August 13, 2025 — Germany.
It stopped being quiet.
Two of the ELF’s flagship franchises — Berlin Thunder and Stuttgart Surge — officially joined the European Football Alliance, expanding its roster to eleven teams and sending the clearest signal yet: this wasn’t a side conversation anymore.
Thunder brought heritage, Surge brought momentum — reigning champions aligning with a bloc that now represented the majority of the league’s competitive core.
The Alliance’s message was steady, not loud: equal footing, transparent accounting, predictable governance.
For the ELF, it was the moment reality set in.
What began as “constructive feedback” had evolved into a parallel power structure.
The more logos the EFA collected, the more the ELF’s silence started to sound like consent.
By late summer 2025, it wasn’t about opposition anymore — it was about ownership.
The league’s biggest names were no longer waiting to be heard. They’d built a microphone of their own.
Teams 2022
- Frankfurt Galaxy
- Rhein Fire
- Madrid Bravos
- Paris Musketeers
- Raiders Tirol
- Vienna Vikings
- Prague Lions
- Panthers Wrocław
- Nordic Storm
- Stuttgart Surge
- Berlin Thunder
