2021 Frankfurt Galaxy season

2021 Frankfurt Galaxy season
Head coach	Thomas Kösling
Home stadium	PSD Bank Arena
Results
Record	9–1
Playoffs	won Semifinal vs. Cologne Centurions 36–6 won Championship Game vs. Hamburg Sea Devils 32–30
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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
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 [A]	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

Quarter	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

Quarter	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

Quarter	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 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 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

1. All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

References

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.
3. "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.
4. "European League of Football Championship Game". ticketmaster . EFL. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.