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2021 Frankfurt Galaxy season

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2021 Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) season
Head coachGermany Thomas Kösling
Home fieldPSD Bank Arena
Results
Record9–1
Playoff finishwon Semifinal vs. Cologne Centurions 36–6
won Championship Game vs. Hamburg Sea Devils 32–30
Uniform

The 2021 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the first season of the new Frankfurt Galaxy team in the inaugural season of the European League of Football.[1][2] After losing the season opener to the Hamburg Sea Devils on a last second Phillip Friis Andersen Field Goal, the team proceeded to win all remaining games, to win their ELF South Division, beating the Cologne Centurions in the playoffs and ultimately winning the inaugural Championship Game at Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf against the Hamburg Sea Devils on September 26, 2021.

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team GP W L PF PA Div Qualification
1 Germany Frankfurt Galaxy 10 9 1 357 132 6–0 Advance to playoffs
2 Germany Cologne Centurions 10 5 5 310 365 3–3
3 Spain Barcelona Dragons 10 3 7 237 277 2–4
4 Germany Stuttgart Surge 10 2 8 157 355 1–5

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

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Week Date Time (CET) Opponent Result Record Venue TV[A] Recap
1 June 20 15:00 at Hamburg Sea Devils L 15–17 0–1 Stadion Hoheluft ProSieben Maxx Recap
2 June 27 15:00 at Stuttgart Surge W 42–20 1–1 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau More Than Sports TV Recap
3 July 4 15:00 Wrocław Panthers W 22–13 2–1 PSD Bank Arena ProSieben Maxx Recap
4 July 11 15:00 at Cologne Centurions W 41–20 3–1 Südstadion More Than Sports TV Recap
5 July 17 18:00 Barcelona Dragons W 42–22 4–1 PSD Bank Arena ran.de, Esport3 Recap
6 August 1 15:00 Stuttgart Surge W 57–3 5–1 PSD Bank Arena ran.de Recap
7 August 8 15:00 Hamburg Sea Devils W 35–9 6–1 PSD Bank Arena ProSieben Maxx Recap
8 August 15 15:00 at Wrocław Panthers W 36–7 7–1 Olympic Stadium ProSieben Maxx Recap
9 August 28 19:00 at Barcelona Dragons W 22–14 8–1 Estadi Municipal ran.de, Esport3 Recap
10 September 5 15:00 Cologne Centurions W 45–7 9–1 PSD Bank Arena ran.de Recap

Source: europeanleague.football

Playoffs

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Division Finals Championship Game
      
N1 Germany Hamburg Sea Devils 30
N2 Poland Wrocław Panthers 27
Germany Hamburg Sea Devils 30
Germany Frankfurt Galaxy 32
S1 Germany Frankfurt Galaxy 36
S2 Germany Cologne Centurions 6

Divisional playoffs

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South: Frankfurt Galaxy 36, Cologne Centurions 3

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Cologne Centurions vs. Frankfurt Galaxy
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Centurions 0 0 033
Galaxy 14 13 6336

at PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

  • Date: 11 September 2021
  • Game time: 14:45 CET
  • Game attendance: 2,000
  • Referee: K. Walentynow
  • Game Book

North: Hamburg Sea Devils 30, Wrocław Panthers 27

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Wrocław Panthers vs. Hamburg Sea Devils
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Panthers 7 7 01327
Sea Devils 14 0 31330

at Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg, Germany

  • Date: 12 September 2021
  • Game time: 14:45 CET
  • Game attendance: 2,200
  • Referee: Thomas Denker
  • Game Book

Championship Game

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The inaugural Championship Game, between the North and South division champions, was played on September 26, at Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf.[3] In a game in which the lead changed more than once, the impact of the kicking game could be felt, as Frankfurt, not confident enough of the quality of their placekicker, opted for two point conversions after every single Touchdown (only one out of five being successful) and not attempting a single Field Goal. Meanwhile Phillip Friis Andersen who had made 17 out of 18 attempts during the regular season (league best) and made every single Point after Touchdown attempt during the game missed a field goal attempt from 38 yards while the score was 30-26 in favor of Hamburg and another from 61 yards on the last play of the game for Hamburg.

Year North Division South Division Site Attendance MVP
2021 Hamburg Sea Devils 30 Frankfurt Galaxy 32 Merkur Spiel-ArenaGermany Düsseldorf[4] 22,000 Jakeb Sullivan
Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Frankfurt Galaxy
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Sea Devils 7 10 10330
Galaxy 0 20 01232

at Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Date: 26 September 2021
  • Game time: 14:45 CET
  • Game attendance: 22,000
  • Referee: M. Scholz
  • Game Book

Roster

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Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  4 Lukas von Stumpfeldt
Germany
  •  6 Moritz Johannknecht
Germany
  •  7 Jakeb Sullivan
United States

Running backs

  •  21 Gennadiy Adams
Russia
  •  22 Gerald Ameln
Germany
  •  27 Florian Schneikert
Germany
  •  33 Justin Rodney
Germany
  •  45 Max Schmidt
Germany

Wide receivers

France
  •  13 Marvin Rutsch
Germany
  •  15 Max Siemssen
Germany
  •  17 Nico Schön
Germany
  •  19 Nico Strahmann
Germany
  •  42 Max Ebsen
Germany
  •  81 Noah Bomba
Germany
  •  82 Hendrik Schwarz
Germany
  •  83 Luca Sack
Germany
  •  84 Cheikhou Sow
France
  •  85 Markus Hachenberg
Germany
  •  86 Lorenz Regler
Germany

Tight ends

  •  87 Kevin Mwamba
France
Offensive linemen
  •  52 Darnell Minton
Germany
  •  58 Pascal Abt
Germany
  •  61 Lars Hampel
Germany
  •  62 Lucas Hebel
Germany
  •  70 Moritz Schmidt
Germany
  •  71 Frank Atunlese
Germany
  •  72 Marko Vidovic
Croatia
  •  73 Jan-Hendrik Hoffmeyer
Germany
  •  74 Sven Fischer
Germany
  •  75 Joachim Christensen
Denmark
  •  76 Nils Hampel
Germany
  •  77 Yannic Kiehl
Germany

Defensive linemen

  •  55 Ville Valasti
Finland
  •  63 Nicolas Werle
Germany
  •  68 Joachim Bachmann
Germany
  •  90 Marc Anthony Hor
Germany
  •  92 Milan Mišić
Germany
  •  94 Cedric Udegbe
Germany
  •  95 Mete Konya
Germany
  •  96 Mamadou Sy
France
  •  98 Maximilian Loetz
Germany
  •  99 Kevin Maier
Germany
Linebackers
  •  41 Sebastian Gauthier
Sweden
  •  43 Jhonattan Silva Gomez
Germany
  •  44 Mark Gorelik
Germany
  •  46 Precious Ogbevoen
Austria
  •  47 Joshua Sauren
Germany
  •  49 Long Hoang
Germany
  •  53 Daniel Josiah
Portugal
  •  56 Sebastian Silva Gomez
Germany
  •  57 Maximilian Krauss
Germany
  •  59 Rudolf Warkentin
Germany

Defensive backs

  •  10 Omari Williams
United States
  •  14 Joshua Poznanski
Germany
  •  18 Fernando Lowery
United States
  •  20 Steffen Olschok
Germany
  •  24 Robin Maier
Germany
  •  25 Benjamin Barnes
Germany
  •  26 Peter Devoe
Germany
  •  28 Simon Otto
Germany
  •  29 Marius Riepe
Germany
  •  30 Falk Reuter
Germany
  •  36 Myron De Vane
Germany


Reserve lists
  •  23 Desmond Cooper DB
United States
  •  40 Kadel King LB
United Kingdom
  •  97 Wayne Drew DL
United Kingdom


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 10 Sept 2021

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "Shake-up to inaugural ELF line-up announced; 3 new franchises enter, 2 exit". American Football International. 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  2. ^ "ELF European League of Football". www.europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  3. ^ "Ladies and gentlemen, the champion of the first season will be determined in Sportstadt Düsseldorf on the 26 September!" (in German). 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. ^ "European League of Football Championship Game". ticketmaster. EFL. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.