Leipzig Kings

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Leipzig Kings
Team logo
Established2021 (2021)
Based inGermany Leipzig, Germany
Home stadiumAlfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Head coach
LeagueEuropean League of Football (ELF)
DivisionNorth Division
Current uniform
Leipzig Kings Uniform.png
Current sports event 2021 Leipzig Kings season

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

History[]

The Leipzig franchise was announced along with Berlin Thunder and Cologne Centurions in March 2021, as part of the inaugural season of the European League of Football.[1] 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.[2]

The Kings introduced their first head coach, , who previously coached the national teams of Sweden, the Czech Republic and Austria, and also gained coaching experience with Stuttgart Scorpions and two NFL teams, New York Jets and New York Giants.[3]

On May 7, 2021, the Kings signed Japanese wide receiver who would be the first Asian player playing in ELF.[4] 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.

Stadium[]

The Kings are playing their home games at the 4,999 capacity Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark.

Roster[]

2021 Leipzig Kings roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3 Michael Birdsong United States
  •  15 Tom Van Duijn Netherlands

Running backs

  •  2 Jason Aguemon France
  •  22 Raymond Sobowale England
  •  23 Moritz Herzel Germany
  •  24 Tony Kulok Germany
  •  27 Luc Schneider Germany

Wide receivers

  •  6 Timothy Knuettel Germany
  •  8 Alpha Jalloh United States
  •  11 Anthony Dablé France
  •  12 Jaleel Awini WR/QB United States
  •  80 Markus Riedel Germany
  •  81 Antonio Fischer Germany
  •  82 Jeremy Lang Germany
  •  83 Joshua Lang Germany
  •  84 Yoshihito Omi Japan
  •  89 Nils Baeumer Germany

Tight ends


Offensive linemen
  •  70 Shalom Baafi Germany
  •  71 Florian Barthel Germany
  •  72 Jonas Hagerup Norway
  •  73 Max Bruder Germany
  •  74 Tilman Brütsch Germany
  •  75 Sven Hinrichs Germany
  •  76 Per Kristian Molberg Norway
  •  77 Robert Kahlke Germany
  •  78 Christoph Schob
  •  79 Viktor Weiderspahn Germany

Defensive linemen

  •  42 Philipp Mingerzahn DL/LB Germany
  •  56 Lance Leota New Zealand
  •  90 Steven Kühne Germany
  •  91 Dustin Dennerlein Germany
  •  92 Aslan Zetterberg Sweden
  •  93 Christopher Hans Germany
  •  99 Vincent Buffet France
 Linebackers
  •  40 Olav Røhnebæk Norway
  •  47 Maximilian Fitz Germany
  •  48 Luca Lampe Germany
  •  51 Mirko Parnow
  •  52 Chris Schlack Germany
  •  53 Pascal Topolewski Germany
  •  54 Martin Strauss Germany

Defensive backs

  •  4 Roedion Henrique Netherlands
  •  7 Benhwoll Tchiyoko France
  •  10 Shida Wang China
  •  17 Simon Braun DB/WR Germany
  •  21 Daniel Docal Spain
  •  25 Anastassiadis Kiriakos Greece
  •  26 Florian Borger DB/LB Germany
  •  33 Paul Meissner DB/LB Germany

Special teams

  •  1 Jacob Templar P/WR Australia
  •  85 Marcel Ulbrich K/WR Germany
 Practice squad



Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 25 May 2021

References[]

  1. ^ "European League of Football mit Berlin Thunder, Köln Centurions und Leipzig Kings" (in German). . March 22, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "European League of Football: Chef sieht Potenzial in Leipzig". Zeit (in German). April 22, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  3. ^ "ELF: Armstrong Cheftrainer der Leipzig Kings". Welt (in German). April 7, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  4. ^ "European League of Football: Leipzig Kings sign top Japanese WR Yoshihito Omi". American Football International. May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
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