2024 ELF season
LeagueEuropean League of Football
SportAmerican football
DurationMay 25, 2024 – September 22, 2024
Number of teams17
2024 Championship Game
DateSeptember 22, 2024
VenueVeltins-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.[1]

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

16 of the 17 teams from the 2023 season are competing in 2024, and are joined by one new expansion team: Madrid Bravos.[2] The only team not returning for the new season is the Leipzig Kings.[3] The expansion of the ELF will continue in 2025.[4]

Team City Stadium(s) Capacity Joined Head coach
Western Conference
Cologne Centurions Germany Cologne Südstadion 11,748 2021
Frankfurt Galaxy Germany Frankfurt PSD Bank Arena 12,542 2021 Germany Thomas Kösling
Hamburg Sea Devils Germany Hamburg Stadion Hoheluft 11,000 2021
Paris Musketeers France Paris Stade Jean Bouin 20,000 2023 United States Marc Mattioli
Rhein Fire Germany Düsseldorf/Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,514 2022 United States Jim Tomsula
Madrid Bravos Spain Madrid TBD 2024 United States Rip Scherer
Central Conference
Barcelona Dragons Spain Barcelona/Terrassa Estadi Olímpic de Terrassa 11,500 2021
Helvetic Guards Switzerland Zürich Lidl Areda Wil[5] 6,000 2023 United States Norm Chow
Milano Seamen Italy Milan Velodromo Vigorelli 7,500 2023 United States Jim Ward
Munich Ravens Germany Munich Sportpark Unterhaching 15,053 2023 United States Kendral Ellison
Raiders Tirol Austria Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 16,008 2022 United States Jim Herrmann
Stuttgart Surge Germany Stuttgart Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 11,410 2021 United States Jordan Neuman
Eastern Conference
Berlin Thunder Germany Berlin Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 19,708 2021 Germany Johnny Schmuck
Fehérvár Enthroners Hungary Székesfehérvár First Field 3,500 2023 United States Jaime Hill
Panthers Wrocław Poland Wrocław Wrocław Olympic Stadium 11,000 2021 United States Dave Christensen
Prague Lions Czech Republic Prague eFotbal Arena 5,037 2023 United States Dan Disch
Vienna Vikings Austria Vienna Generali Arena Vienna 17,500 2022 United States Chris Calaycay

References

  1. ↑ "Championship Game 2024 will take place in the VELTINS-Arena in Gelsenkirchen". European League of Football. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ↑ Muñoz Fernández, Eugenio (4 October 2023). "Los Madrid Bravos: la nueva dimensión del fútbol americano en España". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ↑ Anderson, Carter (3 October 2023). "ELF will stay at 17 teams for 2024 season, Madrid Bravos in, Leipzig Kings out". American Football International. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  4. ↑ "The field of participants for the 2024 season of the European League of Football is set". European League of Football. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "LIDL Arena Wil announced as Homefield". helveticguards.ch. 2022-10-30.
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