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

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

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team GP W L PF PA Div Qualification
1Germany Hamburg Sea Devils10732741784–2Advance to playoffs
2Poland Wrocław Panthers10643142595–1
3Germany Leipzig Kings10552953203–3
4Germany Berlin Thunder10372282960–6

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 1] 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

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

Running backs

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

Wide receivers

  •  6 Timothy Knüttel
  •  8 Alpha Jalloh United States
  •  11 Anthony Dablé France
  •  12 Jaleel Awini WR/QB United States
  •  80 Markus Riedel
  •  81 Antonio Fischer
  •  82 Jeremy Lang
  •  83 Joshua Lang
  •  84 Yoshihito Omi Japan
  •  89 Nils Baeumer


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

Defensive linemen

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

Defensive backs

  •  4 Roedion Henrique Netherlands
  •  7 Benhwoll Tchiyoko France
  •  10 Shida Wang China
  •  17 Simon Braun DB/WR
  •  21 Daniel Docal Spain
  •  25 Anastassiadis Kiriakos
  •  26 Florian Borger DB/LB
  •  33 Paul Meissner DB/LB

Special teams

  •  1 Jacob Templar P/WR Australia
  •  85 Marcel Ulbrich K/WR


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 25 May 2021

Notes

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

References

  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.
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