The 2024 ELF season was the fourth season of the European League of Football, a professional American football league based in Europe. Seventeen teams from nine countries participated. The season started on May 25, and concluded with the ELF Championship Game in the Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen, Germany on September 22, 2024. Incumbent champion Rhein Fire won the title again, beating Vienna Vikings 51-20.
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 ConferenceCologne Centurions CologneSüdstadion11,7482021 Gregg Brandon AachenTivoli31,026Frankfurt Galaxy FrankfurtPSD Bank Arena12,5422021 Thomas Kösling Offenbach am MainStadion am Bieberer Berg20,500Hamburg Sea Devils HamburgVolksparkstadion57,0002021 Matt Johnson BremenWohninvest Weserstadion42,100 HannoverEilenriedestadion2,500Heinz von Heiden Arena49,200 LübeckStadion Lohmühle17,849 ŠibenikStadion Šubićevac3,412Paris Musketeers Paris Stade Jean-Bouin20,0002023 Marc Mattioli ValenciennesStade du Hainaut25,172Rhein Fire Düsseldorf/DuisburgSchauinsland-Reisen-Arena31,5142022 Jim Tomsula OberhausenNiederrheinstadion17,165Madrid Bravos MadridEstadio de Vallehermoso 9,0002024 Rip Scherer Central ConferenceBarcelona Dragons Barcelona/BadalonaEstadi Municipal de Badalona4,170 2021 David SheltonHelvetic Mercenaries KriensSportzentrum Kleinfeld3,5002024 Val Gunn GrenchenStadion Brühl10,964Milano Seamen MilanVelodromo Maspes-Vigorelli7,5002023 Jim WardMunich Ravens UnterhachingUhlsport Park15,0532023 Kendral Ellison NurembergMax-Morlock-Stadion50,000Raiders Tirol InnsbruckTivoli Stadion Tirol16,0082022 Jim HerrmannStuttgart Surge StuttgartGazi-Stadion auf der Waldau11,4102021 Jordan Neuman ReutlingenStadion an der Kreuzeiche15,228 SinsheimPreZero Arena30,150 Eastern ConferenceBerlin Thunder BerlinFriedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark19,7082021 Johnny SchmuckFehérvár Enthroners SzékesfehérvárFirst Field3,5002023 Joseph AshfieldPanthers Wrocław WrocławStadion Olimpijski11,0002021 Dave ChristensenTarczyński Arena45,105Prague Lions PragueAtletický stadion SK Slavia Praha3,0002023 Dan DischStadion FK Viktoria Žižkov5,037 Ústí nad LabemMěstský stadion4,000Vienna Vikings ViennaGenerali Arena Vienna17,5002022 Chris Calaycay Wiener NeustadtWiener Neustadt Ergo Arena4,000
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 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 Tivoli 8,558 IC Hamburg Sea Devils 31 – 21 Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov 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 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 Stadion am Bieberer Berg 13,586 IC Féhervár Enthroners 10 – 35 Cologne Centurions Tivoli 1,608 Bye Helvetic Mercenaries
Week 3 Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV 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 Ref Sat, 15. June Western Rhein Fire 19 – 14 Paris Musketeers Stade Jean-Bouin 3,000 Western Madrid Bravos 35 – 24 Cologne Centurions 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 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 Atletický stadion SK Slavia Praha 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 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 Ergo 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 500 Sun, 30. June Central Helvetic Mercenaries 7 – 50 Stuttgart Surge Stadion an der Kreuzeiche 3,207 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 Ref Sat, 06. July IC Vienna Vikings 27 – 19 Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol 3,624 Central Munich Ravens 54 – 0 Barcelona Dragons Estadi Municipal de Badalona 750 Central Milano Seamen 10 – 16 Helvetic Mercenaries Sportzentrum Kleinfeld 753 Western Frankfurt Galaxy 15 – 46 Madrid Bravos Estadio de Vallehermoso 1,102 Sun, 07. July Eastern Berlin Thunder 47 – 0 Féhervár Enthroners First Field 1,200 Western Hamburg Sea Devils 18 – 41 Paris Musketeers Stade Jean-Bouin 3,500 Eastern Prague Lions 3 – 14 Wroclaw Panthers Stadion Olimpijski 4,447 Western Cologne Centurions 9 – 62 Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 13,097 Bye Stuttgart Surge
Week 8 Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Ref Sat, 13. July Eastern Féhervár Enthroners 38 – 6 Prague Lions Atletický stadion SK Slavia Praha 647 Western Cologne Centurions 35 – 28 Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena 5,594 IC Helvetic Mercenaries 40 – 49 Vienna Vikings Wiener Neustadt Ergo Arena 3,007 IC Madrid Bravos 54 – 0 Barcelona Dragons Estadi Municipal de Badalona 1,918 Sun, 14. July IC Berlin Thunder 27 – 35 Paris Musketeers Stade Jean-Bouin 3,200 Western Rhein Fire 61 – 23 Hamburg Sea Devils Volksparkstadion 25,366 Central Stuttgart Surge 30 – 25 Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol 3,112 Bye Milano Seamen, Munich Ravens, Wroclaw Panthers
Week 9 Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Ref Sat, 20. July IC Milano Seamen 17 – 27 Féhervár Enthroners First Field 1,800 Sun, 21. July Eastern Vienna Vikings 34 – 9 Berlin Thunder Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 3,740 Western Paris Musketeers 29 – 13 Madrid Bravos Estadio de Vallehermoso 983 IC Panthers Wroclaw 0 – 40 Stuttgart Surge Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 4,023 Central Helvetic Mercenaries 23 – 55 Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park 3,327 Western Frankfurt Galaxy 13 – 48 Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 13,473 Western Hamburg Sea Devils 25 – 32 Cologne Centurions Tivoli 2,198 Bye Barcelona Dragons, Raiders Tirol, Prague Lions
Week 10 Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Ref Sat, 27. July Eastern Féhervár Enthroners 12 – 62 Wroclaw Panthers Stadion Olimpijski 2,346 Eastern Prague Lions 23 – 62 Vienna Vikings Wiener Neustadt Ergo Arena 3,274 Central Stuttgart Surge 71 – 7 Barcelona Dragons Estadi Municipal de Badalona 684 Western Cologne Centurions 0 – 37 Madrid Bravos Estadio de Vallehermoso 954 Sun, 28. July Western Paris Musketeers 6 – 38 Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 10,324 Central Milano Seamen 30 – 69 Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park 3,617 Central Helvetic Mercenaries 28 – 42 Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol 2,721 Western Frankfurt Galaxy 40 – 23 Hamburg Sea Devils Heinz von Heiden Arena 8,348 Bye Berlin Thunder
Week 11 Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Ref Sat, 3. August IC Vienna Vikings 49 – 3 Helvetic Mercenaries Sportzentrum Kleinfeld 1,205 Western Hamburg Sea Devils 9 – 52 Madrid Bravos Estadio de Vallehermoso 1,304 Central Stuttgart Surge 51 – 18 Milano Seamen Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli 837 Sun, 04. August Western Frankfurt Galaxy 37 – 43 Cologne Centurions Südstadion 1,501 IC Paris Musketeers 40 – 37 Berlin Thunder Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 2,710 IC Munich Ravens 47 – 14 Prague Lions Atletický stadion SK Slavia Praha 419 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 Ref Sat, 10. August Eastern Prague Lions 9 – 6 Féhervár Enthroners First Field 1,600 Western Madrid Bravos 20 – 37 Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena 5,222 Sun, 11. August Central Raiders Tirol 45 – 42 Stuttgart Surge Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 4,028 Western Paris Musketeers 57 – 7 Cologne Centurions Südstadion 748 Central Barcelona Dragons 0 – 90 Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park 3,488 Eastern Panthers Wroclaw 34 – 36 Berlin Thunder Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 2,731 Western Hamburg Sea Devils 2 – 51 Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 10,734 Bye Milano Seamen, Helvetic Mercenaries, Vienna Vikings
Week 13