2024 European League of Football season

2024 ELF season
League	European League of Football
Sport	American football
Duration	May 25, 2024 – September 22, 2024
Number of teams	17
Average attendance	4,095 4.6%
2024 Championship Game
Date	September 22, 2024
Venue	Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen

The 2024 ELF season is the upcoming fourth season of the European League of Football, a professional American football league based in Europe. Seventeen teams from nine different countries will participate and will compete for the title at the Championship Game in the Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen, Germany on September 22, 2024.

Dragons

Thunder

Galaxy

Sea Devils

Surge

Centurions

Panthers

Vikings

Raiders

Fire

Enthroners

Seamen

Mercenaries

Ravens

Lions

Musketeers

Bravos

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Location of ELF teams

• Western Conference
• Central Conference
• Eastern Conference

Format

The teams are divided into three conferences of 5 or 6 teams. Each team plays 12 games during the regular season. The winner of each conference, as well as the next best 3 teams, regardless of conference, qualify for the playoffs.

Teams

Of the 17 teams from the 2023 season, 15 are competing in 2024, and are joined by one new expansion team: Madrid Bravos. Teams not returning for the new season are the Leipzig Kings and the Helvetic Guards, the latter replaced by a new Swiss team, the Helvetic Mercenaries.

Team	City	Stadium(s)	Capacity	Joined	Head coach
Western Conference
Cologne Centurions	Cologne	Südstadion	11,748	2021	Gregg Brandon
	Aachen	New Tivoli	31,026
Frankfurt Galaxy	Frankfurt	PSD Bank Arena	12,542	2021	Thomas Kösling
	Offenbach am Main	Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion	20,500
Hamburg Sea Devils	Hamburg	Volksparkstadion	57,000	2021	Matt Johnson
	Bremen	Wohninvest Weserstadion	42,100
	Hannover	Heinz von Heiden Arena	49,200
	Lübeck	Stadion Lohmühle	17,849
	Šibenik	Stadion Šubićevac	3,412
Paris Musketeers	Paris	Stade Jean-Bouin	20,000	2023	Marc Mattioli
Rhein Fire	Düsseldorf/Duisburg	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	31,514	2022	Jim Tomsula
	Oberhausen	Niederrheinstadion	17,165
Madrid Bravos	Madrid	Estadio de Vallehermoso	9,000	2024	Rip Scherer
Central Conference
Barcelona Dragons	Barcelona/Badalona	Estadi Municipal de Badalona	4,170	2021	David Shelton
Helvetic Mercenaries	Kriens	Sportzentrum Kleinfeld	3,500	2024	Val Gunn
	Grenchen	Stadion Brühl	10,964
Milano Seamen	Milan	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli	7,500	2023	Jim Ward
Munich Ravens	Unterhaching	Uhlsport Park	15,053	2023	Kendral Ellison
	Nuremberg	Max-Morlock-Stadion	50,000
Raiders Tirol	Innsbruck	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	16,008	2022	Jim Herrmann
Stuttgart Surge	Stuttgart	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	11,410	2021	Jordan Neuman
	Reutlingen	Stadion an der Kreuzeiche	15,228
	Sinsheim	PreZero Arena	30,150
Eastern Conference
Berlin Thunder	Berlin	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	19,708	2021	Johnny Schmuck
Fehérvár Enthroners	Székesfehérvár	First Field	3,500	2023	Joseph Ashfield
Panthers Wrocław	Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski	11,000	2021	Dave Christensen
		Tarczyński Arena	45,105
Prague Lions	Prague	eFotbal Arena	5,037	2023	Dan Disch
	Ústí nad Labem	Městský stadion	4,000
Vienna Vikings	Vienna	Generali Arena Vienna	17,500	2022	Chris Calaycay
	Wiener Neustadt	Wiener Neustadt Arena	4,000

Regular season

Schedule

The schedule for the 2024 season was released on January 16, 2024 without any specific times and venues.

Week 1

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 25. May	Eastern	Vienna Vikings	43 – 18	Féhervár Enthroners	First Field	1,500
	Central	Barcelona Dragons	23 – 19	Helvetic Mercenaries	Stadion Brühl	1,250
	Central	Raiders Tirol	32 – 0	Milano Seamen	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli	800
Sun, 26. May	Eastern	Berlin Thunder	39 – 49	Wroclaw Panthers	Tarczyński Arena	15,128
	Western	Rhein Fire	42 – 12	Cologne Centurions	New Tivoli	8,558
	IC	Hamburg Sea Devils	31 – 21	Prague Lions	FK Viktoria Stadion	1,075
	Central	Munich Ravens	5 – 27	Stuttgart Surge	PreZero Arena	8,432
Bye		Frankfurt Galaxy, Madrid Bravos, Paris Musketeers

Week 2

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 1. June	IC	Stuttgart Surge	44 – 34	Wroclaw Panthers	Stadion Olimpijski	4,324
	IC	Raiders Tirol	6 – 27	Vienna Vikings	Generali Arena Vienna	10,919
	Central	Munich Ravens	47 – 7	Milano Seamen	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli	650
	IC	Barcelona Dragons	12 – 42	Madrid Bravos	Estadio de Vallehermoso	2,071
Sun, 2. June	Eastern	Prague Lions	17 – 48	Berlin Thunder	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	3,758
	Western	Paris Musketeers	41 – 14	Hamburg Sea Devils	Wohninvest Weserstadion	13,834
	Western	Rhein Fire	31 – 20	Frankfurt Galaxy	Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion	13,586
	IC	Féhervár Enthroners	10 – 35	Cologne Centurions	New Tivoli	1,608
Bye		Helvetic Mercenaries

Week 3

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 8. June	Western	Madrid Bravos	22 – 10	Rhein Fire	Niederrheinstadion	8,146
	Central	Raiders Tirol	63 – 7	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Badalona	1,122
	Central	Helvetic Mercenaries	7 – 14	Milano Seamen	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli	1,000
Sun, 9. June	Eastern	Féhervár Enthroners	3 – 43	Berlin Thunder	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	3,038
	Eastern	Vienna Vikings	16 – 13	Wroclaw Panthers	Stadion Olimpijski	4,658
	Western	Frankfurt Galaxy	22 – 25	Paris Musketeers	Stade Jean-Bouin	4,523
	IC	Prague Lions	7 – 51	Munich Ravens	Uhlsport Park	3,944
Bye		Cologne Centurions, Hamburg Sea Devils, Stuttgart Surge

Week 4

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 15. June	Western	Rhein Fire	19 – 14	Paris Musketeers	Stade Jean-Bouin	3,000
	Western	Madrid Bravos	35 – 24	Cologne Centurions	New Tivoli	1,798
	Eastern	Berlin Thunder	20 – 25	Vienna Vikings	Generali Arena Vienna	9,014
	Central	Helvetic Mercenaries	12 – 14	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Badalona	500
Sun, 16. June	IC	Wroclaw Panthers	10 – 20	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena	5,297
	Central	Milano Seamen	9 – 55	Stuttgart Surge	Stadion an der Kreuzeiche	2,970
	Central	Munich Ravens	26 – 29	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	4,011
	IC	Prague Lions	17 – 27	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Lohmühle	3,104
Bye		Féhervár Enthroners

Week 5

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 22. June	Central	Milano Seamen	27 – 18	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Badalona	550
	Central	Raiders Tirol	33 – 10	Helvetic Mercenaries	Sportzentrum Kleinfeld	1,000
	Central	Stuttgart Surge	38 – 22	Munich Ravens	Max-Morlock-Stadion	10,822
Sun, 23. June	Eastern	Vienna Vikings	42 – 3	Prague Lions	eFotbal Arena	752
	Eastern	Wroclaw Panthers	44 – 12	Féhervár Enthroners	First Field	2,000
	IC	Rhein Fire	27 – 24	Berlin Thunder	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	4,759
Bye		Cologne Centurions, Frankfurt Galaxy, Hamburg Sea Devils, Madrid Bravos, Paris Musketeers

Week 6

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 29. June	Central	Barcelona Dragons	0 – 32	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	2,939
	Eastern	Wroclaw Panthers	25 – 37	Vienna Vikings	Wiener Neustadt Arena	2,795
	Western	Rhein Fire	40 – 15	Madrid Bravos	Estadio de Vallehermoso	1,946
	IC	Féhervár Enthroners	14 – 19	Milano Seamen	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli
Sun, 30. June	Central	Helvetic Mercenaries	7 – 50	Stuttgart Surge	Stadion an der Kreuzeiche
	Western	Cologne Centurions	25 – 60	Paris Musketeers	Stade Jean-Bouin	3,500
	Eastern	Berlin Thunder	34 – 7	Prague Lions	Městský stadion	467
	Western	Hamburg Sea Devils	18 – 24	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena	5,862
Bye		Munich Ravens

Week 7

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 06. July	IC	Vienna Vikings	–	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol
	Central	Munich Ravens	–	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Badalona
	Central	Milano Seamen	–	Helvetic Mercenaries
	Western	Frankfurt Galaxy	–	Madrid Bravos
Sun, 07. July	Eastern	Berlin Thunder	–	Féhervár Enthroners	First Field
	Western	Hamburg Sea Devils	–	Paris Musketeers	Stade Jean-Bouin
	Eastern	Prague Lions	–	Wroclaw Panthers	Stadion Olimpijski
	Western	Cologne Centurions	–	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Bye		Stuttgart Surge

Week 8

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 13. July	Eastern	Féhervár Enthroners	–	Prague Lions
	Western	Cologne Centurions	–	Frankfurt Galaxy
	IC	Helvetic Mercenaries	–	Vienna Vikings
	IC	Madrid Bravos	–	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Badalona
Sun, 14. July	IC	Berlin Thunder	–	Paris Musketeers	Stade Jean-Bouin
	Western	Rhein Fire	–	Hamburg Sea Devils	Volksparkstadion
	Central	Stuttgart Surge	–	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Bye		Milano Seamen, Munich Ravens, Wroclaw Panthers

Week 9

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 20. July	IC	Milano Seamen	–	Féhervár Enthroners	First Field
	Western	Paris Musketeers	–	Madrid Bravos
Sun, 21. July	Eastern	Vienna Vikings	–	Berlin Thunder
	IC	Panthers Wroclaw	–	Stuttgart Surge
	Central	Helvetic Mercenaries	–	Munich Ravens	Uhlsport Park
	Western	Frankfurt Galaxy	–	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
	Western	Hamburg Sea Devils	–	Cologne Centurions	New Tivoli
Bye		Barcelona Dragons, Raiders Tirol, Prague Lions

Week 10

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 27. July	Eastern	Féhervár Enthroners	–	Wroclaw Panthers
	Eastern	Prague Lions	–	Vienna Vikings
	Central	Stuttgart Surge	–	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Badalona
	Western	Cologne Centurions	–	Madrid Bravos
Sun, 28. July	Western	Paris Musketeers	–	Rhein Fire
	Central	Milano Seamen	–	Munich Ravens
	Central	Helvetic Mercenaries	–	Raiders Tirol
	Western	Frankfurt Galaxy	–	Hamburg Sea Devils
Bye		Berlin Thunder

Week 11

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 3. August	IC	Vienna Vikings	–	Helvetic Mercenaries
	Western	Hamburg Sea Devils	–	Madrid Bravos
	Central	Stuttgart Surge	–	Milano Seamen
Sun, 04. August	Western	Frankfurt Galaxy	–	Cologne Centurions
	IC	Paris Musketeers	–	Berlin Thunder
	IC	Munich Ravens	–	Prague Lions
Bye		Rhein Fire, Raiders Tirol, Barcelona Dragons, Féhervár Enthroners, Panthers Wroclaw

Week 12

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 10. August	Eastern	Prague Lions	–	Féhervár Enthroners
	Western	Madrid Bravos	–	Frankfurt Galaxy
Sun, 11. August	Central	Raiders Tirol	–	Stuttgart Surge
	Western	Paris Musketeers	–	Cologne Centurions
	Central	Barcelona Dragons	–	Munich Ravens
	Eastern	Panthers Wroclaw	–	Berlin Thunder
	Western	Hamburg Sea Devils	–	Rhein Fire
Bye		Milano Seamen, Helvetic Mercenaries, Vienna Vikings

Week 13

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 17. August	Western	Madrid Bravos	–	Paris Musketeers	Stade Jean-Bouin
	Central	Milano Seamen	–	Raiders Tirol
	Eastern	Féhervár Enthroners	–	Vienna Vikings
	Central	Munich Ravens	–	Helvetic Mercenaries
Sun, 18. August	IC	Frankfurt Galaxy	–	Wroclaw Panthers
	Central	Barcelona Dragons	–	Stuttgart Surge
	Western	Cologne Centurions	–	Hamburg Sea Devils
	Western	Berlin Thunder	–	Rhein Fire
Bye		Prague Lions

Week 14

Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 24. August	IC	Cologne Centurions	–	Féhervár Enthroners	First Field
	Western	Madrid Bravos	–	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Šubićevac
	Central	Stuttgart Surge	–	Helvetic Mercenaries
	Central	Barcelona Dragons	–	Milano Seamen	Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli
Sun, 25. August	Western	Paris Musketeers	–	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena
	Eastern	Wroclaw Panthers	–	Prague Lions
	Central	Raiders Tirol	–	Munich Ravens	Uhlsport Park
Bye		Rhein Fire, Berlin Thunder, Vienna Vikings

Standings

Western Conference
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Rhein Fire	6	5	1	4–1	169	107	+62	W3	Automatic playoffs (#3)
2	Paris Musketeers	4	3	1	3–1	140	80	+60	W1	Advance to playoffs (#5)
3	Madrid Bravos	4	3	1	2–1	114	86	+28	L1	Advance to playoffs (#6)
4	Frankfurt Galaxy	4	2	2	1–2	86	84	+2	W2
5	Hamburg Sea Devils	4	2	2	0–2	90	103	-13	L1
6	Cologne Centurions	4	1	3	0–3	96	147	-51	L2

Source: europeanleague.football

Central Conference
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Stuttgart Surge	5	5	0	4–0	214	77	+137	W5	Automatic playoffs (#1)
2	Raiders Tirol	6	5	1	5–0	195	70	+125	W4	Advance to playoffs (#4)
3	Milano Seamen	6	3	3	2–3	76	173	-97	W2
4	Munich Ravens	5	2	3	1–3	151	108	+43	L2
5	Barcelona Dragons	6	2	4	2–3	74	195	-121	L2
6	Helvetic Mercenaries	5	0	5	0–5	55	134	-79	L5

Source: europeanleague.football

Eastern Conference
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Vienna Vikings	6	6	0	5–0	190	85	+105	W6	Automatic playoffs (#2)
2	Berlin Thunder	6	3	3	3–2	208	128	+80	W1
3	Panthers Wrocław	6	2	4	2–2	175	168	+7	L1
4	Fehérvár Enthroners	5	0	5	0–3	57	184	-127	L5
5	Prague Lions	6	0	6	0–3	72	233	-161	L6

Source: europeanleague.football

Overall standings
#	Team	Division	W	L	PCT	CONF	PD	STK
Conference leaders
1	Stuttgart Surge	Central	5	0	1.000	4–0	+137	W5
2	Vienna Vikings	East	6	0	1.000	5–0	+105	W6
3	Rhein Fire	West	5	1	.833	4–1	+62	W3
Wild cards
4	Raiders Tirol	Central	5	1	.833	5–0	+125	W4
5	Paris Musketeers	West	3	1	.750	3–1	+60	W1
6	Madrid Bravos	West	3	1	.750	2–1	+28	L1
Eliminated
7	Berlin Thunder	East	3	3	.500	3–2	+80	W1
8	Frankfurt Galaxy	West	2	2	.500	1–2	+2	W2
9	Hamburg Sea Devils	West	2	2	.500	0–2	-13	L1
10	Milano Seamen	Central	3	3	.500	2–3	-97	W2
11	Munich Ravens	Central	2	3	.400	1–3	+43	L2
12	Panthers Wrocław	East	2	4	.333	2–2	+7	L1
13	Barcelona Dragons	Central	2	4	.333	2–3	-121	L2
14	Cologne Centurions	West	1	3	.250	0–3	-51	L2
15	Helvetic Mercenaries	Central	0	5	.000	0–5	-79	L5
16	Fehérvár Enthroners	East	0	5	.000	0–3	-127	L5
17	Prague Lions	East	0	6	.000	0–3	-161	L6

C - Clinched conference title
Q - Clinched playoffs

In case ties inside and between the conferences have to be broken, the rules are:

1. Number of wins
2. Head-to-head matchup
3. Points difference in head-to-head matchups
4. Points scored at away games of head-to-head matchups
5. Total points difference
6. Total points scored
7. Point scored at away games
8. Coin toss performed by the Commissioner or a person (e.g., a prominent sportsmen) determined by the Commissioner

Play-offs

The wildcard games are played on August 31 and September 01, the semifinals on September 07 and 08, and the final being held on September 22, 2024 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Wildcard

Semifinals

Championship Game

Attendance

As of July 05, 2024

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Panthers Wrocław	24,110	15,128	4,324	8,037	+215.2%†
2	Vienna Vikings	22,728	10,919	2,795	7,576	+87.3%†
3	Frankfurt Galaxy	24,745	13,586	5,297	8,248	+23.9%†
4	Hamburg Sea Devils	16,938	13,834	3,104	8,469	+3.7%†
5	Munich Ravens	14,766	10,822	3,944	7,383	+47.4%†
6	Cologne Centurions	11,964	8,558	1,608	3,988	+43.7%†
7	Berlin Thunder	11,555	4,759	3,038	3,852	−15.6%†
8	Stuttgart Surge	11,402	8,432	2,970	5,701	+46.1%†
9	Rhein Fire	8,146	8,146	8,146	8,146	−16.9%†
10	Paris Musketeers	11,023	4,523	3,000	3,674	−9.1%†
11	Raiders Tirol	6,950	4,011	2,939	3,475	−11.0%†
12	Fehérvár Enthroners	3,500	2,000	1,500	1,750	−0.6%†
13	Milano Seamen	2,450	1,000	650	817	−25.7%†
14	Helvetic Mercenaries	2,250	1,250	1,000	1,125	n/a†
15	Barcelona Dragons	2,172	1,122	500	724	−33.0%†
16	Madrid Bravos	4,017	2,071	1,946	2,009	n/a†
17	Prague Lions	2,292	1,075	467	764	−4.1%†
	League total	171,974	15,128	467	4,095	+4.6%†

Source: [1]

Broadcasting

Selected games are available on free TV in most of the participating countries. For the Austrian and German market, the league's main broadcasting partner is ProSiebenSat.1 Media. In Germany ProSieben MAXX and their online-streaming service ran.de airs games on Saturday and Sunday. All games are also available worldwide on ELF Gamepass.

Region(s)	Broadcaster(s)
International	ELF Gamepass
Germany Austria Switzerland	ProSieben Maxx ranSport More Than Sports TV
France	beIN Sports

External links

• Official website of the European League of Football