Christmas 2025 is approaching and the question of Christmas gifts for football fans is coming up everywhere again. What do you give a football fan for Christmas? Many people are thinking about this question in the run-up to Christmas, and the simplest answer is probably: a football ticket. Of course, fan merchandise such as scarves or jerseys from their favourite club are also options, but the best gift you can give a football fan for Christmas 2025 is a future experience at the football stadium. This raises the question of which football matches are taking place soon after Christmas and could therefore be used as potential Christmas gifts.
Football tickets as a Christmas gift: Which football matches are taking place in January?
The German Bundesliga goes into its winter break before Christmas, but from 9 January 2026, the ball will be rolling again, and for the match day immediately after the winter break, you could consider a Bundesliga ticket as a Christmas present. This gift idea is particularly exciting given that there are a few top matches taking place on the 16th match day of the 2025/2026 Bundesliga season. Any football fan would be delighted to receive a ticket to these matches as a gift. You should therefore take a closer look at the following Bundesliga matches if you are looking for a Christmas present on the secondary market for Bundesliga tickets:
- Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Dortmund tickets (Matchday 16, 09/01/2026)
- Bayer Leverkusen vs. VfB Stuttgart tickets (Matchday 16, 10/01/2026)
- Bayern Munich vs. VfL Wolfsburg tickets (Matchday 16, 11/01/2026)
Football tickets for the Premier League: Give a football ticket as a Christmas present
If you want to give a loved one in your life a special Christmas present in 2025, you should consider giving them a Premier League football ticket. Between Christmas and New Year, there are two Premier League match days in England – the perfect opportunity to combine the ticket with a football trip to the home of football as a Christmas present. You could use the following football matches on the 18th and 19th match days of the English Premier League to plan your Christmas present for football fans in 2025:
