Madrid Bravos

Madrid Bravos
Current season
Established September 26, 2023 (2023-09-26) Play in Madrid, Spain madridbravos.com
League/conference affiliations
European League of Football (2024–present) Western Conference (2024) South Division (2025–present)
Current uniform
Team colors	Black, Red, Merlin, Gold
Personnel
General manager	Jaime Martín Lostao
Head coach	Andrew Weidinger
Team history
Madrid Bravos (2024–present)
Championships
League championships (0)
Conference championships (0)
Division championships (0)
Playoff appearances (2)
2024, 2025
Home stadium(s)
Estadio de Vallehermoso (2024–present)

The Madrid Bravos are an American football team based in Madrid, Spain. The team started play in the 2024 season in the European League of Football (ELF). ^[1]

Madrid was announced as expansion city on May 19, 2023. It is thus the second location in Spain next to the Barcelona Dragons, who have been playing in the ELF since 2021. The name and logo of the new franchise were presented on September 26, 2023. ^[2]

The team is organized by Marlos Sports 2022 SL. General Manager is Jaime Martín Lostao. The teams from the Madrid area in the highest Spanish league LNFA - Las Rozas Black Demons, Madrid Osos Rivas and Coslada Camioneros - announced a cooperation with the new franchise. ^[3]

Statistics and records

Season-by-season record

Season	Team	Head coach	Regular season				Postseason				Average Attendance
			GP	W	L	Pos.	GP	W	L	Result
2024	2024	Rip Scherer	12	8	4	6th (3rd Western)	1	0	1	Lost wildcard	1,393
2025	2025	Andrew Weidinger	12	8	4	6th (2nd Southern)	1	0	1	Lost wildcard	3,145

Franchise matchup history

Team	Record	Pct.	Home		Away
			Record	Pct.	Record	Pct.
Barcelona Dragons	2–0	1.000	1–0	1.000	1–0	1.000
Rhein Fire	1–2	.333	0–1	.000	1–1	.500
Cologne Centurions	2–0	1.000	1–0	1.000	1–0	1.000
Frankfurt Galaxy	2–2	.500	1–1	.500	1–1	.500
Paris Musketeers	0–2	.000	0–1	.000	0–1	.000
Hamburg Sea Devils	4–0	1.000	2–0	1.000	2–0	1.000
Helvetic Mercenaries	2–0	1.000	1–0	1.000	1–0	1.000
Fehérvár Enthroners	2–0	1.000	1–0	1.000	1–0	1.000
Raiders Tirol	1–1	.500	1–0	1.000	0–1	.000
Munich Ravens	0–2	.000	0–1	.000	0–1	.000
Stuttgart Surge	0–1	.000	–	–	0–1	.000
Total	16–10	.615	8–4	.667	8–6	.571

• Defunct teams in light gray.

Attendances

Season	Total	High	Low	Average
2024	8,360	2,071	954	1,393
2025	18,869	3,559	2,281	3,145

Source: ^[4]

Top 5 attendances

Date	Rival	Att.
26 July 2025	Raiders Tirol	3,559
24 May 2025	Frankfurt Galaxy	3,530
17 May 2025	Hamburg Sea Devils	3,366
12 July 2025	Fehérvár Enthroners	3,069
5 July 2025	Munich Ravens	3,064

Source: ^[4]

References

1. "ELF: European League of Football welcomes Madrid". 19 May 2023.
2. "ELF: Madrid stößt 2024 hinzu". 20 May 2023.
3. "Madrid wird 18. Team".
4. EFL Data

External links

• Official website