The Prague Lions are an American football team based in Prague, the Czech Republic.The team plays in the European Football Alliance. The team was founded in 1991. It formerly played in the European League of Football from 2023 to 2025 and the Czech League of American Football from 1994 to 2022. In 2026 the team joined the European Football Alliance.
History Czech League of American Football (1994-2022) The Prague Lions won Czech League of American Football (Czech Bowl) six times: 1998, 2004–2006, 2019 and 2022.
European League of Football (2023-2025)
2023 season
The 2023 season was the first season of the Prague Lions in the European League of Football for the 2023 season, after winning the Czech Bowl multiple years and the year prior.
Coming into the season, the team reorganized into an ELF franchise. President of the club, Michal Kozlíček, was promoted to serve as president of the newly private organization. The team also re-signed with longterm head coach Zach Harrod. The Lions continue maintain a development team in the Czech league. Several players from the club team later signed contracts with the franchise for the 2023 season, including homegrown wide receiver Josef Janota.
2024 season
2025 season
The 2025 Prague Lions season was the third season of the Prague Lions in the European League of Football for the 2025 season.
After finishing the previous season 1-11, Lions signed Dave Warner as head coach for the 2025 season. Warner won the 2014 Rose Bowl and the 2015 Cotton Bowl with Michigan State. In 2024 he was Offensive Coordinator of the Madrid Bravos. Defensive Coordinator was former defensive end James Brooks. https://www.instagram.com/p/DCW5EfeuZn7/?igsh=QkFLcnhTZ2VURQ%3D%3D
For Quarterback they signed Javarian Smith from the Hamburg Seas Devils. Other notable signings include Wide Receiver Willie Patterson, defensive back Ken Hike Jr., and defensive back Ja'Len Embry. https://europeanleague.football/news/willie-patterson-signs-with-the-prague-lions-2819 The Lions also managed to sign some players from the Prague Black Panthers, winners of the 2024 Austrian Bowl, and a partner of the Czech Association of American Football (ČAAF).
After two home losses against Vienna and Hamburg, the Lions won 40-0 versus the Fehérvár Enthroners, the only team the Lions had won against in ELF history. In the following weeks, Prague won in Wrocław, Hamburg, and Frankfurt, so for the first time, the Prague Lions had a positive record. After a loss to division leader Vienna, the Lions missed their very first home win against Wrocław in week 9. But this followed the following week against Fehervar.
After a win at the Helvetic Mercenaries standing at 6-4, the Lions were still in the playoff run. In week 13, they played Frankfurt at home for a decisive game. After a triple lead by the Lions, the game was tied at the end of the regular season. In overtime, Frankfurt won the game. Theoretically, Prague had still a small chance to enter the postseason and ended the season with a 7-5 record after a 69-12 home win versus Helvetic. However, with a rank of 8, they missed the six-team playoffs.
WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap1May 18Vienna Vikings 6-28 0–1Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov 10002May 24Hamburg Sea Devils 13-28 0-2 Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov 6003May 31at Fehérvár Enthroners 40-0 1–2 First Field, Székesfehervar 12004June 8at Panthers Wrocław 45-13 2–2 Stadion Olimpijski, Wroclaw 28505bye6June 22Hamburg Sea Devils 19-14 3–2 Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg 18007June 29at Frankfurt Galaxy 37-16 4–2 PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt 62218July 5at Vienna Vikings 0-34 4–3 Datenpol Arena, Maria Enzersdorf 38279July 13Panthers Wrocław 37-41 4-4 Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov 106110July 19Fehérvár Enthroners 10-6 5–4 Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov 70811July 27 at Helvetic Mercenaries 60-20 6-4 Lidl Arena, Wil 145212bye13August 10 Frankfurt Galaxy 21-28 OT 6-5 Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov Gamebook14August 17Helvetic Mercenaries 69-12 7-5 Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov Source: elfdata.eu
European Football Alliance (2026) On September 9, the team announced their participation in the newly formed European Football Alliance.
2026 season The 2026 Prague Lions season is the fourth season of the Prague Lions on European level and the inaugural season of the European Football Alliance.
After the 2025 season, the Prague Lions left the European League of Football together with almost all other top clubs. The Lions joined the newly founded European Football Alliance.
New Lions Head Coach for the 2026 season is James Brooks, former Lions defensive coordinator and previously Lions player. As starting quarterback, the Lions signed Jaylon Henderson, who played for the Paris Musketeers in 2025. Fred Armstrong joined as Offensive Coordinator.
The Lions started the season with two away losses in Copenhagen and Paris. Due to personal reasons Offensive Coordinator Armstrong left after week 2, and was replaced by former head coach Dave Warner.
Source: Schedule WeekDateOpponentResultRecordVenueRecap1May 16at Nordic Storm 13-470-1Gladsaxe Stadion, Søborg1,8002May 23at Paris Musketeers9-300-2 Stade Bauer, Saint-Ouen2,5923bye4June 7Nordic Storm 14-400-3Ďolíček Stadium5June 14 at Munich Ravens 13-450-4Uhlsport Park, Unterhaching 3,1616June 21 at Frankfurt Galaxy18-310-5 PSD Bank Arena, Frankfurt am Main 4,5197June 27 at Raiders Tirol45-441-5Tivoli Stadion Tirol, Innsbruck 2,3268bye9July 11Paris Musketeers36-352-5Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov10July 18Munich Ravens12-482-6Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov11bye12August 2Raiders Tirol29-412-7Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov13August 9Frankfurt Galaxy 34-372-8Stadion FK Viktoria Žižkov
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External links Official website