Banging start into ELF season 2025: Defending champion Rhein Fire will face semifinalist Paris Musketeers on May 17th

The schedule is set, the anticipation is growing! 148 days before the kick-off of the 2025 season, European League of Football officials have announced the fixtures for the 16 teams in four divisions on the road to the Championship Game on September 7th at the MHP Arena in Stuttgart.

Defending champion Rhein Fire is opening the new season on May 17th against semifinalist Paris Musketeers. Madrid Bravos play against Hamburg Sea Devils and Panthers Wroclaw against Fehérvár Enthroners (kickoff times follow). On May 18th, the program contains the duels between Berlin Thunder and Cologne Centurions, Stuttgart Surge and Frankfurt Galaxy, Munich Ravens and Raiders Tirol as well as Prague Lions and Vienna Vikings. Helvetic Mercenaries will face newcomer Nordic Storm in their debut game.

The rematch of Championship Game 2024 will already happen in Week 3: Rhein Fire will face Vienna Vikings on June 1st. Week 12 will be a bye week for all teams.

"We can't wait for the fifth ELF season to begin"

"We are entering the fifth season and expect further substantial growth in the league, with all parameters already pointing to this. There will be even more big games in big stadiums and it will all come to a climax with the Championship Game taking place in the 60,000-capacity MHP Arena in Stuttgart. The release of the schedule further heats up the anticipation, and we can't wait for the fifth ELF season to begin", says Managing Director Zeljko Karajica.

Patrick Esume, Commissioner of the European League of Football, is also eagerly awaiting the start: "I'm incredibly curious about next season. There are some franchises where you can already see that they will have strong rosters. And then there's Nordic Storm, a very ambitious newcomer, that will try to shake up the establishment. It will be an exciting season 2025, more than ever before."

Debut season for Nordic Storm

With Frankfurt Galaxy, the Hamburg Sea Devils, Berlin Thunder, the Cologne Centurions and Stuttgart Surge from Germany and the Panthers Wrocław (Poland) six founding members of the European League of Football are already entering their fifth season.

With defending champions Rhein Fire (Germany), the Vienna Vikings and the Raiders Tirol from Austria, three franchises are entering their fourth season, while it is the third year for the Paris Musketeers (France), the Helvetic Mercenaries (Switzerland), the Fehérvár Enthroners (Hungary), the Prague Lions (Czech Republic) and the Munich Ravens (Germany). The Madrid Bravos (Spain) are entering their second season, while Nordic Storm celebrates its debut in the European League of Football. They all have one big goal: the Championship Game on September 7th in Stuttgart.

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European League of Football - Schedule 2025

Week 1 (17./18. May 2025)
Madrid Bravos vs. Hamburg Sea Devils (Sat.)
Panthers Wrocław vs. Fehérvár Enthroners (Sat.)
Paris Musketeers vs. Rhein Fire (Sat.)
Berlin Thunder vs. Cologne Centurions (Sun.)
Stuttgart Surge vs. Frankfurt Galaxy (Sun.)
Munich Ravens vs. Raiders Tirol (Sun.)
Prague Lions vs. Vienna Vikings (Sun.)
Helvetic Mercenaries vs. Nordic Storm (Sun.)

Week 2 (24./25. May 2025)
Madrid Bravos vs. Frankfurt Galaxy (Sat.)
Vienna Vikings vs. Fehérvár Enthroners (Sat.)
Panthers Wrocław  vs. Nordic Storm (Sun.)
Raiders Tirol vs. Helvetic Mercenaries (Sun.)
Munich Ravens vs. Berlin Thunder (Sun.)
Paris Musketeers vs. Stuttgart Surge (Sun.)
Prague Lions vs. Hamburg Sea Devils (Sun.)

Week 3 (31. May/01. June 2025)
Madrid Bravos vs. Helvetic Mercenaries (Sat.)
Cologne Centurions vs. Raiders Tirol (Sat.)
Fehérvár Enthroners vs. Prague Lions (Sat.)
Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Stuttgart Surge (Sun.)
Frankfurt Galaxy vs. Paris Musketeers (Sun.)
Nordic Storm vs. Berlin Thunder (Sun.)
Rhein Fire vs. Vienna Vikings (Sun.)

Week 4 (07./08. June 2025)
Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Berlin Thunder (Sat.)
Vienna Vikings vs. Raiders Tirol (Sat.)
Fehérvár Enthroners vs. Madrid Bravos (Sat.)
Panthers Wrocław vs. Prague Lions (Sun.)
Frankfurt Galaxy vs. Cologne Centurions (Sun.)
Stuttgart Surge vs. Munich Ravens (Sun.)
Rhein Fire vs. Paris Musketeers (Sun.)

Week 5 (14./15. June 2025)
Rhein Fire vs. Hamburg Sea Devils (Sat.)
Cologne Centurions vs. Panthers Wrocław (Sat.)
Berlin Thunder vs. Fehérvár Enthroners (Sun.)
Raiders Tirol vs. Madrid Bravos (Sun.)
Nordic Storm vs. Frankfurt Galaxy (Sun.)
Munich Ravens vs. Helvetic Mercenaries (Sun.)

Week 6 (21./22. June 2025)
Vienna Vikings vs. Rhein Fire (Sat.)
Helvetic Mercenaries vs. Raiders Tirol (Sat.)
Berlin Thunder vs. Munich Ravens (Sun.)
Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Prague Lions (Sun.)
Stuttgart Surge vs. Cologne Centurions (Sun.)
Nordic Storm vs. Panthers Wrocław (Sun.)
Paris Musketeers vs. Frankfurt Galaxy (Sun.)

Week 7 (28./29. June 2025)
Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Madrid Bravos (Sat.)
Nordic Storm vs. Helvetic Mercenaries (Sat.)
Fehérvár Enthroners vs. Panthers Wrocław (Sat.)
Berlin Thunder vs. Rhein Fire (Sun.)
Frankfurt Galaxy vs. Prague Lions (Sun.)
Raiders Tirol vs. Vienna Vikings (Sun.)
Munich Ravens vs. Stuttgart Surge (Sun.)
Cologne Centurions vs. Paris Musketeers (Sun.)

Week 8 (05./06. July 2025)
Madrid Bravos vs. Munich Ravens (Sat.)
Raiders Tirol vs. Rhein Fire (Sat.)
Vienna Vikings vs. Prague Lions (Sat.)
Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Nordic Storm (Sun.)
Panthers Wrocław vs. Cologne Centurions (Sun.)
Stuttgart Surge vs. Fehérvár Enthroners (Sun.)
Helvetic Mercenaries vs. Paris Musketeers (Sun.)

Week 9 (12./13. July 2025)
Madrid Bravos vs. Fehérvár Enthroners (Sat.)
Frankfurt Galaxy vs. Stuttgart Surge (Sat.)
Helvetic Mercenaries vs. Munich Ravens (Sat.)
Nordic Storm vs. Rhein Fire (Sun.)
Cologne Centurions vs. Berlin Thunder (Sun.)
Paris Musketeers vs. Vienna Vikings (Sun.)
Prague Lions vs. Panthers Wrocław (Sun.)

Week 10 (19./20. July 2025)
Panthers Wrocław vs. Vienna Vikings (Sat.)
Raiders Tirol vs. Munich Ravens (Sat.)
Cologne Centurions vs. Frankfurt Galaxy (Sat.)
Berlin Thunder vs. Nordic Storm (Sun.)
Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Rhein Fire (Sun.)
Stuttgart Surge vs. Paris Musketeers (Sun.)
Prague Lions vs. Fehérvár Enthroners (Sun.)
Helvetic Mercenaries vs. Madrid Bravos (Sun.)

Week 11 (26./27. July 2025)
Madrid Bravos vs. Raiders Tirol (Sat.)
Paris Musketeers vs. Cologne Centurions (Sat.)
Fehérvár Enthroners vs. Vienna Vikings (Sat.)
Rhein Fire vs. Berlin Thunder (Sat.)
Frankfurt Galaxy vs. Nordic Storm (Sun.)
Stuttgart Surge vs. Hamburg Sea Devils (Sun.)
Munich Ravens vs. Panthers Wrocław (Sun.)
Helvetic Mercenaries vs. Prague Lions (Sun.)

Week 12 (02./03. August 2025)
Bye week for all teams

Week 13 (09./10. August 2025)
Vienna Vikings vs. Panthers Wrocław (Sat.)
Cologne Centurions vs. Stuttgart Surge (Sat.)
Paris Musketeers vs. Helvetic Mercenaries (Sat.)
Fehérvár Enthroners vs. Berlin Thunder (Sat.)
Nordic Storm vs. Hamburg Sea Devils (Sun.)
Rhein Fire vs. Raiders Tirol (Sun.)
Munich Ravens vs. Madrid Bravos (Sun.)
Prague Lions vs. Frankfurt Galaxy (Sun.)

Week 14 (16./17. August 2025)
Vienna Vikings vs. Paris Musketeers (Sat.)
Fehérvár Enthroners vs. Stuttgart Surge (Sat.)
Panthers Wrocław vs. Munich Ravens (Sat.)
Berlin Thunder vs. Hamburg Sea Devils (Sun.)
Frankfurt Galaxy vs. Madrid Bravos (Sun.)
Raiders Tirol vs. Cologne Centurions (Sun.)
Rhein Fire vs. Nordic Storm (Sun.)
Prague Lions vs. Helvetic Mercenaries (Sun.)

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