2025 Nordic Storm season
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Palle Christensen| 2025 Nordic Storm season | |
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| General manager | Palle Christensen |
| Head coach |  John Shoop |
| Defensive coordinator | Brandon Noble |
| Home stadium | Gladsaxe Stadium |
The 2025 Nordic Storm season is the inaugural season of the Nordic Storm team in the European League of Football for the 2025 season.
The Storm were announced to join the European League of Football on September 21, 2024.[1] They are regarded as representing both Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmö, Sweden, the two cities connected by the Øresund Bridge. This makes them the first ELF franchise in Scandinavia and the first one to represent two countries. Players from both Denmark and Sweden are considered homegrown players under the league's rules.[2] The Storm will play their inaugural season at Gladsaxe Stadium in Søborg.[3]
On October 3, 2024, former NFL offensive coordinator and Munich Ravens head coach John Shoop was named as the Nordic Storm's first head coach.[4] First players signed were quarterback Jadrian Clark and running back Glen Toonga. Both played for the ELF champion Rhein Fire for the 2023 and 2024 seasons, and were MVP in this seasons. The first Danish player was Joachim Christensen (ELF champion with Frankfurt Galaxy in 2021), the first Swedish signing was Ludvig Myrén, who had played for the Berlin Thunder for the last three years.[5]
Regular season
Standings
| Pos | Team | GP | W | L | DIV | PF | PA | DIFF | STK | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nordic Storm | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5–1 | 432 | 201 | +231 | L1 | Automatic playoffs (#4) |
| 2 | Rhein Fire | 12 | 8 | 4 | 5–1 | 348 | 214 | +134 | W4 | Advance to playoffs (#5) |
| 3 | Hamburg Sea Devils | 12 | 3 | 9 | 2–4 | 196 | 396 | −200 | W1 | |
| 4 | Berlin Thunder | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0–6 | 313 | 432 | −119 | L4 | |
Source: europeanleague.football
Schedule
| Week | Date | Opponent[A] | Result | Record | Venue | Att. | Recap |
| 1 | May 18 | at Helvetic Mercenaries | 56–12 | 1–0 | Lidl Arena, Wil | ||
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| 2 | May 25 | at Panthers Wroclaw | 40–21 | 2–0 | Stadion Olimpijski | ||
| 3 | June 1 | at Berlin Thunder | 35–0 | 3–0 | Gladsaxe Stadion | ||
| 4 | bye | ||||||
| 5 | June 15 | Frankfurt Galaxy | 35–0 | 4–0 | Gladsaxe Stadion | ||
| 6 | June 21 | Panthers Wroclaw | 47–19 | 5–0 | Gladsaxe Stadion | ||
| 7 | June 28 | Helvetic Mercenaries | 35–0 | 6–0 | Gladsaxe Stadion | ||
| 8 | July 6 | at Hamburg Sea Devils | 27–21 | 7–0 | Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg | ||
| 9 | July 13 | Rhein Fire | 25–24 | 8–0 | Gladsaxe Stadion | ||
| 10 | July 20 | at Berlin Thunder | 53–35 | 9–0 | Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin | ||
| 11 | July 27 | at Frankfurt Galaxy | 20–35 | 9–1 | PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt | ||
| 12 | bye | ||||||
| 13 | August 10 | Hamburg Sea Devils | Gladsaxe Stadion | ||||
| 14 | August 17 | at Rhein Fire | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg | ||||
Source: elfdata.eu
Game summaries
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Storm | 0 | 25 | 6 | 25 | 56 |
| Mercenaries | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
at Lidl Arena, Wil, Switzerland
- Date: 18 May 2025
- Game attendance: 2,300
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| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Storm | 6 | 14 | 0 | 20 | 40 |
| Panthers | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 21 |
at Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland
- Date: 25 May 2025
- Game attendance: 2,952
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| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Thunder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Storm | 6 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 35 |
at Gladsaxe Stadium, Søborg, Denmark
- Date: 1 June 2025
- Game attendance: 2,493
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| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Galaxy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Storm | 16 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 35 |
at Gladsaxe Stadium, Søborg, Denmark
- Date: 15 June 2025
- Game attendance: 1,937
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