European League of Football: Ownership and Stakeholders

This page provides an overview of the owners and stakeholders of the European League of Football (ELF) GmbH and its franchise teams. The percentages listed here reflect official equity interests. Franchises may have additional investors who are not formal owners.

European League of Football GmbH (as of 12 November 2024)

• SEH Sport Beteiligungs GmbH — 71.74% (see Hamburg Sea Devils)
• D2D4 GmbH — 10%
  • Klaus Meier — 100%
• Patrick Esume — 8.24%
• TKR Ventures GmbH — 4% (see Munich Ravens)
• H B - Immobilien GmbH — 3.64%
• Devils Wroclaw Sp. Z.o.o. — 1.88% (see Panthers Wroclaw)
• CJFS GmbH — 0.5%

Franchises

Berlin Thunder – FBG Football Berlin GmbH (15 October 2024)

• Ronny Boldt — 25%
• B.E.S.T. Veranstaltungsdienste GmbH — 25%
  • B.E.S.T. Veranstaltungsdienste Holding und Beteiligungs GmbH — 100%
    • Henry Klemm — 100%
• Thomas Ebeling — 25%
• MIDGARD UG — 25%
  • Till Grönemeyer — 100%

Cologne Centurions – CH Sport Betreiber GmbH

• Contenthouse GmbH — 100%
  • Novel Media GmbH — 100%
    • Senad Mecavica — 100%

Fehérvár Enthroners – Fehérvár Enthroners KFT

Data not available

Frankfurt Galaxy – B.G.A. Football Betriebs GmbH (18 November 2024)

• Jörg Zirener — 20%
• James Edward McGoldrick — 20%
• Lakeview Invest GmbH — 10%
  • Hummingbird SARL — 100%
• Markus Rudolf Hauptmann — 10%
• TFI GmbH — 5%
• Christopher David Knower — 5%
• David Rüssel Knower — 5%
• Eric Reutemann — 5%
• Hubertus Georg Hoyt — 5%
• Henrik Christoph Jürgen Schulze — 2.5%
• Paul Christian Wnuk — 2.5%
• SR Vertriebs- und Marketing GmbH — 2.5%
• Stefan Heinrich Otto Görges — 2.5%

Hamburg Sea Devils – SEH Football Betreiber GmbH

• SEH Sport Beteiligungs GmbH — 91.99%
  • SEH Sports & Entertainment Holding GmbH
    • Zeljko Karajica — 42.84%
    • ELAS Technologies — 12.61%
      • Matthias Trinker — 50%
      • Torsten Vahrenkamp — 50%
    • Axel Sven Springer — 12.61%
    • Invest AOT GmbH — 12.61% (Anke Tessner 100%)
    • SEM Beteiligungs GmbH — 12.7%
    • Thomas Ebeling — 3.32% (see Berlin Thunder)
    • Johannes Huth — 3.30%
• Flash 4 GmbH — 8.01%

Helvetic Mercenaries – American Football Betriebs GmbH

• Moor Lifestyle Group AG — 100%

Madrid Bravos – Marlos Sports 2022 SL

Data not available

Munich Ravens – München American Football Holding GmbH (4 Jan 2024)

• TKR Ventures GmbH — 100%
  • Thomas Krohne — 100%

Nordic Storm – Nordic Storm ApS

• Nordic Storm Holding A/S — 100%
  • Weplan Group ApS — 50% (Michael Weidick Planeta)
  • LG Invest 2024 ApS — 50% (Lars Green)

Paris Musketeers – Les Mousquetaires de Paris SAS

Data not available

Prague Lions – PG Football s.r.o.

• PG Football LLC — 100%

Rhein Fire – Number One Sportbetriebs GmbH (11 Feb 2025)

• RAE Holding GmbH — 30.45% (Rene‑Alexander Engel)
• PossibilITy Holding GmbH — 18.99% (Andre Missing)
• Dirk Reiner — 16.12%
• Martin Wagner — 7.14%
• DAIVE Beratungs GmbH — 6.81%
• Weißer Adler GmbH — 6.8%
• Karasch Invest GmbH — 5.17%
• Mirko Kürten — 4.05%
• David Wallen — 2.43%
• MF Beteiligungs GmbH — 2.05%

Stuttgart Surge – American Football Club Stuttgart GmbH (21 October 2024)

• Schmidt Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH — 36.1% (Erwin Schmidt 50%, Martin Schmidt 50%)
• Frame Group GmbH — 21% (Franke Metz)
• eventkomm.de GmbH — 15.6% (Ihsan Musa)
• Felix Haufe — 10.1%
• Konege GmbH & Co. KG — 4%
• Michael, Lara, Maren, Nico Göhner — 4%
• Timo Franke — 3.7%
• Burger Holding GmbH — 3%
• JD Invest & Advisory GmbH — 1.5%
• Jakob Elijah Johnson — 1%

Raiders Tirol — American Sports GmbH

• SWARCO RAIDERS Tirol — 100%

Vienna Vikings – Football AFC Betriebs GmbH

• Venture Equity Invest GmbH — 67.53%
  • Robin Lumsden — 68.1%
  • Nagel Family Irrevocable Trust — 18.51%
  • Peak Sport Ventures GmbH — 5.92%
    • Dana Cook — 50%
    • Renee Cook — 50%
• Robin Lumsden — 30.47%
• AFC Vienna Vikings — 2%

Panthers Wrocław – Panthers Wrocław sp. z o.o.

• Devils Wrocław sp. z o.o. — 100%