Panthers Wrocław

Panthers Wrocław
Based in	Wrocław, Poland
Stadium	Stadion Olimpijski
Established	2005
Division	East Division
Colors	Blue, Black, White   
Website	https://en.pantherswroclaw.com/

Uniform of the Panthers Wrocław football team in 2024.

The Panthers Wrocław are an American football team based in Wrocław, Poland, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF) since the inaugural season 2021.

Panthers have qualified for the semifinal in 2021, and the wildcard round in 2023.

Panthers have Ukraine as additional homegrown market.

History

Pre-ELF

The Panthers Wrocław were founded in 2013 by Giants-Wrocław players and former Devils-Wrocław players. In 2014 and 2015 the Panthers were Polish runners-up, the following year they won the championship and were winners of the IFAF Europe Champions League.

Since 2019, the Panthers have been cooperating with the Jaguars Kąty Wroclawskie from the suburb of Kąty Wrocławskie.

The first announcements of the league already included the Panthers as one of the participants.

2021 Season

In the 2021 season, the Panthers finished the regular season in second place in the North Division with six wins and four losses. They qualified for the semifinals, where they lost to the Hamburg Sea Devils 27-30.

2022 Season

The Panthers finished the 2022 season in 3rd place in the Northern Conference with five wins to seven losses. Following the season, Kuba Samel resigned as head coach and was named the Panthers' athletic director. U.S. college football coach Dave Christensen was announced as his successor in November 2022.

2023 Season

The Panthers signed American quarterback Nik Rango for the 2023 season, but released him a few weeks before the start of the regular season without naming a replacement yet. On 5/25/2023, 9 days before the season started, the Panthers announced that Matthew Vitale is their new quarterback for the 2023 season. With eight wins and four losses, they qualified for the Wild Card Round, where they lost to Stuttgart Surge.

2024 Season

After A.J. Wentland had already received a two-year contract as a US player in the pre-season, Special Teams Player of the Year Devan Burrell was also signed by the Panthers. Adrià Botella Moreno came from the Paris Musketeers as an E-spot.

For the season opener against the Berlin Thunder, the Panthers will play for the first time in the Tarczyński Arena with a capacity of 45,105 spectators.

After the sixth game day, Head Coach Christensen was replaced by Craig Kuligowski, who was already serving as the Panthers' defensive coordinator.

In sporting terms, things were mixed. With a record of 6-6, they were able to secure second place in the Eastern Division, but this was not enough for a playoff spot in direct comparison with the runners-up in the other divisions.

2025 Season

HC Craig Kuligowski's contract has been extended for the 2025 season.

Stadium

The Olympic Stadium (Polish: Stadion Olimpijski) is a multi-purpose stadium in Wrocław, Poland. It is the home stadium of speedway team Sparta Wrocław and American football team Panthers Wrocław.

The stadium has a capacity now of 11,000 people and was supposed to be one of the main pitches on UEFA Euro 2012. The newly constructed Stadion Miejski (Tarczyński Arena) was used for that event instead.

The Panthers will play their opening game of the 2024 season vs Berlin Thunder in the Tarczyński Arena, which has a capacity of 45,105.

Players

Top Players

Quarterback	Year	G	COMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	TD	INT	SCK
Lukas O'Connor	2021	10	237	390	60,77	2879	24	11	19

Receiver	Year	G	RRC	TGT	YDS	CTCH %	YPG	YPC	LNG	TD	TD/G
Jakub Mazan	2021-22	22	93	159	1265	58.5%	57.5	13.6	80	11	0.5
Malik Stanley	2022	12	87	134	1099	64.9%	91.6	12.6	65	12	1.0
Przemysław Banat	2021-22	18	70	104	956	67.3%	53.1	13.7	58	8	0.4

Running	Year	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	YPG	LNG	TD	TD/G	FMB	FML
Dawid Brzozowski	2022-23	23	329	1696	5.2	73.7	64	15	0.7	4	1

2025 Roster

2025 Panthers Wrocław roster

	Quarterbacks   Demarcus Irons QB 🇺🇸 Running backs Wide receivers		Offensive linemen Defensive linemen   Jordan Scanlan DL 🇦🇺    Karlis Brauns DE 🇱🇻		Linebackers 49 A.J. Wentland LB 🇺🇸 Defensive backs 10 Devan Burrell DB 🇺🇸   Milos Ilic DB 🇩🇰    Atilla Işık DB 🇹🇷				Names with a strikethrough = season ending Rookies in italics Roster updated Dec 20, 2024 4 A-import, 3 E-import, 0 homegrown 7 active, 0 inactive, 0 practice squad

2024 Roster

2024 Panthers Wrocław roster

	Quarterbacks   Josiah Norwood QB 🇺🇸 Running backs 21 Gennadiy Adams RB 🇺🇸 🇷🇺  22 Dawid Brzozowski RB 🇵🇱 26 Jedrzej Smigielski RB 29 Kamil Kotlarz RB 🇵🇱 Wide receivers  1 Kacper Jaszewski WR 🇵🇱  5 Maciej Krupa WR 🇵🇱  7 Jakub Wasiel WR 🇵🇱 14 Kacper Fiedziuk WR 🇵🇱 17 Matt Cole WR 🇺🇸 15 Bartosz Dziedzic WR 🇵🇱 16 Wiktor Zięba WR 🇵🇱 18 Adrian Gródecki WR 🇵🇱 20 Bruno Waszkiewicz WR 🇵🇱 23 Jakub Mazan WR 🇵🇱 82 Przemysław Banat WR 🇵🇱 84 Michał Goszczyński WR 🇵🇱 85 Krzysztof Nosow WR 🇵🇱 Tight ends  8 Adrià Botella Moreno TE 🇪🇸  30 Tomasz Gajewski OL/TE 🇵🇱 80 Hubert Frej TE 🇵🇱 87 Mateusz Wojakiewicz TE 🇵🇱		Offensive linemen 55 Rafal Rogaczewski C 🇵🇱 57 Mateusz Samczuk OG 🇵🇱 64 Konrad Orzechowski OT 🇵🇱 66 Sebastian Kojkoł OG 🇵🇱 67 Adrian Gierczak OG 🇵🇱 68 Keanu Ebanks OT 🇬🇧  70 Jedrzej Rudnicki OT 🇵🇱 72 Jakub Gajewski OG 🇵🇱   Lucas Xavier 🇧🇷  Defensive linemen  6 Kamil Ruta DT 🇵🇱 47 Dušan Novaković DT 🇷🇸  50 Szymon Adamczyk DT 🇵🇱 54 Stanisław Idziak DE 🇵🇱 90 Ksawery Tracz DE 🇵🇱 91 Oskar Romaniuk DE 🇵🇱 92 Eryk Paszkiewicz DE 🇵🇱 97 Łukasz Gembara DT 🇵🇱   Mateusz Szczek DL 🇵🇱   Tomasz Setkiewicz DL 🇵🇱		Linebackers  2 Hubert Ogrodowczyk LB 🇵🇱  9 Tomasz Kiszka ILB 🇵🇱 33 Kacper Ołdak LB 🇵🇱 34 Patryk Guk LB 🇵🇱 35 Krzysztof Wis MLB 🇵🇱 38 Przemyslaw Odzimek LB 🇵🇱 49 A.J. Wentland LB 🇺🇸 96 Adam Dobkowski OLB 🇵🇱 Defensive backs  3 Szymon Jarmołkowicz SS 🇵🇱 10 Devan Burrell DB 🇺🇸 19 Daniel Piatkowski SS 🇵🇱 24 William James SS 🇸🇪  25 Adam Lary CB 🇵🇱 27 Gregorz Lary CB 🇵🇱 28 Maciej Jabłoński CB 🇵🇱 31 Szymon Romanowski CB 🇵🇱 36 Zackaria Oueldsidi CB 🇵🇱 44 Andrei Karmakskikh CB 🇵🇱   Tomasz Osmański CB 🇵🇱   Wojciech Simka CB 🇵🇱 Special teams  7 Jakub Ałdaś K 🇵🇱 11 Jakub Ciurkot K 🇵🇱 45 Mateusz Hernacki P 🇵🇱				Names with a strikethrough = season ending Rookies in italics Roster updated July 25, 2024 4 A-import, 6 E-import, 54 homegrown 64 active, 0 inactive, 0 practice squad

2023 Roster

2023 Panthers Wrocław roster

	Quarterbacks 11 Matthew Vitale QB 🇺🇸 Running backs 13 Jędrzej Śmigielski 🇵🇱 22 Dawid Brzozowski 🇵🇱 29 Kamil Kotlarz 🇵🇱 Wide receivers  1 Tony Tate 🇺🇸  5 Maciej Krupa 🇵🇱 10 Miłosz Maćków 🇵🇱 14 Kacper Fiedziuk 🇵🇱 15 Bartosz Dziedzic 🇵🇱 16 Wiktor Zięba 🇵🇱 18 Adrian Gródecki 🇵🇱 21 Patryk Matkowski 🇵🇱 23 Kacper Jaszewski 🇵🇱 82 Krzysztof Nosow 🇵🇱 84 Michał Goszczyński 🇵🇱 88 Bruno Waszkiewicz 🇵🇱 Tight ends 30 Tomasz Gajewski 🇵🇱 87 Mateusz Wojakiewicz 🇵🇱		Offensive linemen 55 Rafał Rogaczewski 🇵🇱 56 Lucas Xavier 🇧🇷 57 Mateusz Samczuk 🇵🇱 64 Konrad Orzechowski 🇵🇱 65 Kamil Piątek 🇵🇱 66 Sebastian Kojkoł 🇵🇱 74 Murilo Machado Silva 🇧🇷 77 Otávio Amorim 🇧🇷 Defensive linemen 50 Szymon Adamczyk DT 🇵🇱 54 Stanisław Idziak 🇵🇱 91 Oskar Romaniuk DL 🇵🇱 96 Piotr Ostrowski 🇵🇱 93 Damian Wesołowski 🇵🇱 96 Marcin Pryjma 🇵🇱 97 Łukasz Gembara DT 🇵🇱		Linebackers  4 Timi Nuikka 🇫🇮  9 Jan Chmiel 🇵🇱 12 Konrad Stępień 🇵🇱 34 Solomon Brown OLB 🇺🇸 46 Hubert Ogrodowczyk 🇵🇱 49 A.J. Wentland 🇺🇸 51 Dawid Dzieleńdziak 🇵🇱 83 Jakob Schridde 🇩🇪 Defensive backs  3 Szymon Jarmołkowicz 🇵🇱 19 Daniel Piątkowski S 🇵🇱 20 William James SS 🇸🇪 25 Adam Lary CB 🇵🇱 27 Grzegorz Lary CB 🇵🇱 28 Maciej Jabłoński CB 🇵🇱 31 Szymon Romanowski CB 🇵🇱 44 Andrei Karmakskikh 🇵🇱 Special teams  7 Jakub Ałdaś K 🇵🇱 12 Konrad Stępień K 🇵🇱 45 Mateusz Hernacki P 🇵🇱				Injured reserve  8 Makenzie Sexton QB 🇺🇸 99 Robert Rosołek DE 🇵🇱  2 Daniel Bender 🇺🇸 26 Marcin Osumek CB 🇵🇱 Names with a strikethrough = season ending Practice squad 24 Adam Skakowski RB 🇵🇱 17 Jakub Wąsiel WR 🇵🇱   Przemysław Banat WR 🇵🇱 70 Bartosz Małek OG 🇵🇱 71 Sebastian Rusin OG 🇵🇱 72 Jakub Gajewski OG 🇵🇱   Tomasz Kiszka ILB 🇵🇱   Michał Minasov OLB 🇵🇱 33 Mateusz Dzioban FS 🇵🇱   Tomasz Osmański 🇵🇱   Jakub Ciurkot K 🇵🇱 Rookies in italics Roster updated 18 August 2023 3 A-import, 6 E-import, 42 homegrown 51 active, 11 practice squad

Staff

Head Coaches

Name	Tenure	Record		Titles
		W	L
Jakub Samel	2021-2022	11	12	-
Dave Christensen	2023-2024	10	8	-
Craig Kuligowski	2024-current	6	6	-

2024 Staff

2024 Panthers Wrocław staff

	Front office Owner - Tarczyński S.A President – Michał Latoś General Manager – Jakub Głogowski Chief Operating Officer - Karolina Janas Director of Sports – Team Manager - Dariusz Ankiewicz Head of Physiotherapist - Artur Hnida Medical director - Dr. Sebastian Krupa Team Doctor - Jagoda Janas Head coach Head coach – Craig Kuligowski Offensive coaches Offensive Coordinator – Sam Gooding Offensice Asst. – Miłosz Maćków Quarterbacks – Gabe Landa Wide receivers – Ryan Petrasek Running backs - Tight Ends – Vinny LoVerde Offensive Line – Sam Gooding			Defensive coaches Defensive Coordinator – Craig Kuligowski Defensive Asst. – Przemysław Lewszyk Linebackers – Craig Kuligowski Defensive line – Michael Sam Defensive backs – Marquis Griffin Special teams coaches Special Teams Coordinator – Specialist Coach - Paul Mokrzycki Assistant coaches Strength and Conditioning – Łukasz Sutkowski updated July 24, 2024

Total record

	Games	Win	Loss	Win %	P+	P-	PDiff
Panthers Wrocław	47	24	23	0.511	1352	1140	+212

Record per Season

Season	Conference	Rank	Games	Win	Loss	Win %	P+	P-	Playoffs
2021	North	2	10	6	4	0.600	314	259	Semi final @ Hamburg Sea Devils 27-30
2022	Northern	3	12	5	7	0.417	287	314
2023	Eastern	3	12	8	4	0.667	385	221	Wild card round @ Stuttgart Surge 14-37
2024	Eastern	2	12	6	6	0.500	356	285

Record per Opponent

	Games	Win	Loss	Win %	P+	P-	PDiff
Fehérvár Enthroners	4	4	0	1.000	204	63	+141
Prague Lions	4	4	0	1.000	133	46	+87
Leipzig Kings	5	5	0	1.000	181	111	+70
Berlin Thunder	8	4	4	0.500	242	221	+21
Cologne Centurions	2	1	1	0.500	86	72	+14
Stuttgart Surge	5	2	3	0.400	110	146	-36
Hamburg Sea Devils	7	2	5	0.286	147	165	-18
Vienna Vikings	6	1	5	0.167	123	133	-10
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	1	5	0.167	126	183	-57

Source: https://elfdata.eu/