2022 Hamburg Sea Devils season

Last updated
2022 Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) season
General managerMax Paatz
Head coach Charles "Yogi" Jones
Home field Stadion Hoheluft
Results
Record11 – 1
Conference place1st
Playoff finishlost Championship Game vs. Vienna Vikings 15 – 27
Uniform
Hamburg Sea Devils Uniform (2022).png

The 2022 Hamburg Sea Devils season is the second season of the Hamburg Sea Devils team in the European League of Football.

Contents

Preseason

On November 24, 2021, the Hamburg Sea Devils began to announce their first player signings, beginning with their running back Glen Toonga. [1] The head coach and offensive coordinator Andreas Nommensen stated in December 2021 that he won't return for the 2022 season for personal reasons. [2] On February 3, 2022, Charles "Yogi" Jones was officially announced as the new head coach for the season. [3] [4]

Regular season

Standings

PosTeamGPWLTCONFPFPADIFFSTKQualification
1 Flag of Germany.svg Hamburg Sea Devils 1211106 – 0424160264W10Advance to playoffs
2 Flag of Germany.svg Berlin Thunder 127503 – 332428242L1
3 Flag of Poland.svg Panthers Wrocław 125702 – 4287305−18W1
4 Flag of Germany.svg Leipzig Kings 124801 – 5242370−128W2

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

WeekDateTime (CET)Opponent [upper-alpha 1] ResultRecordVenueTV [upper-alpha 2] [upper-alpha 3] Recap
1June 515:00 Berlin Thunder W 43 – 181 – 0 Stadion Hoheluft
2June 1215:00 Barcelona Dragons L 21 – 241 – 1Stadion Hoheluft Esport3, ran.de, ProSieben MAXX
3June 1818:00@ Leipzig Kings W 14 – 02 – 1 Leuna Chemie Stadion ran.de, Arena4+
4June 2615:00@ Panthers Wrocław W 26 – 23 (OT)3 – 1 Olympic Stadium Wrocław Polsat Sport
5July 315:00 Rhein Fire W 42 – 154 – 1Stadion HoheluftProSieben MAXX
6July 915:00@ Istanbul Rams W 70 – 05 – 1 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport, ran.de
7July 17bye
8July 2415:00@ Rhein FireW 40 – 166 – 1 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena ProSieben MAXX, ran.de
9July 3115:00Istanbul RamsW 29 – 26 (OT)7 – 1Stadion HoheluftS Sport
10August 7bye
11August 1413:00Leipzig KingsW 59 – 08 – 1Stadion Hoheluft
12August 2115:00@ Berlin ThunderW 39 – 179 – 1 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
13August 2715:00Panthers WrocławW 17 – 010 – 1Stadion Hoheluft
14September 318:00@ Barcelona DragonsW 24 – 2111 – 1 Estadi Municipal de Reus

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Salieu Ceesay Flag of Germany.svg
  •  4 Moritz Maack Flag of Germany.svg

Running backs

  •  7 Glen Toonga Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
  • 20 Gerald Ameln Flag of Germany.svg
  • 26 Simon Ajuwon Homadi Flag of Germany.svg
  • 32 Jamen Wernke Flag of Germany.svg
  • 45 Jeremy Sarfo FB Flag of Germany.svg

Wide receivers

  •  2 Tobias Nill Flag of Germany.svg
  •  5 Jean Constant Flag of the United States.svg
  • 10 Jean-Claude Madin Cerezo Flag of Germany.svg
  • 11 Benjamin Mau Flag of Germany.svg
  • 13 Tim Albrecht Flag of Germany.svg
  • 16 Lamar Jordan II Flag of the United States.svg
  • 19 Nassim Amroun Flag of Germany.svg
  • 80 Diego Antonio Arboleda Sánchez Flag of Germany.svg
  • 81 Bais Kouanda Flag of Germany.svg
  • 89 Lukas Rehder Flag of Germany.svg

Tight ends

  •  18 Marvin Amankwah Flag of Germany.svg
  • 44 John Levi Kruse Flag of Germany.svg
Offensive linemen
  • 51 Gian De Guzman Flag of Germany.svg
  • 61 Florian Rosenberger Flag of Germany.svg
  • 63 Lewis Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
  • 65 Ron Mac Spiegel Flag of Germany.svg
  • 68Dominik Behrens Flag of Germany.svg
  • 69 David Weinstock Flag of Germany.svg
  • 70 Shalom Baafi Flag of Germany.svg
  • 71 Francis Bongwalanga T Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
  • 72 Niklas Wiem Flag of Germany.svg
  • 74 Dennis Kenzler Flag of Germany.svg
  • 77 Robin Fensch Flag of Germany.svg

Defensive linemen

  • 62 Eric De Souza DT Flag of Germany.svg
  • 94 Berend Grube DE Flag of Germany.svg
  • 95 Evans Yeboah DT Flag of Germany.svg
  • 96 Tim Haenni DT Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
  • 98 Hiswill Awuah DT Flag of Germany.svg
  • 99 Nelson Imasuen DE Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
Linebackers
  •  3 Miguel Alessandro Boock ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 29 Pascal Brinkers OLB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 40 Matthias Spiegel ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 49 Lars Bardenhagen ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 52 Ambroise Mati OLB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 54 Thiago Lessow OLB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 55 Dustin Mohrdieck ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 56 Giovanni Nanguy OLB Flag of France.svg
  • 57 Daniel Laporte MLB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 58 Brian-Tom Lohse OLB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 59 Lorenzo Deiana OLB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 91 Kasim Edebali OLB Flag of Germany.svg

Defensive backs

  •  6 Jamal Okeke Flag of Germany.svg
  • 14 Maximilian Wessel Flag of Germany.svg
  • 15 Kevin Fortes Flag of France.svg
  • 21 Vincent Wilson-Oberko Flag of Germany.svg
  • 22 Aleksandr Astahin S Flag of Germany.svg
  • 23 Justin Rogers Flag of the United States.svg
  • 25 Daniel Brown Flag of the United States.svg
  • 27 Louis Müller CB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 28 Barry Maruschke Flag of Germany.svg
  • 33 Eldert Terekuu CB Flag of Germany.svg

Special teams

  •  8 Eric Schlomm K/P Flag of Germany.svg


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 04 June 2022 [5]
4 A-import, 6 E-import, 49 homegrown
59 active

Transactions

From Barcelona Dragons : Jéan Constant (December 6, 2021)

From Leipzig Kings: Shalom Baafi (February 21, 2022)

Staff

Front office

  • CEO – Zeljko Karajica
  • General Manager – Max Paatz

Head coach

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/wide receivers – Philipp Schulz
  • Quarterbacks – Marico Gregersen
  • Running backs – Sören Hauff
  • Assistant running backs – Nico Novak
  • Tight ends/fullbacks – N/A
  • Offensive line – Marten Töwe
  • Offensive quality – John Shoop
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Kendral Ellison
  • Assistant linebacker – Moses Sarwary
  • Defensive line – Malik Ademote
  • Defensive backs – Kenneth Flanders
  • Assistant defensive backs – Karin Tries

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Florian Voss


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Max Döringer


Staff updated 12 July 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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References

  1. @SeaDevilsHH (November 24, 2021). "It's time" (Tweet). Retrieved December 6, 2021 via Twitter.
  2. @SeaDevilsHH (December 2, 2021). "Our former HC and OC Andreas Nommensen will not return for the 2022 season" (Tweet). Retrieved December 6, 2021 via Twitter.
  3. "HAMBURG SEA DEVILS PRESENT HEAD COACH CHARLES JONES". European League of Football. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-03.
  4. "Charles Jones neuer Cheftrainer der Hamburg Sea Devils". Die Zeit (in German). 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2022-02-06.
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