2022 Cologne Centurions season

Last updated
2022 Cologne Centurions (ELF) season
General managerDavid Drane
Head coach Flag of Germany.svg Frank Roser
Home field Südstadion
Results
Record3 – 9
Division place3rd
Uniform
Cologne Centurions Uniform (2022).svg

The 2022 Cologne Centurions season is the second season of the new Cologne Centurions team in the European League of Football.

Contents

Preseason

After the contract of head coach Kirk Heidelberg wasn't extended, the Cologne Centurions secured the services of Frank Roser. [1] [2] In September 2021, their league MVP Madre London re-signed with the Centurions for the 2022 season. [3] However, in March 2022, he joined the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League ahead of the league's inaugural season. [4]

Regular season

Standings

PosTeamGPWLTCONFPFPADIFFSTKQualification
1 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Dragons 128405–1364225139L2Advance to playoffs
2 Flag of Germany.svg Rhein Fire 127504–234631432L1
3 Flag of Germany.svg Cologne Centurions 123902–4301473−172W1
4 Flag of Turkey.svg Istanbul Rams 1211101–5210499−289L5

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

WeekDateTime (CET)Opponent [upper-alpha 1] ResultRecordVenueTV [upper-alpha 2] [upper-alpha 3] Recap
1June 417:00 Istanbul Rams W 40 – 381 – 0 Südstadion S Sport, ran.de, Arena4+ [5]
2June 1115:00 Raiders Tirol W 49 – 462 – 0Südstadion
3June 1818:00@ Barcelona Dragons L 32 – 342 – 1 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3
4June 2517:00 Frankfurt Galaxy L 12 – 482 – 2Südstadionran.de
5July 215:00 Berlin Thunder L 7 – 342 – 3Südstadionran.de
6July 1015:00@ Rhein Fire L 3 – 172 – 4 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
7July 1715:00@ Frankfurt GalaxyL 14 – 462 – 5 PSD Bank Arena ProSieben MAXX, ran.de, Arena4+
8July 24bye
9July 3015:00@ Berlin ThunderL 29 – 392 – 6 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark ProSieben MAXX, ran.de
10August 7bye
11August 1317:00Barcelona DragonsL 15 – 372 – 7SüdstadionEsport3
12August 2115:00@ Raiders TirolL 20 – 452 – 8 Tivoli Stadion Tirol
13August 2717:00Rhein FireL 37 – 592 – 9Südstadion
14September 315:00@ Istanbul RamsW 43 – 303 – 9 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Cologne Centurions (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  6 Jannik Nowak Flag of Germany.svg
  •  7 Alexander Frisch Flag of Germany.svg
  • 12 Jan Weinreich Flag of Germany.svg
  • 16 Tobias Jarmuzek Flag of Germany.svg

Running backs

  •  8 Dean Tanwani Flag of Germany.svg
  • 33 Toby Nick Flag of Germany.svg
  • 41 Denis Dauben FB/LS Flag of Germany.svg

Wide receivers

  •  1 Quinten Pounds Flag of the United States.svg
  •  5 Paul Lenhardt Flag of Germany.svg
  • 10 Justin Schelsinger Flag of Germany.svg
  • 11 Noah Aarass Flag of Germany.svg
  • 13 Jannik Loercks Flag of Germany.svg
  • 17 André Dickmeis Flag of Germany.svg
  • 18 Louis Geyer Flag of Germany.svg
  • 81 Valentin Rödiger WR/P/K Flag of Germany.svg
  • 85 Michael Ofosuhene Flag of Ghana.svg
  • 88 Shida Wang WR Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg


Offensive linemen
  • 56 Firat Aybek G Flag of Germany.svg
  • 59 Anton Glusancov Flag of Germany.svg
  • 60 Kevin Foitzik C/G Flag of Germany.svg
  • 65 Leon Savvas Michailidis Flag of Greece.svg
  • 66 Marius Faust Flag of Germany.svg
  • 71 Leander Wiegand Flag of Germany.svg
  • 72 Matej Bencek T Flag of Germany.svg
  • 73 Fabian Kratz Flag of Germany.svg
  • 74 Jan-Hendrik Koch T Flag of Germany.svg
  • 76 Niklas Meiworm Flag of Germany.svg
  • 78 Fred Weinreich Flag of Germany.svg [6]

Defensive linemen

  •  3 Julian Völker DE Flag of Germany.svg
  •  6 Benjo Cerimagic DE Flag of Germany.svg
  • 46 Mark Scherenberg DE Flag of Germany.svg
  • 52 Alexander Boes DT Flag of Germany.svg
  • 90 Arkady Naus DE Flag of the Netherlands.svg
  • 94 Chris Richardson Jr. DT Flag of the United States.svg
  • 95 Jahn Jesus Lara Perez DE Flag of Cuba.svg
  • 97 Janek Wenke DE Flag of Germany.svg
  • 99 Junior De Souza Briele DT Flag of Brazil.svg
Linebackers
  •  2 Tufan Yagmur ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  •  9 Sydney Kenea Amadu ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 30 Matthias Banjaqui OLB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 44 Marius Kensy Flag of Germany.svg
  • 47 Niklas Liesen Flag of Germany.svg
  • 54 Maximilian Oebels ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 55 Nikodem Henrik ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 57 Flamur Simon OLB Flag of Germany.svg

Defensive backs

  •  4 Kalon Beverly CB Flag of the United States.svg
  • 19 Waheed Bhikh CB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 20 Jan Mika Hesseln Flag of Germany.svg
  • 21 Sango-Erume Vogel CB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 22 Paul Steffen Flag of Germany.svg
  • 23 Ibrahim Eldewieh CB Flag of the Netherlands.svg
  • 27 Lucas Richter S Flag of Germany.svg
  • 29 Efekan Akgün CB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 31 Dani Lamy CB Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
  • 32 Chad Walrond S Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
  •   Marvin Djopa Flag of Germany.svg

Special teams

  • 15 Jens Appelt P/K Flag of Germany.svg
Reserve lists
  • 14 Ramin Akhlaghi WR (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg Flag of Germany.svg
  • 58 Lennart Weitz OLB (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg Flag of Germany.svg
  • 87 Laurin Wiegand TE (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg Flag of Germany.svg
  •   Marius Riepe CB (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg Flag of Germany.svg


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 25 June 2022 [7]
3 A-import, 9 E-import, 48 homegrown
60 active

Transactions

From Stuttgart Surge : Louis Geyer (February 21, 2022)

Staff

Cologne Centurions (ELF) staff

Front office

  • CEO – Tillmann Stracke
  • General Manager – David Drane
  • Personnel coordinator –
  • Scouting coordinator –
  • Director of scouting administration –
  • Director of football/head coach administration –
  • Scouting consultant –

Head coach

  • Head coach – Frank Roser

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Frank Roser
  • Running backs – Reginald Seabreeze
  • Wide receivers – Philipp Naßan
  • Tight ends – Chris Lihs
  • Offensive line – Shajan Nagatholy
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Javan Lenhardt
  • Linebacker – Eric Maddox
  • Assistant linebacker – Gerson Santos
  • Defensive line – Simon Gavanda
  • Assistant defensive line – Jörn Scholl
  • Defensive backs – Remo Schatz
  • Assistant defensive backs – Stephan Schacht

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Chris Lihs
  • Assistant special teams – Jörn Scholl

Assistant coaches

  • Coaching assistant – Mehdi Amiri

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Kevin Speer
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Lorenz Petri


updated 28 March 2022

Notes

  1. Intra-Conference games are in bold text
  2. All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass
  3. Viewers in brackets if available

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