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		6	6	0	2–0	240	73	+167	W6
2	Rhein Fire	7	4	3	2–0	169	126	+43	L1
3	Berlin Thunder	7	2	5	0–3	151	218	−67	L2
4	Hamburg Sea Devils	8	2	6	1–2	120	239	−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			Gladsaxe Stadion
7	June 29	Helvetic Mercenaries			Gladsaxe Stadion
8	July 6	at Hamburg Sea Devils			Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg
9	July 13	Rhein Fire			Gladsaxe Stadion
10	July 20	at Berlin Thunder			Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark, Berlin
11	July 26	at Frankfurt Galaxy			PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt
12	bye
13	August 9	Hamburg Sea Devils			Gladsaxe Stadion
14	August 16	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

**2025 Nordic Storm roster**

	Quarterbacks 12 Alexander Kronborg-Bjerre QB 18 Jadrian Clark QB Running backs 2 Michel Andrés Konate RB 8 Alexander Kennedy Chaanhing RB 17 Glen Toonga RB Wide receivers 1 Simon Føns WR 5 Edvin Almeida Taborda WR 14 Theo Landström WR 85 Jakob Green WR Tight ends 4 Jonathan Steinhauer TE 88 Oliver Tribler TE		Offensive linemen 52 David Strobel OL 68 Love Larsson OL 77 Viktor Neumann 74 Mathias Roll Hummelmose T 75 Joachim Christensen C 77 Troels Thorbjørn Hammer T Defensive linemen 15 Benjamin Egbudiwe DL 90 Mark Rosenquist DT 93 Kristoffer Brun Hansen DT 95 Mads Marquard DL 99 Marcus Boesen DL Max Parkinson DL		Linebackers 0 Ludvig Myrén OLB 6 David Tawake LB 55 Hugo Dyrendahl Defensive backs 3 Chad Walrond S 9 Hjalmar Nielsen DB 10 Luke Glenna S 11 Philip Holm Boye CB 20 Kenneth Larsen S 33 Elliot Maximus Krogius OLB Exavier Edwards S Khalid Adisa DB				Rookies in italics Roster updated Feb 18, 2025 3 A-import, 4 E-import, 27 homegrown 34 active, 0 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