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2025 European League of Football season

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2025 ELF season
LeagueEuropean League of Football
SportAmerican football
DurationMay 17, 2025 – September 7, 2025
Number of games96 + 5 playoff games
Number of teams16
2025 Championship Game
DateSeptember 7, 2025
VenueMHPArena, Stuttgart
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 different countries will participate and will compete for the title at the Championship Game in the MHPArena Stuttgart, Germany on September 7, 2025.

Format

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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.

Teams

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Of the 17 teams from the 2024 season, 15 are competing in 2025, and are joined by one new expansion team: 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 will move from the Großes Stadion of Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark which is being demolished to the adjacent Kleines Stadion which will be expanded with temporary stands. The Helvetic Mercenaries are moving to the Lidl Arena in Wil where the Helvetic Guards played during their only season in 2023.

Team City Stadium Capacity Head Coach Record 2024
North Division
Berlin Thunder Germany Berlin Kleines Stadion, Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 5,000[A] United States Dean Cokinos 5–7
Hamburg Sea Devils Germany Hamburg Stadion Hoheluft (5 games) 8,000 Germany Shuan Fatah[2] 2–10
Volksparkstadion (1 game) 57,000
Nordic Storm Denmark Copenhagen/Søborg Gladsaxe Stadion 13,507 United States John Shoop ­­­- new -
Rhein Fire Germany Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena (5 games) 31,500 United States Jim Tomsula 11–1, Champion
Germany Düsseldorf Merkur Spiel-Arena (1 game)[3] 54,600
West Division
Cologne Centurions Germany Cologne Südstadion 11,748 6–6
Frankfurt Galaxy Germany Frankfurt am Main PSD Bank Arena 12,542 United States Bart Andrus[4] 4–8
Paris Musketeers France Paris Stade Jean-Bouin 20,000 10–2, Semifinal
Stuttgart Surge Germany Stuttgart Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 11,408 United States Jordan Neuman 11–1, Semifinal
South Division
Helvetic Mercenaries Switzerland Zurich/Wil Lidl Arena 6,000 United States Marcus Herford 1–11
Madrid Bravos Spain Madrid Estadio Vallehermoso 10,000 United States Andrew Weidinger 8–4, Wild Card
Munich Ravens Germany Munich/Unterhaching Uhlsport Park 15,053 United States Kendral Ellison 9–3, Wild Card
Raiders Tirol Austria Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 17,400 United States Jim Herrmann[5] 8–4
East Division
Fehérvár Enthroners Hungary Székesfehérvár First Field 4,000 United States Mark Ridgley 2–10
Prague Lions Czech Republic Prague Atletický stadion SK Slavia Praha 3,000 United States Dave Warner[6] 1-11
Vienna Vikings Austria Wiener Neustadt Ergo Arena 4,000 United States Chris Calaycay 12–0, Final
Austria Vienna Generali Arena 15,014
Panthers Wrocław Poland Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski 11,000 United States Craig Kuligowski[7] 6–6
Tarczyński Arena 45,105
  1. ^ After planned expansion with temporary stands.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Christian Hönicke (18 December 2024). "Neues Stadion im Herzen Berlins: Temporäre American-Football-Arena für tausende Fans geplant". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  2. ^ "Shuan Fatah wird Sea Devils Head Coach". Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  3. ^ Stefan Janssen (2023-03-29). "European League of Football: Rhein Fire trägt bald Spiele in Düsseldorfer Arena aus" (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-26.
  4. ^ sportschau.de. "Ex-NFL-Coach Bart Andrus übernimmt : ELF: Ex-NFL-Coach Bart Andrus wird neuer Chef-Trainer von Frankfurt Galaxy" (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  5. ^ martin (2024-09-04). "RAIDERS Tirol verlängern mit Jim Herrmann". Football (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  6. ^ "Instagram". Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  7. ^ "Craig Kuligowski trenerem Panthers Wrocław w sezonie 2025" (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-12.
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