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2021 Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) season
2021 Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) season
Head coach	Andreas Nommensen (interim)
Home field	Stadion Hoheluft
Results
Record	7–3
Playoff finish	won Semifinal vs. Wroclaw Panthers 30–27; lost Championship Game vs Frankfurt Galaxy 30–32
Uniform
	Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF); 2022 →;

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

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	Advance to playoffs
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	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

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

**Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) roster**

	Quarterbacks 1 Salieu Ceesay 10 Jadrian Clark Running backs 24 Xavier Johnson 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		Offensive linemen 51 Gian De Guzman 65 Ron Mac Spiegel 68 Keanu Ebanks 70 Oscar Sundqvist 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 98 Hiswill Awuah 99 Nelson Imasuen		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 91 Kasim Edebali Giovanni Nanguy Defensive backs 21 Vincent Wilson-Oberko 22 Aleksandr Astahin 23 Justin Rogers 25 Marloshawn Franklin Jr. 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				Rookies in italics Roster updated 21 July 2021