2021 Stuttgart Surge season
Head coachGermany Martin Hanselmann
Home fieldGazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
Results
Record2–8
Uniform

The 2021 Stuttgart Surge season was the first season of Stuttgart Surge in the inaugural season of the European League of Football.[1]

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

With only two wins in ten games, the Surge finished with the worst record in the league. After their week 4 win against Berlin, they entered a six game losing streak, the longest of any team in the inaugural ELF season.

Schedule

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 1] Recap
1 June 19 19:00 at Barcelona Dragons W 21–17 1–0 Estadi Municipal ran.de, Esport3 Recap
2 June 27 15:00 Frankfurt Galaxy L 20–42 1–1 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau More Than Sports TV Recap
3 July 4 15:00 at Berlin Thunder L 19–40 1–2 Amateurstadion Olympiapark Recap
4 July 11 15:00 Leipzig Kings W 27–24 2–2 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau ProSieben Maxx Recap
5 July 25 15:00 Cologne Centurions L 23–39 2–3 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau ProSieben Maxx Recap
6 August 1 15:00 at Frankfurt Galaxy L 3–57 2–4 PSD Bank Arena Recap
7 August 8 15:00 at Leipzig Kings L 23–49 2–5 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
8 August 15 15:00 Barcelona Dragons L 12–30 2–6 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Esport3 Recap
9 August 28 15:00 at Cologne Centurions L 9–19 2–7 Ostkampfbahn Recap
10 September 5 15:00 Berlin Thunder L 0–38 2–8 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Recap

Source: europeanleague.football

Transactions

On June 29, starting QB Jacob Wright was released, following allegations that the player used a racial slur in the previous game.[2] A few days later, Stuttgart signed American QB Aaron Ellis, most recently from Danish team Sollerod Gold Diggers. [3]

Roster

Stuttgart Surge roster
Quarterbacks
  •  2 Aaron Ellis United States
  •  16 Michael Winterlik

Running backs

  •  7 Tom Edel
  •  22 Collins Kamara
  •  26 Ruben Pein
  •  41 Bryan Yankson
  •  34 Serdar Kiraz
  •  27 Samuel Shannon
  •  39 Dimitri Gfeller

Wide receivers

  •  4 Alexander Eitel
  •  12 Frederic Latour
  •  14 Louis Geyer
  •  17 Pascal Flöser
  •  18 Paul Steigerwald
  •  81 Fabian Weigel
  •  24 Finn Seibert
  •  85 Peter Weiblen
  •  87 Domenik Rofalski

Tight ends

  •  5 David Meza United States
  •  88 Marvin Pludra
Offensive linemen
  •  56 Jens Walther
  •  73 Leon Häbich
  •  66 Marvin Röber
  •  68 Jason Kühn
  •  70 Maximilian Kempchen
  •  71 Jan Steiger
  •  75 Jai Jackson England
  •  77 Marc Kuppinger
  •  51 Thomas Ghebrezherer
  •  78 Nicko Schuster

Defensive linemen

  •  72 Darko Pisaric Croatia
  •  91 Paul Ziebart
  •  92 Tobias Burkhardt
  •  95 Felix Haufe
  •  96 Florian Breitenbach
  •  97 Philipp Ungericht
  •  98 Marcel Fürst
  •  99 Sercan Vardar
Linebackers
  •  20 Dale Warren United States
  •  2 Danny Washington
  •  44 Japhet Mbala
  •  45 Nijaz Hamulic
  •  48 Tom Stickel
  •  51 Anthony Morris
  •  55 Dennis Gratza
  •  58 Lasse Rave
  •  54 Constantin Lässing
  •   Zachary Blair United States

Defensive backs

  •  21 Julian Jakob CB
  •  23 Marcel Dabo CB/S
  •  31 Nick Wenzelburger S
  •  32 Julian Ludwig-Mayorga S
  •  33 Luca Siebert CB/S
  •  33 Ben Wenzler CB
  •  37 Kevin Bannasch S
  •  30 Till Becker CB
  •  8 Victor Ferrier S

Special teams

  •  10 Jens Hauser K
  •  3 Timo Bronn K
  •   Stefan Müller K


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 12 July 2021

Notes

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

References

  1. "Pro football returns to Europe: European League of Football kicks off in 2021". AmericanFootballInternational.com. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
  2. "ELF sends strong message with release of Stuttgart Surge QB Jacob Wright in response to racial slur". AmericanFootballInternational.com. June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
  3. "Nach Entlassung von Jacob Wright: Stuttgart Surge verpflichtet Quarterback Aaron Ellis" (in German). ran.de. July 2, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
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