2025 Nordic Storm season

2025 Nordic Storm season
2025 Nordic Storm season
General manager	Palle Christensen
Head coach	John Shoop
Defensive coordinator	Brandon Noble
Home stadium	Gladsaxe Stadium

The 2025 Nordic Storm season is the inaugural season of the Nordic Storm team in the European League of Football for the 2025 season.

Preseason

The Storm were announced to join the European League of Football on September 21, 2024.^[1] They are regarded as representing both Copenhagen, Denmark, and Malmö, Sweden, the two cities connected by the Øresund Bridge. This makes them the first ELF franchise in Scandinavia and the first one to represent two countries. Players from both Denmark and Sweden are considered homegrown players under the league's rules.^[2] The Storm will play their inaugural season at Gladsaxe Stadium in Søborg.^[3]

On October 3, 2024, former NFL offensive coordinator and Munich Ravens head coach John Shoop was named as the Nordic Storm's first head coach.^[4] First players signed were quarterback Jadrian Clark and running back Glen Toonga. Both played for the ELF champion Rhein Fire for the 2023 and 2024 seasons, and were MVP in this seasons. The first Danish player was Joachim Christensen (ELF champion with Frankfurt Galaxy in 2021), the first Swedish signing was Ludvig Myrén, who had played for the Berlin Thunder for the last three years.^[5]

Regular season

Standings

North Division
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	DIV	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Nordic Storm	12	10	2	5–1	432	201	+231	L1	Automatic playoffs (#4)
2	Rhein Fire	12	8	4	5–1	348	214	+134	W4	Advance to playoffs (#5)
3	Hamburg Sea Devils	12	3	9	2–4	196	396	−200	W1
4	Berlin Thunder	12	3	9	0–6	313	432	−119	L4

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent^[A]	Result	Record	Venue	Att.	Recap
1	May 18	at Helvetic Mercenaries	56–12	1–0	Lidl Arena, Wil
2	May 25	at Panthers Wroclaw	40–21	2–0	Stadion Olimpijski
3	June 1	at Berlin Thunder	35–0	3–0	Gladsaxe Stadion
4	bye
5	June 15	Frankfurt Galaxy	35–0	4–0	Gladsaxe Stadion
6	June 21	Panthers Wroclaw	47–19	5–0	Gladsaxe Stadion
7	June 28	Helvetic Mercenaries	35–0	6–0	Gladsaxe Stadion
8	July 6	at Hamburg Sea Devils	27–21	7–0	Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg
9	July 13	Rhein Fire	25–24	8–0	Gladsaxe Stadion
10	July 20	at Berlin Thunder	53–35	9–0	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
11	July 27	at Frankfurt Galaxy	20–35	9–1	PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt
12	bye
13	August 10	Hamburg Sea Devils			Gladsaxe Stadion
14	August 17	at Rhein Fire			Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg

Source: elfdata.eu

Game summaries

Helvetic Mercenaries vs. Nordic Storm

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Storm	0	25	6	25	56
Mercenaries	0	6	6	0	12

at Lidl Arena, Wil, Switzerland

Date: 18 May 2025
Game attendance: 2,300

Game information

First quarter

no scoring plays

Second quarter

NDS – Glen Toonga 14-yard run (missed kick), 10:34. Storm 6–0. Drive: 9 plays, 93 yards, 4:10.
NDS – Mikkel Hansen 2-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (Julius Eriksen kick), 6:16. Storm 13–0. Drive: 6 plays, 57 yards, 2:41.
HVM – Isaiah Weed 69-yard run (missed kick), 4:57. Storm 13–6. Drive: 4 plays, 78 yards, 1:19.
NDS – Brendan Beaulieu 18-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (missed kick), 3:48. Storm 19–6. Drive: 4 plays, 61 yards, 1:09.
NDS – Adria Botella 5-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (missed kick), 1:46. Storm 25–6. Drive: 4 plays, 16 yards, 0:35.

Third quarter

HVM – Nathan Tompsett 41-yard opposition fumble return (failed 2-point rush), 6:34. Storm 25–12.
NDS – Alexander Kennedy Chaanhing 22-yard run (failed 2-point rush), 3:18. Storm 31–12. Drive: 4 plays, 45 yards, 3:16.

Fourth quarter

NDS – Adria Botella 7-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (blocked extra point), 9:37. Storm 37–12. Drive: 9 plays, 60 yards, 4:35.
NDS – Luke Glenna 70-yard interception return (missed kick), 8:15. Storm 43–12.
NDS – Brendan Beaulieu 14-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (Jakob Niemann Green kick), 4:41. Storm 50–12. Drive: 5 plays, 50 yards, 2:37.
NDS – Anton Witmeur 36-yard run (missed kick), 2:20. Storm 56–12. Drive: 3 plays, 45 yards, 1:26.

Top passers

NDS – Jadrian Clark – 20/30, 258 yards, 5 TD
HVM – Isaiah Weed – 17/29, 200 yards, INT

Top rushers

NDS – Glen Toonga – 12 rushes, 114 yards, TD
HVM – Isaiah Weed – 14 rushes, 104 yards, TD

Top receivers

NDS – Brendan Beaulieu – 9 receptions, 115 yards, 2 TD
HVM – Keelan Cole, Sr. – 6 receptions, 95 yards

Panthers Wrocław vs. Nordic Storm

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Storm	6	14	0	20	40
Panthers	2	3	9	7	21

at Stadion Olimpijski, Wrocław, Poland

Date: 25 May 2025
Game attendance: 2,952

Game information

First quarter

NDS – Brendan Beaulieu 2-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (blocked extra point), 8:50. Storm 6–0. Drive: 6 plays, 27 yards, 6:10.
WPA – Devan Burrell extra point return, 8:50. Storm 6–2.

Second quarter

WPA – Jakub Aldas 28-yard field goal, 9:50. Storm 6–5. Drive: 9 plays, 29 yards, 4:58.
NDS – Alexander Kennedy Chaanhing 57-yard run (failed 2-point pass from Jadrian Clark), 6:41. Storm 12–5. Drive: 6 plays, 86 yards, 3:09.
NDS – Brendan Beaulieu 53-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (Brendan Beaulieu 2-point pass from Jadrian Clark), 1:52. Storm 20–5. Drive: 7 plays, 91 yards, 2:46.

Third quarter

WPA – Dawid Brzozowski 9-yard pass from DJ Irons (failed 2-point rush), 10:14. Storm 20–11. Drive: 9 plays, 83 yards, 4:46.
WPA – Jakub Aldas 35-yard field goal, 6:11. Storm 20–14. Drive: 5 plays, 19 yards, 2:11.

Fourth quarter

NDS – Simon Foens 16-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (Anton Witmeur 2-point pass from Jadrian Clark), 13:33. Storm 28–14. Drive: 9 plays, 80 yards, 4:53.
NDS – Adria Botella 19-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (failed 2-point rush), 5:52. Storm 34–14. Drive: 10 plays, 63 yards, 5:57.
NDS – Brendan Beaulieu 23-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (failed 2-point pass from Jadrian Clark), 2:56. Storm 40–14. Drive: 7 plays, 55 yards, 1:52.
WPA – Devan Burrell 100-yard kick return (Jakub Aldas kick), 2:56. Storm 40–21.

Top passers

NDS – Jadrian Clark – 24/32, 303 yards, 5 TD
WPA – DJ Irons – 20/30, 181 yards, TD

Top rushers

NDS – Alexander Kennedy Chaanhing – 10 rushes, 98 yards, TD
WPA – DJ Irons – 13 rushes, 119 yards

Top receivers

NDS – Brendan Beaulieu – 11 receptions, 151 yards, 3 TD
WPA – Darrell Stewart, Jr. – 9 receptions, 66 yards

Nordic Storm vs. Berlin Thunder

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunder	0	0	0	0	0
Storm	6	16	0	13	35

at Gladsaxe Stadium, Søborg, Denmark

Date: 1 June 2025
Game attendance: 2,493

Game information

First quarter

NDS – Luke Glenna 69-yard blocked field goal return (blocked extra point), 9:43. Storm 6–0.

Second quarter

NDS – Adria Botella 2-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (Brendan Beaulieu 2-point pass from Jadrian Clark), 12:36. Storm 14–0. Drive: 5 plays, 29 yards, 2:08.
NDS – Jordan Genmark Heath 1-yard run (Brendan Beaulieu 2-point pass from Jadrian Clark), 6:35. Storm 22–0. Drive: 8 plays, 77 yards, 3:39.

Third quarter

no scoring plays

Fourth quarter

NDS – Jonathan Steinhauer Nielsen 6-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (failed 2-point rush), 12:10. Storm 28–0. Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards, 4:46.
NDS – Brendan Beaulieu 70-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (Jakob Niemann Green kick), 6:34. Storm 35–0. Drive: 4 plays, 83 yards, 2:37.

Top passers

BTH – Jakeb Sullivan – 17/24, 137 yards, INT
NDS – Jadrian Clark – 22/38, 296 yards, 3 TD

Top rushers

BTH – Adrian Peter – 5 rushes, 15 yards
NDS – Anton Witmeur – 12 rushes, 49 yards

Top receivers

BTH – Niklas Schumm – 6 receptions, 56 yards
NDS – Brendan Beaulieu – 8 receptions, 129 yards, TD

Nordic Storm vs. Frankfurt Galaxy

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Galaxy	0	0	0	0	0
Storm	16	13	0	6	35

at Gladsaxe Stadium, Søborg, Denmark

Date: 15 June 2025
Game attendance: 1,937

Game information

First quarter

NDS – Brendan Beaulieu 25-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (Adria Botella 2-point pass from Jadrian Clark), 10:04. Storm 8–0. Drive: 9 plays, 73 yards, 4:56.
NDS – Jordan Genmark Heath 1-yard run (Jordan Genmark Heath 2-point rush), 8:25. Storm 16–0. Drive: 3 plays, 12 yards, 0:55.

Second quarter

NDS – Alexander Kennedy Chaanhing 19-yard run (Jakob Niemann Green kick), 13:23. Storm 23–0. Drive: 6 plays, 58 yards, 2:59.
NDS – Adria Botella 45-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (failed 2-point pass from Jadrian Clark), 7:15. Storm 29–0. Drive: 6 plays, 77 yards, 3:05.

Third quarter

no scoring plays

Fourth quarter

NDS – Edvin Almeida 4-yard pass from Jadrian Clark (missed kick), 7:56. Storm 35–0. Drive: 8 plays, 80 yards, 3:37.

Top passers

FGY – Matthew McKay – 24/34, 190 yards, 2 INT
NDS – Jadrian Clark – 17/27, 273 yards, 3 TD

Top rushers

FGY – Sandro Platzgummer – 6 rushes, 43 yards
NDS – Anton Witmeur – 5 rushes, 39 yards

Top receivers

FGY – Kevin Kaya – 6 receptions, 63 yards
NDS – Brendan Beaulieu – 6 receptions, 127 yards, TD

Notes

^ Intra-Conference games are in italics

Roster

**Nordic Storm roster**

	Quarterbacks 12 Alexander Bjerre 18 Jadrian Clark Running backs 2 Jordan Genmark Heath 8 Alexander Kennedy 30 Alexander Nesic 42 Armand Soulerot 21 Anton Witmeur Wide receivers 85 Oscar Andersen 19 Brendan Beaulieu 1 Simon Føns 85 Jakob Green 82 Elliot Reer 5 Edvin Taborda Tight ends 87 Adria Botella 4 Jonathan Nielsen 88 Oliver Tribler		Offensive linemen 51 Ludvig Burell T 75 Joachim Christensen C 79 Frederik Fabricius T 63 Mikkel Hansen C 74 Mathias Hummelmose T 68 Love Larsson G 60 Nicholas Møller-Hansen G 65 Benjamin Qvist G 78 Stefán Stefánsson T 52 David Strobel G 77 Samuel Wretman T Defensive linemen 15 Benjamin Egbudiwe DT 93 Kristoffer Hansen DT 91 Joachim Heidelbach DE 67 Elliot Heijmer DT 13 Emil Hovde DE 95 Mads Neilsen DT 97 Max Parkinson DE 90 Mark-Eric Rosenquist DT		Linebackers 40 Joshua Akena 55 Hugo Dyrendahl 44 Emmanuelle Falola MLB 48 Kristoffer Jensen 41 Edvin Jönsson ILB 39 Edin Mahmutovic 38 Lucas Mortensen 6 David Tawake Defensive backs 22 Jakob Bækgaard FS 23 Clifton Duck CB 10 Luke Glenna FS 27 Christopher Jørgensen FS 25 Khalid Adisa CB 33 Elliot Krogius CB 20 Kenneth Larsen-Ledet FS 9 Hjalmar Nielsen SS 3 Chad Walrond SS Special teams 14 Julius Eriksen K				Reserve lists -- Jakob Blønd K -- Morgan Boney T 99 Marcus Boesen DE 11 Philip Boye SS 7 Exavier Edwards CB -- Sverri Finsson LB 24 William James FS -- Ola Kimrin K 0 Ludvig Myrén LB 80 Olof Nilsson WR 17 Glen Toonga RB Practice squad -- Michel Konate RB 34 Oscar Latrache CB 83 Martin Møller WR Rookies in italics Roster updated Jul 29, 2025 4 A-import, 4 E-import, 45 homegrown 53 active, 3 practice squad

References

^ "Copenhagen becomes 18th location of the ELF". europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
^ Malchow, Alex (2024-09-28). "Nordic Storm: "Creating a strong football culture in Denmark/Sweden"". europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2025-01-30.
^ "Stadium confirmed! This is where Nordic Storm is at home | ELF". europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
^ "John Shoop named first Nordic Storm head coach". europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2024-11-15.
^ https://www.instagram.com/p/DCSEmwZOIXS/

[6] Intra-Conference games are in italics

[ELF-1] "Copenhagen becomes 18th location of the ELF". europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2024-11-15.

[dk_se-2] Malchow, Alex (2024-09-28). "Nordic Storm: "Creating a strong football culture in Denmark/Sweden"". europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2025-01-30.

[3] "Stadium confirmed! This is where Nordic Storm is at home | ELF". europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2025-01-22.

[4] "John Shoop named first Nordic Storm head coach". europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2024-11-15.

[5] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/DCSEmwZOIXS/

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Nordic Storm
Founded in 2024 Based in Copenhagen, Denmark
Franchise	Franchise
Stadiums	Gladsaxe Stadium
Head coaches	John Shoop
Seasons	2025