The European Football Alliance will stage its 2027 championship final in Frankfurt on September 18, the league announced on Tuesday via social media.
The showpiece match will take place at the Bornheimer Hang stadium, returning the league's grandest fixture to Germany after the Austrian city of Innsbruck hosted the previous season's decider. The Frankfurt ground is already familiar with major postseason football, having successfully staged both semi-final ties during the competition's last campaign.
Local team Frankfurt Galaxy are now aiming for a dream home final when the new campaign kicks off. The Hessian franchise missed out on the previous decider on their home field after suffering a 52-33 defeat against German rivals the Munich Ravens in their semi-final match.
Galaxy will enter the season with stability on the sidelines after stalwart head coach Thomas Kösling committed to staying on for another year. Frankfurt has long stood as one of the central hubs of American football in Europe, dating back to the NFL Europe era, and local fans regularly pack the Bornheimer Hang to create one of the continent's most vocal atmospheres.
Title dispute with Nordic Storm
Nordic Storm claimed the European Football Alliance crown in Innsbruck at the end of the previous season, but the Copenhagen-based franchise is already looking to leave the competition.
The Danish club announced last week that they intend to jump to the rival American Football League Europe next year. League officials at the EFA responded swiftly by pointing to existing player and team contracts, confirming that they reserve the right to pursue formal legal action against the defecting champions.
Rival leagues split European football
The brewing legal dispute highlights ongoing disruption across the sport in Europe following the collapse of the European League of Football. The previous continental governing league filed for insolvency in 2026, sparking an immediate split that led to the creation of two competing setups in the EFA and the AFLE.
How the situation unfolds for the Danish franchise remains unclear as the league and the club resolve the contract standoff. Frankfurt supporters, however, can already mark their calendars for September 18, when the next European champion will be crowned on German soil.
