2024 European League of Football season

The 2024 ELF season is the upcoming fourth season of the European League of Football, a professional American football league based in Europe. Seventeen teams from nine different countries will participate and will compete for the title at the Championship Game in the Veltins-Arena Gelsenkirchen, Germany on September 22, 2024.

Format
The teams are divided into three conferences of 5 or 6 teams. Each team plays 12 games during the regular season. The winner of each conference, as well as the next best 3 teams, regardless of conference, qualify for the playoffs.

Teams
Of the 17 teams from the 2023 season, 15 are competing in 2024, and are joined by one new expansion team: Madrid Bravos. Teams not returning for the new season are the Leipzig Kings and the Helvetic Guards, the latter replaced by a new Swiss team, the Helvetic Mercenaries.

Schedule
The schedule for the 2024 season was released on January 16, 2024 without any specific times and venues.

Standings
C - Clinched conference title Q - Clinched playoffs

In case ties inside and between the conferences have to be broken, the rules are:


 * 1) Number of wins
 * 2) Head-to-head matchup
 * 3) Points difference in head-to-head matchups
 * 4) Points scored at away games of head-to-head matchups
 * 5) Total points difference
 * 6) Total points scored
 * 7) Point scored at away games
 * 8) Coin toss performed by the Commissioner or a person (e.g., a prominent sportsmen) determined by the Commissioner

Play-offs
The wildcard games are played on August 31 and September 01, the semifinals on September 07 and 08, and the final being held on September 22, 2024 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

Broadcasting
Selected games are available on free TV in most of the participating countries. For the Austrian and German market, the league's main broadcasting partner is ProSiebenSat.1 Media. In Germany ProSieben MAXX and their online-streaming service ran.de airs games on Saturday and Sunday. All games are also available worldwide on ELF Gamepass.