2021 Leipzig Kings season

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2021 Leipzig Kings season
Head coach Flag of the United States.svg Fred Armstrong
Home field Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Results
Record5–5
Uniform
Leipzig Kings Uniform (2021).png

The 2021 Leipzig Kings season was the inaugural European League of Football season in Leipzig Kings history. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Regular season

Standings

PosTeamGPWLPFPADivQualification
1 Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg Sea Devils 10732741784–2Advance to playoffs
2 Flag of Poland.svg Wrocław Panthers 10643142595–1
3 Flag of Germany.svg Leipzig Kings 10552953203–3
4 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Thunder 10372282960–6

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

WeekDateTime (CET)OpponentResultRecordVenueTV [upper-alpha 1] Recap
1June 2015:00at Berlin Thunder W 37–271–0 Amateurstadion Olympiapark More Than Sports TV Recap
2June 2618:00at Wrocław Panthers L 28–541–1 Wrocław Olympic Stadium ran.de Recap
3July 415:00 Cologne Centurions L 47–481–2 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Recap
4July 1115:00at Stuttgart Surge L 24–271–3 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau ProSieben Maxx Recap
5July 1815:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 0–551–4 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Recap
6August 115:00 Berlin Thunder W 37–242–4 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark ProSieben Maxx Recap
7August 815:00 Stuttgart Surge W 49–233–4 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Recap
8August 2115:00at Cologne Centurions W 24–424–4 Ostkampfbahn Recap
9August 2915:00at Hamburg Sea Devils W 18–175–4 Stadion Hoheluft Recap
10September 515:00 Wrocław Panthers L 13–215–5 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark

Source: europeanleague.football

Despite finishing with an identical 5–5 record as the Cologne Centurions and having scored more points in their two head-to-head games, Leipzig missed out on playoff participation, as the mode for the 2021 season guaranteed playoff spots to the top two teams of each division regardless of record.

Roster

Leipzig Kings roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3 Michael Birdsong Flag of the United States.svg
  •  15 Tom Van Duijn Flag of the Netherlands.svg

Running backs

  •  2 Jason Aguemon Flag of France.svg
  •  22 Raymond Sobowale Flag of England.svg
  •  23 Moritz Herzel
  •  24 Tony Kulok
  •  27 Luc Schneider

Wide receivers

  •  6 Timothy Knüttel
  •  8 Alpha Jalloh Flag of the United States.svg
  •  11 Anthony Dablé Flag of France.svg
  •  12 Jaleel Awini WR/QB Flag of the United States.svg
  •  80 Markus Riedel
  •  81 Antonio Fischer
  •  82 Jeremy Lang
  •  83 Joshua Lang
  •  84 Yoshihito Omi Flag of Japan.svg
  •  89 Nils Baeumer


Offensive linemen
  •  70 Shalom Baafi
  •  71 Florian Barthel
  •  72 Jonas Hagerup Flag of Norway.svg
  •  73 Max Bruder
  •  74 Tilman Brütsch
  •  75 Sven Hinrichs
  •  76 Per Kristian Molberg Flag of Norway.svg
  •  77 Robert Kalke
  •  78 Christoph Schob
  •  79 Viktor Weiderspahn

Defensive linemen

  •  42 Philipp Mingerzahn DL/LB
  •  56 Lance Leota Flag of New Zealand.svg
  •  90 Steven Kühne
  •  91 Dustin Dennerlein
  •  92 Aslan Zetterberg Flag of Sweden.svg
  •  93 Christopher Hans
  •  99 Vincent Buffet Flag of France.svg
Linebackers
  •  40 Olav Røhnebæk Flag of Norway.svg
  •  47 Maximilian Fitz
  •  48 Luca Lampe
  •  51 Mirko Parnow
  •  52 Chris Schlack
  •  53 Pascal Topolewski
  •  54 Martin Strauss

Defensive backs

  •  4 Roedion Henrique Flag of the Netherlands.svg
  •  7 Benhwoll Tchiyoko Flag of France.svg
  •  10 Shida Wang Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
  •  17 Simon Braun DB/WR
  •  21 Daniel Docal Flag of Spain.svg
  •  25 Anastassiadis Kiriakos
  •  26 Florian Borger DB/LB
  •  33 Paul Meissner DB/LB

Special teams

  •  1 Jacob Templar P/WR Flag of Australia (converted).svg
  •  85 Marcel Ulbrich K/WR


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 25 May 2021

Notes

  1. All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

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References

  1. "European League of Football - European League of Football mit Berlin Thunder, Köln Centurions und Leipzig Kings". www.ran.de (in German). 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  2. "ELF European League of Football". www.europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. "European League of Football: Chef sieht Potenzial in Leipzig". Zeit (in German). April 22, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.