Danish National League kicks off 2021 season
The Danish National League kicks off the 2021 season this weekend with a four team league with each team playing a six game schedule.
The Copenhagen Towers, Triangle Razorbacks, Søllerød Gold Diggers and AaB 89ers will play each other twice, one home and one away.
The Towers finished the 2020 regular season unbeaten but the league was forced to suspend games as the playoffs were about to start due to the pandemic. The last time a full season was played, 2019, the Triangle Razorbacks won the Danish title, defeating Copenhagen in the Mermaid Bowl, 20-14.
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Copenhagen Towers: 2020 Record – 4-0
Head Coach: Peter Herbild
New additions: QB Randall Schroeder (USA, played with the Towers in 2018, Mermaid Bowl champs, Ave Maria (NAIA)), DL Marcus Boesen (Danish, Fort Hayes State), TE Oliver Tribler
Key returning players – offense: WR Jakob Green (2020 Danish All Star), RB Asger Mølbæk
Key returning players – defense: DB Kasper Gulbæk, S Magnus Bitsch, LB Philip Hargett, CB Jakob Bækgaard
Triangle Razorbacks: 2020 Record – 1-3
Head Coach: Peter Nicolajsen
New additions: Wojciech Andrzejczak (Defensive Coordinator), WR Jeremy Cornelius (USA, Lock Haven NCAA D2, Austria, Mallorca Voltors), LB Kenneth Bradley (USA, Ithaca, Porvoo Butchers)
Key returning players – offense: QB/OC Reed Gottula (USA), TE Mark Meter, WR Jacob Dahl Callesen, OL Mikkel Hansen, OL Matthias Stockamp (Germany)
Key returning players – defense: S Lukas Bjerg Hansen, DL Alesander Klose
Søllerød Gold Diggers: 2020 Record – 3-1
Head Coach: Troels Vestergaard
New additions: QB Aaron Ellis (Frederikssund Oaks 2019, Saint Francis University NAIA), Taylor Ekstrom (USA, Fitchburg State D3, 2019 Badalona Dracs), LB Sam Taylor (USA Lyon College NAIA), DL Saliou Sale (DL France Toulouse), DB Pol Cunillera (Spain Badalona Dracs)
Key returning players – offense: WR Thomas Ashworth (2020 Danish All Star), OL Luis de las Heras Villarreal (Spain)
Key returning players – defense: DL Logan Dykstra (American, University of Sioux Falls NCAA D2) CB Ajdin Djurdjevic (EU) LB Jimi Laursen
Aalborg 89ers: 2020 Record – 2-2
Head Coach: Austin Jones (new)
New additions: QB Shelton Eppler (USA Northwestern State FCS passing yards record holder), WR Magnus Urth (Danish WR from Aahrus), LB Tobias Fogtmann (Danish), DB Milos Illic, DB Hjalmar Neilsen
Key returning players – offense: WR Thomas Zinck Thellufsen
Key returning players – defense: DL Tobias Borregaard, LB Edi Durakovic
