| 2025 ELF season | |
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| League | European League of Football |
| Sport | American football |
| Duration | May 17, 2025 – September 7, 2025 |
| Number of games | 96 + 5 playoff games |
| Number of teams | 16 |
| 2025 Championship Game | |
| Date | September 7, 2025 |
| Venue | MHPArena, Stuttgart |
| Seasons | |
| ← 20242026 → | |
The 2025 ELF season is the fifth season of the European League of Football, a professional American football league based in Europe. Sixteen teams from nine different countries will participate. The season starts on May 17, 2025, and will conclude with the ELF Championship Game in the MHPArena Stuttgart, Germany on September 7, 2025.
Format
The 16 teams are divided into four divisions of 4 teams. Each team plays 12 games during the regular season, six in the division and two games versus one from each other division.
Teams
Thunder
GalaxySea DevilsSurgeCenturions
PanthersVikings
RaidersFireEnthronersMercenariesRavensLionsMusketeersStormBravos2025 European League of Football season (Europe)
Locations of teams competing in the 2025 ELF season.- North Division
- West Division
- South Division
- East Division
Of the 17 teams from the 2024 season, 15 are competing in 2025, and are joined by one new expansion team: Nordic Storm. Teams not returning for the new season are the Barcelona Dragons, and the Milano Seamen, the latter on hiatus with plans to return to the league in 2026.
Berlin Thunder will move from the Großes Stadion of Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark which is being demolished to the adjacent Kleines Stadion which will be expanded with temporary stands. The Helvetic Mercenaries are moving to the Lidl Arena in Wil where the Helvetic Guards played during their only season in 2023. The Hamburg Sea Devils will return to Stadion Hoheluft, after playing home games in different stadiums all over Northern Germany.
- After planned expansion with temporary stands.
References
- Christian Hönicke (18 December 2024). "Neues Stadion im Herzen Berlins: Temporäre American-Football-Arena für tausende Fans geplant". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- "Shuan Fatah wird Sea Devils Head Coach". Retrieved 2024-09-21.
- Stefan Janssen (2023-03-29). "European League of Football: Rhein Fire trägt bald Spiele in Düsseldorfer Arena aus" (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- sportschau.de. "Ex-NFL-Coach Bart Andrus übernimmt : ELF: Ex-NFL-Coach Bart Andrus wird neuer Chef-Trainer von Frankfurt Galaxy" (in German). Retrieved 2024-10-27.
- martin (2024-09-04). "RAIDERS Tirol verlängern mit Jim Herrmann". Football (in German). Retrieved 2024-09-12.
- "Instagram". Retrieved 2024-09-21.
- "Craig Kuligowski trenerem Panthers Wrocław w sezonie 2025" (in Polish). Retrieved 2024-09-12.
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