2025 European League of Football season

2025 ELF season
League	European League of Football
Sport	American football
Duration	May 17, 2025 – September 7, 2025
Number of games	96 + 5 playoff games
Number of teams	16
North Division champions	Nordic Storm
West Division champions	Stuttgart Surge
South Division champions	Munich Ravens
East Division champions	Vienna Vikings
2025 Championship Game
Date	September 7, 2025
Venue	MHPArena, Stuttgart
Champions	Stuttgart Surge
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 countries will participate. The season started on May 17, 2025, and will conclude with the ELF Championship Game in the MHPArena Stuttgart, Germany on September 7, 2025.

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.

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

Thunder

Galaxy

Sea Devils

Surge

Centurions

Panthers

Vikings

Raiders

Fire

Enthroners

Mercenaries

Ravens

Lions

Musketeers

Storm

Bravos

2025 European League of Football season (Europe)

Locations of teams competing in the 2025 ELF season.

• North Division
• West Division
• South Division
• East Division

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 left the Großes Stadion of Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark whose demolition started after the 2024 season, and planned to move to the adjacent Kleines Stadion after expanding it with temporary stands for 3,500 to 5,000 people. ^[3] After these plans fell through ^{[4] [5]} Thunder moved into the Preussenstadion. ^[6] 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 stadiums all over northern Germany.

Team	City	Stadium	Capacity	Head Coach	Record 2024
North Division
Berlin Thunder	Berlin	Preussenstadion	03,000	Jag Bal	5–7
Hamburg Sea Devils	Hamburg	Stadion Hoheluft (3 games)	08,000	Lee Rowland	2–10
		Sportpark Eimsbüttel (1 game)	02,018
		Volksparkstadion (1 game)	57,000
	Bremen	Weserstadion (1 game)	42,100
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) [7]	54,600
West Division
Cologne Centurions	Cologne	Südstadion	11,748	Javan Lendhardt	6–6
Frankfurt Galaxy	Frankfurt am Main	PSD Bank Arena (4 games)	12,542	Bart Andrus [8]	4–8
	Offenbach am Main	Stadion am Bieberer Berg (2 games)	20,500
Paris Musketeers	Paris/Bondoufle	Stade Robert Bobin	18,850	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	06,000	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 [9]	8–4
East Division
Fehérvár Enthroners	Székesfehérvár	First Field	04,000	Mark Ridgley	2–10
Prague Lions	Prague	FK Viktoria Stadion	03,327	Dave Warner [10]	1–11
Vienna Vikings	Vienna	Generali Arena (2 games)	15,014	Chris Calaycay	12–0, Final
		Hohe Warte Stadium (1 game)	05,500
	Maria Enzersdorf	Datenpol Arena (1 game)	10,600
	Wiener Neustadt	Wiener Neustadt ERGO Arena (2 games)	04,000
Panthers Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski	11,000	Craig Kuligowski [11]	6–6

Regular season

Schedule

Week 1

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 17 May	ID	Hamburg Sea Devils	12 – 13	Madrid Bravos	Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid	3,366	[12]
		Rhein Fire	17 – 15	Paris Musketeers	Stade Robert Bobin, Bondoufle	2,348	[13]
	East	Fehérvár Enthroners	12 – 55	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław	2,563	[14]
Sun, 18 May	ID	Cologne Centurions	14 – 64	Berlin Thunder	Preussenstadion, Berlin	628	[15]
		Nordic Storm	56 – 12	Helvetic Mercenaries	Lidl Arena, Wil	2,300	[16]
	West	Frankfurt Galaxy	20 – 33	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart	3,711	[17]
	South	Raiders Tirol	7 – 20	Munich Ravens	Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching	3,395	[18]
	East	Vienna Vikings	28 – 6	Prague Lions	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague	1,200	[19]

Week 2

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 24 May	ID	Frankfurt Galaxy	47 – 33	Madrid Bravos	Estadio Vallehermoso	3,530	[20]
	East	Fehérvár Enthroners	15 – 62	Vienna Vikings	Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna	4,201	[21]
Sun, 25 May	ID	Nordic Storm	40 – 21	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław	2,952	[22]
		Berlin Thunder	16 – 38	Munich Ravens	Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching	2,755	[23]
		Hamburg Sea Devils	28 – 13	Prague Lions	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague	900	[24]
	South	Helvetic Mercenaries	6 – 44	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck	3,346	[25]
	West	Stuttgart Surge	0 – 6	Paris Musketeers	Stade Robert Bobin, Bondoufle	1,454	[26]
Bye		Rhein Fire, Cologne Centurions

Week 3

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 31 May	East	Prague Lions	40 – 0	Fehérvár Enthroners	First Field, Székesfehérvár	1,200	[27]
	ID	Raiders Tirol	68 – 0	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion, Cologne	960	[28]
		Stuttgart Surge	53 – 14	Hamburg Sea Devils	Weserstadion, Bremen	5,750	[29]
	South	Helvetic Mercenaries	35 – 47	Madrid Bravos	Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid	2,281	[30]
Sun, 1 June	West	Paris Musketeers	27 – 29	Frankfurt Galaxy	Stadion am Bieberer Berg, Offenbach	10,257	[31]
	North	Berlin Thunder	0 – 35	Nordic Storm	Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg	2,700	[32]
	ID	Vienna Vikings	12 – 7	Rhein Fire	Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf	20,342	[33]
Bye		Panthers Wrocław, Munich Ravens

Week 4

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 7 June	North	Berlin Thunder	14 – 31	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg	2,000	[34]
	ID	Raiders Tirol	7 – 41	Vienna Vikings	Generali Arena, Vienna	10,275	[35]
		Madrid Bravos	45 – 7	Fehérvár Enthroners	First Field, Székesfehérvár	1,000	[36]
Sun, 8 June	East	Prague Lions	45 – 13	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław	2,859	[37]
	West	Cologne Centurions	15 – 47	Frankfurt Galaxy	Stadion am Bieberer Berg, Offenbach	5,561	[38]
	ID	Munich Ravens	28 – 36	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart	3,213	[39]
		Paris Musketeers	31 – 7	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg	7,295	[40]
Bye		Nordic Storm, Helvetic Mercenaries

Week 5

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 14 June	North	Hamburg Sea Devils	0 – 43	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg	7,362	[41]
	ID	Panthers Wrocław	57 – 3	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion, Cologne	765	[42]
Sun, 15 June	ID	Fehérvár Enthroners	21 – 38	Berlin Thunder	Preussenstadion, Berlin	762	[43]
		Frankfurt Galaxy	0 – 35	Nordic Storm	Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg	1,937	[44]
	South	Madrid Bravos	34 – 35	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck	2,911	[45]
		Helvetic Mercenaries	14 – 58	Munich Ravens	Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching	2,425	[46]
Bye		Prague Lions, Vienna Vikings, Paris Musketeers, Stuttgart Surge

Week 6

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sun, 22 June	ID	Rhein Fire	33 – 26	Vienna Vikings	Generali Arena, Vienna	11,468	[47]
		Panthers Wrocław	19 – 47	Nordic Storm	Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg	1,609	[48]
	South	Raiders Tirol	44 – 12	Helvetic Mercenaries	Lidl Arena, Wil	1,319	[49]
Sun, 22 June	ID	Munich Ravens	35 – 12	Berlin Thunder	Preussenstadion, Berlin	483	[50]
		Prague Lions	19 – 14	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg	1,800	[51]
	West	Cologne Centurions	7 – 88	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart	2,451	[52]
		Frankfurt Galaxy	16 – 35	Paris Musketeers	Stade Robert Bobin, Bondoufle	1,700	[53]
Bye		Fehérvár Enthroners, Madrid Bravos

Week 7

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 28 June	ID	Madrid Bravos	57 – 0	Hamburg Sea Devils	Sportpark Eimsbüttel, Hamburg	914
		Helvetic Mercenaries	0 - 35	Nordic Storm	Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg	forfeited
	East	Panthers Wrocław	24 – 19	Fehérvár Enthroners	First Field, Székesfehérvár	1,300	[54]
Sun, 29 June	ID	Prague Lions	37 – 16	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt am Main	6,221	[55]
		Vienna Vikings	44 – 38	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck	3,676	[56]
		Stuttgart Surge	33 – 36	Munich Ravens	Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching	3,347	[57]
	North	Rhein Fire	44 – 7	Berlin Thunder	Preussenstadion, Berlin	624	[58]
	West	Paris Musketeers	62 – 0	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion, Cologne	750	[59]

Week 8

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 5 July	South	Munich Ravens	43 – 40	Madrid Bravos	Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid	3,064	[60]
	ID	Rhein Fire	18 – 35	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck	3,424	[61]
	East	Prague Lions	0 – 34	Vienna Vikings	Datenpol Arena, Maria Enzersdorf	3,827	[62]
Sun, 6 July	North	Nordic Storm	27 – 21	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg	1,900
	ID	Cologne Centurions	2 – 54	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław	1,748	[63]
		Fehérvár Enthroners	12 – 55	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart	2,349
		Paris Musketeers	62 – 0	Helvetic Mercenaries	Lidl Arena, Wil	1,684	[64]
Bye		Berlin Thunder, Frankfurt Galaxy

Week 9

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 12 July	ID	Fehérvár Enthroners	22 – 49	Madrid Bravos	Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid	3,069	[65]
	West	Stuttgart Surge	54 – 39	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt am Main	6,077	[66]
	South	Munich Ravens	34 – 20	Helvetic Mercenaries	Lidl Arena, Wil	1,124	[67]
Sun, 13 July	North	Rhein Fire	24 – 25	Nordic Storm	Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg	2,378	[68]
	ID	Berlin Thunder	45 – 2	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion, Cologne	580	[69]
		Vienna Vikings	40 – 33	Paris Musketeers	Stade Robert Bobin, Bondoufle	2,300	[70]
	East	Panthers Wrocław	41 – 37	Prague Lions	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague	1,061	[70]
Bye		Hamburg Sea Devils, Raiders Tirol

Week 10

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 19 July	East	Vienna Vikings	38 – 12	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław	2,113
	South	Munich Ravens	31 – 24	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck	3,724
	West	Frankfurt Galaxy	74 – 10	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion, Cologne	806	[71]
Sun, 20 July	North	Nordic Storm	53 – 35	Berlin Thunder	Preussenstadion, Berlin	438	[72]
		Rhein Fire	25 – 13	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg	1,900
	West	Paris Musketeers	8 – 26	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart	3,740	[73]
	East	Fehérvár Enthroners	6 – 10	Prague Lions	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague	708	[74]
	South	Madrid Bravos	61 – 6	Helvetic Mercenaries	Lidl Arena, Wil	1,367	[75]

Week 11

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 26 July	South	Raiders Tirol	28 – 54	Madrid Bravos	Estadio Vallehermoso, Madrid	3,559	[76]
	West	Cologne Centurions	7 – 74	Paris Musketeers	Stade Robert Bobin, Bondoufle	1,500	[77]
	East	Vienna Vikings	53 – 16	Fehérvár Enthroners	First Field, Székesfehérvár	1,000
Sun, 27 July	North	Berlin Thunder	7 – 69	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg	8,246	[78]
	ID	Nordic Storm	20 – 35	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt am Main	5,821	[79]
		Hamburg Sea Devils	0 – 48	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart	2,756	[80]
		Panthers Wrocław	14 – 34	Munich Ravens	Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching	4,191	[81]
		Prague Lions	60 – 20	Helvetic Mercenaries	Lidl Arena, Wil	1,452	[82]

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	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 9 August	East	Panthers Wrocław	36 – 50	Vienna Vikings	Wiener Neustadt ERGO Arena, Wiener Neustadt	3,634
	West	Stuttgart Surge	44 – 3	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion, Cologne	756	[83]
	ID	Helvetic Mercenaries	0 – 77	Paris Musketeers	Stade Robert Bobin, Bondoufle	1,700	[84]
		Berlin Thunder	31 – 34	Fehérvár Enthroners	First Field, Székesfehérvár	1,000
Sun, 10 August	North	Hamburg Sea Devils	7 – 40	Nordic Storm	Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg	2,048	[85]
	South	Madrid Bravos	27 – 30	Munich Ravens	Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching	4,585	[86]
	ID	Raiders Tirol	24 – 34	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg	7,821	[87]
		Frankfurt Galaxy	28 – 21	Prague Lions	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague	844

Week 14

Date	Division	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Ref
Sat, 16 August	ID	Paris Musketeers	29 – 35	Vienna Vikings	Wiener Neustadt ERGO Arena, Wiener Neustadt	4,532
		Stuttgart Surge	47 – 20	Fehérvár Enthroners	First Field, Székesfehérvár	1,000
		Munich Ravens	49 – 26	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław	1,832
Sun, 17 August	North	Hamburg Sea Devils	56 – 44	Berlin Thunder	Preussenstadion, Berlin	931
		Nordic Storm	19 – 27	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg	10,163
	ID	Madrid Bravos	47 – 32	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt am Main	9,569
		Cologne Centurions	6 – 63	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck	3,381
		Helvetic Mercenaries	12 – 69	Prague Lions	FK Viktoria Stadion, Prague	988

Standings

West Division v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Stuttgart Surge	12	10	2	5–1	517	193	+324	W6	Automatic playoffs (#3)
2	Paris Musketeers	12	7	5	4–2	459	177	+282	L1
3	Frankfurt Galaxy	12	6	6	3–3	383	367	+16	L1
4	Cologne Centurions	12	0	12	0–6	69	740	–671	L12

Source: europeanleague.football

North Division v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Nordic Storm	12	10	2	5–1	432	201	+231	L1	Automatic playoffs (#4)
2	Rhein Fire	12	8	4	5–1	348	214	+134	W4	Advance to playoffs (#5)
3	Hamburg Sea Devils	12	3	9	2–4	196	396	−200	W1
4	Berlin Thunder	12	3	9	0–6	313	432	−119	L4

Source: europeanleague.football

East Division v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Vienna Vikings	12	11	1	6–0	463	232	+231	W7
2	Prague Lions	12	7	5	3–3	357	240	+117	W1
3	Panthers Wrocław	12	5	7	3–3	372	376	-4	L4
4	Fehérvár Enthroners	12	1	11	0–6	184	509	−325	L1

Source: europeanleague.football

South Division v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Munich Ravens	12	11	1	6–0	436	269	+167	W9	Automatic playoffs (#2)
2	Madrid Bravos	12	8	4	3–3	507	297	+210	W1	Advance to playoffs (#6)
3	Raiders Tirol	12	6	6	3–3	417	300	+117	W1
4	Helvetic Mercenaries	12	0	12	0–6	137	647	–510	L12

Source: europeanleague.football

Overall standings v t e
#	Team	Division	W	L	PCT	DIV	PD	STK
Division leaders
1	Vienna Vikings	East	11	1	.917	6–0	+231	W7
2	Munich Ravens	South	11	1	.917	6–0	+167	W9
3	Stuttgart Surge	West	10	2	.833	5–1	+324	W6
4	Nordic Storm	North	10	2	.833	5–1	+231	L1
Wild cards
5	Rhein Fire	North	8	4	.667	5–1	+134	W4
6	Madrid Bravos	South	8	4	.667	3–3	+210	W1
Not Qualified for the Playoffs
7	Paris Musketeers	West	7	5	.583	4–2	+282	L1
8	Prague Lions	East	7	5	.583	3–3	+117	W1
9	Frankfurt Galaxy	West	6	6	.500	3–3	+16	L1
10	Raiders Tirol	South	6	6	.500	3–3	+117	W1
11	Panthers Wrocław	East	5	7	.417	3–3	−4	L4
12	Hamburg Sea Devils	North	3	9	.250	2–4	−200	W1
13	Berlin Thunder	North	3	9	.250	0–6	−119	L4
14	Fehérvár Enthroners	East	1	11	.083	0–6	−325	L1
15	Helvetic Mercenaries	South	0	12	.000	0–6	−510	L12
16	Cologne Centurions	West	0	12	.000	0–6	−671	L12

Play-offs

The wildcard games will be played on August 23 and 24, the semifinals on August 30 and 31, and the final was held on September 7, 2025, in Stuttgart, Germany.

	Wildcard					Semifinals					Championship Game
						1	Vienna Vikings	28
	4	Nordic Storm	28			4	Nordic Storm	20
	5	Rhein Fire	23								1	Vienna Vikings	17
											3	Stuttgart Surge	24
						2	Munich Ravens	13
	3	Stuttgart Surge	41			3	Stuttgart Surge	27
	6	Madrid Bravos	17

Wildcard

Stuttgart Surge 41, Madrid Bravos 17

Madrid Bravos vs. Stuttgart Surge

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bravos	0	3	0	14	17
Surge	0	21	7	13	41

at Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart, Germany

• Date: 23 August
• Game time: 15:00 CEST
• Game attendance: 2,500
• Referee: J. Haentjens

Nordic Storm 28, Rhein Fire 23

Rhein Fire vs. Nordic Storm

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Fire	6	3	7	7	23
Storm	7	13	0	8	28

at Gladsaxe Stadion, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Date: 24 August
• Game time: 15:00 CEST
• Game attendance: 2,313
• Referee: F. Kristensen⁩

Semi-Finals

Vienna Vikings 28, Nordic Storm 20

Nordic Storm vs. Vienna Vikings

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Storm	7	7	6	0	20
Vikings	6	8	14	0	28

at Hohe Warte Stadium, Vienna, Austria

• Date: 30 August
• Game time: 15:00 CEST
• Game attendance: 5,122
• Referee: S. Hameder⁩

Stuttgart Surge 27, Munich Ravens 13

Stuttgart Surge vs. Munich Ravens

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Surge	7	7	6	7	27
Ravens	7	0	6	0	13

at Sportpark Unterhaching, Munich, Germany

• Date: 31 August
• Game time: 15:00 CEST
• Referee: K. Walentynowicz

Championship Game

Stuttgart Surge 24, Vienna Vikings 17

Stuttgart Surge vs. Vienna Vikings

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Surge	7	7	3	7	24
Vikings	10	7	0	0	17

at MHP Arena, Stuttgart, Germany

• Date: 7 September
• Game time: 15:00 CEST
• Game attendance: 36,784
• Referee: J. Ford-Bannister

Records, Milestones, and Notable Statistics

Week 1

• The Munich Ravens win their season opener for the first time in franchise history. ^[88]

Week 2

• The Paris Musketeers defeat the Stuttgart Surge 6–0, the lowest-scoring game in ELF history. ^[89]

Week 3

• The Vienna Vikings defeated the Rhein Fire 12–7, the Fire's first loss in Düsseldorf in franchise history. ^[90]
• Omari Williams (Rhein) records his 14th interception in ELF play, breaking the league record for all-time career interceptions. ^[91]

Week 6

• The Rhein Fire defeat the Vienna Vikings 33–26, the first regular season loss for Vienna since the 2022 season, a winning streak of 26 regular season games and 1,022 days. ^[92]

Week 7

• All seven matches result in an unprecedented final score in ELF history. ^[93]

Week 10

• The Prague Lions win their first home game in ELF competition. ^[94]

Week 11

• Reece Horn (Vienna) scores his 50th touchdown in ELF competition. ^[95]
• Aron Cruickshank (Madrid) breaks the ELF single-season receiving touchdown record with his 18th touchdown, breaking the previous record of 17 held by Markell Castle and Kyle Sweet. ^[96]
• Harlan Kwofie (Rhein) sets the ELF single-game receiving touchdown record with six, all in the first half. ^[97]

Week 13

• Reid Sinnet (Madrid) breaks the ELF record for single-season passing yards with 3,594 through 11 games, surpassing the previous record of 3,586 set by Jadrian Clark in 2023. ^[98]

Week 14

• DJ Irons (Wrocław) becomes the first quarterback in ELF history to rush for over 1,000 yards in a season. ^[99]
• The Prague Lions finish the season with a winning record for the first time in ELF play. ^[100]
• Aron Cruickshank (Madrid) breaks the ELF single-season records for receptions (122) and receiving yards (1,729), and extends his receiving touchdowns record to 20 on the year. ^[101]

Wildcard Round

• The Nordic Storm defeat the Rhein Fire 28–23, both the first playoff win for the Storm and first playoff loss for the Fire. ^[102]

Championship Game

• The Stuttgart Surge win their first ELF championship, defeating the Vienna Vikings 24–17. Stuttgart native Louis Geyer is name Most Valuable Player of the game. ^[103]
• German hip-hop group Die Fantastischen Vier perform in the very first ELF Championship Game Halftime Show. ^[104]

League Awards

• The ELF debuts the Offensive Lineman of the Year and Comeback Player of the Year awards. Brendan Oswin (Madrid) and Jon Cole (Fehérvár) are named the inaugural recipients of the awards. ^[105]
• Devan Burrell (Helvetic) wins Special Teams Player of the Year for the third-straight season. ^[106]

Attendance

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rhein Fire	61,229	20,342	7,295	10,205	−10.4%†
2	Frankfurt Galaxy	43,506	10,257	5,561	7,251	+2.2%†
3	Vienna Vikings	37,937	11,468	3,634	6,323	+17.8%†
4	Munich Ravens	20,698	4,585	2,425	3,450	−31.5%†
5	Raiders Tirol	20,462	3,724	2,911	3,410	+1.2%†
6	Madrid Bravos	18,869	3,559	2,281	3,145	+125.8%†
7	Stuttgart Surge	18,220	3,740	2,349	3,037	−28.6%†
8	Hamburg Sea Devils	14,264	5,750	914	2,377	−74.4%†
9	Panthers Wrocław	14,067	2,952	1,748	2,345	−60.9%†
10	Paris Musketeers	11,002	2,348	1,454	1,834	−46.9%†
11	Nordic Storm	10,672	2,700	1,609	2,134	n/a†
12	Helvetic Mercenaries	9,246	2,300	1,124	1,541	+49.9%†
13	Fehérvár Enthroners	6,500	1,300	1,000	1,083	−30.1%†
14	Prague Lions	5,701	1,200	708	950	+48.9%†
15	Cologne Centurions	4,617	960	580	770	−71.8%†
16	Berlin Thunder	3,866	931	438	644	−81.4%†
	League total	300,856	20,342	483	3,167	−20.5%†

Updated to games played on 07 September 2025
Source:

Statistical leaders

As of August 19, 2025 [107]

Category	Player	Position	Team	GP	Stat
Passing
Yards	Reid Sinnett	QB	Madrid Bravos	12	3953
Touchdowns	Reid Sinnett	QB	Madrid Bravos	12	50
Completions	Reid Sinnett	QB	Madrid Bravos	12	289
Completion percentage	Reid Sinnett	QB	Madrid Bravos	12	72.98%
Rushing
Yards	Justin Rodney	RB	Munich Ravens	11	1082
Touchdowns	Lukas Waslwanter	RB	Raiders Tirol	14	12
Yards per attempt	Jason Bofunda	RB	Paris Musketeers	4	7.35
Receiving
Yards	Aron Cruickshank	WR	Madrid Bravos	12	1729
Touchdowns	Aron Cruickshank	WR	Madrid Bravos	12	20
Receptions	Aron Cruickshank	WR	Madrid Bravos	12	122
Yards per reception	Stéphane Fortes	WR	Paris Musketeers	11	22.14
Defensive
Sacks	Kyle Kitchens	DE	Hamburg Sea Devils	12	12
Tackles	A.J. Wentland	LB	Panthers Wrocław	12	144
Interceptions	Lautaro Frecha	SS	Prague Lions	10	5
Kicking
FG	Timo Bronn	K	Stuttgart Surge	12	14
FG Pct	Cameron Gillis	K	Fehérvár Enthroners	12	81.82
PAT	Álvaro Peñas	K	Madrid Bravos	12	51
PAT Pct	Eric Schlomm	K	Hamburg Sea Devils	12	95.00

League Awards

Individual Awards

The league honors were announced during the 2025 ELF Championship Game. ^[108]

Award	Winner	Team	Reason	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Reid Sinnett	Madrid Bravos	3,953 passing yards, 50 passing touchdowns, 72.98 pass percentage, 139.9 QBR- all single-season league records	[108]
Coach of the Year	Kendral Ellison	Munich Ravens	Led team to first division title	[108]
Man of the Year	Noel Swancar	Vienna Vikings	Coaches Vienna youth teams; served as ambassador for Lichtblickhof, a children's hospice for children with serious and life-shortening diseases, disabilities, or traumatic experiences	[108]
Assistant Coach of the Year	Johannes Brenner Cody Pastorino	Stuttgart Surge	Surge defense finishes second in points per game, fifth in passing defense, and second in rushing defense	[108] [109]
Offensive Lineman of the Year	Brendan Oswin	Madrid Bravos	Integral to Madrid's recond-breaking passing attack	[108]
Comeback Player of the Year	Jon Cole	Fehérvár Enthroners	101 receptions, 1,147 receiving yards, 914 return yards, and 12 touchdowns after missing most of 2024 season	[108] [110]
Homegrown of the Year	Alexsandar Borkovic	Fehérvár Enthroners	130 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 1 interception, 8 pass deflections	[108]
Offensive Player of the Year	Aron Cruickshank	Madrid Bravos	Set ELF single-season records for receptions, receiving yards, and receiving touchdowns	[111]
Defensive Player of the Year	AJ Wentland	Panthers Wrocław	144 tackles, 7 tackles for loss, 2 forced fumbles	[108]
Special Teams Player of the Year	Devan Burrell	Helvetic Mercenaries	1,514 return yards, 3 return touchdowns	[108] [112]
Rookie of the Year	Tyler Foster	Berlin Thunder	64 receptions, 824 receiving yards, 7 touchdowns	[108]
Defensive Rookie of the Year	Arthur Kingdom	Prague Lions	85 tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, 1 forced fumble	[111]

Notable players

Players who played in the European League of Football in 2025

Quarterbacks

• Ben Holmes – (Vienna)
• DJ Irons – (Wrocław)
• Chad Jeffries – (Rhein)
• Matthew McKay – (Frankfurt)
• Conor Miller – (Raiders)
• N'Kosi Perry – (Raiders)
• Reid Sinnett – (Madrid)
• Jakeb Sullivan – (Berlin)
• Taulia Tagovailoa – (Hamburg)

Other positions

• Jordan Bouah – WR – (Rhein)
• Anthony Dablé – WR – (Paris)
• Moubarak Djeri – DL – (Frankfurt)
• Aaron Donkor – LB – (Vienna)
• Ja'Len Embry – DB – (Prague)
• Jordan Genmark Heath – RB/LB – (Nordic)
• Valentin Gnahoua – DL – (Paris)
• Reece Horn – WR – (Vienna)
• Kyle Kitchens – DE – (Hamburg)
• Jamalcolm Liggins – DB – (Paris)
• Anthony Mahoungou – WR – (Paris)
• Chris Mulumba – DL – (Stuttgart)
• Steven Nielsen – OL – (Frankfurt)
• Sandro Platzgummer – RB – (Frankfurt)
• Thomas Schaffer – DL – (Vienna)
• Malik Stanley – WR – (Munich)
• Raheem Wilson – DB – (Stuttgart)

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External links

• Official website of the European League of Football