Results
| ELF | 08/24 13:00 | 110 |
[2] Rhein Fire v
Nordic Storm
[1] |
L | 23-28 | |
| ELF | 08/17 14:25 | - |
[1] Nordic Storm
v
Rhein Fire [2]
|
W | 19-27 | |
| ELF | 08/10 14:25 | - |
[3] Raiders Tirol
v
Rhein Fire [2]
|
W | 24-34 | |
| ELF | 07/27 14:25 | - |
[3] Berlin Thunder
v
Rhein Fire [2]
|
W | 7-69 | |
| ELF | 07/20 14:25 | - |
[2] Rhein Fire v
Hamburg Sea Devils
[4] 
|
W | 25-13 | |
| ELF | 07/13 14:25 | - |
[2] Rhein Fire v
Nordic Storm
[1] |
L | 24-25 | |
| ELF | 07/05 16:00 | - |
Rhein Fire v
Tirol Raiders
|
L | 18-35 | |
| ELF | 06/29 11:00 | - |
[2] Rhein Fire v
Villa Clara
[3] |
W | 44-7 | |
| ELF | 06/21 16:00 | - |
[2] Rhein Fire v
Vienna Vikings
[1] 
|
W | 33-26 | |
| ELF | 06/14 16:00 | - |
[2] Hamburg Sea Devils
v
Rhein Fire [3]
|
W | 0-43 | |
| ELF | 06/08 11:00 | - |
[3] Paris Musketeers
v
Rhein Fire [3]
|
L | 31-7 | |
| ELF | 06/01 14:45 | - |
[1] Vienna Vikings
v
Rhein Fire [2]
|
L | 12-7 |
Wikipedia - Rhein Fire (ELF)
The Rhein Fire are an American football team in Düsseldorf, Germany, which plays in the European League of Football since it was added as an expansion team during the 2022 ELF season.
Rhein fire won the ELF championship game in 2023 and 2024.
History
On 25 September 2021, the Rhein Fire was announced as the third expansion and 11th overall team to play in the European League of Football beginning in the 2022 season. The team would be taking the identity of the former NFL Europe team, after the league reached an agreement before the 2021 season with the NFL for the naming rights. In the 2022 pre-season, the management announced that the former NFL Europe Rhein Fire head coach Jim Tomsula would also be the first head coach of the Rhein Fire in the European League of Football.
In the 2022 season, the Fire finished with a 7-5 record, second in the Southern Conference and one game out of a Wildcard spot. In their second season, the Rhein Fire become the first team in ELF history to finish with a perfect season, going 12-0 in the regular season and winning the ELF Championship Game over the Stuttgart Surge 53-34. Fire quarterback Jadrian Clark was named Most Valuable Player of the regular season and championship game. The Fire would win their second-straight ELF championship in 2024, beating the undefeated Vienna Vikings 51-20. Jadrian Clark won his second ELF Championship Game MVP, while Fire running back Glen Toonga was named Most Valuable Player of the 2024 season.
Following the 2024 season, both Clark and Toonga, as well as quarterback coach John Shoop would depart the Fire for the expansion Nordic Storm. Head coach Jim Tomsula announced he would not return for the 2025 season, citing personal needs. The Rhein Fire finished the 2025 season with an 8-4 record, finishing second in the North Division and qualifying for their third-straight postseason berth. The Fire would lose to the Nordic Storm in the Wildcard round, the first postseason loss in franchise history.
Season-by-season
| Name | Coach | Regular season | Postseason | Result | Ø Attendance | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | Won | Lost | Win % | Finish | GP | Won | Lost | Win % | ||||||
| 2022 | Jim Tomsula | 12 | 7 | 5 | .583 | 2nd (Northern) | DNQ | 8,755 | ||||||
| 2023 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 1.000 | 1st (Western) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | ELF Champion | 9,814 | |||
| 2024 | 12 | 11 | 1 | .917 | 1st (Western) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | ELF Champion | 10,786 | |||
| 2025 | Richard Kent | 12 | 8 | 4 | .667 | 2nd (North) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | Lost Wildcard to Nordic | 10,205 | ||