2021 Stuttgart Surge season

2021 Stuttgart Surge season
Head coach	Martin Hanselmann
Home field	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
Results
Record	2–8
Uniform

The 2021 Stuttgart Surge season was the first season of Stuttgart Surge in the inaugural season of the European League of Football.^[1]

Regular season

Standings

South Division v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Div	Qualification
1	Frankfurt Galaxy	10	9	1	357	132	6–0	Advance to playoffs
2	Cologne Centurions	10	5	5	310	365	3–3
3	Barcelona Dragons	10	3	7	237	277	2–4
4	Stuttgart Surge	10	2	8	157	355	1–5

Source: europeanleague.football

With only two wins in ten games, the Surge finished with the worst record in the league. After their week 4 win against Berlin, they entered a six game losing streak, the longest of any team in the inaugural ELF season.

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV[A]	Recap
1	June 19	19:00	at Barcelona Dragons	W 21–17	1–0	Estadi Municipal	ran.de, Esport3	Recap
2	June 27	15:00	Frankfurt Galaxy	L 20–42	1–1	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	More Than Sports TV	Recap
3	July 4	15:00	at Berlin Thunder	L 19–40	1–2	Amateurstadion Olympiapark		Recap
4	July 11	15:00	Leipzig Kings	W 27–24	2–2	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	ProSieben Maxx	Recap
5	July 25	15:00	Cologne Centurions	L 23–39	2–3	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	ProSieben Maxx	Recap
6	August 1	15:00	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 3–57	2–4	PSD Bank Arena		Recap
7	August 8	15:00	at Leipzig Kings	L 23–49	2–5	Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
8	August 15	15:00	Barcelona Dragons	L 12–30	2–6	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	Esport3	Recap
9	August 28	15:00	at Cologne Centurions	L 9–19	2–7	Ostkampfbahn		Recap
10	September 5	15:00	Berlin Thunder	L 0–38	2–8	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau		Recap

Source: europeanleague.football

Transactions

On June 29, starting QB Jacob Wright was released, following allegations that the player used a racial slur in the previous game.^[2] A few days later, Stuttgart signed American QB Aaron Ellis, most recently from Danish team Sollerod Gold Diggers. ^[3]

Roster

Stuttgart Surge roster

	Quarterbacks  2 Aaron Ellis  16 Michael Winterlik Running backs  7 Tom Edel  22 Collins Kamara  26 Ruben Pein  41 Bryan Yankson  34 Serdar Kiraz  27 Samuel Shannon  39 Dimitri Gfeller Wide receivers  4 Alexander Eitel  12 Frederic Latour  14 Louis Geyer  17 Pascal Flöser  18 Paul Steigerwald  81 Fabian Weigel  24 Finn Seibert  85 Peter Weiblen  87 Domenik Rofalski Tight ends  5 David Meza  88 Marvin Pludra		Offensive linemen  56 Jens Walther  73 Leon Häbich  66 Marvin Röber  68 Jason Kühn  70 Maximilian Kempchen  71 Jan Steiger  75 Jai Jackson  77 Marc Kuppinger  51 Thomas Ghebrezherer  78 Nicko Schuster Defensive linemen  72 Darko Pisaric  91 Paul Ziebart  92 Tobias Burkhardt  95 Felix Haufe  96 Florian Breitenbach  97 Philipp Ungericht  98 Marcel Fürst  99 Sercan Vardar		Linebackers  20 Dale Warren  2 Danny Washington  44 Japhet Mbala  45 Nijaz Hamulic  48 Tom Stickel  51 Anthony Morris  55 Dennis Gratza  58 Lasse Rave  54 Constantin Lässing   Zachary Blair Defensive backs  21 Julian Jakob CB  23 Marcel Dabo CB/S  31 Nick Wenzelburger S  32 Julian Ludwig-Mayorga S  33 Luca Siebert CB/S  33 Ben Wenzler CB  37 Kevin Bannasch S  30 Till Becker CB  8 Victor Ferrier S Special teams  10 Jens Hauser K  3 Timo Bronn K   Stefan Müller K				Rookies in italics Roster updated 12 July 2021

Notes

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

References

1. "Pro football returns to Europe: European League of Football kicks off in 2021". AmericanFootballInternational.com. November 4, 2020. Retrieved November 4, 2020.
2. "ELF sends strong message with release of Stuttgart Surge QB Jacob Wright in response to racial slur". AmericanFootballInternational.com. June 29, 2021. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
3. "Nach Entlassung von Jacob Wright: Stuttgart Surge verpflichtet Quarterback Aaron Ellis" (in German). ran.de. July 2, 2021. Retrieved July 2, 2021.