The Stuttgart
franchise is one of the eight founding members of the European League of Football (ELF), established in 2020. Initially, the franchise was supposed to start as the
Stuttgart Scorpions, adopting the name of Stuttgart's
German Football League (GFL) team. Since the member's assembly of the
Stuttgart Scorpions decided to disallow the use of the name, the team formed as
Stuttgart Surge reviving the
World League of American Football (WLAF) "Surge" franchise of the 1992 World Bowl champion
Sacramento Surge. The World League of American Football was later renamed the
NFL Europe. The label
Surge was picked over the name
Stallions in compliance of the former 1980s and 1990s American football team
Stuttgart Stallions and determines the design of the new club logo and ensign. The franchise is operated by the American Football Club Stuttgart GmbH, whose
general manager Timo Franke previously worked as gameday manager for the Stuttgart Scorpions. Martin Hanselmann, the former coach of Germany's
national American football team was signed as
head coach in 2021. The team played their first game in the new league against the
Barcelona Dragons (ELF) on June 19, 2021, with a 17–21 victory. In their week 2 loss to
Frankfurt Galaxy starting Quarterback Jacob Wright was ejected for using a racially charged insult against an opponent for which he was ultimately cut from Stuttgart Surge and banned from playing for any ELF team for the ongoing
2021 season. The new Quarterback Aaron Ellis was presented ahead of the week 3 matchup against
Berlin Thunder (ELF). After two consecutive losses during the end of the season, the team finished last in the South division and did not qualify for the playoffs. The front office and owner structure changed significantly in preparation for the
2022 European League of Football season. Former general manager Timo Franke handed the office over to Suni Musa, but staying in the organisation as head of sales and sponsoring. On February 4, 2022, it was revealed that
New England Patriots fullback and Stuttgart native
Jakob Johnson will become co-owner of the franchise. After seven consecutive defeats, Martin Hanselmann resigned from his post as head coach. His interim successor was George Streeter. However, the team could not increase noticeably and ended the season without a win. After the season, Streeter became Director of Player Personnel and Development. On October 18, 2022, Surge signed
Jordan Neuman as new Head Coach and Offensive Coordinator. Neuman previously was head coach of the
Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns, and won the
German Bowl 2022. Along with him, defensive coordinator Johannes Brenner and assistant Cody Pastorino joined from the Unicorns. The new coaches led the team to a 10-2 record. Surge won the Wild Card game vs
Panthers Wrocław with 37-14, and the semi final at the
Vienna Vikings with 40-33. In the ELF championship game, Surge faced
Rhein Fire, but lost the game with 34-53.
Season-by-season ==Logos==