European League of Football

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Sport American football
Founded4 November 2020;4 years ago (2020-11-04)
First season 2021
Owner(s)SEH Sports & Entertainment Holding, Patrick Esume
CEO Željko Karajica
Commissioner Patrick Esume
No. of teams16 (2025)
CountriesGermany (7 teams)
Austria (2 teams)
Czech Republic (1 team)
Denmark/Sweden (1 team)
France (1 team)
Hungary (1 team)
Poland (1 team)
Spain (1 team)
Switzerland (1 team)
Headquarters Hamburg, Germany
Continent Europe
Most recent
champion(s)		 Rhein Fire (2nd title)
Most titles Rhein Fire (2 titles)
TV partner(s)
Official website europeanleague.football

The European League of Football (ELF) is a professional [1] American football league based in Europe, continuing some team names and logos of the former NFL Europe. The ELF played its first season in 2021, [2] and has 17 teams in the 2024 season. Teams are located in Germany, Austria, Spain, Poland, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, France and Denmark with plans to expand. [3]

Contents

History

The European League of Football was announced 4 November 2020 by Patrick Esume, former American Football coach and TV commentator, and sports manager Zeljko Karajica. Since 2018, Esume had criticized the American Football Association of Germany (AFVD) for not using the fan potential in Germany, and tried to set up a professionalized structure for American football in Germany and Europe.

The announcement of the league was met with skepticism from AFVD and the German Football League (GFL). AFVD president Robert Huber, said, "...we have experience over the last forty years in running leagues in Germany and in Europe and we have a pretty good insight into what the teams are capable of". However, Esume firmly believes that this league will succeed because "American football is experiencing a boom in Germany". [4]

The first two new franchises to reveal their identity were the Ingolstadt Praetorians and Hanover-based team German Knights 1367, in early December 2020. [5] [6] They were followed by the Spanish team Gladiators Football, who also revealed they will play their games out of Costa Daurada, and will be coached by long-time CFL coach Adam Rita. [7] [8]

In March 2021, the league announced an agreement with the NFL to be able to use the names of former NFL Europe teams. On the same day, it was announced the franchises in Hamburg and Frankfurt would use the previous names of Hamburg Sea Devils and Frankfurt Galaxy. [9] The Sea Devils also introduced their new head coach, Ted Daisher, former special teams coach for multiple NFL teams. [10] It was then announced that the franchises in Ingolstadt and Hannover were not ready to launch in 2021; they were replaced with two new teams in Leipzig and Cologne. The franchises in Cologne, Berlin, and Barcelona would also take on the names from their NFL Europe counterparts. [11]

2021 season

On the 19 June 2021 at 6 p.m. the first kickoff of the ELF took place in Wroclaw. The host Panthers defeated the Cologne Centurions with 55–39. Frankfurt Galaxy won the South Division with only one defeat and defeated division rival Cologne Centurions in the semi-finals. The North Division won the Hamburg Sea Devils, who prevailed in the semi-finals against the division opponent Panthers Wrocław. On the 26th In September 2021, the first final of the ELF took place in front of 22,000 spectators in the Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf. In a close game, Frankfurt Galaxy prevailed against Hamburg Sea Devils with 32–30. A week later, an all-star game took place between the ELF all-stars and a US selection.

In June 2021, the league announced a partnership agreement with the Brazilian Football Federation, Brasil Futebol Americano, that will see exchange opportunities for selected players, coaches and officials, as well as the possibility of organizing a match between the ELF and BFA champions in the future. [12]

In July 2021, the league announced its inaugural All-Star Game, which was held one week after the end of the season, on 3 October (German Unity Day), at Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark in Berlin. It will feature a selection of the best players from the ELF, playing against the United States men's national American football team. [13] Similar to the rules for rosters of individual teams, the all-star team was limited to a maximum of four Americans, only two of whom can be on the field at any given time.

2022 season

In September 2021, the first indications of new teams for the second season became known. 12 to 16 teams were announced for the 2022 season. On 12 September 2021, the Vienna Vikings from the Austrian Football League announced their interest in joining the ELF in a press conference. The Austrian rival Raiders Tirol also confirmed entry into the league the day before the first ELF final. On the same day, Rhein Fire from Düsseldorf was presented, taking over another name from the NFL Europe. On 15 October 2021 the league welcomed the Istanbul Rams, finalising the field of twelve teams for the 2022 season was completed.

In the 2022 season, the two Austrian expansion teams, Vienna Vikings and Raiders Tirol, were immediately among the strongest teams in the league. The Vikings won the Central Conference with 10 victories and 2 defeats, the Raiders Tirol qualified with 8–4 as the best conference second for the play-offs. Surprisingly the Barcelona Dragons won the Southern Conference with 8–4. Hamburg Sea Devils were the best team of the regular season and won the Northern Conference. After a 39–12 in the semi-final against the Dragons, the Vienna Vikings also won the Championship Game 2022 against the Sea Devils with 27–15.

2023 season

Three expansion teams for the 2023 season were already announced prior to the 2022 season: Milano Seamen from the Italian Football League, Hungarian team Fehérvár Enthroners from the Austrian Football League Division 1, and the newly founded Helvetic Guards. In addition, on 3 August 2022 Munich and in September 2022 Paris and Prague were introduced as new franchises. On 16 December 2022 the Istanbul Rams withdrew from the league. The 2023 season thus started with 17 teams from nine countries. During the regular season, Leipzig Kings had to withdraw on 10 July 2023.

On the first weekend of the 2023 season, Rhein Fire set a new attendance record for the regular season in the Germany derby against Frankfurt Galaxy with 12665 spectators. The record was broken in the second week by the Hamburg Sea Devils, who played a game for the first time in Volksparkstadion (capacity 57,000). 32,500 spectators came to the game against Rhein Fire. The regular season was dominated by Rhein Fire in the Western Conference and the Vienna Vikings in the Eastern Conference. Stuttgart Surge was able to secure the Central Conference under the new head coach Jordan Neuman. Frankfurt Galaxy, Panthers Wroclaw and, for the first time, Berlin Thunder, qualified for the playoffs. In the Wild Card Round, which was held for the first time, Frankfurt against Berlin and Stuttgart against Wroclaw used the home advantage. Rhein Fire also prevailed against Frankfurt Galaxy in the semi-finals in its own stadium. Opponent in the final was Stuttgart Surge, who were able to teach the Vienna Vikings the first home defeat in the ELF with the 40–33. Rhein Fire won the final.

2024 season

In the run-up to the 2023 season, Madrid was announced as expansion city. Leipzig Kings dropped out during the 2023 season. Helvetic Guards were replaced by a new Swiss team in April 2024. Such, 17 teams are supposed to start in the 2024 season, with the championship game played in the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen on 22 September 2024.

Goals

The ELF has said it hopes to bring back the excitement around American football that existed in the era of NFL Europe. Unlike NFL Europe, whose team rosters consisted of mostly American players, there will be restrictions to the number of international players allowed on rosters. There will be a bigger focus given to homegrown players, with the goal to develop the best of these players into NFL prospects. One way they plan on doing this is by creating an "ELF Academy". While ELF franchises will not have "youth teams", CEO Zeljko Karajica says that the academy will "...give players the opportunity to make the next step", which would be the skills to succeed in the ELF and compete for a spot on an NFL team.

Rules

The ELF plays with modified NFL rules, except for overtime, where it uses college football's rules. Unlike most European sports leagues, (including European American football leagues) a game that is still tied at the end of regulation during the regular season goes to overtime. However, no overtime was actually played in the inaugural 2021 season as all games had a winner after regulation. During the regular season of the inaugural 2021 season, the ELF did not have instant replay or other forms of replay review in gridiron football (such as the coach's challenge); however, this feature was introduced for the 2021 ELF Bowl as well as for the upcoming season.

On 30 November 2021, the official Twitter account of the European League of Football announced a new kickoff rule. The new rule sees the kicking team's players, except the kicker, line up on its opponent's 35-yard line, while the receiving team's players, except the returner, line up on their own 30-yard line. Both teams are only allowed to move when the ball has either been touched by the returner or three seconds after the ball has touched the ground. This rule is nearly identical to the kickoff rule used by the 2020 iteration of the XFL. Only the requirement, that the ball must be kicked between the receiving team's 20-yard line and endzone, is, at this time, not a part of the rule. The main cited reason for the rule change is player safety. [14]

Officiating

Officiating in the ELF is comparable to the NFL. Head of officiation since the first season in 2021 is former German Football League official Kurt Paulus. In this role, he is in charge of training and organizing the officiating crews for individual game days. Furthermore, the head of officiating and its deputies are consulting the commissioner and Competition Committee for rule changes and new rules. [15]

Officiating crews consist of seven on-field officials who stay together for a season. During a game, they are connected via intercom and English-language on-field dialogue. In the 2022 season, the referees came from 16 different European countries. With the exception of the GFL and its governing body, referees officiating in the ELF are allowed to participate in national leagues during the ELF offseason. [15] Officials in the ELF do not wear numbers on their jerseys.

Salary

Rosters consist of a maximum of 53 players, plus another 12 on the practice squad as of 2023. Because homegrown players are one of the main focus points of the league, there are limitations on the number of foreigners. Each roster can only have a maximum of four U.S., Canadian, Mexican, or Japanese players (A-players), and a maximum of ten other foreign players for the 2021 season, [2] which was then reduced to eight players for the 2022 season and six players for the 2023 season. [16] [17] However, the Bosman ruling prevents discrimination against EU citizens on EU-based sports teams and leagues. Brazilian players did not count towards the import quota due to the league's partnership with Liga BFA in the 2021 season. [12]

The league has a salary cap for all franchises which is divided into three salary groups for its players. Up to eight players—including the four A-import spots—are paid a full-time salary. For American import players, a franchise can pay a salary that can range from €600 (around $700) to €3,000 ($3,500) per month. [18] The second tier consists of additional four transitional players (international or homegrown) with a part-time salary. Every other member of the roster is in the homegrown salary group with marginal employment and a monthly income ranging from €100 to €450. All players under contract receive health insurance and participate in state pension insurance. Further benefits such as housing and meals during the season have to be negotiated individually. [19]

Teams

Locations of teams competing in the 2025 ELF season.
  • Blue pog.svg North Division
  • Green pog.svg West Division
  • Red pog.svg South Division
  • Yellow pog.svg East Division

For the 2025 season, the European League of Football has 16 teams in four divisions across 10 countries: 7 in Germany, 2 in Austria, one in Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Poland, and Switzerland, and a shared team between Denmark and Sweden. The ELF began with 8 teams in its inaugural season in 2021. This included the Wroclaw Panthers from the Polish American Football League, and seven new franchises: the Berlin Thunder, Cologne Centurions, Frankfurt Galaxy, Hamburg Sea Devils, Leipzig Kings and Stuttgart Surge in Germany, and Barcelona Dragons in Spain. The goal of the league is to expand to at least 24 teams from 10 countries in the future. As early as 2021, Austria, France, and England were identified as markets interested in expansion franchises, and the London Warriors in particular expressed an interest in joining the league. [20]

The Vienna Vikings and Raiders Tirol from the Austrian Football League, and the Istanbul Rams from the Turkish Gridiron Football First League joined in the 2022 season, though the Rams dropped out after the season's conclusion. [21] A reformed Rhein Fire inspired by the historical team from NFL Europe also joined during the 2022 season after much speculation and anticipation from fans throughout the previous season. [22] [23] [24] Though a feud with the Italian Football League initially precluded an Italian expansion franchise, an eventual agreement allowed the Milano Seamen to join in the 2023 season, [25] which also saw the Fehérvár Enthroners from the Hungarian Football League and Prague Lions from the Czech League of American Football join, along with three new franchises: the Helvetic Guards from Switzerland, Munich Ravens from Germany, [26] and Paris Musketeers from France. The Kings were suspended amid the 2023 season, the Guards were replaced by the Helvetic Mercenaries in April 2024, while the Madrid Bravos joined in 2024. Nordic Storm from Copenhagen, Denmark will be the newest addition for the 2025 season.

Current teams

TeamCityStadium(s)CapacityJoinedHead coach
North Division
Berlin Thunder Flag of Germany.svg Berlin TBDTBD2021 Flag of Germany.svg Johnny Schmuck
Hamburg Sea Devils Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg Stadion Hoheluft 11,0002021 Flag of the United States.svg Matt Johnson
Nordic Storm Flag of Denmark.svg Copenhagen/Søborg Gladsaxe Stadium 13,8002025 Flag of the United States.svg John Shoop
Flag of Sweden.svg Malmö TBDTBD
Rhein Fire Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf/Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,5142022 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Tomsula
West Division
Cologne Centurions Flag of Germany.svg Cologne Südstadion 11,7482021 Flag of the United States.svg Gregg Brandon
Frankfurt Galaxy Flag of Germany.svg Frankfurt PSD Bank Arena 12,5422021 Flag of the United States.svg Bart Andrus
Paris Musketeers Flag of France.svg Paris Stade Jean-Bouin 20,0002023 Flag of the United States.svg Marc Mattioli
Stuttgart Surge Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 11,4102021 Flag of the United States.svg Jordan Neuman
South Division
Helvetic Mercenaries Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Kriens Sportzentrum Kleinfeld3,5002024 Flag of the United States.svg Val Gunn
Madrid Bravos Flag of Spain.svg Madrid Estadio de Vallehermoso 9,0002024 Flag of the United States.svg Rip Scherer
Munich Ravens Flag of Germany.svg Unterhaching Uhlsport Park 15,0532023 Flag of the United States.svg Kendral Ellison
Raiders Tirol Flag of Austria.svg Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 16,0082022 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Herrmann
East Division
Fehérvár Enthroners Flag of Hungary.svg Székesfehérvár First Field 3,5002023 Flag of the United States.svg Joseph Ashfield
Prague Lions Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Prague Atletický stadion SK Slavia Praha3,0002023 Flag of the United States.svg Dan Disch
Vienna Vikings Flag of Austria.svg Vienna/Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt Ergo Arena 4,0002022 Flag of the United States.svg Chris Calaycay
Panthers Wrocław Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski 11,0002021 Flag of the United States.svg Craig Kuligowski

Former teams

Former teams in the European League of Football
TeamCityJoinedFinal seasonFate
Istanbul Rams Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul 20222022On hiatus for 2023; return to the Turkish league [21]
Leipzig Kings Flag of Germany.svg Leipzig 20212023The license to participate in the European League of Football was "withdrawn" amid the 2023 season after failing to meet the league financial obligations. The team will be on hiatus until new local owners will be found. [27]
Helvetic Guards Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Zürich/Wil 20232023Withdrew in April 2024, replaced by Helvetic Mercenaries
Barcelona Dragons Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona 20212024Withdrew in December 2024
Milano Seamen Flag of Italy.svg Milan 20232024On hiatus for 2025; return in 2026

Champions

Champions in the European League of Football
TeamTitlesRunners-upYear(s) wonYear(s) runner-up
Rhein Fire 20 2023, 2024 –
Vienna Vikings 11 2022 2024
Frankfurt Galaxy 10 2021 –
Hamburg Sea Devils 02– 2021, 2022
Stuttgart Surge 01– 2023

Championship Games

Key

Teams in bold are winning teams of the Championship Game

Overview of European League of Football Championship Games
No.YearTeam 1Team 2VenueCityAttendanceMVP
I [28] 2021 Hamburg Sea Devils 30 Frankfurt Galaxy 32 Merkur Spiel-Arena Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorf, Germany 22,000 [29] Flag of the United States.svg Jakeb Sullivan (QB, Frankfurt Galaxy)
II 2022 Hamburg Sea Devils 15 Vienna Vikings 27 Wörthersee Stadion Flag of Austria.svg Klagenfurt, Austria 14,566 [30] Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Linnainmaa (WR, Vienna Vikings)
III 2023 Rhein Fire 53 Stuttgart Surge 34 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Flag of Germany.svg Duisburg, Germany 31,500 Flag of the United States.svg Jadrian Clark (QB, Rhein Fire)
IV 2024 Vienna Vikings 20 Rhein Fire 51 Veltins-Arena Flag of Germany.svg Gelsenkirchen, Germany 41,364
V 2025 MHPArena Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart, Germany

ELF All Star Game

Key

Teams in bold are winning teams of the All Star Game

Overview of European League of Football All-Star Games
YearHomeAwayVenueCityAttendance
2021 [31] [32] ELF All Stars26United States Federation of American Football8 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Flag of Germany.svg Berlin, Germany N/A

Broadcasting

For the inaugural season, the league signed a deal to have 13 games, including the playoffs and championship game, broadcast live in Germany, Austria and Switzerland on ProSieben Maxx, with all other games streamed live on ran.de and More Than Sports TV. [33] [34] The number of games available on TV increased in 2023, with 30 games shown live on ProSieben channels, including the Championship Game on their primary channel. [35]

All games are also available worldwide, on the league's website, service originally provided by British company StreamAMG, and, from 2023, by Endeavor Streaming. [36] [37]

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