2026 European Football Alliance season

2026 EFA season
LeagueEuropean Football Alliance
SportAmerican football
Duration15 May – August 2026
Games30 + 3 playoff games
Teams6
2026 Championship Game

The 2026 EFA season is the inaugural season of the European Football Alliance, a professional American football league based in Europe. Six teams from five countries will participate. The season starts on 15 May 2026.[1]

Format and Teams

2026 European Football Alliance season (Europe)
Locations of teams competing in the 2026 EFA season.

Six teams that previously competed in the 2025 European League of Football season have joined the newly established European Football Alliance.[2] The Madrid Bravos were initially announced as participant, but withdrew on March 10, 2026.

The six teams will play a double round-robin tournament.[3] Each team will play ten games over 13 weeks.

Franchise City Stadium Capacity Head Coach Record 2025
Frankfurt Galaxy Frankfurt PSD Bank Arena 12,542 Thomas Kösling 6–6
Munich Ravens Munich Sportpark Unterhaching 15,053 Kendral Ellison 11–1, Semi Final
Nordic Storm Copenhagen Gladsaxe Stadium 13,507 John Shoop 10–2, Semi Final
Paris Musketeers Paris Stade Bauer
Stadion Essone
6,500
18,850
Jack Del Rio 7–5
Prague Lions Prague FK Viktoria Stadion 3,327 James Brooks 7–5
Raiders Tirol Innsbruck Tivoli Stadion Tirol 17,400 Shuan Fatah 6–6

Regular season

Overview

Home \ Away FRA MUN NOR PAR PRA TIR
Frankfurt Galaxy
Munich Ravens
Nordic Storm
Paris Musketeers
Prague Lions
Tirol Raiders
First match(es) will be played: 15 May 2026. Source: EFA
Legend: Blue = home team win; Red = away team win.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD
1 Frankfurt Galaxy 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Munich Ravens 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Nordic Storm 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Paris Musketeers 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Prague Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Tirol Raiders 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 15 May 2026. Source: European League Football Data Lab

Schedule

Week 1

Date Away team Home team Venue
Fri, 15 May Paris Musketeers Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena
Sat, 16 May Prague Lions Nordic Storm Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg
Sun, 17 May Raiders Tirol Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching

Week 2

Date Away team Home team Venue
Sat, 23 May Prague Lions Paris Musketeers Stade Bauer, Saint-Ouen
Sun, 24 May Raiders Tirol Nordic Storm Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg
Bye week Munich Ravens, Frankfurt Galaxy

Week 3

Date Away team Home team Venue
Sat, 30 May Munich Ravens Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena
Bye week Raiders Tirol, Paris Musketeers, Prague Lions, Nordic Storm

Week 4

Date Away team Home team Venue
Sat, 6 Jun Munich Ravens Paris Musketeers
Frankfurt Galaxy Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Sun, 7 Jun Nordic Storm Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov

Week 5

Date Away team Home team Venue
Sat, 13 Jun Raiders Tirol Paris Musketeers Stade Bauer, Saint-Ouen
Sun, 14 Jun Prague Lions Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching
Frankfurt Galaxy Nordic Storm Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg

Week 6

Date Away team Home team Venue
Sun, 21 Jun Prague Lions Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena
Paris Musketeers Nordic Storm Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg
Bye week Raiders Tirol, Munich Ravens

Week 7

Date Away team Home team Venue
Sat, 27 Jun Prague Lions Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Sun, 28 Jun Nordic Storm Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching
Bye week Frankfurt Galaxy, Paris Musketeers

Week 8

Date Away team Home team Venue
Sat, 4 Jul Munich Ravens Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Sun, 5 Jul Frankfurt Galaxy Paris Musketeers Stade Bauer, Saint-Ouen
Bye week Prague Lions, Nordic Storm

Week 9

Date Away team Home team Venue
Nordic Storm Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Paris Musketeers Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov
Frankfurt Galaxy Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching

Week 10

Date Away team Home team Venue
Sat, 18 Jul Raiders Tirol Frankfurt Galaxy PSD Bank Arena
Munich Ravens Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov
Nordic Storm Paris Musketeers Stade Essone, Bondoufle

Week 11

Date Away team Home team Venue
25/26 Jul All teams on bye week

Week 12

Date Away team Home team Venue
Sun, 2 Aug Nordic Storm Frankfurt Galaxy Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Raiders Tirol Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov
Paris Musketeers Munich Ravens Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching

Week 13

Date Away team Home team Venue
Sun, 9 Aug Munich Ravens Nordic Storm Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg
Raiders Tirol Paris Musketeers Stade Essone, Bondoufle
Frankfurt Galaxy Prague Lions Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov


Play-offs

The semifinal games will be played on August 15 and 16 at PSD Bank Arena in Frankfurt.

Semifinals EFA Championship Game
      
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References

  1. ^ Crane, Jonathan (2026-02-05), "The fight for American football in Europe", Deutsche Welle{{citation}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ^ "Munich Ravens Join European Football Alliance for 2026 Season". AFI | American Football &#124. 2026-02-04.
  3. ^ "The field is set: EFA confirms 7-team grid & double round robin schedule". AFI | American Football &#124. 2026-02-07.