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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 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.

Team City Stadium Capacity Head Coach Record 2024
North Division
Berlin Thunder Germany Berlin [1] United States Dean Cokinos 5–7
Hamburg Sea Devils Germany Hamburg Stadion Hoheluft (5 games)
Volksparkstadion (1 game) 		8.000
57.000 		Germany Shuan Fatah[2] 2–10
Nordic Storm Denmark Copenhagen Gladsaxe Stadion 13.507 United States John Shoop ­­­- new -
Rhein Fire Germany Düsseldorf Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg (5 games)
Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf (1 game)[3] 		31.500
54.600 		United States Jim Tomsula 11–1, Champion
East Division
Fehérvár Enthroners Hungary Székesfehérvár First Field 4.000 United States Mark Ridgley 2–10
Panthers Wrocław Poland Breslau Stadion Olimpijski
Tarczyński Arena 		11.000
45.105 		 United States Craig Kuligowski[4] 6–6
Prague Lions Czech Republic Prague Atletický stadion Slavia Praha 3.000 United States Dave Warner[5] 1-11
Vienna Vikings Austria Wien Ergo Arena, Wiener Neustadt
Generali Arena 		4.000
15.014 		United States Chris Calaycay 12–0, Final
South Division
Helvetic Mercenaries Switzerland Zurich Lidl Arena, Wil 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 Sportpark Unterhaching 15.053 United States Kendral Ellison 9–3, Wild Card
Raiders Tirol Austria Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 17.400 United States Jim Herrmann[6] 8–4
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[7] 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

References

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  1. ^ "Jahnstadion: Am 7. Oktober schlägt die Abrissbirne ein" (in German). 2024-09-24. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  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. ^ "Craig Kuligowski trenerem Panthers Wrocław w sezonie 2025" (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  5. ^ "Instagram". Retrieved 2024-09-21.
  6. ^ martin (2024-09-04). "RAIDERS Tirol verlängern mit Jim Herrmann". Football (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-12.
  7. ^ 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.
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