2024 European League of Football season
The 2024 ELF season is the fourth season of the European League of Football, a professional American football league based in Europe. Seventeen teams from nine different countries will participate and will compete for the title at the Championship Game in the Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen, Germany on September 22, 2024.[1]
| 2024 ELF season | |
|---|---|
 | |
| League | European League of Football |
| Sport | American Football |
| Duration | June 1, 2024 – September 22, 2024 |
| Number of teams | 17 |
| 2024 Championship Game | |
| Date | September 22, 2024 |
| Venue | Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen |
Format
The teams are divided into three conferences of 5 or 6 teams. Each team plays 12 games during the regular season. The winner of each conference, as well as the next best 3 teams, regardless of conference, qualify for the playoffs.
Teams
16 of the 17 teams from the 2023 season are competing in 2024, and are joined by one new expansion team: Madrid Bravos.[2] The only team not returning for the new season is the Leipzig Kings.[3] The expansion of the ELF will continue in 2025.[4]
References
- "Championship Game 2024 will take place in the VELTINS-Arena in Gelsenkirchen". European League of Football. 4 August 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- Muñoz Fernández, Eugenio (4 October 2023). "Los Madrid Bravos: la nueva dimensión del fútbol americano en España". Marca (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- Anderson, Carter (3 October 2023). "ELF will stay at 17 teams for 2024 season, Madrid Bravos in, Leipzig Kings out". American Football International. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- "The field of participants for the 2024 season of the European League of Football is set". European League of Football. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.