2021 Frankfurt Galaxy season

2021 Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) season
2021 Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) season
Head coach	Thomas Kösling
Home field	PSD Bank Arena
Results
Record	9–1
Playoff finish	won Semifinal vs. Cologne Centurions 36–6; won Championship Game vs. Hamburg Sea Devils 32–30
Uniform
	Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) ; 2022 →;

Last updated January 29, 2023

The 2021 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the first season of the new Frankfurt Galaxy team in the inaugural season of the European League of Football.^[1]^[2] After losing the season opener to the Hamburg Sea Devils on a last second Phillip Friis Andersen Field Goal, the team proceeded to win all remaining games, to win their ELF South Division, beating the Cologne Centurions in the playoffs and ultimately winning the inaugural Championship Game at Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf against the Hamburg Sea Devils on September 26, 2021.

Regular season

Standings

South Division v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Div	Qualification
1	Frankfurt Galaxy	10	9	1	357	132	6–0	Advance to playoffs
2	Cologne Centurions	10	5	5	310	365	3–3	Advance to playoffs
3	Barcelona Dragons	10	3	7	237	277	2–4
4	Stuttgart Surge	10	2	8	157	355	1–5

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV^{[upper-alpha 1]}	Recap
1	June 20	15:00	at Hamburg Sea Devils	L 15–17	0–1	Stadion Hoheluft	ProSieben Maxx	Recap
2	June 27	15:00	at Stuttgart Surge	W 42–20	1–1	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	More Than Sports TV	Recap
3	July 4	15:00	Wrocław Panthers	W 22–13	2–1	PSD Bank Arena	ProSieben Maxx	Recap
4	July 11	15:00	at Cologne Centurions	W 41–20	3–1	Südstadion	More Than Sports TV	Recap
5	July 17	18:00	Barcelona Dragons	W 42–22	4–1	PSD Bank Arena	ran.de, Esport3	Recap
6	August 1	15:00	Stuttgart Surge	W 57–3	5–1	PSD Bank Arena	ran.de	Recap
7	August 8	15:00	Hamburg Sea Devils	W 35–9	6–1	PSD Bank Arena	ProSieben Maxx	Recap
8	August 15	15:00	at Wrocław Panthers	W 36–7	7–1	Olympic Stadium	ProSieben Maxx	Recap
9	August 28	19:00	at Barcelona Dragons	W 22–14	8–1	Estadi Municipal	ran.de, Esport3	Recap
10	September 5	15:00	Cologne Centurions	W 45–7	9–1	PSD Bank Arena	ran.de	Recap

Source: europeanleague.football

Playoffs

Division Finals			Championship Game

N1	Hamburg Sea Devils	30

N2	Wrocław Panthers	27
			Hamburg Sea Devils	30

			Frankfurt Galaxy	32
S1	Frankfurt Galaxy	36

S2	Cologne Centurions	6

Divisional playoffs

South: Frankfurt Galaxy 36, Cologne Centurions 3

Cologne Centurions vs. Frankfurt Galaxy

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Centurions	0	0	0	3	3
Galaxy	14	13	6	3	36

at PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: 11 September 2021
Game time: 14:45 CET
Game attendance: 2,000
Referee: K. Walentynow
Game Book

North: Hamburg Sea Devils 30, Wrocław Panthers 27

Wrocław Panthers vs. Hamburg Sea Devils

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	7	7	0	13	27
Sea Devils	14	0	3	13	30

at Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg, Germany

Date: 12 September 2021
Game time: 14:45 CET
Game attendance: 2,200
Referee: Thomas Denker
Game Book

Championship Game

The inaugural Championship Game, between the North and South division champions, was played on September 26, at Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf.^[3] In a game in which the lead changed more than once, the impact of the kicking game could be felt, as Frankfurt, not confident enough of the quality of their placekicker, opted for two point conversions after every single Touchdown (only one out of five being successful) and not attempting a single Field Goal. Meanwhile Phillip Friis Andersen who had made 17 out of 18 attempts during the regular season (league best) and made every single Point after Touchdown attempt during the game missed a field goal attempt from 38 yards while the score was 30-26 in favor of Hamburg and another from 61 yards on the last play of the game for Hamburg.

Year	North Division		South Division		Site	Attendance	MVP
2021	Hamburg Sea Devils	30	Frankfurt Galaxy	32	Merkur Spiel-Arena • Düsseldorf ^[4]	22,000	Jakeb Sullivan

Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Frankfurt Galaxy

Period	1	2	3	4	Total
Sea Devils	7	10	10	3	30
Galaxy	0	20	0	12	32

at Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: 26 September 2021
Game time: 14:45 CET
Game attendance: 22,000
Referee: M. Scholz
Game Book

Roster

**Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) roster**

	Quarterbacks 4 Lukas von Stumpfeldt 6 Moritz Johannknecht 7 Jakeb Sullivan Running backs 21 Gennadiy Adams 22 Gerald Ameln 27 Florian Schneikert 33 Justin Rodney 45 Max Schmidt FB/HB Wide receivers 11 Anthony Mahoungou 13 Marvin Rutsch 15 Max Siemssen 17 Nico Schön 19 Nico Strahmann 42 Max Ebsen 81 Noah Bomba 82 Hendrik Schwarz 83 Luca Sack 84 Cheikhou Sow 85 Markus Hachenberg 86 Lorenz Regler Tight ends 87 Kevin Mwamba		Offensive linemen 52 Darnell Minton 58 Pascal Abt 61 Lars Hampel 62 Lucas Hebel 70 Moritz Schmidt 71 Frank Atunlese 72 Marko Vidovic 73 Jan-Hendrik Hoffmeyer 74 Sven Fischer 75 Joachim Christensen 76 Nils Hampel 77 Yannic Kiehl Defensive linemen 55 Ville Valasti 63 Nicolas Werle 68 Joachim Bachmann 90 Marc Anthony Hor 92 Milan Mišić 94 Cedric Udegbe 95 Mete Konya 96 Mamadou Sy 98 Maximilian Loetz 99 Kevin Maier		Linebackers 41 Sebastian Gauthier 43 Jhonattan Silva Gomez 44 Mark Gorelik 46 Precious Ogbevoen 47 Joshua Sauren 49 Long Hoang 53 Daniel Josiah 56 Sebastian Silva Gomez 57 Maximilian Krauss 59 Rudolf Warkentin Defensive backs 10 Omari Williams 14 Joshua Poznanski 18 Fernando Lowery 20 Steffen Olschok 24 Robin Maier 25 Benjamin Barnes 26 Peter Devoe 28 Simon Otto 29 Marius Riepe 30 Falk Reuter 36 Myron De Vane				Reserve lists 23 Desmond Cooper DB 40 Kadel King LB 97 Wayne Drew DL Rookies in italics Roster updated 10 Sept 2021

Notes

↑ All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

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[3] All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

[1] "Shake-up to inaugural ELF line-up announced; 3 new franchises enter, 2 exit". American Football International. 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-05-24.

[2] "ELF European League of Football". www.europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2021-05-24.

[4] "Ladies and gentlemen, the champion of the first season will be determined in Sportstadt Düsseldorf on the 26 September!" (in German). 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

[5] "European League of Football Championship Game". ticketmaster . EFL. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.

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