2022 Istanbul Rams season

2022 Istanbul Rams season
Head coach	Val Gunn
Home stadium	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
Results
Record	1 – 11
Conference place	4th
Uniform
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The 2022 Istanbul Rams season was the first and last season of the Istanbul Rams team in the second season of the European League of Football.

Preseason

After announcing the participation in the ELF and changing their name from Koç Rams to Istanbul Rams, they presented their head coach Val Gunn at the October 20, 2021. ^{[1] [2]} Further additions to the coaching staff followed suit. The first player signings were introduced on November 2, 2021 with Zachary Blair. ^[3] The Rams combine was held on the November 22, 2021. ^[4]

They first announced Yusuf Ziya Öniş Stadium as their home field but changed to the Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium before the season started. ^[5]

Regular season

Standings

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

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent [A]	Result	Record	Venue	TV [B] [C]	Recap
1	June 4	17:00	@ Cologne Centurions	L 38 – 40	0 – 1	Südstadion	S Sport, ran.de, Arena4+	[6]
2	June 11	15:00	@ Berlin Thunder	L 7 – 41	0 – 2	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	S Sport, ran.de, More Than Sports TV
3	June 19	15:00	@ Rhein Fire	L 12 – 42	0 – 3	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	S Sport, ran.de ProSieben MAXX, Arena4+
4	June 25	15:00	Vienna Vikings	L 0 – 49	0 – 4	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	S Sport, Zappn.tv
5	July 2	17:00	@ Barcelona Dragons	L 7 – 41	0 – 5	Estadi Municipal de Reus	S Sport, Esport3
6	July 9	15:00	Hamburg Sea Devils	L 0 – 70	0 – 6	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	S Sport, ran.de
7	July 18	bye
8	July 23	15:00	Barcelona Dragons	W 22 – 19	1 – 6	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	S Sport, Esport3
9	July 30	15:00	@ Hamburg Sea Devils	L 26 – 29 (OT)	1 – 7	Stadion Hoheluft	S Sport
10	August 7	bye
11	August 13	15:00	Rhein Fire	L 32 – 50	1 – 8	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	S Sport
12	August 21	15:00	@ Vienna Vikings	L 22 – 37	1 – 9	Generali-Arena Vienna	S Sport
13	August 27	15:00	Berlin Thunder	L 14 – 38	1 – 10	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	S Sport
14	September 3	15:00	Cologne Centurions	L 30 – 43	1 – 11	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	S Sport

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Istanbul Rams roster

	Quarterbacks 1 Isaiah Green 12 Yiğit Timer Running backs  8 Taha Çokadar 18 Ege Altuğ Sankaya Berker Esme Wide receivers  1 Alihan Ağaçkesen WR  4 Tolga Törün 6 Terryon Robinson 11 Ege Berk İnanç 13 Kaan Özer 16 Doruk Şut 19 Yilmaz Berk Güven 26 Efe Baran 80 Féli Manoka 84 Alp Burak Çamlıer Tight ends 88 Emir Sarıyıldız		Offensive linemen 51 Alper Kurtuluş OL 55 Orhun Akbudak OL 65 Bahadır Aslan 67 Ayberk Kurşunlu OL 70 Cevad E. Küçükşengün 72 Emre Dumlupınar 75 Sebastian Arenas 76 Erdem Altun 77 Zafer Ceylan 79 Bahadır Akbaş İsmail Can Balta Sebastian Bal Defensive linemen  7 İlhan Efe Geyik DE 46  49 Marcus Tullio Lucas DE 61 Samet Bilgin DT 66 Muhammed Ali Kurutluca DT 68 Şerif Emir Dülger DT 92 Burak Karaçor DE 93 Abdullah Kilany DE 94 Sinan Cingilli DE 99 Berkan Zaimoğlu DT   Mikail Tatlı DE   Hüseyin Akay DT   Burak Tatar DE		Linebackers  2 Alperen Ünlü OLB  5 Ufuk Eren Özelçe DB 15 Talat Gökhan Buluşan ILB 23 Salih Özdemir OLB 40 Ahmet Cem Uğur ILB 42 Zachary Blair ILB 44 Ali Gündoğdu OLB 54 Ata Han Atılgan ILB 56 Onur Can Duzcu ILB Defensive backs  3 Atilla Işık S 16 Caner Dündar S 17 Oğuzhan Ceyhan CB 20 Kürşad Pekün S 22 Emre Özdemir CB 24 Mateusz Dzioban 25 Alperen Küçük CB 27 Jamarii Milliken CB 28 Darius Lewis CB 31 Yiğitcan Ferhat Ertür CB Nimet Han Aydın CB Talha Berçin Special teams 32 Mehmet Furkan Sarıkatipoğlu K				Reserve lists 11 Kris Wedderburn WR (IR) 43 Alpay Burak Tatar DE (IR) 50 Aykut Aslan ILB (IR) 63 Onur Boğan OL (IR) 34 Andre Whyte S (IR) Practice squad   Orhan Kırmızıoğlu S Rookies in italics Roster updated 4 August 2022 [7] 4 A-import, 5 E-import, 45 homegrown 59 active, 8 inactive, 1 practice squad

Staff

Istanbul Rams staff

	Front office Owner – Koç Holding General Manager – Emir Can Kefeli Scouting coordinator – N/A Football operations manager – Doruk Örnekci Gameday manager – Tezcan Kayalar Import liaison officer – Can Batuk Head coach Head coach – Matt Lawson (interim) Assistant head coach – Mert Pala Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/wide receivers – "Vacant" Quarterbacks – Mert Pala Running backs – Matt Lawson Assistant running backs – Enes Üzümcü Assistant wide receivers – Erkin Palaz Tight ends/fullbacks – N/A Offensive line – Tuan Berk Kılıçoğlu Assistant offensive line – Sınan Erışen			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/linebacker – Batur Kaplan Assistant linebacker – Batur Kaplan Assistant linebacker – Erhan Batuk Defensive line – Kasey Crosby Assistant defensive line – Batuhan Kamalıoğlu Defensive backs - Andre Whyte Assistant defensive backs – Kerim Uzun Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Mert Pala Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – Kürşad Pekün updated 01 June 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. @ELF_Official (October 20, 2021). "Rams appoint Val Gunn as head coach for 2022" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09– via Twitter.
2. "The international presence grows stronger at the AFCA convention". AmericanFootballInternational.com. January 13, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
3. @IstanbulRams (November 2, 2021). "Zach Blair will be starring for the Istanbul Rams defense in 2022" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09– via Twitter.
4. @IstanbulRams (November 22, 2021). "Thank you to all players who attended the ELF combine!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09– via Twitter.
5. "ELF European League of Football". europeanleague.football. Retrieved 2021-10-21.
6. "Gamebook Week 1: Istanbul Rams @ Cologne Centurions".
7. "ELF-Saisonvorschau Teil 2: Was können die neuen Teams 2022?". touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.