Panthers Wrocław

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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.[1]

History[edit | edit source]

Pre-ELF[edit | edit source]

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.[2]

2021 Season[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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. [3] On 5/25/2023, 9 days before the season started, the Panthers announced that Matthew Vitale is their new quarterback for the 2023 season.[4] With eight wins and four losses, they qualified for the Wild Card Round, where they lost to Stuttgart Surge.

2024 Season[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

Stadium[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Top Players[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Quarterbacks

Running backs


Wide receivers



Offensive linemen


Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs


Names with a strikethrough = season ending


Rookies in italics
Roster updated Nov 09, 2024
3 A-import, 2 E-import, 0 homegrown
5 active, 0 inactive, 0 practice squad


2024 Roster[edit | edit source]

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

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[edit | edit source]

Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

Injured reserve

Names with a strikethrough = season ending
Practice squad


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 18 August 2023
3 A-import, 6 E-import, 42 homegrown
51 active, 11 practice squad


Staff[edit | edit source]

Head Coaches[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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

Record per Season[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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/

See also[edit | edit source]

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