2021 Leipzig Kings season

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

2021 Leipzig Kings season
Head coach	Fred Armstrong
Home field	Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Results
Record	5–5
Uniform
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Regular season

Standings

North Division v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Div	Qualification
1	Hamburg Sea Devils	10	7	3	274	178	4–2	Advance to playoffs
2	Wrocław Panthers	10	6	4	314	259	5–1
3	Leipzig Kings	10	5	5	295	320	3–3
4	Berlin Thunder	10	3	7	228	296	0–6

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV^[A]	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    15 Tom Van Duijn   Running backs  2 Jason Aguemon    22 Raymond Sobowale    23 Moritz Herzel  24 Tony Kulok  27 Luc Schneider Wide receivers  6 Timothy Knüttel  8 Alpha Jalloh    11 Anthony Dablé    12 Jaleel Awini WR/QB    80 Markus Riedel  81 Antonio Fischer  82 Jeremy Lang  83 Joshua Lang  84 Yoshihito Omi    89 Nils Baeumer		Offensive linemen  70 Shalom Baafi  71 Florian Barthel  72 Jonas Hagerup    73 Max Bruder  74 Tilman Brütsch  75 Sven Hinrichs  76 Per Kristian Molberg    77 Robert Kalke  78 Christoph Schob  79 Viktor Weiderspahn Defensive linemen  42 Philipp Mingerzahn DL/LB  56 Lance Leota    90 Steven Kühne  91 Dustin Dennerlein  92 Aslan Zetterberg    93 Christopher Hans  99 Vincent Buffet		Linebackers  40 Olav Røhnebæk    47 Maximilian Fitz  48 Luca Lampe  51 Mirko Parnow  52 Chris Schlack  53 Pascal Topolewski  54 Martin Strauss Defensive backs  4 Roedion Henrique    7 Benhwoll Tchiyoko    10 Shida Wang    17 Simon Braun DB/WR  21 Daniel Docal    25 Anastassiadis Kiriakos  26 Florian Borger DB/LB  33 Paul Meissner DB/LB Special teams  1 Jacob Templar P/WR    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.