2025 European League of Football season

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2025 ELF season
ELF-Logo-WhiteOutline.svg
League European League of Football
Sport American football
DurationMay 17, 2025 – September 7, 2025
Number of games96 + 5 playoff games
Number of teams16
2025 Championship Game
DateSeptember 7, 2025
Venue MHPArena, Stuttgart
Seasons
←  2024
2026 →

The 2025 ELF season is the fifth season of the European League of Football, a professional American football league based in Europe. Sixteen teams from nine different countries will participate and will compete for the title at the Championship Game in the MHPArena Stuttgart, Germany on September 7, 2025.

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Format

The 16 teams are divided into four divisions of 4 teams. Each team plays 12 games during the regular season, six in the division and two games versus one from each other division.

Teams

Of the 17 teams from the 2024 season, 15 are competing in 2025, and are joined by one new expansion team: Nordic Storm. Teams not returning for the new season are the Barcelona Dragons, and the Milano Seamen, the latter on hiatus with plans to return to the league in 2026.

Berlin Thunder will move from the Großes Stadion of Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark which is being demolished to the adjacent Kleines Stadion which will be expanded with temporary stands. The Helvetic Mercenaries are moving to the Lidl Arena in Wil where the Helvetic Guards played during their only season in 2023.

TeamCityStadiumCapacityHead CoachRecord 2024
North Division
Berlin Thunder Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Kleines Stadion, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 5,000 [A] Flag of the United States.svg Dean Cokinos 5–7
Hamburg Sea Devils Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg Stadion Hoheluft (5 games)8,000 Flag of Germany.svg Shuan Fatah [2] 2–10
Volksparkstadion (1 game)57,000
Nordic Storm Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen/Søborg Gladsaxe Stadion 13,507 Flag of the United States.svg John Shoop ­­­- new -
Rhein Fire Flag of Germany.svg Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena (5 games)31,500 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Tomsula 11–1, Champion
Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena (1 game) [3] 54,600
West Division
Cologne Centurions Flag of Germany.svg Cologne Südstadion 11,7486–6
Frankfurt Galaxy Flag of Germany.svg Frankfurt am Main PSD Bank Arena 12,542 Flag of the United States.svg Bart Andrus [4] 4–8
Paris Musketeers Flag of France.svg Paris Stade Jean-Bouin 20,00010–2, Semifinal
Stuttgart Surge Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 11,408 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Neuman 11–1, Semifinal
South Division
Helvetic Mercenaries Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Zurich/Wil Lidl Arena 6,000 Flag of the United States.svg Marcus Herford 1–11
Madrid Bravos Flag of Spain.svg Madrid Estadio Vallehermoso 10,000 Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Weidinger 8–4, Wild Card
Munich Ravens Flag of Germany.svg Munich/Unterhaching Uhlsport Park 15,053 Flag of the United States.svg Kendral Ellison 9–3, Wild Card
Raiders Tirol Flag of Austria.svg Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 17,400 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Herrmann [5] 8–4
East Division
Fehérvár Enthroners Flag of Hungary.svg Székesfehérvár First Field 4,000 Flag of the United States.svg Mark Ridgley 2–10
Prague Lions Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague Atletický stadion SK Slavia Praha3,000 Flag of the United States.svg Dave Warner [6] 1-11
Vienna Vikings Flag of Austria.svg Wiener Neustadt Ergo Arena 4,000 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Calaycay 12–0, Final
Flag of Austria.svg Vienna Generali Arena 15,014
Panthers Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski 11,000 Flag of the United States.svg Craig Kuligowski [7] 6–6
Tarczyński Arena 45,105
  1. ↑ After planned expansion with temporary stands. [1]

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