clock,” which gives the attacking team only 20 seconds to take a shot. The “power play” rule, where an additional player enters the field, could be fun.
Rulebreaker rules at a glance
- Shot clock: The attack must be executed within 20 seconds.
- Team play: A goal counts double if at least everyone on the team has touched the ball beforehand.
- Bounce: If an assist or goal is made off the bounce, the goal counts double.
- Nutmeg: The player who is nutmegged must leave the field for one minute.
- Two touches: If a player touches the ball a third time, possession is transferred to the other team.
- Power play: An additional player enters the field.
- Position: The goalkeeper swaps with an additional field player.
The eighth and final Icon League rule regarding “rulebreakers” may be determined by the community. This rule will then be incorporated into the games and used.
The rules of the Icon League 2025 can therefore be expanded and changed at any time.
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TV & Stream: Who is broadcasting the new small-field league?
When there’s a new soccer league in Germany, especially one featuring well-known stars, fans of the beautiful game naturally want to know if it will be broadcast live: Will the Icon League 2025 be broadcast anywhere?
The Icon League will be broadcast in its entirety via stream on Twitch. This makes sense, as social media star Elias Nerlich—a co-founder of the Icon League—has over two million followers on his Twitch account.
The second platform broadcasting the Icon League is Pluto TV. This free online platform and app offers access to 100 TV channels online. Pluto TV is easy to use and does not require registration.
It is possible that the Icon League will also be broadcast on TV in order to reach soccer fans who are not (yet) on Twitch or do not have the Pluto TV app.
Broadcasting on RTL or the niche channel Nitro would be an option, as Elias Nerlich and RTL have worked together frequently in the past.
Are there tickets for the new 2025 season?
There is also interest in the small-field league for Season 3, which starts in fall 2025. The question remains: Are there tickets for the Icon League 2025 in the fall?
The answer is “yes.” There are tickets for all 15 match days.
Ticket prices for the venues in Hamburg, Hanover, Bremen, and Leipzig start at €15 in price category 4 and go up to €60 (price category 1).
The prices for tickets at the Castello in Düsseldorf, where a total of nine match days on the Icon League 2025 schedule will take place, are all €12 (free choice of seats).
What exactly is the Icon League?
The Icon League was born on November 6, 2023. On that day, it was announced that Germany’s top soccer player Toni Kroos and social media star Elias Nerlich were launching a joint project.
The Icon League will be a small-field soccer league in which teams of five players each compete against each other in a league.
Like Gerard Pique’s famous Kings League and Mats Hummels and Lukas Podolski’s Baller League, which celebrated its premiere in 2024, The Icon League is also a tribute to the former indoor soccer league.
However, the new Icon League promises to be slightly different from the two existing models. How will it differ from the Baller League and Kings League? We can’t wait to find out.
In an interview, Toni Kroos cryptically revealed: “We will create something new, something innovative, something electrifying. We will offer highly entertaining soccer with entertainment – a spectacle.”
