2021 Cologne Centurions season

The 2021 Cologne Centurions season was the first season of the new Cologne Centurions team in the inaugural season of the European League of Football.[1][2]

2021 Cologne Centurions (ELF) season
Head coachUnited States Kirk Heidelberg
Home fieldSüdstadion, Ostkampfbahn
Results
Record5–5
Playoff finishlost Semifinal @ Frankfurt Galaxy 6–36
Uniform

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

Schedule

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 1] Recap
1 June 19 18:00 at Wrocław Panthers L 39–55 0–1 Wrocław Olympic Stadium More Than Sports TV Recap
2 June 27 15:00 Barcelona Dragons W 40–12 1–1 Südstadion ProSieben Maxx, Esport3 Recap
3 July 4 15:00 at Leipzig Kings W 48–47 2–1 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Recap
4 July 11 15:00 Frankfurt Galaxy L 20–41 2–2 Südstadion More Than Sports TV Recap
5 July 25 15:00 at Stuttgart Surge W 39–23 3–2 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau ProSieben Maxx Recap
6 August 1 15:00 Wrocław Panthers W 33–31 4–2 Südstadion Recap
7 August 7 19:00 at Barcelona Dragons L 51–60 4–3 Estadi Municipal ran.de, Esport3 Recap
8 August 21 18:00 Leipzig Kings L 24-42 4-4 Ostkampfbahn Recap
9 August 28 15:00 Stuttgart Surge W 19-9 5-4 Ostkampfbahn Recap
10 September 5 15:00 at Frankfurt Galaxy L 45-7 5-5 PSD Bank Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Cologne qualified for the playoffs despite losing the head-to-head against the Leipzig Kings (both teams having won their away game against the other, but Leipzig with a bigger margin) as the rules in place for the 2021 season guaranteed playoff spots to the top two teams of each division regardless of record. The city of Cologne was also the only city with both an ELF and a GFL team reaching the Playoffs in their respective 2021 seasons as the Cologne Crocodiles placed third in the GFL North, reaching the quarter-final of the 2021 German Football League. Cologne was also the only team to lose three games against the same opponent in the 2021 season, losing to Frankfurt Galaxy both at home and on the road in the regular season and again on the road in the playoffs.

Transactions

On July 21, the team signed American DL Mike Taylor III, to strengthen a defense ravaged by injuries. Due to the rule regarding 4 maximum import players on a team, American QB Danny Farley was removed from the active roster, but remained with the team as an offensive assistant coach.[3]

Roster

Cologne Centurions (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  6 Jannik Nowak
  •  12 Jan Weinreich

Running backs

Wide receivers

  •  1 Quinten Pounds United States
  •  10 Justin Schlesinger
  •  11 Noah Aarass
  •  13 Jannik Loercks
  •  14 Ramin Akhlaghi
  •  18 Kai Schiffer
  •  19 Moritz Schippe
  •  81 Valentin Rödiger
  •  85 Michael Ofosuhene Ghana

Tight ends

  •  86 Leroy Stryewski
  •  87 Florian Eichhorn
Offensive linemen
  •  61 Malik Becker
  •  63 Jan-Niclas Delback
  •  68 Nick Wiens
  •  69 Hannes Darley
  •  72 Tom Maier
  •  73 Fabian Kratz
  •  76 Florian Kallwitz
  •  78 Fred Weinreich

Defensive linemen

  •  29 Matthias Banjaqui
  •  54 Maximilian Oebels
  •  55 Julian Völker
  •  90 Arkady Naus Netherlands
  •  91 Roman Sellung
  •  92 Ramy Mohamed
  •  93 Samuel Ziebarth
  •  94 Benjo Cerimagic
  •  96 Matz Peters
  •  99 Junior De Souza Briele Brazil
  • Mike Taylor III United States
Linebackers
  •  3 Thiadric Hansen
  •  5 Sydney Amadu
  •  44 Marius Kensy
  •  47 Niklas Liesen
  •  48 Kasper Bongaerts Netherlands
  •  58 Lennart Weitz

Defensive backs

  •  8 Paul Steffen
  •  20 Jannik Seibel
  •  21 René Hanssen
  •  22 Tufan Yagmur
  •  23 Till Janssen
  •  24 Dartez Jacobs United States
  •  32 Richard Grooten
  •  34 Dennis Laas

Special teams

  •  2 Daniel Schuhmacher K


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 21 July 2021

Notes

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

References

  1. "Shake-up to inaugural ELF line-up announced; 3 new franchises enter, 2 exit". American Football International. 2021-03-22. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  2. "ELF European League of Football". www.europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2021-05-24.
  3. "The import slot held by Danny Farley will be used on DB Mike Taylor. Farley remains as an assistant coach". instagram.com. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
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