Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF)

This article is about the new American football team playing in the European League of Football. For the old NFL Europe team, see Hamburg Sea Devils (NFL Europe).
Hamburg Sea Devils
Team logo
Established2021 (2021)
Based inGermany Hamburg, Germany
Home stadiumStadion Hoheluft
Head coachMatt Johnson
General managerMax Paatz
LeagueEuropean League of Football (ELF)
DivisionWestern Conference
ColorsNavy Blue, blue, red, white
       
Division titles2 (2021, 2022)
Websitehamburgseadevils.com
Current sports event 2023 Hamburg Sea Devils season

The Hamburg Sea Devils are an American football team in Hamburg, Germany, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF).

History

The Hamburg franchise was announced in November 2020, as part of the inaugural season of the European League of Football.[1] In March 2021, ELF announced it has reached an agreement with the NFL, to be able to use the team names from the days of NFL Europe. On the same day, it was announced Hamburg will use the name of the defunct NFL Europe franchise Hamburg Sea Devils.[2] The Sea Devils also introduced their new head coach, former special teams coach for multiple NFL teams, Ted Daisher.[3] However, he ended up being released only 3 weeks into the inaugural season, 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.[4]

Season-by-season

Name Coach Regular season Postseason Result Ø Attendance
GP Won Lost Win % Finish GP Won Lost Win %
2021 Ted Daisher 2 2 0 1.000 1st (North)
Andreas Nommensen 8 5 3 .625 2 1 1 .500 Lost 1st Championship Game 1,744
2022 Charles "Yogi" Jones 12 11 1 .916 1st (North) 2 1 1 .500 Lost 2nd Championship Game 3,520
2023 12 4 8 .333 4th (Western) 0 0 0 .000 — –
2024 Matt Johnson (Western)

Stadium

The Sea Devils are playing their home games at the 11,000 capacity Stadion Hoheluft.

Roster

Reference[5]

Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Salieu Ceesay
Germany
  •   Preston Haire
United States
  •  4 Moritz Maack
Germany

Running backs

  •   Lucas Harting Candido
Germany
  • 5 Simon Ajuwon Homadi
Germany
  •   Jakob Michaelsen
Denmark

Wide receivers

  • 13 Tim Albrecht
Germany
  •   Finn Appelt
Germany
  • 12 Johann Heuck
Germany
  • 10 Jean-Claude Madin Cerezo
Spain
  • 11 Benjamin Mau
Germany
  •   Keanu Morgan
Germany
  • 89 Lukas Rehder
Germany
  •   Clemens Schuldt
Germany

United States

Tight ends

  •   Malcom Abimbola
Germany
  •   Finn Jaster
Germany
  •   Niklas Kahrau QB
Germany
Offensive linemen
  • 70 Shalom Baafi
Germany
  •   Gerrit Brandt
Germany
  •   Daniel Claus
Germany
  • 51 Gian De Guzman
Philippines
  • 77 Robin Fensch
Germany
  • 74 Dennis Kenzler
Germany
  •   Lukas Lavin
Sweden
  •   Marvin Panienka
Germany
  • 65 Ron Mac Spiegel
Germany
  • 72 Niklas Wiem
Germany
  • 69 David Weinstock
Germany

Defensive linemen

  • 98 Hiswill Awuah DT
Germany
  • 99 Nelson Imasuen DE
Canada
  • 94 Berend Grube DE
Germany
  •   Moritz Hiendleder
New Zealand
  •   Joshua Köhnlein
Germany
  •   Manuel Raskopp
Germany
  • 95 Evans Yeboah DT
Ghana
Linebackers
  •   Kubindia Bashale
Germany
  •   Mattis Dölling
Germany
  •   Tim Kroll
Germany
  •   Emmanuel Kwakye
Germany
  •   Robert Lachmann
Germany
  • 54 Thiago Lessow OLB
Germany
  • 58 Brian-Tom Lohse OLB
Germany
  • 52 Ambroise Mati OLB
Germany
  •   Jan-Niklas Makoben
Germany
  • 45 Jeremy Sarfo RB
Germany
  • 40 Matthias Spiegel ILB
Germany
  •   Maurice Wright Jr.
United States

Defensive backs

  • 15 Kevin Fortes
France

United States
  •   Marvin Omar Gesellnsetter
Germany
  •   Victor Omorodion
Germany
  •   Gian-Luca Poerschke
Germany
  •   Bjarne Sauer
Germany
  •   Karm Singh García Heermann
Germany

Special teams

  •  8 Eric Schlomm K/P
Germany


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 23 March 2023
4 A-import, 4 E-import, 48 homegrown
56 active

Staff

Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) staff

Front office

  • CEO – Zeljko Karajica
  • General Manager – Max Paatz
  • Director player personnel – Kendral Ellison

Head coach

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Brett Morgan
  • Offensive assistant – Devin Pettenger
  • Quarterbacks – n/a
  • Wide receivers – Philipp Schulz
  • Tight ends – Marico Gregersen
  • Running backs – Sören Hauff
  • Offensive line – Gustavo Casagrande
  • Assistant offensive line – Ron Masnytzia
  • Offensive quality control – Patrik Asen
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Kendral Ellison
  • Linebackers – Tevin Hanley
  • Defensive line – Malik Ademote
  • Assistant defensive coach – Moses Sarawry
  • Defensive backs – Kenneth Flanders

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Florian Voss
  • Kicking coach – Stefan Nickel


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – n/a


Staff updated 14 February 2022

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. ^ "Football-Comeback des Jahres: Hamburg Sea Devils und Frankfurt Galaxy starten in der ELF". ran.de (in German). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  3. ^ "Ex-NFL-Trainer Ted Daisher wird Head Coach bei Hamburg Sea Devils". ran.de (in German). 12 March 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  4. ^ "ELF: Hamburg Sea Devils release HC Ted Daisher". americanfootballinternational.com. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "ELF: 2023 Hamburg Sea Devils – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.