2021 Hamburg Sea Devils season

2021 Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) season
Head coachGermany Andreas Nommensen (interim)
Home fieldStadion Hoheluft
Results
Record7–3
Playoff finishwon Semifinal vs. Wroclaw Panthers 30–27
lost Championship Game vs Frankfurt Galaxy 30–32
Uniform

The 2021 Hamburg Sea Devils season was the first season of the new Hamburg Sea Devils team in the inaugural season of the European League of Football.[1] After winning the first ever match of the new ELF against Frankfurt Galaxy on a last second Phillip Friis Andersen Field Goal, the team went on to post a 7–3 record, winning their North Division and beating the Wroclaw Panthers in the playoffs before going on to lose the inaugural Championship Game to the Frankfurt Galaxy by a score of 32–30.

Regular season

[edit]

Standings

[edit]
Pos Team GP W L PF PA Div Qualification
1 Germany Hamburg Sea Devils 10 7 3 274 178 4–2 Advance to playoffs
2 Poland Wrocław Panthers 10 6 4 314 259 5–1
3 Germany Leipzig Kings 10 5 5 295 320 3–3
4 Germany Berlin Thunder 10 3 7 228 296 0–6

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

[edit]
Week Date Time (CET) Opponent Result Record Venue TV[A] Recap
1 June 20 15:00 Frankfurt Galaxy W 17–15 1–0 Stadion Hoheluft ProSieben Maxx Recap
2 July 3 19:00 at Barcelona Dragons W 32–14 2–0 Estadi Municipal ran.de, Esport3 Recap
3 July 11 18:00 Berlin Thunder W 44–6 3–0 Stadion Hoheluft ran.de, More Than Sports TV Recap
4 July 18 15:00 at Leipzig Kings W 55–0 4–0 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Recap
5 July 24 15:00 at Wrocław Panthers W 26–23 5–0 Olympic Stadium More Than Sports TV Recap
6 July 31 18:00 Barcelona Dragons W 22–17 6–0 Stadion Hoheluft ran.de, Esport3 Recap
7 August 8 15:00 at Frankfurt Galaxy L 9–35 6–1 PSD Bank Arena ProSieben Maxx Recap
8 August 14 13:00 at Berlin Thunder W 28–20 7–1 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Recap
9 August 22 15:00 Wrocław Panthers L 24–30 7–2 Stadion Hoheluft Recap
10 August 29 15:00 Leipzig Kings L 18–17 7–3 Stadion Hoheluft Recap

Source: europeanleague.football

Transactions

[edit]

On July 6, head coach Ted Daisher was released, because of "different views and expectations regarding the philosophy and leadership of our team". He was replaced on an interim basis by offensive coordinator Andreas Nommensen, who was later confirmed as head coach for the rest of the season.[2]

On July 21, French linebacker Giovanni Nanguy was signed, after the team released 2 other linebackers, Jonas Tykfer and Paco Varol.[3]

Roster

[edit]
Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Salieu Ceesay
  •  10 Jadrian Clark
United States 

Running backs

  •  24 Xavier Johnson
United States 
  •  26 Simon Homadi
  •  32 Jóhann Gísli Hummel
  •  34 Julian Ampaw
  •  48 Tobias Kolb FB

Wide receivers

  •  11 Benjamin Mau
  •  12 Jean-Claude Madin Cerezo
  •  13 Tim Albrecht
  •  14 Dominic Gröne
  •  15 Julian Völling
  •  16 Leon Kusterer
  •  18 Marvin Amankwah
  •  19 Nassim Amroun
  •  80 Diego Antonio Arboleda Sanchez
  •  81 Kwame Ofori
  •  82 Tobias Nill
  •  89 Lukas Rehder

Tight ends

  •  44 John Levi Kruse
  •  85 Maximilian Michael Donalies
  •  88 Adrià Botella Moreno
Spain 
Offensive linemen
  •  51 Gian De Guzman
  •  65 Ron Mac Spiegel
  •  68 Keanu Ebanks
England 
  •  70 Oscar Sundqvist
Sweden 
  •  72 Niklas Wiem
  •  74 Dennis Kenzler
  •  75 Friedemann Peters
  •  76 Timo Winter
  •  77 Robin Fensch
  •  78 Ilias Werner Maragos

Defensive linemen

  •  53 Filip-Liberio Filipovic
  •  55 Okan Güzel
  •  69 David Weinstock
  •  90 André Rieckenberg
  •  92 Eric De Souza
  •  93 Alexander Babic
  •  94 Berend Grube
  •  95 Yeboah Evans
  •  97 Brice Ulrich Tchouadje
Cameroon 
  •  98 Hiswill Awuah
  •  99 Nelson Imasuen
Canada 
Linebackers
  •  40 Matthias Spiegel
  •  43 Miguel Alessandro Boock
  •  45 Jeremy Sarfo
  •  49 Sédwon Kaya
  •  52 Ambroise Mati
  •  54 Thiago Lessow
  •  57 Daniel Laporte
  •  58 Jan-Phillip Bombek
  • Giovanni Nanguy
France 

Defensive backs

  •  21 Vincent Wilson-Oberko
  •  22 Aleksandr Astahin
  •  23 Justin Rogers
United States 
  •  25 Marloshawn Franklin Jr.
United States 
  •  27 Louis Müller
  •  28 Barry Maruschke
  •  29 Dominic Yaw Aboagye-Duah
  •  30 Eldert Terekuu
  •  33 Kenneth Komlan Soussoukpo

Special teams

  •  4 Phillip Friis Andersen K/P
Denmark 


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 21 July 2021

Notes

[edit]
  1. ^ All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Football-Comeback des Jahres: Hamburg Sea Devils und Frankfurt Galaxy starten in der ELF". ran.de (in German). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  2. ^ "ELF: Hamburg Sea Devils release HC Ted Daisher". americanfootballinternational.com. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  3. ^ "We welcome Linebacker Giovanni Nanguy to the team!". twitter.com. Retrieved July 21, 2021.