2021 Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) season
Head coachGermany Thomas Kösling
Home fieldPSD Bank Arena
Results
Record9–1
Playoff finishwon Semifinal vs. Cologne Centurions 36–6
won Championship Game vs. Hamburg Sea Devils 32–30
Uniform

The 2021 Frankfurt Galaxy season was the first season of the new Frankfurt Galaxy team in the inaugural season of the European League of Football.[1][2] After losing the season opener to the Hamburg Sea Devils on a last second Phillip Friis Andersen Field Goal, the team proceeded to win all remaining games, to win their ELF South Division, beating the Cologne Centurions in the playoffs and ultimately winning the inaugural Championship Game at Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf against the Hamburg Sea Devils on September 26, 2021.

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team GP W L PF PA Div Qualification
1Germany Frankfurt Galaxy10913571326–0Advance to playoffs
2Germany Cologne Centurions10553103653–3
3Spain Barcelona Dragons10372372772–4
4Germany Stuttgart Surge10281573551–5

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 1] Recap
1 June 20 15:00 at Hamburg Sea Devils L 15–17 0–1 Stadion Hoheluft ProSieben Maxx Recap
2 June 27 15:00 at Stuttgart Surge W 42–20 1–1 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau More Than Sports TV Recap
3 July 4 15:00 Wrocław Panthers W 22–13 2–1 PSD Bank Arena ProSieben Maxx Recap
4 July 11 15:00 at Cologne Centurions W 41–20 3–1 Südstadion More Than Sports TV Recap
5 July 17 18:00 Barcelona Dragons W 42–22 4–1 PSD Bank Arena ran.de, Esport3 Recap
6 August 1 15:00 Stuttgart Surge W 57–3 5–1 PSD Bank Arena ran.de Recap
7 August 8 15:00 Hamburg Sea Devils W 35–9 6–1 PSD Bank Arena ProSieben Maxx Recap
8 August 15 15:00 at Wrocław Panthers W 36–7 7–1 Olympic Stadium ProSieben Maxx Recap
9 August 28 19:00 at Barcelona Dragons W 22–14 8–1 Estadi Municipal ran.de, Esport3 Recap
10 September 5 15:00 Cologne Centurions W 45–7 9–1 PSD Bank Arena ran.de Recap

Source: europeanleague.football

Playoffs

Division Finals Championship Game
      
N1 Germany Hamburg Sea Devils 30
N2 Poland Wrocław Panthers 27
Germany Hamburg Sea Devils 30
Germany Frankfurt Galaxy 32
S1 Germany Frankfurt Galaxy 36
S2 Germany Cologne Centurions 6

Divisional playoffs

South: Frankfurt Galaxy 36, Cologne Centurions 3

Cologne Centurions vs. Frankfurt Galaxy
Period 1 2 34Total
Centurions 0 0 033
Galaxy 14 13 6336

at PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

  • Date: 11 September 2021
  • Game time: 14:45 CET
  • Game attendance: 2,000
  • Referee: K. Walentynow
  • Game Book

North: Hamburg Sea Devils 30, Wrocław Panthers 27

Wrocław Panthers vs. Hamburg Sea Devils
Period 1 2 34Total
Panthers 7 7 01327
Sea Devils 14 0 31330

at Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg, Germany

  • Date: 12 September 2021
  • Game time: 14:45 CET
  • Game attendance: 2,200
  • Referee: Thomas Denker
  • Game Book

Championship Game

The inaugural Championship Game, between the North and South division champions, was played on September 26, at Merkur Spiel-Arena in Düsseldorf.[3] In a game in which the lead changed more than once, the impact of the kicking game could be felt, as Frankfurt, not confident enough of the quality of their placekicker, opted for two point conversions after every single Touchdown (only one out of five being successful) and not attempting a single Field Goal. Meanwhile Phillip Friis Andersen who had made 17 out of 18 attempts during the regular season (league best) and made every single Point after Touchdown attempt during the game missed a field goal attempt from 38 yards while the score was 30-26 in favor of Hamburg and another from 61 yards on the last play of the game for Hamburg.

Year North Division South Division Site Attendance MVP
2021 Hamburg Sea Devils30 Frankfurt Galaxy32 Merkur Spiel-ArenaGermany Düsseldorf[4] 22,000Jakeb Sullivan
Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Frankfurt Galaxy
Period 1 2 34Total
Sea Devils 7 10 10330
Galaxy 0 20 01232

at Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

  • Date: 26 September 2021
  • Game time: 14:45 CET
  • Game attendance: 22,000
  • Referee: M. Scholz
  • Game Book

Roster

Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  4 Lukas von Stumpfeldt Germany
  •  6 Moritz Johannknecht Germany
  •  7 Jakeb Sullivan United States

Running backs

  •  21 Gennadiy Adams Russia
  •  22 Gerald Ameln Germany
  •  27 Florian Schneikert Germany
  •  33 Justin Rodney Germany
  •  45 Max Schmidt FB/HB Germany

Wide receivers

  •  11 Anthony Mahoungou France
  •  13 Marvin Rutsch Germany
  •  15 Max Siemssen Germany
  •  17 Nico Schön Germany
  •  19 Nico Strahmann Germany
  •  42 Max Ebsen Germany
  •  81 Noah Bomba Germany
  •  82 Hendrik Schwarz Germany
  •  83 Luca Sack Germany
  •  84 Cheikhou Sow France
  •  85 Markus Hachenberg Germany
  •  86 Lorenz Regler Germany

Tight ends

  •  87 Kevin Mwamba France
Offensive linemen
  •  52 Darnell Minton Germany
  •  58 Pascal Abt Germany
  •  61 Lars Hampel Germany
  •  62 Lucas Hebel Germany
  •  70 Moritz Schmidt Germany
  •  71 Frank Atunlese Germany
  •  72 Marko Vidovic Croatia
  •  73 Jan-Hendrik Hoffmeyer Germany
  •  74 Sven Fischer Germany
  •  75 Joachim Christensen Denmark
  •  76 Nils Hampel Germany
  •  77 Yannic Kiehl Germany

Defensive linemen

  •  55 Ville Valasti Finland
  •  63 Nicolas Werle Germany
  •  68 Joachim Bachmann Germany
  •  90 Marc Anthony Hor Germany
  •  92 Milan Mišić Germany
  •  94 Cedric Udegbe Germany
  •  95 Mete Konya Germany
  •  96 Mamadou Sy France
  •  98 Maximilian Loetz Germany
  •  99 Kevin Maier Germany
Linebackers
  •  41 Sebastian Gauthier Sweden
  •  43 Jhonattan Silva Gomez Germany
  •  44 Mark Gorelik Germany
  •  46 Precious Ogbevoen Austria
  •  47 Joshua Sauren Germany
  •  49 Long Hoang Germany
  •  53 Daniel Josiah Portugal
  •  56 Sebastian Silva Gomez Germany
  •  57 Maximilian Krauss Germany
  •  59 Rudolf Warkentin Germany

Defensive backs

  •  10 Omari Williams United States
  •  14 Joshua Poznanski Germany
  •  18 Fernando Lowery United States
  •  20 Steffen Olschok Germany
  •  24 Robin Maier Germany
  •  25 Benjamin Barnes Germany
  •  26 Peter Devoe Germany
  •  28 Simon Otto Germany
  •  29 Marius Riepe Germany
  •  30 Falk Reuter Germany
  •  36 Myron De Vane Germany


Reserve lists
  •  23 Desmond Cooper DB United States
  •  40 Kadel King LB United Kingdom
  •  97 Wayne Drew DL United Kingdom


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 10 Sept 2021

Notes

  1. All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

References

  1. "Shake-up to inaugural ELF line-up announced; 3 new franchises enter, 2 exit". American Football International. 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  2. "ELF European League of Football". www.europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  3. "Ladies and gentlemen, the champion of the first season will be determined in Sportstadt Düsseldorf on the 26 September!" (in German). 23 April 2021. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  4. "European League of Football Championship Game". ticketmaster. EFL. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
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