2021 Leipzig Kings season

The 2021 Leipzig Kings season was the inaugural European League of Football season in Leipzig Kings history.[1][2][3]

2021 Leipzig Kings season
Head coachUnited States Fred Armstrong
Home fieldAlfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Results
Record5–5
Uniform

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team GP W L PF PA Div Qualification
1   Hamburg Sea Devils 10 7 3 274 178 4–2 Advance to playoffs
2   Wrocław Panthers 10 6 4 314 259 5–1
3   Leipzig Kings 10 5 5 295 320 3–3
4   Berlin Thunder 10 3 7 228 296 0–6

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

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Week Date Time (CET) Opponent Result Record Venue TV[A] Recap
1 June 20 15:00 at Berlin Thunder W 37–27 1–0 Amateurstadion Olympiapark More Than Sports TV Recap
2 June 26 18:00 at Wrocław Panthers L 28–54 1–1 Wrocław Olympic Stadium ran.de Recap
3 July 4 15:00 Cologne Centurions L 47–48 1–2 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Recap
4 July 11 15:00 at Stuttgart Surge L 24–27 1–3 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau ProSieben Maxx Recap
5 July 18 15:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 0–55 1–4 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Recap
6 August 1 15:00 Berlin Thunder W 37–24 2–4 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark ProSieben Maxx Recap
7 August 8 15:00 Stuttgart Surge W 49–23 3–4 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Recap
8 August 21 15:00 at Cologne Centurions W 24–42 4–4 Ostkampfbahn Recap
9 August 29 15:00 at Hamburg Sea Devils W 18–17 5–4 Stadion Hoheluft Recap
10 September 5 15:00 Wrocław Panthers L 13–21 5–5 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark

Source: europeanleague.football

Despite finishing with an identical 5–5 record as the Cologne Centurions and having scored more points in their two head-to-head games, Leipzig missed out on playoff participation, as the mode for the 2021 season guaranteed playoff spots to the top two teams of each division regardless of record.

Roster

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Leipzig Kings roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3 Michael Birdsong
 
  •  15 Tom Van Duijn
 

Running backs

  •  2 Jason Aguemon
 
  •  22 Raymond Sobowale
 
  •  23 Moritz Herzel
  •  24 Tony Kulok
  •  27 Luc Schneider

Wide receivers

  •  6 Timothy Knüttel
  •  8 Alpha Jalloh
 
 
  •  12 Jaleel Awini
 
  •  80 Markus Riedel
  •  81 Antonio Fischer
  •  82 Jeremy Lang
  •  83 Joshua Lang
  •  84 Yoshihito Omi
 
  •  89 Nils Baeumer


Offensive linemen
  •  70 Shalom Baafi
  •  71 Florian Barthel
  •  72 Jonas Hagerup
 
  •  73 Max Bruder
  •  74 Tilman Brütsch
  •  75 Sven Hinrichs
  •  76 Per Kristian Molberg
 
  •  77 Robert Kalke
  •  78 Christoph Schob
  •  79 Viktor Weiderspahn

Defensive linemen

  •  42 Philipp Mingerzahn
  •  56 Lance Leota
 
  •  90 Steven Kühne
  •  91 Dustin Dennerlein
  •  92 Aslan Zetterberg
 
  •  93 Christopher Hans
  •  99 Vincent Buffet
 
Linebackers
  •  40 Olav Røhnebæk
 
  •  47 Maximilian Fitz
  •  48 Luca Lampe
  •  51 Mirko Parnow
  •  52 Chris Schlack
  •  53 Pascal Topolewski
  •  54 Martin Strauss

Defensive backs

  •  4 Roedion Henrique
 
  •  7 Benhwoll Tchiyoko
 
  •  10 Shida Wang
 
  •  17 Simon Braun
  •  21 Daniel Docal
 
  •  25 Anastassiadis Kiriakos
  •  26 Florian Borger
  •  33 Paul Meissner

Special teams

  •  1 Jacob Templar
 
  •  85 Marcel Ulbrich


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 25 May 2021

Notes

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

References

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  1. ^ "European League of Football - European League of Football mit Berlin Thunder, Köln Centurions und Leipzig Kings". www.ran.de (in German). 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  2. ^ "ELF European League of Football". www.europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2021-05-27.
  3. ^ "European League of Football: Chef sieht Potenzial in Leipzig". Zeit (in German). April 22, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.