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2024 European League of Football season

The 2024 ELF season is the upcoming fourth season of the European League of Football, a professional American football league based in Europe. Seventeen teams from nine different countries will participate and will compete for the title at the Championship Game in the Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen, Germany on September 22, 2024.[1]

2024 ELF season
LeagueEuropean League of Football
SportAmerican football
DurationMay 25, 2024 – September 22, 2024
Number of teams17
Average attendance4,398 Increase 12.4%
2024 Championship Game
DateSeptember 22, 2024
VenueVeltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Seasons
← 2023
2025 →
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Location of ELF teams
  • Western Conference
  • Central Conference
  • Eastern Conference

Format

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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

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Of the 17 teams from the 2023 season, 15 are competing in 2024, and are joined by one new expansion team: Madrid Bravos.[2] Teams not returning for the new season are the Leipzig Kings[3] and the Helvetic Guards,[4] the latter replaced by a new Swiss team, the Helvetic Mercenaries.

Team City Stadium(s) Capacity Joined Head coach
Western Conference
Cologne Centurions   Cologne Südstadion 11,748 2021   Gregg Brandon
  Aachen New Tivoli[A] 31,026
Frankfurt Galaxy   Frankfurt PSD Bank Arena 12,542 2021   Thomas Kösling
  Offenbach am Main Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion[B] 20,500
Hamburg Sea Devils   Hamburg Volksparkstadion[C] 57,000 2021   Matt Johnson
  Bremen Wohninvest Weserstadion[D] 42,100
  Hannover Heinz von Heiden Arena[E] 49,200
  Lübeck Stadion Lohmühle[F] 17,849
  Šibenik Stadion Šubićevac[G] 3,412
Paris Musketeers   Paris Stade Jean-Bouin 20,000 2023   Marc Mattioli
Rhein Fire   Düsseldorf/Duisburg Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 31,514 2022   Jim Tomsula
  Oberhausen Niederrheinstadion[H] 17,165
Madrid Bravos   Madrid Estadio de Vallehermoso 9,000 2024   Rip Scherer
Central Conference
Barcelona Dragons   Barcelona/Badalona Estadi Municipal de Badalona 4,170 2021   David Shelton
Helvetic Mercenaries   Kriens Sportzentrum Kleinfeld 3,500 2024   Val Gunn
  Grenchen Stadion Brühl[I] 10,964
Milano Seamen   Milan Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli 7,500 2023   Jim Ward
Munich Ravens   Unterhaching Uhlsport Park 15,053 2023   Kendral Ellison
  Nuremberg Max-Morlock-Stadion[J] 50,000
Raiders Tirol   Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 16,008 2022   Jim Herrmann
Stuttgart Surge   Stuttgart Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau 11,410 2021   Jordan Neuman
  Reutlingen Stadion an der Kreuzeiche[K] 15,228
  Sinsheim PreZero Arena[L] 30,150
Eastern Conference
Berlin Thunder   Berlin Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 19,708 2021   Johnny Schmuck
Fehérvár Enthroners   Székesfehérvár First Field 3,500 2023   Joseph Ashfield
Panthers Wrocław   Wrocław Stadion Olimpijski 11,000 2021   Dave Christensen
Tarczyński Arena[M] 45,105
Prague Lions   Prague eFotbal Arena 5,037 2023   Dan Disch
  Ústí nad Labem Městský stadion 4,000
Vienna Vikings   Vienna Generali Arena Vienna[N] 17,500 2022   Chris Calaycay
  Wiener Neustadt Wiener Neustadt Arena 4,000
  1. ^ Four home games
  2. ^ First home game of the 2024 season
  3. ^ One home game
  4. ^ First home game of the season
  5. ^ Two home games
  6. ^ One home games
  7. ^ One home game
  8. ^ First home game of the 2024 season
  9. ^ First home game of the 2024 season
  10. ^ One home game
  11. ^ Two home games
  12. ^ First home game of the 2024 season
  13. ^ First home game of the 2024 season
  14. ^ Two home game

Regular season

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Schedule

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The schedule for the 2024 season was released on January 16, 2024 without any specific times and venues.[5]

Week 1

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers 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 – 00 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 New Tivoli 8,558
IC Hamburg Sea Devils 31 – 21 Prague Lions FK Viktoria Stadion 1,075
Central Munich Ravens 5 – 27 Stuttgart Surge PreZero Arena 8,432
Bye Frankfurt Galaxy, Madrid Bravos, Paris Musketeers

Week 2

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers 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 Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion 13,586
IC Féhervár Enthroners 10 – 35 Cologne Centurions New Tivoli 1,608
Bye Helvetic Mercenaries

Week 3

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers 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

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers Ref
Sat, 15. June
 Western Rhein Fire 19 – 14 Paris Musketeers Stade Jean-Bouin 3,000
Western Madrid Bravos 35 – 24 Cologne Centurions New 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

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers Ref
Sat, 22. June
 Central Milano Seamen 27 – 18 Barcelona Dragons Estadi Municipal de Badalona
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 eFotbal Arena 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

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers Ref
Sat, 29. June
 Central Barcelona Dragons – Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Eastern Wroclaw Panthers – Vienna Vikings Wiener Neustadt Arena
Western Rhein Fire – Madrid Bravos Estadio de Vallehermoso
IC Féhervár Enthroners – Milano Seamen Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli
Sun, 30. June
 Central Helvetic Mercenaries – Stuttgart Surge Stadion an der Kreuzeiche
Western Cologne Centurions – Paris Musketeers Stade Jean-Bouin
Eastern Berlin Thunder – Prague Lions Městský stadion
Western Hamburg Sea Devils – Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena
Bye Munich Ravens

Week 7

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers Ref
Sat, 06. July
 Eastern Berlin Thunder – Féhervár Enthroners First Field
IC Vienna Vikings – Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Central Munich Ravens – Barcelona Dragons Estadi Municipal de Badalona
Central Milano Seamen – Helvetic Mercenaries
Western Frankfurt Galaxy – Madrid Bravos
Sun, 07. July
 Western Hamburg Sea Devils – Paris Musketeers Stade Jean-Bouin
Eastern Prague Lions – Wroclaw Panthers Stadion Olimpijski
Western Cologne Centurions – Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Bye Stuttgart Surge

Week 8

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers Ref
Sat, 13. July
 Eastern Féhervár Enthroners – Prague Lions
Western Cologne Centurions – Frankfurt Galaxy
IC Helvetic Mercenaries – Vienna Vikings
IC Madrid Bravos – Barcelona Dragons Estadi Municipal de Badalona
Sun, 14. July
 IC Berlin Thunder – Paris Musketeers Stade Jean-Bouin
Western Rhein Fire – Hamburg Sea Devils Volksparkstadion
Central Stuttgart Surge – Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Bye Milano Seamen, Munich Ravens, Wroclaw Panthers

Week 9

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers Ref
Sat, 20. July
 IC Milano Seamen – Féhervár Enthroners First Field
Western Paris Musketeers – Madrid Bravos
Sun, 21. July
 Eastern Vienna Vikings – Berlin Thunder
IC Panthers Wroclaw – Stuttgart Surge
Central Helvetic Mercenaries – Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park
Western Frankfurt Galaxy – Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Western Hamburg Sea Devils – Cologne Centurions New Tivoli
Bye Barcelona Dragons, Raiders Tirol, Prague Lions

Week 10

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers Ref
Sat, 27. July
 Eastern Féhervár Enthroners – Wroclaw Panthers
Eastern Prague Lions – Vienna Vikings
Central Stuttgart Surge – Barcelona Dragons Estadi Municipal de Badalona
Western Cologne Centurions – Madrid Bravos
Sun, 28. July
 Western Paris Musketeers – Rhein Fire
Central Milano Seamen – Munich Ravens
Central Helvetic Mercenaries – Raiders Tirol
Western Frankfurt Galaxy – Hamburg Sea Devils
Bye Berlin Thunder

Week 11

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers Ref
Sat, 3. August
 IC Vienna Vikings – Helvetic Mercenaries
Western Hamburg Sea Devils – Madrid Bravos
Central Stuttgart Surge – Milano Seamen
Sun, 04. August
 Western Frankfurt Galaxy – Cologne Centurions
IC Paris Musketeers – Berlin Thunder
IC Munich Ravens – Prague Lions
Bye Rhein Fire, Raiders Tirol, Barcelona Dragons, Féhervár Enthroners, Panthers Wroclaw

Week 12

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers Ref
Sat, 10. August
 Eastern Prague Lions – Féhervár Enthroners
Western Madrid Bravos – Frankfurt Galaxy
Sun, 11. August
 Central Raiders Tirol – Stuttgart Surge
Western Paris Musketeers – Cologne Centurions
Central Barcelona Dragons – Munich Ravens
Eastern Panthers Wroclaw – Berlin Thunder
Western Hamburg Sea Devils – Rhein Fire
Bye Milano Seamen, Helvetic Mercenaries, Vienna Vikings

Week 13

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers Ref
Sat, 17. August
 Western Madrid Bravos – Paris Musketeers Stade Jean-Bouin
Central Milano Seamen – Raiders Tirol
Eastern Féhervár Enthroners – Vienna Vikings
Central Munich Ravens – Helvetic Mercenaries
Sun, 18. August
 IC Frankfurt Galaxy – Wroclaw Panthers
Central Barcelona Dragons – Stuttgart Surge
Western Cologne Centurions – Hamburg Sea Devils
Western Berlin Thunder – Rhein Fire
Bye Prague Lions

Week 14

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Date/Time (CEST) Conf. Away team Result Home team Venue Attendance Free TV Viewers Ref
Sat, 24. August
 IC Cologne Centurions – Féhervár Enthroners First Field
Western Madrid Bravos – Hamburg Sea Devils Stadion Šubićevac
Central Stuttgart Surge – Helvetic Mercenaries
Central Barcelona Dragons – Milano Seamen Velodromo Maspes-Vigorelli
Sun, 25. August
 Western Paris Musketeers – Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena
Eastern Wroclaw Panthers – Prague Lions
Central Raiders Tirol – Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park
Bye Rhein Fire, Berlin Thunder, Vienna Vikings

Standings

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Western Conference
Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1   Madrid Bravos 3 3 0 2–0 99 46 +53 W3 Automatic playoffs (#3)
2   Rhein Fire 5 4 1 3–1 129 92 +37 W2 Advance to playoffs (#5)
3   Paris Musketeers 3 2 1 2–1 80 55 +25 L1 Advance to playoffs (#6)
4   Hamburg Sea Devils 3 2 1 0–1 72 79 -7 W1
5   Frankfurt Galaxy 3 1 2 0–2 62 66 -4 W1
6   Cologne Centurions 3 1 2 0–2 71 87 -16 L1

Source: europeanleague.football

Central Conference
Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1   Stuttgart Surge 4 4 0 3–0 164 70 +94 W4 Automatic playoffs (#1)
2   Raiders Tirol 5 4 1 4–0 163 70 +93 W3 Advance to playoffs (#4)
3   Munich Ravens 5 2 3 1–3 151 108 +43 L2
4   Barcelona Dragons 5 2 3 2–2 74 163 -89 L1
5   Milano Seamen 5 2 3 2–3 57 159 -102 W1
6   Helvetic Mercenaries 4 0 4 0–4 48 84 -36 L4

Source: europeanleague.football

Eastern Conference
Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1   Vienna Vikings 5 5 0 4–0 153 60 +93 W5 Automatic playoffs (#2)
2   Berlin Thunder 5 2 3 2–2 174 121 +53 L2
3   Panthers Wrocław 5 2 3 2–1 150 131 +19 W1
4   Fehérvár Enthroners 4 0 4 0–3 43 165 -122 L4
5   Prague Lions 5 0 5 0–2 65 199 -134 L5

Source: europeanleague.football

Overall standings
# Team Division W L PCT CONF PD STK
Conference leaders
1   Stuttgart Surge Central 4 0 1.000 3–0 +94 W4
2   Vienna Vikings East 5 0 1.000 4–0 +93 W5
3   Madrid Bravos West 3 0 1.000 2–0 +53 W3
Wild cards
4   Raiders Tirol Central 4 1 .800 4–0 +93 W3
5   Rhein Fire West 4 1 .800 3–1 +37 W2
6   Paris Musketeers West 2 1 .667 2–1 +25 L1
Eliminated
7   Hamburg Sea Devils West 2 1 .667 0–1 -7 W1
8   Berlin Thunder East 2 3 .400 2–2 +53 L2
9   Munich Ravens Central 2 3 .400 1–3 +43 L2
10   Panthers Wrocław East 2 3 .400 2–1 +19 W1
11   Barcelona Dragons Central 2 3 .400 2–2 -89 L1
12   Milano Seamen Central 2 3 .400 2–3 -102 W1
13   Frankfurt Galaxy West 1 2 .333 0–2 -4 W1
14   Cologne Centurions West 1 2 .333 0–2 -16 L1
15   Helvetic Mercenaries Central 0 4 .000 0–4 -36 L4
16   Fehérvár Enthroners East 0 4 .000 0–3 -122 L4
17   Prague Lions East 0 5 .000 0–2 -134 L5

C - Clinched conference title
Q - Clinched playoffs

In case ties inside and between the conferences have to be broken, the rules are:[6]

  1. Number of wins
  2. Head-to-head matchup[A]
  3. Points difference in head-to-head matchups[A]
  4. Points scored at away games of head-to-head matchups[A]
  5. Total points difference
  6. Total points scored
  7. Point scored at away games
  8. Coin toss performed by the Commissioner or a person (e.g., a prominent sportsmen) determined by the Commissioner

Play-offs

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The wildcard games were played on August 31 and September 01, the semifinals on September 07 and 08, and the final was held on September 22, 2023 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Wildcard Semifinals Championship Game
 
   
   
 
 
   
 

Wildcard

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Semi Finals

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Championship Game

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Attendance

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As of 28 June 2024
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change


1 Panthers Wrocław 24,110 15,128 4,324 8,037 +215.2%†
2 Frankfurt Galaxy 18,883 13,586 5,297 9,442 +41.8%†
3 Hamburg Sea Devils 16,938 13,834 3,104 8,469 +3.7%†
4 Munich Ravens 14,766 10,822 3,944 7,383 +47.4%†
5 Cologne Centurions 11,964 8,558 1,608 3,988 +43.7%†
6 Berlin Thunder 11,555 4,759 3,038 3,852 −15.6%†
7 Stuttgart Surge 11,402 8,432 2,970 5,701 +46.1%†
8 Vienna Vikings 10,919 10,919 9,014 9,967 +146.5%†
9 Rhein Fire 8,146 8,146 8,146 8,146 −16.9%†
10 Paris Musketeers 7,523 4,523 3,000 3,762 −7.0%†
11 Raiders Tirol 4,011 4,011 4,011 4,011 +2.7%†
12 Milano Seamen 2,450 1,000 650 817 −25.7%†
13 Helvetic Mercenaries 2,250 1,250 1,000 1,125 n/a†
14 Madrid Bravos 2,071 2,071 2,071 2,071 n/a†
15 Prague Lions 1,825 1,075 750 913 +14.6%†
16 Barcelona Dragons 1,622 1,122 500 811 −25.0%†
17 Fehérvár Enthroners 3,500 2,000 1,500 1,750 −0.6%†
League total 153,935 15,128 500 4,398 +12.4%†

Source: [1]

Statistical leaders

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Awards

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MVP of the Week

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Signees to other professional leagues

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Broadcasting

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Selected games are available on free TV in most of the participating countries. For the Austrian and German market, the league's main broadcasting partner is ProSiebenSat.1 Media. In Germany ProSieben MAXX and their online-streaming service ran.de airs games on Saturday and Sunday. All games are also available worldwide on ELF Gamepass.

Region(s) Broadcaster(s)
International ELF Gamepass
  Germany
  Austria
  Switzerland 		ProSieben Maxx
ranSport
More Than Sports TV
  France beIN Sports[7]

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Only applicable if matchups have taken place and with additional rules

References

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  1. ^ "Championship Game 2024 will take place in the VELTINS-Arena in Gelsenkirchen". European League of Football. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ^ Muñoz Fernández, Eugenio (4 October 2023). "Los Madrid Bravos: la nueva dimensión del fútbol americano en España". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  3. ^ Anderson, Carter (3 October 2023). "ELF will stay at 17 teams for 2024 season, Madrid Bravos in, Leipzig Kings out". American Football International. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  4. ^ Aeberli, Manuel (April 4, 2024). "Die Helvetic Guards stellen den Betrieb ein - Ersatzteam steht in den Startlöchern".
  5. ^ "ELF releases Schedule for the 2024 season | ELF". europeanleague.football.
  6. ^ ELF: Official Q&A, retrieved July 11, 2022
  7. ^ "European League of Football expands broadcasting to France with beIN SPORTS France". europeanleague.football. February 11, 2024.
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