2024 Madrid Bravos season

2024 Madrid Bravos season
2024 Madrid Bravos season
General manager	Jaime Martín Lostao
Head coach	Rip Scherer
Home stadium	Estadio de Vallehermoso
Results
Record	8–4
Conference place	3rd Western
Playoffs	Wildcard
Uniform

The 2024 Madrid Bravos season was the first season of the Madrid Bravos team in the European League of Football. They were located in the Western Conference of the ELF.

Rip Scherer was the head coach of the club's first season.^[1]

After starting with three consecutive wins, the inaugural one at the Spanish derby against Barcelona Dragons,^[2] Bravos ended the regular season with a record of eight wins and four losses, thus qualifying for the wild card,^[3] where they were defeated by Rhein Fire.

Staff

**2024 Madrid Bravos staff**
	Front office General manager – Jaime Martín Lostao Head coaches Head coach – Rip Scherer Assistant head coach – Mac McWhorter Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Dave Warner Offensive line – Mac McWhorter			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Raymond Woodward Defensive line – Mark Ridgley Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Mark Ridgley Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – Felipe Mantecón

Roster

**2024 Madrid Bravos roster**
Quarterbacks (QB) 12 Sergio Barbero 15 Steve Duncan 11 Adrián Meléndez Running backs (RB) 21 Daniel Romero 22 D'Wayne Obi 43 Eduardo Molina Wide receivers (WR) 10 Jean-Claude Madin Cerezo 11 William Patterson 16 Javier Barrena 18 Eduardo Pérez 84 Mario Flores Tight ends (TE) 14 Raúl Cernuda 42 Nacho Diz Bravo 44 Emilio Ibáñez		Offensive linemen (OL) 55 Robin Fensch 56 Connor Bolton 60 Celestin Ngimbi 65 Deivis Jael Fabián Viola 71 David Culebras 72 David Contreras 77 Carlos Carrasco 79 Jonas Hagerup Defensive linemen (DL) 0 Yago Rivero 1 Alejandro Fernández 9 Sebastián Bowen 53 Sandro Moreira 90 Leonardo Rovesti 91 Diego Irles 97 Diego Paz 98 Víctor dos Santos 99 Daniel López		Linebackers (LB) 2 Javier Carrasco 23 Jonell Pelie 47 Andrei Luca 54 Víctor Albarracín 59 Sebastián Castañer Defensive backs (DB) 3 Pablo Araya 5 Félix Velasco 6 Luke Glenna 8 Ja'Len Embry 13 Julio Aguado 20 Pablo de Diego 27 Andy Vera 32 Álvaro Cansinos Special teams (ST) 4 Álvaro Guitián K 24 Antonio Sarriá P		Reserve 7 Chris Helbig Rookies in italics 45 active

Regular season

Standings

Division

Western Conference
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Rhein Fire C	12	11	1	9–1	476	174	+302	W9	Automatic playoffs (#3)
2	Paris Musketeers Q	12	10	2	8–2	407	242	+165	W4	Advance to playoffs (#4)
3	Q	12	8	4	6–4	411	204	+207	W1	Advance to playoffs (#6)
4	Cologne Centurions E	12	6	6	4–6	303	444	-141	W2
5	Frankfurt Galaxy E	12	4	8	3–7	285	397	-112	L2
6	Hamburg Sea Devils E	12	2	10	0–10	226	473	-247	L9

Source: europeanleague.football

Overall

Overall standings
#	Team	Division	W	L	PCT	CONF	PD	STK
Conference leaders
1	Vienna Vikings C	East	12	0	1.000	8–0	+278	W12
2	Stuttgart Surge C	Central	11	1	.917	9–1	+386	W2
3	Rhein Fire C	West	11	1	.917	9–1	+302	W9
Wild cards
4	Paris Musketeers Q	West	10	2	.833	8–2	+165	W4
5	Munich Ravens Q	Central	9	3	.750	7–3	+343	W7
6	Q	West	8	4	.667	6–4	+207	W1
Not Qualified for the Playoffs
7	Raiders Tirol E	Central	8	4	.667	8–2	+132	L1
8	Panthers Wrocław E	East	6	6	.500	5–3	+71	W2
9	Cologne Centurions E	West	6	6	.500	4–6	-141	W2
10	Berlin Thunder E	East	5	7	.417	5–3	+60	L1
11	Frankfurt Galaxy E	West	4	8	.333	3–7	-112	L2
12	Milano Seamen E	Central	4	8	.333	3–7	-194	W1
13	Hamburg Sea Devils E	West	2	10	.167	0–10	-247	L9
14	Fehérvár Enthroners E	East	2	10	.167	1–7	-254	L4
15	Barcelona Dragons E	Central	2	10	.167	2–8	-460	L8
16	Helvetic Mercenaries E	Central	1	11	.083	1–9	-253	L6
17	Prague Lions E	East	1	11	.083	1–7	-283	L1

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent^[A]	Result	Record	Venue	Att.	Recap
1	bye
2	Sat, June 1	Barcelona Dragons	W 42–12	1–0	Estadio de Vallehermoso	2,071	Recap
3	Sat, June 8	at Rhein Fire	W 22–10	2–0	Niederrheinstadion	8,146	Recap
4	Sat, June 15	at Cologne Centurions	W 35–24	3–0	New Tivoli	1,798	Recap
5	bye
6	Sat, June 29	Rhein Fire	L 15–40	3–1	Estadio de Vallehermoso	1,946	Recap
7	Sat, July 6	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 46–15	4–1	Estadio de Vallehermoso	1,102	Recap
8	Sat, July 13	at Barcelona Dragons	W 54–0	5–1	Estadi Municipal de Badalona	1,918	Recap
9	Sun, July 21	Paris Musketeers	L 13–29	5–2	Estadio de Vallehermoso	983	Recap
10	Sat, July 27	Cologne Centurions	W 37–0	6–2	Estadio de Vallehermoso	954	Recap
11	Sat, August 3	Hamburg Sea Devils	W 52–9	7–2	Estadio de Vallehermoso	1,304	Recap
12	Sat, August 10	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 20–37	7–3	PSD Bank Arena	5,222	Recap
13	Sat, August 17	at Paris Musketeers	L 12–15	7–4	Stade Jean-Bouin	3,000	Recap
14	Sat, August 24	at Hamburg Sea Devils	W 63–13	8–4	Stadion Šubićevac, Šibenik	2,532	Recap

Source: europeanleague.football

Game summaries

Barcelona Dragons vs. Madrid Bravos

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Dragons	6	0	6	0	12
Bravos	14	22	6	0	42

at Estadio de Vallehermoso, Madrid, Spain

Date: 1 June 2024
Game time: 17:30 CEST
Game attendance: 2,071
Referee: Wojciech Ratajczak

Madrid Bravos vs. Rhein Fire

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bravos	12	3	6	7	28
Fire	0	0	7	3	10

at Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen, Germany

Date: 8 June 2024
Game time: 14:30 CEST
Game attendance: 8,146
Referee: John Haentjens

Madrid Bravos vs. Cologne Centurions

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bravos	7	13	7	8	35
Centurions	0	10	0	14	24

at New Tivoli, Aachen, Germany

Date: 15 June 2024
Game time: 17:00 CEST
Game attendance: 1,798
Referee: Gyula Udvardi

Rhein Fire vs. Madrid Bravos

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Fire	0	20	7	13	40
Bravos	0	0	2	13	15

at Estadio de Vallehermoso, Madrid, Spain

Date: 29 June 2024
Game time: 19:00 CEST
Game attendance: 1,946
Referee: Frank Kristensen

Frankfurt Galaxy vs. Madrid Bravos

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Galaxy	9	0	0	6	15
Bravos	13	10	10	13	46

at Estadio de Vallehermoso, Madrid, Spain

Date: 9 July 2024
Game time: 19:00 CEST
Game attendance: 1,102
Referee: Frank Kristensen

Madrid Bravos vs. Barcelona Dragons

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bravos	19	18	17	0	54
Dragons	0	0	0	0	0

at Estadi Municipal, Badalona, Spain

Date: 13 July 2024
Game time: 18:00 CEST
Game attendance: 1,918
Referee: Thomas Plendl

Paris Musketeers vs. Madrid Bravos

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Musketeers	7	3	3	16	29
Bravos	7	0	0	6	13

at Estadio de Vallehermoso, Madrid, Spain

Date: 21 July 2024
Game time: 13:00 CEST
Game attendance: 983
Referee: Wojciech Ratajczak

Cologne Centurions vs. Madrid Bravos

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Centurions	0	0	0	0	0
Bravos	14	0	23	0	37

at Estadio de Vallehermoso, Madrid, Spain

Date: 27 July 2024
Game time: 19:00 CEST
Game attendance: 954
Referee: Krzystof Walentynowicz

Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Madrid Bravos

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Sea Devils	3	6	0	0	9
Bravos	14	17	14	7	52

at Estadio de Vallehermoso, Madrid, Spain

Date: 3 August 2024
Game time: 19:00 CEST
Game attendance: 1,304
Referee: John Haentjens

Madrid Bravos vs. Frankfurt Galaxy

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bravos	0	6	0	14	20
Bravos	17	10	0	10	37

at PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: 10 August 2024
Game time: 18:00 CEST
Game attendance: 5,222
Referee: Krzystof Walentynowicz

Madrid Bravos vs. Paris Musketeers

Quarter	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Bravos	0	0	12	0	0	12
Musketeers	0	6	0	6	3	15

at Stade Jean-Bouin, Paris, France

Date: 17 August 2024
Game time: 16:00 CEST
Game attendance: 3,000

Madrid Bravos vs. Hamburg Sea Devils

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bravos	14	22	12	15	63
Sea Devils	0	6	0	7	13

at Stadion Šubićevac, Šibenik, Croatia

Date: 24 August 2024
Game time: 18:00 CEST
Game attendance: 2,532
Referee: Wojciech Ratajczak

Play-offs

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Att.	Recap
Wild card	September 1	at Rhein Fire	L 10–40	0–1	MSV-Arena	7,149	Recap

Game summaries

Madrid Bravos vs. Rhein Fire

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Bravos	3	7	0	0	10
Fire	20	14	6	0	40

at Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, Duisburg, Germany

Date: 1 September 2024
Game time: 15:15 CEST
Game attendance: 7,149
Referee: John Haentjens

Notes

^ Intra-Conference games are in bold text

References

^ "Madrid Bravos present Rip Scherer as head coach &#124". European League of Football.
^ "Victoria fundacional de los Madrid Bravos sobre los Dragons" (in Spanish). Marca. 2 June 2024.
^ "Madrid Bravos, entre los 6 mejores equipos de Europa tras clasificarse a playoffs" (in Spanish). Madrid Bravos. 26 August 2024.

[4] Intra-Conference games are in bold text

[1] "Madrid Bravos present Rip Scherer as head coach &#124". European League of Football.

[2] "Victoria fundacional de los Madrid Bravos sobre los Dragons" (in Spanish). Marca. 2 June 2024.

[3] "Madrid Bravos, entre los 6 mejores equipos de Europa tras clasificarse a playoffs" (in Spanish). Madrid Bravos. 26 August 2024.

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Madrid Bravos
Founded in 2023 Based in Madrid, Spain
Franchise	Franchise
Stadiums	Estadio de Vallehermoso
Head coaches	Rip Scherer (2024) Andrew Weidinger (2025–present)
Seasons	2025