Louis Geyer leads Stuttgart Surge to the championship

The Stuttgart Surge won the 2025 Championship Game of the European League of Football and crowned themselves champions in their own city. For the franchise, it is the first title since the league was founded five years ago and at the same time a successful revenge for the lost final in 2023 against Rhein Fire. The spotlight was on wide receiver Louis Geyer, who was named the most valuable player of the game with an outstanding performance.

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While in recent years it had mainly been American players who made the difference in the Championship Game, this time it was a homegrown player who was named MVP of the final. The 24-year-old caught nine passes for 132 yards and scored all three touchdowns for his team in the game against the Vienna Vikings. With a total of 18 of 24 points, Geyer was the decisive factor in Stuttgart's success. Just last year, quarterback Jadrian Clark of Nordic Storm – back then with Rhein Fire – secured the award for the second time in a row. In Stuttgart, he personally handed the trophy to Geyer.

"It's unbelievable. I think it's only slowly starting to sink in that we finally made it," said Geyer. For him, the victory in his hometown was a 'full circle moment': "We have now built this team, the new era of the Stuttgart Surge, for three years – twice narrowly failed, and now everything came together that it was simply at home in Stuttgart."

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Despite his three touchdowns, the receiver emphasized the team's performance: "We played our best football at the end of the season. The coaches simply put us in the perfect situations to be successful." Geyer, who was born in Ludwigsburg just about 15 kilometers from Stuttgart, added: "I am so proud of all the guys, all the coaches, all the staff who contributed to us being able to stand here now and call ourselves winners."

Even with his standout performance, Geyer remained humble and highlighted the importance of the collective: "I just have to run my routes, be in the right place, and catch the ball. Reilly delivers the passes, and the play has to be called first. So many factors come into play – today it was simply the perfection of our team on the field."

With the victory in their own city and a homegrown player as MVP, the Surge underlined the development of the league, where homegrown players represent the majority. For Stuttgart, the triumph marks the provisional highlight of a rebuilding process that began three years ago and has now brought the long-awaited title.

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