2021 Hamburg Sea Devils season

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.

2021 Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) season
Head coach	Andreas Nommensen (interim)
Home stadium	Stadion Hoheluft
Results
Record	7–3
Playoffs	won Semifinal vs. Wroclaw Panthers 30–27 lost Championship Game vs Frankfurt Galaxy 30–32
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	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

Notes

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