The Leipzig Kings are an
American football
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team in
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...
,
Germany
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, that plays in the
European League of Football
The European League of Football (ELF) is a professional American football league. The league (as of the 2023 season) consists of 17 teams located in Germany, Poland, Spain, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Hungary, Czech Republic and France, with p ...
(ELF).
History
The Leipzig franchise was announced along with
Berlin Thunder
The Berlin Thunder were a professional American football team in NFL Europe.
History
The Thunder came into existence as an expansion team, after the London/England Monarchs franchise shut down operations, prior to the 1999 season. Home games f ...
and
Cologne Centurions in March 2021, as part of the inaugural season of the European League of Football. In April, ELF commissioner
Patrick Esume praised the potential of Leipzig for growing the sport and the athletes in the university, despite the relatively short time for the Kings to prepare for the first season.
The Kings introduced their first head coach, Fred Armstrong, who previously coached the national teams of
Sweden, the
Czech Republic
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and
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
, and also gained coaching experience with
Stuttgart Scorpions
The Stuttgart Scorpions are an American football team from Stuttgart, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 2007, when it reached the German Bowl but lost to the Braunschweig Lions.
History
The Stuttgart Scorpions were formed in December ...
and two
NFL
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teams,
New York Jets and
New York Giants
The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East divisio ...
.
On May 7, 2021, the Kings signed Japanese wide receiver Yoshihito Omi who would be the first Asian player playing in ELF.
In 2019, Omi led in receiving with 33 catches and 544 yards for
IBM Big Blue in
X League, and acted as captain for the
Japan national American football team.
Season-by-season
Stadium
The Kings are playing their home games at the 4,999 capacity
Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark is a multi-use stadium in Leipzig, Germany. It is used as the stadium of BSG Chemie Leipzig (1997), BSG Chemie Leipzig matches. The capacity of the stadium is 4,999 spectators.
For the 2021 ELF season, inaugural season of th ...
.
Roster
Staff
References
External links
Official website
{{Leipzig Kings
European League of Football teams
American football teams in Germany
Sport in Leipzig
2021 establishments in Germany
American football teams established in 2021