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The European League of Football (ELF) is a professional American football league based in Europe, continuing some team names of the former NFL Europe. The ELF played its first season in 2021, and has 16 teams as of the 2025 season. Teams are located in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Spain, and Switzerland with plans to expand.
| Team | City | Stadium(s) | Capacity | Joined | Head coach |
| North Division | |||||
| Berlin Thunder | Berlin | Preussenstadion | 3,000 | 2021 | Jag Bal |
| Hamburg Sea Devils | Hamburg | Stadion Hoheluft | 11,000 | 2021 | Lee Rowland |
| Nordic Storm | Copenhagen/Søborg | Gladsaxe Stadium | 13,800 | 2025 | John Shoop |
| Rhein Fire | Düsseldorf/Duisburg | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | 31,514 | 2022 | Richard Kent |
| West Division | |||||
| Cologne Centurions | Cologne | Südstadion | 11,748 | 2021 | Javan Lenhardt |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | Frankfurt | PSD Bank Arena | 12,542 | 2021 | Bart Andrus |
| Paris Musketeers | Paris/Bondoufle | Stade Robert Bobin | 18,850 | 2023 | Jack Del Rio |
| Stuttgart Surge | Stuttgart | Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau | 11,410 | 2021 | Jordan Neuman |
| South Division | |||||
| Helvetic Mercenaries | Zurich/Wil | Lidl Arena | 6,048 | 2024 | Marcus Herford |
| Madrid Bravos | Madrid | Estadio de Vallehermoso | 9,000 | 2024 | Andrew Weidinger |
| Munich Ravens | Unterhaching | Uhlsport Park | 15,053 | 2023 | Kendral Ellison |
| Raiders Tirol | Innsbruck | Tivoli Stadion Tirol | 16,008 | 2022 | Jim Herrmann |
| East Division | |||||
| Fehérvár Enthroners | Székesfehérvár | First Field | 03,500 | 2023 | Mark Ridgley |
| Prague Lions | Prague | FK Viktoria Stadion | 03,327 | 2023 | Dave Warner |
| Vienna Vikings | Vienna | Generali Arena | 15,000 | 2022 | Chris Calaycay |
| Hohe Warte Stadium | 05,000 | ||||
| Panthers Wrocław | Wrocław | Stadion Olimpijski | 11,000 | 2021 | Craig Kuligowski |
| Team | City | Joined | Final season | Fate |
| Istanbul Rams | Istanbul | 2022 | 2022 | Withdrew in December 2022; returned to the Turkish league |
| Leipzig Kings | Leipzig | 2021 | 2023 | License withdrawn amid the 2023 season after failing to meet the league financial obligations |
| Helvetic Guards | Zürich/Wil | 2023 | 2023 | Withdrew in April 2024, replaced by Helvetic Mercenaries |
| Barcelona Dragons | Barcelona | 2021 | 2024 | Dropped out in December 2024 |
| Milano Seamen | Milan | 2023 | 2024 | On hiatus for 2025; not return in 2026 |
| Fehérvár Enthroners | Székesfehérvár | 2023 | 2025 | Withdrew in September 2025 for coming back to the AFL |
| Rhein Fire | Düsseldorf/Duisburg | 2022 | 2025 | Withdrew in December 2025 for going to The League Europe |
| Panthers Wrocław | Wrocław | 2021 | 2025 | Withdrew in December 2025 for going to The League Europe |
| Berlin Thunder | Berlin | 2021 | 2025 | Withdrew in December 2025 for going to The League Europe |
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Year(s) won | Year(s) runner-up |
| Rhein Fire | 2 | 0 | 2023, 2024 | – |
| Vienna Vikings | 1 | 2 | 2022 | 2024, 2025 |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 1 | 0 | 2021 | – |
| Stuttgart Surge | 1 | 1 | 2025 | 2023 |
| Hamburg Sea Devils | 0 | 2 | – | 2021, 2022 |
| No. | Year | Team 1 | Team 2 | Venue | City | Attendance | MVP | ||
| I | 2021 | Hamburg Sea Devils | 30 | Frankfurt Galaxy | 32 | Merkur Spiel-Arena | Düsseldorf, Germany | 22,000 | Jakeb Sullivan (QB, Frankfurt Galaxy) |
| II | 2022 | Hamburg Sea Devils | 15 | Vienna Vikings | 27 | Wörthersee Stadion | Klagenfurt, Austria | 14,566 | Kimi Linnainmaa (WR, Vienna Vikings) |
| III | 2023 | Rhein Fire | 53 | Stuttgart Surge | 34 | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | Duisburg, Germany | 31,500 | Jadrian Clark (QB, Rhein Fire) |
| IV | 2024 | Vienna Vikings | 20 | Rhein Fire | 51 | Veltins-Arena | Gelsenkirchen, Germany | 41,364 | Jadrian Clark (QB, Rhein Fire) |
| V | 2025 | Vienna Vikings | 17 | Stuttgart Surge | 24 | MHPArena | Stuttgart, Germany | 36,784 | Louis Geyer (WR, Stuttgart Surge) |
| Year | Home | Away | Venue | City | Attendance | ||
| 2021 | ELF All Stars | 26 | United States Federation of American Football | 8 | Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark | Berlin, Germany | 300 |
| Team | SP | Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||
| GP | W | L | PCT | Q | WC | SF | CG | |||
| 1 | Vienna Vikings | 4 | 47 | 44 | 3 | 936 | 4 | 3–1 | 1–2 | |
| 2 | Rhein Fire | 4 | 48 | 38 | 10 | 792 | 3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Frankfurt Galaxy | 5 | 58 | 37 | 21 | 638 | 2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 4 | Stuttgart Surge | 5 | 58 | 33 | 25 | 569 | 3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| 5 | Raiders Tirol | 4 | 48 | 30 | 18 | 625 | 1 | 0–1 | ||
| 6 | Panthers Wroclaw | 5 | 57 | 29 | 28 | 509 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| 7 | Hamburg Sea Devils | 5 | 58 | 27 | 31 | 466 | 2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |
| 8 | Munich Ravens | 3 | 36 | 27 | 9 | 750 | 2 | 0–1 | 0-1 | |
| 9 | Berlin Thunder | 5 | 57 | 25 | 32 | 439 | 1 | 0–1 | ||
| 10 | Paris Musketeers | 3 | 36 | 23 | 13 | 639 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| 11 | Madrid Bravos | 2 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 667 | 2 | 0–2 | ||
| 12 | Cologne Centurions | 5 | 56 | 16 | 40 | 286 | 1 | 0–1 | ||
| 13 | Barcelona Dragons | 4 | 46 | 15 | 31 | 326 | 1 | 0–1 | ||
| 14 | Leipzig Kings | 3 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 407 | ||||
| 15 | Nordic Storm | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 833 | 1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| 16 | Prague Lions | 3 | 34 | 8 | 26 | 235 | ||||
| 17 | Milano Seamen | 2 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 250 | ||||
| 18 | Fehérvár Enthroners | 3 | 34 | 4 | 30 | 118 | ||||
| 19 | Helvetic Guards | 1 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 250 | ||||
| 20 | Istanbul Rams | 1 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 083 | ||||
| 21 | Helvetic Mercenaries | 2 | 24 | 1 | 23 | 042 | ||||
| Season | Total gate | Games | Average | Change | High avg. | Team | Low avg. | Team |
| 2021 | 94,704 | 43 | 2,310 | 3,600 | Panthers Wrocław | 914 | Berlin Thunder | |
| 2022 | 249,015 | 75 | 3,327 | +44.0% | 8,144 | Rhein Fire | 435 | Istanbul Rams |
| 2023 | 428,631 | 99 | 4,330 | +33.2% | 9,814 | Rhein Fire | 952 | Prague Lions |
| 2024 | 474,103 | 107 | 4,431 | +2.3% | 10,786 | Rhein Fire | 638 | Prague Lions |
| 2025 | 353,647 | 100 | 3,536 | −20.2% | 10,205 | Rhein Fire | 644 | Berlin Thunder |
| Season | mw- BAR | BER | COL | FEH | FRA | HAM | HVG | HVM | IST | LEI | MAD | MIL | MUN | NOR | PAR | PRA | RHE | STU | TIR | VIE | WRO |
| 2021 | 1,163 | 931 | 1,243 | 2,100 | 1,744 | 2,072 | 1,429 | 3,600 | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | 1,025 | 3,583 | 1,843 | 5,008 | 3,520 | 435 | 2,600 | 8,144 | 2,084 | 3,692 | 3,085 | 2,344 | |||||||||
| 2023 | 1,081 | 4,566 | 2,773 | 1,700 | 6,437 | 8,164 | 2,260 | 2,357 | 1,100 | 5,009 | 3,867 | 952 | 9,814 | 3,939 | 3,904 | 4,915 | 2,550 | ||||
| 2024 | 918 | 3,456 | 2,735 | 1,550 | 7,098 | 9,277 | 1,028 | 1,393 | 740 | 5,035 | 3,389 | 638 | 10,786 | 4,419 | 3,370 | 6,064 | 5,992 | ||||
| 2025 | 644 | 770 | 1,083 | 7,251 | 2,377 | 1,541 | 3,145 | 3,450 | 2,134 | 1,834 | 950 | 10,205 | 3,037 | 3,410 | 6,323 | 2,345 |