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Hamburg Sea Devils
Team logo
Established2021 (2021)
Based in Germany Hamburg, Germany
Home stadium Stadion Hoheluft
Head coachMatt Johnson
General managerMax Paatz
League European League of Football (ELF)
DivisionWestern Conference
ColorsNavy Blue, blue, red, white
       
Division titles2 (2021, 2022)
Website hamburgseadevils.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 Term 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
  •   Malik Stanley 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
  •   Deion Harris 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.

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