2022 Frankfurt Galaxy season

2022 Frankfurt Galaxy season
General manager	Jörg Ziesche
Head coach	Thomas Kösling
Home stadium	PSD Bank Arena
Results
Record	8 – 4
Conference place	3rd
Uniform
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The 2022 Frankfurt Galaxy season is the second season of the new Frankfurt Galaxy team in the European League of Football.

Preseason

After change in management and a new general manager with co-owner Christopher Knower ^[1] the 2021 champion announced starting quarterback Jakeb Sullivan. ^[2] Shortly after, the franchise re-signed local talent Lorenz Regler for the 2022 season. ^[3] With effect from May 1st, Jörg Ziesche will be replacing Christopher Knower as general manager. ^[4]

Regular season

Standings

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

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent [A]	Result	Record	Venue	TV [B] [C]	Recap
1	June 5	15:00	Rhein Fire	L 26 – 29	0 – 1	PSD Bank Arena	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de, Arena4+, Eleven Sport
2	June 12	15:00	@ Vienna Vikings	L 10 – 30	0 – 2	Generali-Arena Vienna	Puls24, Zappn.tv, Eleven Sport
3	June 19	15:00	Panthers Wrocław	W 47 – 13	1 – 2	PSD Bank Arena	Polsat Sport
4	June 25	17:00	@ Cologne Centurions	W 48 – 11	2 – 2	Südstadion	ran.de
5	July 3	15:00	@ Raiders Tirol	L 17 – 23	2 – 3	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	Puls24, Zappn.tv
6	July 10	15:00	@ Stuttgart Surge	W 26 – 20 (OT)	3 – 3	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
7	July 17	15:00	Cologne Centurions	W 46 – 14	4 – 3	PSD Bank Arena	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de, Arena4+
8	July 24	bye
9	July 31	15:00	@ Panthers Wrocław	W 30 – 29	5 – 3	Olympic Stadium Wrocław	Polsat Sport
10	August 7	bye
11	August 14	15:00	Vienna Vikings	W 42 – 8	6 – 3	PSD Bank Arena
12	August 21	15:00	@ Rhein Fire	L 21 – 23	6 – 4	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
13	August 28	15:00	Raiders Tirol	W 36 – 33	7 – 4	PSD Bank Arena
14	September 4	15:00	Stuttgart Surge	W 37 – 13	8 – 4	PSD Bank Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Frankfurt Galaxy roster

	Quarterbacks  6 Moritz Johannknecht  7 Jakeb Sullivan  9 Jasper Small Running backs 22 Kai Hunter 27 Thomas Fischbach 32 Justin Rodney 44 León Helm FB 45 Max Schmidt Wide receivers 10 Timo Benschuh 13 Marvin Rutsch 15 Max Siemssen 16 Niklas Schumm 17 Reece Horn 19 Nico Strahmann 80 Luis Moreno 🇪🇸 81 Janez von Renesse 82 Hendrik Schwarz P 83 Zinedin Bendjabou 84 Cheikhou Sow 85 Markus Hachenberg 86 Lorenz Regler Tight ends 87 Kevin Mwamba		Offensive linemen 62 Lucas Hebel 66 Francesco Runco 71 Frank Atunlese 72 Basil Weber 73 Marko Vidović 74 Sven Fischer T 75 Joachim Christensen C 77 Yannic Kiehl T 78 Tim Hirsch 79 Kai Wullbrandt Defensive linemen 54 Karlis Brauns DE 55 Mamadou Sy DT 90 Marc Anthony Hor DT 92 Tim Göckus DE 93 Thang Le Minh DT 94 Cedric Udegbe DE 95 Mete Konya DT 98 Koku Antoine Giede DE 99 Kevin Maier DE		Linebackers 40 Louis Achaintre ILB 50 Calvin Schuld ILB 51 Mark Andrew Adjei ILB 52 Wael Nasri ILB 53 Daniel Josiah ILB 56 Sebastían Silva Gomez OLB 58 Anthony Keith Williams ILB 59 Thomas Albrecht ILB Defensive backs 14 Joshua Poznanski S 18 Fernando Lowery CB 23 Maximilian Kranz CB 24 Karim Ben El Ghali CB 31 Konstantin Katz CB 35 Marcos Schlabitz S   Ja'Len Embry CB Special teams  1 Ryan Rimmler K  6 Thomas Zampach K				Reserve lists 21 Gennadiy Adams RB (IR) 28 Simon Otto CB (IR) 30 Falk Reuter S (IR) 41 Sebastian Gauthier OLB (IR) 61 Lars Hampel OL (IR) 65 Malcom Müller OL (IR) 97 Sven Rieger DT (IR) Rookies in italics Roster updated 25 June 2022 [5] 4 A-import, 7 E-import, 47 homegrown 57 active, 7 inactive

Transactions

From Berlin Thunder : Louis Achaintre, Wael Nasri (February 4, 2022) ^[6]

Jermaine Brealy Jr. was released after the first regular season game.^{[ citation needed ]}

Staff

Frankfurt Galaxy staff

	Front office Owner – B.G.A. Football Betriebs GmbH (i.a. Christopher Knower, David Knower, Kösling, Eric Reutemann, James McGoldrick, Dr. Jörg Zirener) CEO – Christopher Knower General manager – Jörg Ziesche Cheer Director & Coach – Head coach Head coach – Thomas Kösling Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Patrick Griesheimer Quarterbacks – Andy McMillan Running backs – Roscoe Baptist Assistant running backs – Ramin Chaban Wide receivers – Guido Reuels Assistant wide receivers – Johannes Rübsamen Tight ends – Florian Bambuch Offensive line – Pascal Abt			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Thomas Kösling Linebacker – Martin Latka Defensive line – Kai Schlegel Assistant defensive line – Ralf Horn Assistant defensive line – Milan Misic Defensive backs/assist. DC – Adrian Hensel Assistant defensive backs – Dennis Nicholas Kozak Assistant defensive backs – Max Zaher Defense scheme assistant – Daniel Garcia Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Kai Schlegel Special teams assistant – Kay Schulmeyer Strength and conditioning Athletic trainer – Scott McNeil Athletic trainer – Jonas Riess Staff updated 01 May 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

References

1. @frankfurtgalaxy; (October 27, 2021). "General Manager Alexander Korosek leaves Frankfurt Galaxy" – via Instagram.
2. @frankfurtgalaxy; (November 11, 2021). "He is back!!" – via Instagram.
3. @frankfurtgalaxy; (November 28, 2021). "Our captain is back!" – via Instagram.
4. "Frankfurt Galaxy verstärkt sich: Unternehmer Jörg Ziesche ab 1. Mai in der Geschäftsleitung". Football-Fan.de (in German). April 29, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
5. "Frankfurt Galaxy in der ELF 2022 – Auf dem Weg zur Titelverteidigung?". ticketmaster.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.
6. "ELF: Frankfurt Galaxy sign ELF's top tackler linebacker Wael Nasri". AmericanFootballInternational.com. February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.