2025 European League of Football season Last updated February 26, 2025 Sports season
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. The season starts on May 17, 2025, and will conclude with the ELF Championship Game in the MHPArena Stuttgart , Germany on September 7, 2025.
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.
On January 29, 2025 the league announced to expand the homegrown territories for multiple teams. Most of each teams' players need to be homegrown , i.e. they need to have started playing football in the same country that the team is based in. Now, players from Estonia , Latvia , Lithuania and Ukraine will also be considered homegrown for the Panthers Wrocław , players from Slovakia are considered homegrown for the Prague Lions , and players from Romania and Serbia for the Fehérvár Enthroners . Players from western Northern Italy are considered homegrown for the Helvetic Mercenaries while those from eastern Northern Italy are so for the two Austrian franchises. [ 1] The Nordic Storm had already been announced as having Denmark and Sweden as their homegrown territory in September. [ 2]
Teams 2025 European League of Football season (Europe)
Of the 17 teams from the 2024 season , 15 are competing in 2025, and are joined by one new expansion team: the 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 whose demolition started after the 2024 season 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. The Hamburg Sea Devils will return to Stadion Hoheluft , after playing home games in different stadiums all over Northern Germany.
Team City Stadium Capacity Head Coach Record 2024 North Division Berlin Thunder Berlin Kleines Stadion, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 0 5,000 [ A] Jag Bal 5–7 Hamburg Sea Devils Hamburg Stadion Hoheluft (5 games) 0 8,000 Shuan Fatah [ 4] 2–10 Volksparkstadion (1 game) 57,000 Nordic Storm Copenhagen /Søborg Gladsaxe Stadion 13,507 John Shoop - new - Rhein Fire Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena (5 games) 31,500 Jim Tomsula 11–1, Champion Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena (1 game) [ 5] 54,600 West Division Cologne Centurions Cologne Südstadion 11,748 6–6 Frankfurt Galaxy Frankfurt am Main PSD Bank Arena (4 games) 12,542 Bart Andrus [ 6] 4–8 Offenbach am Main Stadion am Bieberer Berg (2 games) 20,500 Paris Musketeers Paris /Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine Stade Bauer 5,600 Jack Del Rio 10–2, Semifinal Stuttgart Surge Stuttgart Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 11,408 Jordan Neuman 11–1, Semifinal South Division Helvetic Mercenaries Zurich /Wil Lidl Arena 0 6,000 Marcus Herford 1–11 Madrid Bravos Madrid Estadio Vallehermoso 10,000 Andrew Weidinger 8–4, Wild Card Munich Ravens Munich /Unterhaching Uhlsport Park 15,053 Kendral Ellison 9–3, Wild Card Raiders Tirol Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 17,400 Jim Herrmann [ 7] 8–4 East Division Fehérvár Enthroners Székesfehérvár First Field 0 4,000 Mark Ridgley 2–10 Prague Lions Prague FK Viktoria Stadion 0 3,000 Dave Warner [ 8] 1-11 Vienna Vikings Vienna Hohe Warte Stadium 0 5,500 Chris Calaycay 12–0, Final Generali Arena 15,014 Panthers Wrocław Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski 11,000 Craig Kuligowski [ 9] 6–6
↑ After planned expansion with temporary stands. [ 3] Regular season Schedule Week 1 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 17 May ID Hamburg Sea Devils Madrid Bravos Estadio Vallehermoso , Madrid Rhein Fire Paris Musketeers Stade Bauer , Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine East Fehérvár Enthroners Panthers Wrocław Olympiastadion, Breslau Sun, 18 May ID Cologne Centurions Berlin Thunder Kleines Stadion, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark , Berlin Nordic Storm Helvetic Mercenaries Lidl Arena , Wil West Frankfurt Galaxy Stuttgart Surge Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau , Stuttgart South Raiders Tirol Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park , Unterhaching East Vienna Vikings Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov , Prag
Week 2 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 24 May ID Frankfurt Galaxy Madrid Bravos Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid East Fehérvár Enthroners Vienna Vikings Naturarena Hohe Warte , Wien Sun, 25 May ID Nordic Storm Panthers Wrocław Olympiastadion, Breslau Berlin Thunder Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching Hamburg Sea Devils Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov, Prag South Helvetic Mercenaries Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol , Innsbruck West Stuttgart Surge Paris Musketeers Stade Bauer, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine Bye Rhein Fire, Cologne Centurions
Week 4 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 7 June North Berlin Thunder Hamburg Sea Devils ID Raiders Tirol Vienna Vikings Generali Arena , Wien Madrid Bravos Fehérvár Enthroners First Field, Székesfehérvár Sun, 8 June East Prague Lions Panthers Wrocław Olympiastadion, Breslau West Cologne Centurions Frankfurt Galaxy Stadion am Bieberer Berg, Offenbach ID Munich Ravens Stuttgart Surge Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart Paris Musketeers Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena , Duisburg Bye Nordic Storm, Helvetic Mercenaries
Week 5 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 14 June North Hamburg Sea Devils Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg ID Panthers Wrocław Cologne Centurions Sun, 15 June ID Fehérvár Enthroners Berlin Thunder Kleines Stadion, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin Frankfurt Galaxy Nordic Storm Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg South Madrid Bravos Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck Helvetic Mercenaries Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching Bye Prague Lions, Vienna Vikings, Paris Musketeers, Stuttgart Surge
Week 6 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 21 June ID Rhein Fire Vienna Vikings Generali Arena, Wien South Raiders Tirol Helvetic Mercenaries Lidl Arena, Wil Sun, 22 June ID Munich Ravens Berlin Thunder Kleines Stadion, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin Prague Lions Hamburg Sea Devils Stadion Hoheluft , Hamburg Panthers Wrocław Nordic Storm Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg West Cologne Centurions Stuttgart Surge Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart Frankfurt Galaxy Paris Musketeers Bye Fehérvár Enthroners, Madrid Bravos
Week 7 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 28 June ID Madrid Bravos Hamburg Sea Devils Helvetic Mercenaries Nordic Storm Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg East Panthers Wrocław Fehérvár Enthroners First Field, Székesfehérvár Sun, 29 June ID Prague Lions Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena , Frankfurt am Main Vienna Vikings Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck Stuttgart Surge Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching North Rhein Fire Berlin Thunder Kleines Stadion, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin West Paris Musketeers Cologne Centurions
Week 8 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 5 July South Munich Ravens Madrid Bravos Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid ID Rhein Fire Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck East Prague Lions Vienna Vikings Datenpol Arena , Maria Enzersdorf Sun, 6 July North Nordic Storm Hamburg Sea Devils Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg ID Cologne Centurions Panthers Wrocław Olympiastadion, Breslau Fehérvár Enthroners Stuttgart Surge Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart Paris Musketeers Helvetic Mercenaries Lidl Arena, Wil Bye Berlin Thunder, Frankfurt Galaxy
Week 9 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 12 July ID Fehérvár Enthroners Madrid Bravos Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid West Stuttgart Surge Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt am Main South Munich Ravens Helvetic Mercenaries Lidl Arena, Wil Sun, 13 July North Rhein Fire Nordic Storm Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg ID Berlin Thunder Cologne Centurions Vienna Vikings Paris Musketeers East Panthers Wrocław Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov, Prag Bye Hamburg Sea Devils, Raiders Tirol
Week 10 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 19 July East Vienna Vikings Panthers Wrocław Olympiastadion, Breslau South Munich Ravens Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck West Frankfurt Galaxy Cologne Centurions Sun, 20 July North Nordic Storm Berlin Thunder Kleines Stadion, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin Rhein Fire Hamburg Sea Devils West Paris Musketeers Stuttgart Surge Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart East Fehérvár Enthroners Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov, Prag South Madrid Bravos Helvetic Mercenaries Lidl Arena, Wil
Week 11 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 26 July South Raiders Tirol Madrid Bravos Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid West Cologne Centurions Paris Musketeers Stade Bauer, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine East Vienna Vikings Fehérvár Enthroners First Field, Székesfehérvár Sun, 27 July North Berlin Thunder Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg ID Nordic Storm Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt am Main Hamburg Sea Devils Stuttgart Surge Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart Panthers Wrocław Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching Prague Lions Helvetic Mercenaries Lidl Arena, Wil
Week 12 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue 2/3 August All teams on bye
Week 13 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 9 August East Panthers Wrocław Vienna Vikings West Stuttgart Surge Cologne Centurions ID Helvetic Mercenaries Paris Musketeers Stade Bauer, Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine Berlin Thunder Fehérvár Enthroners First Field, Székesfehérvár Sun, 10 August North Hamburg Sea Devils Nordic Storm Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg South Madrid Bravos Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching ID Raiders Tirol Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg Frankfurt Galaxy Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov, Prag
Week 14 Date Division Away team Result Home team Venue Sat, 16 August ID Paris Musketeers Vienna Vikings Stuttgart Surge Fehérvár Enthroners First Field, Székesfehérvár Munich Ravens Panthers Wrocław Olympiastadion, Breslau Sun, 17 August North Hamburg Sea Devils Berlin Thunder Kleines Stadion, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin Nordic Storm Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg ID Madrid Bravos Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt am Main Cologne Centurions Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck Helvetic Mercenaries Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov, Prag
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