2024 ELF season | |
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League | European League of Football |
Sport | American football |
Duration | May 25, 2024 – September 22, 2024 |
Number of teams | 17 |
2024 Championship Game | |
Date | September 22, 2024 |
Venue | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen |
The 2024 ELF season is the upcoming fourth season of the European League of Football, a professional American football league based in Europe. Seventeen teams from nine different countries will participate and will compete for the title at the Championship Game in the Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen, Germany on September 22, 2024. [1]
The teams are divided into three conferences of 5 or 6 teams. Each team plays 12 games during the regular season. The winner of each conference, as well as the next best 3 teams, regardless of conference, qualify for the playoffs.
Of the 17 teams from the 2023 season, 15 are competing in 2024, and are joined by one new expansion team: Madrid Bravos. [2] Teams not returning for the new season are the Leipzig Kings [3] and the Helvetic Guards, [4] the latter replaced by a new Swiss team, the Helvetic Mercenaries.
The schedule for the 2024 season was released on January 16, 2024 without any specific times and venues. [5]
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 25. May | Eastern | Vienna Vikings | – | Féhervár Enthroners | First Field | ||||
Central | Barcelona Dragons | – | Helvetic Mercenaries | Stadion Brühl | |||||
Central | Raiders Tirol | – | Milano Seamen | Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli | |||||
Sun, 26. May | Eastern | Berlin Thunder | – | Wroclaw Panthers | Tarczyński Arena | ||||
Western | Rhein Fire | – | Cologne Centurions | New Tivoli | |||||
IC | Hamburg Sea Devils | – | Prague Lions | ||||||
Central | Munich Ravens | – | Stuttgart Surge | PreZero Arena | |||||
Bye | Frankfurt Galaxy, Madrid Bravos, Paris Musketeers |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 1. June | IC | Stuttgart Surge | – | Wroclaw Panthers | Stadion Olimpijski | ||||
IC | Raiders Tirol | – | Vienna Vikings | Generali Arena Vienna | |||||
Central | Munich Ravens | – | Milano Seamen | Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli | |||||
IC | Barcelona Dragons | – | Madrid Bravos | Estadio de Vallehermoso | |||||
Sun, 2. June | Eastern | Prague Lions | – | Berlin Thunder | |||||
Western | Paris Musketeers | – | Hamburg Sea Devils | Wohninvest Weserstadion | |||||
Western | Rhein Fire | – | Frankfurt Galaxy | Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion | |||||
IC | Féhervár Enthroners | – | Cologne Centurions | New Tivoli | |||||
Bye | Helvetic Mercenaries |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 8. June | Western | Madrid Bravos | – | Rhein Fire | Niederrheinstadion | ||||
Western | Frankfurt Galaxy | – | Paris Musketeers | Stade Jean-Bouin | |||||
Central | Raiders Tirol | – | Barcelona Dragons | Estadi Municipal de Badalona | |||||
Central | Helvetic Mercenaries | – | Milano Seamen | Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli | |||||
Sun, 9. June | Eastern | Féhervár Enthroners | – | Berlin Thunder | |||||
Eastern | Vienna Vikings | – | Wroclaw Panthers | Stadion Olimpijski | |||||
IC | Prague Lions | – | Munich Ravens | Uhlsport Park | |||||
Bye | Cologne Centurions, Hamburg Sea Devils, Stuttgart Surge |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 15. June | Western | Rhein Fire | – | Paris Musketeers | Stade Jean-Bouin | ||||
Western | Madrid Bravos | – | Cologne Centurions | New Tivoli | |||||
Eastern | Berlin Thunder | – | Vienna Vikings | ||||||
Central | Helvetic Mercenaries | – | Barcelona Dragons | Estadi Municipal de Badalona | |||||
Sun, 16. June | IC | Wroclaw Panthers | – | Frankfurt Galaxy | PSD Bank Arena | ||||
Central | Milano Seamen | – | Stuttgart Surge | Stadion an der Kreuzeiche | |||||
Central | Munich Ravens | – | Raiders Tirol | Tivoli Stadion Tirol | |||||
IC | Prague Lions | – | Hamburg Sea Devils | ||||||
Bye | Féhervár Enthroners |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 22. June | Central | Milano Seamen | – | Barcelona Dragons | Estadi Municipal de Badalona | ||||
Central | Raiders Tirol | – | Helvetic Mercenaries | ||||||
Central | Stuttgart Surge | – | Munich Ravens | Max-Morlock-Stadion | |||||
Sun, 23. June | Eastern | Vienna Vikings | – | Prague Lions | |||||
Eastern | Wroclaw Panthers | – | Féhervár Enthroners | First Field | |||||
IC | Rhein Fire | – | Berlin Thunder | ||||||
Bye | Cologne Centurions, Frankfurt Galaxy, Hamburg Sea Devils, Madrid Bravos, Paris Musketeers |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 29. June | Central | Barcelona Dragons | – | Raiders Tirol | Tivoli Stadion Tirol | ||||
Eastern | Wroclaw Panthers | – | Vienna Vikings | ||||||
Western | Rhein Fire | – | Madrid Bravos | ||||||
IC | Féhervár Enthroners | – | Milano Seamen | Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli | |||||
Sun, 30. June | Central | Helvetic Mercenaries | – | Stuttgart Surge | Stadion an der Kreuzeiche | ||||
Western | Cologne Centurions | – | Paris Musketeers | Stade Jean-Bouin | |||||
Eastern | Berlin Thunder | – | Prague Lions | ||||||
Western | Hamburg Sea Devils | – | Frankfurt Galaxy | PSD Bank Arena | |||||
Bye | Munich Ravens |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 06. July | Eastern | Berlin Thunder | – | Féhervár Enthroners | First Field | ||||
IC | Vienna Vikings | – | Raiders Tirol | Tivoli Stadion Tirol | |||||
Central | Munich Ravens | – | Barcelona Dragons | Estadi Municipal de Badalona | |||||
Central | Milano Seamen | – | Helvetic Mercenaries | ||||||
Western | Frankfurt Galaxy | – | Madrid Bravos | ||||||
Sun, 07. July | Western | Hamburg Sea Devils | – | Paris Musketeers | Stade Jean-Bouin | ||||
Eastern | Prague Lions | – | Wroclaw Panthers | Stadion Olimpijski | |||||
Western | Cologne Centurions | – | Rhein Fire | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | |||||
Bye | Stuttgart Surge |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 13. July | Eastern | Féhervár Enthroners | – | Prague Lions | |||||
Western | Cologne Centurions | – | Frankfurt Galaxy | ||||||
IC | Helvetic Mercenaries | – | Vienna Vikings | ||||||
IC | Madrid Bravos | – | Barcelona Dragons | Estadi Municipal de Badalona | |||||
Sun, 14. July | IC | Berlin Thunder | – | Paris Musketeers | Stade Jean-Bouin | ||||
Western | Rhein Fire | – | Hamburg Sea Devils | Volksparkstadion | |||||
Central | Stuttgart Surge | – | Raiders Tirol | Tivoli Stadion Tirol | |||||
Bye | Milano Seamen, Munich Ravens, Wroclaw Panthers |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 20. July | IC | Milano Seamen | – | Féhervár Enthroners | First Field | ||||
Western | Paris Musketeers | – | Madrid Bravos | ||||||
Sun, 21. July | Eastern | Vienna Vikings | – | Berlin Thunder | |||||
IC | Panthers Wroclaw | – | Stuttgart Surge | ||||||
Central | Helvetic Mercenaries | – | Munich Ravens | Uhlsport Park | |||||
Western | Frankfurt Galaxy | – | Rhein Fire | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | |||||
Western | Hamburg Sea Devils | – | Cologne Centurions | New Tivoli | |||||
Bye | Barcelona Dragons, Raiders Tirol, Prague Lions |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 27. July | Eastern | Féhervár Enthroners | – | Wroclaw Panthers | |||||
Eastern | Prague Lions | – | Vienna Vikings | ||||||
Central | Stuttgart Surge | – | Barcelona Dragons | Estadi Municipal de Badalona | |||||
Western | Cologne Centurions | – | Madrid Bravos | ||||||
Sun, 28. July | Western | Paris Musketeers | – | Rhein Fire | |||||
Central | Milano Seamen | – | Munich Ravens | ||||||
Central | Helvetic Mercenaries | – | Raiders Tirol | ||||||
Western | Frankfurt Galaxy | – | Hamburg Sea Devils | ||||||
Bye | Berlin Thunder |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 3. August | IC | Vienna Vikings | – | Helvetic Mercenaries | |||||
Western | Hamburg Sea Devils | – | Madrid Bravos | ||||||
Central | Stuttgart Surge | – | Milano Seamen | ||||||
Sun, 04. August | Western | Frankfurt Galaxy | – | Cologne Centurions | |||||
IC | Paris Musketeers | – | Berlin Thunder | ||||||
IC | Munich Ravens | – | Prague Lions | ||||||
Bye | Rhein Fire, Raiders Tirol, Barcelona Dragons, Hamburg Sea Devils, Féhervár Enthroners, Panthers Wroclaw |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 10. August | Eastern | Prague Lions | – | Féhervár Enthroners | |||||
Western | Madrid Bravos | – | Frankfurt Galaxy | ||||||
Sun, 11. August | Central | Raiders Tirol | – | Stuttgart Surge | |||||
Western | Paris Musketeers | – | Cologne Centurions | ||||||
Central | Barcelona Dragons | – | Munich Ravens | ||||||
Eastern | Panthers Wroclaw | – | Berlin Thunder | ||||||
Western | Hamburg Sea Devils | – | Rhein Fire | ||||||
Bye | Milano Seamen, Helvetic Mercenaries, Vienna Vikings |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 17. August | Western | Madrid Bravos | – | Paris Musketeers | Stade Jean-Bouin | ||||
Central | Milano Seamen | – | Raiders Tirol | ||||||
Eastern | Féhervár Enthroners | – | Vienna Vikings | ||||||
Central | Munich Ravens | – | Helvetic Mercenaries | ||||||
Sun, 18. August | IC | Frankfurt Galaxy | – | Wroclaw Panthers | |||||
Central | Barcelona Dragons | – | Stuttgart Surge | ||||||
Western | Cologne Centurions | – | Hamburg Sea Devils | ||||||
Western | Berlin Thunder | – | Rhein Fire | ||||||
Bye | Prague Lions |
Date/Time (CEST) | Conf. | Away team | Result | Home team | Venue | Attendance | Free TV | Viewers | Ref |
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Sat, 24. August | IC | Cologne Centurions | – | Féhervár Enthroners | First Field | ||||
Western | Madrid Bravos | – | Hamburg Sea Devils | Stadion Šubićevac | |||||
Central | Stuttgart Surge | – | Helvetic Mercenaries | ||||||
Central | Barcelona Dragons | – | Milano Seamen | Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli | |||||
Sun, 25. August | Western | Paris Musketeers | – | Frankfurt Galaxy | PSD Bank Arena | ||||
Eastern | Wroclaw Panthers | – | Prague Lions | ||||||
Central | Raiders Tirol | – | Munich Ravens | Uhlsport Park | |||||
Bye | Rhein Fire, Cologne Centurions, Berlin Thunder, Vienna Vikings |
The wildcard games were played on August 31 and September 01, the semifinals on September 07 and 08, and the final was held on September 22, 2023 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Wildcard | Semifinals | Championship Game | ||||||||||||
Selected games are available on free TV in most of the participating countries. For the Austrian and German market, the league's main broadcasting partner is ProSiebenSat.1 Media. In Germany ProSieben MAXX and their online-streaming service ran.de airs games on Saturday and Sunday. All games are also available worldwide on ELF Gamepass.
Region(s) | Broadcaster(s) |
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International | ELF Gamepass |
Germany Austria Switzerland | ProSieben Maxx ranSport More Than Sports TV |
France | beIN Sports [6] |
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