2021 Leipzig Kings season

2021 Leipzig Kings season
2021 Leipzig Kings season
Head coach	Fred Armstrong
Home field	Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Results
Record	5–5
Uniform
	Leipzig Kings; 2022 →;

The 2021 Leipzig Kings season was the inaugural European League of Football season in Leipzig Kings history.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

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[edit]

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV^[A]	Recap
1	June 20	15:00	at Berlin Thunder	W 37–27	1–0	Amateurstadion Olympiapark	More Than Sports TV	Recap
2	June 26	18:00	at Wrocław Panthers	L 28–54	1–1	Wrocław Olympic Stadium	ran.de	Recap
3	July 4	15:00	Cologne Centurions	L 47–48	1–2	Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark		Recap
4	July 11	15:00	at Stuttgart Surge	L 24–27	1–3	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	ProSieben Maxx	Recap
5	July 18	15:00	Hamburg Sea Devils	L 0–55	1–4	Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark		Recap
6	August 1	15:00	Berlin Thunder	W 37–24	2–4	Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark	ProSieben Maxx	Recap
7	August 8	15:00	Stuttgart Surge	W 49–23	3–4	Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark		Recap
8	August 21	15:00	at Cologne Centurions	W 24–42	4–4	Ostkampfbahn		Recap
9	August 29	15:00	at Hamburg Sea Devils	W 18–17	5–4	Stadion Hoheluft		Recap
10	September 5	15:00	Wrocław Panthers	L 13–21	5–5	Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark

Source: europeanleague.football

Despite finishing with an identical 5–5 record as the Cologne Centurions and having scored more points in their two head-to-head games, Leipzig missed out on playoff participation, as the mode for the 2021 season guaranteed playoff spots to the top two teams of each division regardless of record.

Roster[edit]

**Leipzig Kings roster**

	Quarterbacks 3 Michael Birdsong 15 Tom Van Duijn Running backs 2 Jason Aguemon 22 Raymond Sobowale 23 Moritz Herzel 24 Tony Kulok 27 Luc Schneider Wide receivers 6 Timothy Knüttel 8 Alpha Jalloh 11 Anthony Dablé 12 Jaleel Awini WR/QB 80 Markus Riedel 81 Antonio Fischer 82 Jeremy Lang 83 Joshua Lang 84 Yoshihito Omi 89 Nils Baeumer		Offensive linemen 70 Shalom Baafi 71 Florian Barthel 72 Jonas Hagerup 73 Max Bruder 74 Tilman Brütsch 75 Sven Hinrichs 76 Per Kristian Molberg 77 Robert Kalke 78 Christoph Schob 79 Viktor Weiderspahn Defensive linemen 42 Philipp Mingerzahn DL/LB 56 Lance Leota 90 Steven Kühne 91 Dustin Dennerlein 92 Aslan Zetterberg 93 Christopher Hans 99 Vincent Buffet		Linebackers 40 Olav Røhnebæk 47 Maximilian Fitz 48 Luca Lampe 51 Mirko Parnow 52 Chris Schlack 53 Pascal Topolewski 54 Martin Strauss Defensive backs 4 Roedion Henrique 7 Benhwoll Tchiyoko 10 Shida Wang 17 Simon Braun DB/WR 21 Daniel Docal 25 Anastassiadis Kiriakos 26 Florian Borger DB/LB 33 Paul Meissner DB/LB Special teams 1 Jacob Templar P/WR 85 Marcel Ulbrich K/WR				Rookies in italics Roster updated 25 May 2021