2021 Stuttgart Surge season

2021 Stuttgart Surge season
2021 Stuttgart Surge season
Head coach	Martin Hanselmann
Home field	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
Results
Record	2–8
Uniform
	Stuttgart Surge; 2022 →;

The 2021 Stuttgart Surge season was the first season of Stuttgart Surge in the inaugural season of the European League of Football.^[1]

Regular season

Standings

South Division v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Div	Qualification
1	Frankfurt Galaxy	10	9	1	357	132	6–0	Advance to playoffs
2	Cologne Centurions	10	5	5	310	365	3–3	Advance to playoffs
3	Barcelona Dragons	10	3	7	237	277	2–4
4	Stuttgart Surge	10	2	8	157	355	1–5

Source: europeanleague.football

With only two wins in ten games, the Surge finished with the worst record in the league. After their week 4 win against Berlin, they entered a six game losing streak, the longest of any team in the inaugural ELF season.

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	TV^[A]	Recap
1	June 19	19:00	at Barcelona Dragons	W 21–17	1–0	Estadi Municipal	ran.de, Esport3	Recap
2	June 27	15:00	Frankfurt Galaxy	L 20–42	1–1	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	More Than Sports TV	Recap
3	July 4	15:00	at Berlin Thunder	L 19–40	1–2	Amateurstadion Olympiapark		Recap
4	July 11	15:00	Leipzig Kings	W 27–24	2–2	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	ProSieben Maxx	Recap
5	July 25	15:00	Cologne Centurions	L 23–39	2–3	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	ProSieben Maxx	Recap
6	August 1	15:00	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 3–57	2–4	PSD Bank Arena		Recap
7	August 8	15:00	at Leipzig Kings	L 23–49	2–5	Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
8	August 15	15:00	Barcelona Dragons	L 12–30	2–6	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	Esport3	Recap
9	August 28	15:00	at Cologne Centurions	L 9–19	2–7	Ostkampfbahn		Recap
10	September 5	15:00	Berlin Thunder	L 0–38	2–8	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau		Recap

Source: europeanleague.football

Transactions

On June 29, starting QB Jacob Wright was released, following allegations that the player used a racial slur in the previous game.^[2] A few days later, Stuttgart signed American QB Aaron Ellis, most recently from Danish team Sollerod Gold Diggers. ^[3]

Roster

**Stuttgart Surge roster**

	Quarterbacks 2 Aaron Ellis 16 Michael Winterlik Running backs 7 Tom Edel 22 Collins Kamara 26 Ruben Pein 41 Bryan Yankson 34 Serdar Kiraz 27 Samuel Shannon 39 Dimitri Gfeller Wide receivers 4 Alexander Eitel 12 Frederic Latour 14 Louis Geyer 17 Pascal Flöser 18 Paul Steigerwald 81 Fabian Weigel 24 Finn Seibert 85 Peter Weiblen 87 Domenik Rofalski Tight ends 5 David Meza 88 Marvin Pludra		Offensive linemen 56 Jens Walther 73 Leon Häbich 66 Marvin Röber 68 Jason Kühn 70 Maximilian Kempchen 71 Jan Steiger 75 Jai Jackson 77 Marc Kuppinger 51 Thomas Ghebrezherer 78 Nicko Schuster Defensive linemen 72 Darko Pisaric 91 Paul Ziebart 92 Tobias Burkhardt 95 Felix Haufe 96 Florian Breitenbach 97 Philipp Ungericht 98 Marcel Fürst 99 Sercan Vardar		Linebackers 20 Dale Warren 2 Danny Washington 44 Japhet Mbala 45 Nijaz Hamulic 48 Tom Stickel 51 Anthony Morris 55 Dennis Gratza 58 Lasse Rave 54 Constantin Lässing Zachary Blair Defensive backs 21 Julian Jakob CB 23 Marcel Dabo CB/S 31 Nick Wenzelburger S 32 Julian Ludwig-Mayorga S 33 Luca Siebert CB/S 33 Ben Wenzler CB 37 Kevin Bannasch S 30 Till Becker CB 8 Victor Ferrier S Special teams 10 Jens Hauser K 3 Timo Bronn K Stefan Müller K				Rookies in italics Roster updated 12 July 2021