2022 European League of Football season

2022 ELF season
League	European League of Football
Sport	American Football
Duration	June 4 – September 25
Number of games	72 + 3 playoff games
Number of teams	12
Total attendance	249,015
Season MVP	Sean Shelton (Raiders Tirol)
Conference Champions
Northern Conference champions	Hamburg Sea Devils
Central Conference champions	Vienna Vikings
Southern Conference champions	Barcelona Dragons
2022 Championship Game
Date	September 25, 2022
Venue	Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt
Champions	Vienna Vikings (1st title)
Finals MVP	Kimi Linnainmaa (Vienna Vikings)
Seasons
←  2021 2023  →

The 2022 ELF season was the second season of the European League of Football, a semi professional American football league based in Europe. ^[1] Twelve teams from five countries participated. ^[2] The 2022 season started on June 4, 2022, and concluded with

Dragons

Kings

Thunder

Galaxy

Sea Devils

Surge

Centurions

Panthers

Vikings

Raiders

Fire

Rams

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Location of ELF teams

• Northern Conference
• Central Conference
• Southern Conference

The Championship Game on September 25, 2022 at the Wörthersee Stadion, Klagenfurt. ^[3]

Format

The league is divided into three conferences, North, Central and South. Each team plays 12 games during the regular season: twice against their conference rivals, and twice against three of the teams from the other conferences. The top team in each conference, as well as the best second-place team, qualify for the playoffs. ^[4]

Teams

On top of the eight inaugural season teams, the league expanded with four new franchises. On September 25, 2021, the Vienna Vikings, Raiders Tirol as well as Rhein Fire were officially introduced as new teams. ^[5] On October 15, 2021 the addition of the Istanbul Rams was announced. ^[6] First, the Rams home field was the Yusuf Ziya Öniş Stadium but was later changed. ^[7]

Team	City	Conference	Stadium	Capacity	Head coach
Barcelona Dragons	Barcelona/Reus	Southern	Estadi Municipal de Reus	4,700	Andrew Weidinger
Berlin Thunder	Berlin	Northern	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	19,708	Johnny Schmuck
Cologne Centurions	Cologne	Southern	Südstadion	11,748	Frank Roser
Frankfurt Galaxy	Frankfurt am Main	Central	PSD Bank Arena	12,542	Thomas Kösling
Hamburg Sea Devils	Hamburg	Northern	Stadion Hoheluft	8,000	Charles "Yogi" Jones
Istanbul Rams	Istanbul	Southern	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	5,000	Matt Lawson
Leipzig Kings	Dessau-Roßlau	Northern	Paul Greifzu Stadium [upper-alpha 1] [8]	20,000	Fred Armstrong
	Halle (Saale)		Leuna Chemie Stadion [upper-alpha 2]	15,057
	Leipzig		Bruno-Plache-Stadion [upper-alpha 3] [9]	12,321
Panthers Wrocław	Wrocław	Northern	Stadion Olimpijski	11,000	Jakub Samel
Raiders Tirol	Innsbruck	Central	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	16,008	Kevin Herron
Rhein Fire	Düsseldorf/Duisburg	Southern	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	31,514	Jim Tomsula
Stuttgart Surge	Stuttgart	Central	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	11,408	Martin Hanselmann
Vienna Vikings	Vienna	Central	Generali Arena	17,500	Chris Calaycay

1. First home game of the season
2. Second home game of the season
3. Four home games starting in July

Rosters

Like last season, there is a limit of 4 US American, Canadian, Mexican or Japanese players per roster, and two on the field at the same time, but people who are dual citizens of the U.S. and a EU-member country are not counted towards that limit in keeping with the Bosman ruling. There is also a limit of 8 non-American foreigners per roster. ^[10] Brazilian players do not count towards the import quota. ^[11] The overall roster limit is 55 active Players and 5 spots on the practice squad.

Roster moves

In the 2022 preseason, several ELF players were picked up by other professional leagues, including 2021 season MVP Madre London. ELF contracts allow for premature termination in case professional North American leagues want to sign these players.

• NFL IPP Program: Marcel Dabo (Stuttgart Surge), Adedayo Odeleye (Berlin Thunder)
• Canadian Football League: Keanu Ebanks (Panthers Wrocław), Seantavius Jones (Berlin Thunder), Anthony Mahoungou (Frankfurt Galaxy)
• United States Football League: Madre London (Cologne Centurions), Kolin Hill (Berlin Thunder), Dartez Jacobs (Raiders Tirol), Diondre Overton (Vienna Vikings), KaVontae Turpin (Panthers Wrocław), Dale Warren (Stuttgart Surge)

Player representation

After players complained of subpar housing conditions for "import" players of the Frankfurt Galaxy franchise, an unofficial union, based in Switzerland was formed under the name of European League of Football Players Association (ELFPA). ^[12] Representatives of this union are not public and concrete measures haven't been taken so far.

In order to represent active players of the ELF, the league announced the Players Committee for the 2022 season. It consists of two players of each franchise and can hold regular meetings. Out of this committee two spokespersons are elected which are in contact with the commissioner and the Competition Committee of the league. ^[13]

Rule changes

After the inaugural season, in which the ELF mostly used modified NFL rules (with the exception of the overtime rule, which was based on that of college football – but never used during the entire season as no overtime needed to be played), the league announced its first rule change for the second season. The kick-off rule has been modified to increase player safety, and has been taken from the second iteration of the XFL. According to the new rule, teams will now face each other 5 yards apart, and can only start moving after the returner catches the kickoff, or 3 seconds after the ball hits the ground. ^[14]

After making its ELF debut in the 2021 championship game, Instant Replay will be used for the entirety of the 2022 season. ^[15] Like in the NFL, every coach has two challenges per game, with the possibility of a third if both of the challenges are successful.

All teams are not allowed to start organised team activities before May 1, 2022 with import players and padded training. The league set this rule to ensure competitive balance, in which teams with more funds can pay their import players earlier. Strength and conditioning sessions and individual training are not affected by this rule.

Regular season

Schedule

The schedule for the 2022 season was released on February 14, 2022. For international matches of the IFAF the league has agreed to plan for a break. ^[16]

Week 1

Week 1
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 4. June 17:00	Southern	Istanbul Rams	38 – 40	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion	2,250	ran.de, S Sport, Arena4+, Eleven Sport		[17]
Sun, 5. June 15:00	IC	Rhein Fire	29 – 26	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena	7,525	ProSieben MAXX, Arena4+, Eleven Sport	140.000 (3.6% ProSieben MAXX) [18]	[19]
		Barcelona Dragons	38 – 9	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	2,690	Esport3, Eleven Sport		[20]
	Northern	Leipzig Kings	27 – 34	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski	3,150	Polsat Sport, Eleven Sport		[21]
		Berlin Thunder	18 – 43	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Hoheluft	4,936	Eleven Sport		[22]
	Central	Vienna Vikings	29 – 23	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	3,750	Puls24, Eleven Sport

Week 2

Week 2
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 11. June 15:00	IC	Raiders Tirol	46 – 49	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion	1,537	Eleven Sports		[23]
		Istanbul Rams	7 – 41	Berlin Thunder	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	3,404	S Sport, MoreThanSportTV, ran.de, Eleven Sports		[24]
Sun, 12. June 15:00		Rhein Fire	28 – 17	Leipzig Kings	Paul Greifzu Stadium	2,250	Eleven Sports		[25]
		Panthers Wrocław	28 – 25	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	2,100	Polsat Sport, Eleven Sports		[26]
		Barcelona Dragons	24 – 21	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Hoheluft	3,447	Esport3, Eleven Sports, ProSieben MAXX, ran.de	130.000 (3,6% ProSieben MAXX) [27]	[28]
	Central	Frankfurt Galaxy	10 – 30	Vienna Vikings	Generali Arena Vienna	3,913	Puls24, Zappn.tv, Eleven Sports		[29]

Week 3

Week 3
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 18. June 18:00	Northern	Hamburg Sea Devils	14 – 0	Leipzig Kings	Leuna Chemie Stadion	2,400	ran.de, Arena4+		[30]
	Southern	Cologne Centurions	32 – 34	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Reus	980	Esport3		[31]
Sun, 19. June 15:00		Istanbul Rams	12 – 42	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	7,895	ran.de, ProSieben MAXX, S Sport, Arena4+	400.000 (4,2% ProSieben MAXX) [32] [33]	[34]
	Central	Stuttgart Surge	13 – 42	Vienna Vikings	Generali Arena Vienna	2,400	Zappn.tv		[35]
	IC	Panthers Wrocław	13 – 47	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena	3,025	Polsat Sport		[36]
		Berlin Thunder	16 – 28	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	3,032	Zappn.tv, Puls24		[37]

Week 4

Week 4
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 25. June 15:00	IC	Vienna Vikings	49 – 0	Istanbul Rams	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	800	Zappn.tv, S Sport		[38]
17:00		Frankfurt Galaxy	48 – 12	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion	2,530	ran.de		[39]
Sun, 26. June 15:00	Northern	Hamburg Sea Devils	26 – 23 (OT)	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski	2,450	Polsat Sport		[40]
		Leipzig Kings	19 – 15	Berlin Thunder	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	3,134	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de		[41]
	Central	Raiders Tirol	33 – 0	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	1,400	Puls24, Zappn.tv		[42]
	Southern	Barcelona Dragons	17 – 13	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	7,583	Esport3		[43]

Week 5

Week 5
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 2. July 18:00	Southern	Istanbul Rams	7 – 41	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Reus	957	Esport3, S Sport		[44]
15:00	IC	Berlin Thunder	34 – 7	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion	1,580	ran.de		[45]
Sun, 3. July 15:00		Rhein Fire	15 – 42	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Hoheluft	4,128	ProSieben MAXX		[46]
		Panthers Wrocław	6 – 30	Vienna Vikings	Generali Arena Vienna	3,725	Puls24, Polsat Sport		[47]
		Stuttgart Surge	22 – 28	Leipzig Kings	Bruno-Plache-Stadion	2,950			[48]
	Central	Frankfurt Galaxy	17 – 23	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	4,686	Puls24		[49]

Week 6

Week 6
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 9. July 15:00	IC	Hamburg Sea Devils	70 – 0	Istanbul Rams	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	300	S Sport, ran.de		[50]
18:00		Vienna Vikings	27 – 20	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Reus	1,312	Esport3, Zappn.tv		[51]
Sun, 10. July 15:00		Leipzig Kings	6 – 37	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	3,376	Puls 24, Zappn.tv		[52]
	Northern	Panthers Wrocław	25 – 31 (OT)	Berlin Thunder	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	3,056	Polsat Sport, ran.de, ProSieben MAXX		[53]
	Central	Frankfurt Galaxy	26 – 20 (OT)	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	2,514			[54]
	Southern	Cologne Centurions	3 – 17	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	9,496			[55]

Week 7

Week 7
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sun, 17. July 15:00	Northern	Berlin Thunder	33 – 22	Leipzig Kings	Bruno-Plache-Stadion	3,000	ran.de		[56]
	IC	Cologne Centurions	14 – 46	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena	4,500	ProSieben Maxx, Arena4+		[57]
		Stuttgart Surge	0 – 34	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski	2,050	Polsat Sport		[58]
Bye		Barcelona Dragons, Hamburg Sea Devils, Istanbul Rams, Raiders Tirol, Rhein Fire, Vienna Vikings

Week 8

Week 8
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 23. July 15:00	Southern	Barcelona Dragons	19 – 22	Istanbul Rams	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	400	S Sport, Esport3		[59]
Sun, 24. July 15:00	IC	Hamburg Sea Devils	40 – 16	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	7,792	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de		[60]
	Central	Raiders Tirol	13 – 29	Vienna Vikings	Generali Arena Vienna	4,523	Puls24, Zappn.tv		[61]
Bye		Berlin Thunder, Cologne Centurions, Frankfurt Galaxy, Leipzig Kings, Panthers Wrocław, Stuttgart Surge

Week 9

Week 9
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 30. July 18:00	Southern	Rhein Fire	23 – 33	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Reus	1,043	Esport3, ran.de		[62]
Sun, 31. July 15:00	Central	Vienna Vikings	41 – 0	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	2,000	Zappn.tv		[63]
	IC	Frankfurt Galaxy	30 – 29	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski	1,715	Polsat Sport		[64]
		Istanbul Rams	26 – 29 (OT)	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Hoheluft	3,170	S Sport		[65]
		Raiders Tirol	56 – 14	Leipzig Kings	Bruno-Plache-Stadion	2,500	Puls24, Zappn.tv		[66]
		Cologne Centurions	29 – 39	Berlin Thunder	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	3,364	ProSieben MAXX	60.000 (1,6% ProSieben MAXX) [67]	[68]

Week 10

Week 10
6./7. August	All teams on bye

Week 11

Week 11
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 13. August 17:00	Southern	Barcelona Dragons	37 – 15	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion	820	Esport3, ran.de		[69]
15:00		Rhein Fire	50 – 32	Istanbul Rams	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	360	S Sport		[70]
Sun, 14. August 13:00	Northern	Leipzig Kings	0 – 59	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Hoheluft	2,636			[71]
15:00		Berlin Thunder	29 – 12	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski	1,800	Polsat Sport		[72]
	Central	Vienna Vikings	8 – 42	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena	4,600	Zappn.tv, ran.de ProSieben MAXX		[73]
		Stuttgart Surge	3 – 44	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	3,415	Zappn.tv		[74]

Week 12

Week 12
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 20. August 18:00	IC	Stuttgart Surge	8 – 62	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Reus	897	Esport3, ran.de, Arena4+		[75]
Sun, 21. August 15:00		Frankfurt Galaxy	21 – 23	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	12,055	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de		[76]
		Istanbul Rams	22 – 37	Vienna Vikings	Generali Arena Vienna	2,028	Zappn.tv, S Sport		[77]
		Cologne Centurions	20 – 45	Raiders Tirol	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	3,891	Zappn.tv		[78]
	Northern	Hamburg Sea Devils	39 – 17	Berlin Thunder	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	4,624			[79]
		Panthers Wrocław	41 – 37	Leipzig Kings	Bruno-Plache-Stadion	2,500	Polsat Sport		[80]

Week 13

Week 13
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 27. August 17:00	Southern	Rhein Fire	59 – 37	Cologne Centurions	Südstadion	2,341	ran.de		[81]
15:00	IC	Berlin Thunder	38 – 14	Istanbul Rams	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	300	S Sport		[82]
Sun, 28. August 15:00		Barcelona Dragons	18 – 24	Vienna Vikings	Generali Arena Vienna	4,104	Zappn.tv, Esport3		[83]
		Leipzig Kings	38 – 0	Stuttgart Surge	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	1,800			[84]
	Central	Raiders Tirol	33 – 36	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena	6,100	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de Zappn.tv		[85]
	Northern	Panthers Wrocław	0 – 17	Hamburg Sea Devils	Stadion Hoheluft	3,167	Polsat Sport		[86]

Week 14

Week 14
Date/Time (CEST)	Conf.	Away team	Result	Home team	Venue	Attendance	Free TV	Viewers	Ref
Sat, 3. September 15:00	Southern	Cologne Centurions	43 – 30	Istanbul Rams	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	450	S Sport		[87]
18:00	IC	Hamburg Sea Devils	24 – 21	Barcelona Dragons	Estadi Municipal de Reus	963	Esport3, ran.de		[88]
Sun, 4. September 15:00		Raiders Tirol	37 – 10	Berlin Thunder	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	3,916	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de Zappn.tv		[89]
		Leipzig Kings	34 – 31	Rhein Fire	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	7,760			[90]
		Vienna Vikings	6 – 42	Panthers Wrocław	Stadion Olimpijski	2,900	Zappn.tv, Polsat Sport		[91]
	Central	Stuttgart Surge	13 – 37	Frankfurt Galaxy	PSD Bank Arena	4,300			[92]

Standings

Northern Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Hamburg Sea Devils	12	11	1	0	6 – 0	424	160	264	W10	Advance to playoffs
2	Berlin Thunder	12	7	5	0	3 – 3	324	282	42	L1
3	Panthers Wrocław	12	5	7	0	2 – 4	287	305	−18	W1
4	Leipzig Kings	12	4	8	0	1 – 5	242	370	−128	W2

Source: europeanleague.football

Central Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Vienna Vikings	12	10	2	0	5–1	352	209	143	L1	Advance to playoffs
2	Raiders Tirol	12	8	4	0	3–3	418	229	189	W1	Best 2nd place advances
3	Frankfurt Galaxy	12	8	4	0	4–2	386	247	139	W2
4	Stuttgart Surge	12	0	12	0	0–6	113	451	−338	L12

Source: europeanleague.football

Southern Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Barcelona Dragons	12	8	4	0	5–1	364	225	139	L2	Advance to playoffs
2	Rhein Fire	12	7	5	0	4–2	346	314	32	L1
3	Cologne Centurions	12	3	9	0	2–4	301	473	−172	W1
4	Istanbul Rams	12	1	11	0	1–5	210	499	−289	L5

Source: europeanleague.football

In case ties inside and between the conferences have to be broken, the rules are: ^[93]

1. Number of wins
2. Head-to-head matchup ^{[upper-alpha 1]}
3. Points difference in head-to-head matchups ^{[upper-alpha 1]}
4. Points scored at away games of head-to-head matchups ^{[upper-alpha 1]}
5. Total points difference
6. Total points scored
7. Point scored at away games
8. Coin toss performed by the Commissioner or a person (e.g., a prominent sportsmen) determined by the Commissioner

This is notably different from tiebreakers used in the NFL which take strength of schedule into account or the German Football League which values the head-to-head as the first tiebreaker for teams with the same win–loss record, in part to discourage running up the score.

Play-offs

The semifinal games were played on September 10 and 11, 2022. The championship game was played on September 25 in Klagenfurt, Austria.

	Semifinals					Championship Game
	1	Hamburg Sea Devils	19
	4	Tirol Raiders	7
						Hamburg Sea Devils		15
						Vienna Vikings		27
	2	Vienna Vikings	39
	3	Barcelona Dragons	12

Divisional playoffs

Hamburg Sea Devils 19, Raiders Tirol 7

Raiders Tirol vs. Hamburg Sea Devils

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Raiders	0	7	0	0	7
Sea Devils	10	0	6	3	19

at Stadion Hoheluft, Hamburg, Germany

• Date: 10 September 2022
• Game time: 14:45 CEST
• Game attendance: 3,158
• Referee: M. Scholz
• Game Book

Barcelona Dragons 12, Vienna Vikings 39

Barcelona Dragons vs. Vienna Vikings

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Dragons	0	0	0	12	12
Vikings	7	6	16	10	39

at Football-Zentrum Ravelin, Vienna, Austria

• Date: 11 September 2022
• Game time: 14:45 CEST
• Game attendance: 900
• Referee: W. Ratajczak
• Game Book

Championship Game

The Vikings won the title in their first season. The Sea Devils had to accept the second defeat in the championship game in the second season. The Championship MVP trophy was won by Kimi Linnainmaa, the Finnish WR of the Vikings, who caught 7 passes for 125 yards, and threw the TD pass to the first lead.

Vienna Vikings 27, Hamburg Sea Devils 15

Vienna Vikings vs. Hamburg Sea Devils

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	7	10	7	3	27
Sea Devils	6	0	6	3	15

at 28 Black Arena, Klagenfurt, Austria

• Date: 25 September 2022
• Game time: 14:45 CEST
• Game attendance: 14,566
• Referee: Walentynowic
• Game Book

Attendance

As of September 04, 2022

Pos	Team	Total	High	Low	Average	Change
1	Rhein Fire	52,527	12,055	7,583	8,755	n/a†
2	Frankfurt Galaxy	30,050	7,525	3,025	5,008	+136.2%†
3	Raiders Tirol	22,150	4,686	3,032	3,692	n/a†
4	Berlin Thunder	21,498	4,624	3,056	3,583	+292.0%†
5	Hamburg Sea Devils	21,484	4,936	2,636	3,581	+116.6%†
6	Vienna Vikings	20,693	4,523	2,028	3,449	n/a†
7	Leipzig Kings	15,600	3,000	2,250	2,600	+25.5%†
8	Panthers Wrocław	14,065	3,150	1,715	2,344	−34.9%†
9	Stuttgart Surge	12,504	2,690	1,400	2,084	+45.8%†
10	Cologne Centurions	11,058	2,530	820	1,843	+57.9%†
11	Barcelona Dragons	6,152	1,312	897	1,025	−11.9%†
12	Istanbul Rams	2,610	800	300	435	n/a†
	League total	230,391	12,055	300	3,200	+77.5%†

Source:

Awards

MVP of the Week

Week	Player	Position	Team	Stat	Source
1	Flamur Simon	OLB	Cologne Centurions	1 TD, 2 Int, 0.5 sacks, 2.5 TFL	1
2	Zach Edwards	QB	Barcelona Dragons	3 TD, 1 Int, 108 Yds rushing, 202 Yds passing	2
3	Matt Adam	QB	Rhein Fire	5 TD, 1 Int, 365 Yds passing	3
4	Giovanni Nanguy	OLB	Hamburg Sea Devils	8 TOT, 2 sacks, 3.5 TFL	[94]
5	Glen Toonga	RB	Hamburg Sea Devils	4TD, 17 ATT, 185yards	[95]
6	Kyle Kitchens	DE	Berlin Thunder	9 TOT, 3.5 sacks, 6.5 TFL	[96]
7	Joe Germinerio	QB	Berlin Thunder	3 TD, 2 Rush TD, 325 Yds passing	[97]
8	Isaiah Green	QB	Istanbul Rams	1 Rush TD, 20 CAR, 103 Rush Yds, 148 Yds passing	[98]
9	Glen Toonga	RB	Hamburg Sea Devils	4TD, 27 ATT, 111yards	[99]
10	Bye Week
11	Jadrian Clark	QB	Rhein Fire	38 ATT, 277 COMP, 485 Pass yards, 7 Pass Tds	[100]
12	Zach Edwards	QB	Barcelona Dragons	7 Pass Tds, 27 COMP, 321 Yds passing	[101]
13	Nathaniel Robitaille	WR	Rhein Fire	4 REC TD, 10 REC, 286 Reception Yds	[102]
14	Gabriel Cunningham	QB	Leipzig Kings	208 Pass Yds, 2 Pass Tds, 128 Rush Yds, 3 Rush TDS	[103]

Statistical leaders

As of September 4, 2022 (end of regular season) [104]

Category	Player	Position	Team	GP	Stat
Passing
Yards	Zach Edwards	QB	Barcelona Dragons	12	3325
Touchdowns	Zach Edwards	QB	Barcelona Dragons	12	36
Completions	Zach Edwards	QB	Barcelona Dragons	12	255
Completion percentage	Jakeb Sullivan	QB	Frankfurt Galaxy	11	66.3%
Rushing
Yards	Glen Toonga	RB	Hamburg Sea Devils	12	1468
Touchdowns	Glen Toonga	RB	Hamburg Sea Devils	12	21
Yards per attempt	Florian Wegan	RB	Vienna Vikings	12	6.3
Receiving
Yards	Kyle Sweet	WR	Barcelona Dragons	12	1561
Touchdowns	Kyle Sweet	WR	Barcelona Dragons	12	17
Receptions	Kyle Sweet	WR	Barcelona Dragons	12	115
Yards per reception	Nathaniel Robitaille	WR	Rhein Fire	12	19.1
Defensive
Sacks	Kyle Kitchens	DE	Berlin Thunder	12	16.0
Tackles	A.J. Wentland	LB	Leipzig Kings	12	159
Interceptions	Goran Zec	S	Panthers Wrocław	12	6
Kicking
FG Pct	Mehmet Sarıkatipoğlu	K	Istanbul Rams	12	76.9
PAT Pct	Eric Schlomm	K	Hamburg Sea Devils	12	88.9

Broadcasting

Selected games of this season are available in free TV of most of the participating countries. For the Austrian and vGerman market, the league's main broadcasting partner is ProSiebenSat.1 Media. All games of the Raiders Tirol and the Vienna Vikings as well as the final in Klagenfurt are broadcast over the Puls 4 network with its sister channel Puls 24 and video-on-demand via Zapppn. In Germany ProSieben MAXX and their online-streaming service ran.de airing games on Saturday and Sunday. Furthermore the league-owned service More Than Sports TV, which is available over platforms like Zattoo, will show games in Austria, Germany and Switzerland as well as Esport3 in Catalonia, S Sport in Turkey, Polsat Sport in Poland and LIVENow for international streaming. All games are also available worldwide on ELF Gamepass.

Region(s)	Broadcaster(s)
International	ELF Gamepass
Austria	Puls 24 Zappn (Puls 4 Network) [105]
Germany Austria Switzerland	ProSieben Maxx ranSport More Than Sports TV
China	iQIYI [106]
Hungary	Arena4 [107]
Italy	Eleven Sports [108]
Poland	Polsat Sport [109]
Spain	Esport3 [110]
Turkey	S Sport [111]
United States	For the Fans [112]
Indonesia	Eleven Sport [108]
Malaysia
Singapore
Taiwan
Thailand
Philippines

All Stars

First Team

Position	Player	Team		Position	Player	Team
Offense
QB	Sean Shelton	Raiders Tirol		TE	Adrià Botella Moreno	Vienna Vikings
RB	Glen Toonga	Hamburg Sea Devils		OT	Michael Habetin	Raiders Tirol
FB	Patrick Poetsch	Rhein Fire		OT	Sven Breidenbach	Rhein Fire
WR	Kyle Sweet	Barcelona Dragons		OG	Lewis Thomas	Hamburg Sea Devils
WR	Robin Wilzeck	Berlin Thunder		OG	Niklas Johansson	Vienna Vikings
WR	Nathaniel Robitaille	Rhein Fire		C	Joachim Christensen	Frankfurt Galaxy
Defense
DT	Tim Hänni	Hamburg Sea Devils		LB	Thomas Schnurrer	Vienna Vikings
DT	Aslan Zetterberg	Leipzig Kings		CB	Karim Ben El Ghali	Frankfurt Galaxy
Edge	Kyle Kitchens	Berlin Thunder		CB	Justin Rogers	Hamburg Sea Devils
Edge	Alejandro Fernández	Barcelona Dragons		S	Kevin Fortes	Hamburg Sea Devils
LB	A. J. Wentland	Leipzig Kings		S	Omari Williams	Rhein Fire
LB	Zachary Blair	Istanbul Rams
Special Teams
K	Jonas Schenderlein	Berlin Thunder		RS	C. J. Okpalobi	Raiders Tirol
P	Eric Schlomm	Hamburg Sea Devils
Source: europeanleague.football [113]

Second Team

Position	Player	Team		Position	Player	Team
Offense
QB	Zach Edwards	Barcelona Dragons		TE	Nicolai Schumann	Berlin Thunder
RB	Jocques Crawford	Berlin Thunder		OT	Tobias Rodlauer	Berlin Thunder
FB	León Helm	Frankfurt Galaxy		OT	Aleksandar Milanovic	Vienna Vikings
WR	Quinten Pounds	Cologne Centurions		OG	Sven Fischer	Frankfurt Galaxy
WR	Jordan Bouah	Vienna Vikings		OG	Alper Peközer	Berlin Thunder
WR	Malik Stanley	Panthers Wrocław		C	David Weinstock	Hamburg Sea Devils
Defense
DT	Niklas Gustav	Raiders Tirol		LB	Maxime Rouyer	Panthers Wrocław
DT	Christian van Horn	Rhein Fire		CB	Moritz Thiele	Berlin Thunder
Edge	Kasim Edebali	Hamburg Sea Devils		CB	Benjamin Straight	Vienna Vikings
Edge	Michael Sam	Barcelona Dragons		S	Goran Zec	Panthers Wrocław
LB	David Izinyon	Berlin Thunder		S	Luis Horvath	Vienna Vikings
LB	Precious Ogbevoen	Stuttgart Surge
Special Teams
K	Ryan Rimmler	Frankfurt Galaxy		RS	Darius Saint-Robinson	Panthers Wrocław
P	Maximilian Eisenhut	Rhein Fire
Source: europeanleague.football [113]

Signees to other professional leagues

The following players invited to the NFL’s International Combine, assigned to NFL's International Player Pathway Program (IPPP), signed or drafted by CFL team or signed with USFL or XFL team following their involvement with the ELF in 2022: ^[114]

NFL

Player	Position	ELF team	NFL team
Alejandro Fernández	DE	Barcelona Dragons	International Combine
Kevin Fortes	S	Hamburg Sea Devils	International Combine
Tim Hänni	DT	Hamburg Sea Devils	International Combine
Tyrese Johnson-Fisher	RB	Istanbul Rams	International Combine
John Levi Kruse	TE	Hamburg Sea Devils	International Combine
Harlan Kwofie	WR	Rhein Fire	International Combine
Lucky Efosa Ogbevoen	LB	Raiders Tirol	International Combine
Tyrese Owuso-Bediako	DL	Rhein Fire	International Combine
Tobias Rodlauer	OT	Berlin Thunder	International Combine
Gabriel Rodríguez	OT	Barcelona Dragons	International Combine
Flamur Simon	OLB	Cologne Centurions	International Combine
Leander Wiegand	OT	Cologne Centurions	International Combine
Stanley Zeregbe	DE	Berlin Thunder	International Combine

CFL

The following players signed with a CFL team:

Player	Position	ELF team	CFL team
Maxime Rouyer	LB	Panthers Wrocław	BC Lions
Timothy Knuettel	WR	Rhein Fire	Winnipeg Blue Bombers
John Levi Kruse	TE/LS	Hamburg Sea Devils	BC Lions
Lukas Ruoss	LB	Rhein Fire	Saskatchewan Roughriders
Ja'Len Embry	DB	Frankfurt Galaxy	Montreal Alouettes

XFL

Player	Position	ELF team	XFL team
Justin Rogers	DB	Hamburg Sea Devils	Orlando Guardians

USFL

Player	Position	ELF team	USFL team
Malcolm Washington	DB	Stuttgart Surge	Houston Gamblers
Chris Richardson	DT	Cologne Centurions	New Orleans Breakers

Notes

1. Only applicable if matchups have taken place and with additional rules

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External links

• Official website of the European League of Football