2022 Istanbul Rams season

Last updated
2022 Istanbul Rams season
Head coach Flag of the United States.svg Val Gunn
Home stadium Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
Results
Record1 – 11
Conference place4th
Uniform
Istanbul Rams Uniform (2022).svg

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.

Contents


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

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 [A] ResultRecordVenueTV [B] [C] Recap
1June 417:00@ Cologne Centurions L 38 – 400 – 1 Südstadion S Sport, ran.de, Arena4+ [6]
2June 1115:00@ Berlin Thunder L 7 – 410 – 2 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark S Sport, ran.de, More Than Sports TV
3June 1915:00@ Rhein Fire L 12 – 420 – 3 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena S Sport, ran.de
ProSieben MAXX, Arena4+
4June 2515:00 Vienna Vikings L 0 – 490 – 4 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport, Zappn.tv
5July 217:00@ Barcelona Dragons L 7 – 410 – 5 Estadi Municipal de Reus S Sport, Esport3
6July 915:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 0 – 700 – 6Maltepe Hasan Polat StadiumS Sport, ran.de
7July 18bye
8July 2315:00Barcelona DragonsW 22 – 191 – 6Maltepe Hasan Polat StadiumS Sport, Esport3
9July 3015:00@ Hamburg Sea DevilsL 26 – 29 (OT)1 – 7 Stadion Hoheluft S Sport
10August 7bye
11August 1315:00Rhein FireL 32 – 501 – 8Maltepe Hasan Polat StadiumS Sport
12August 2115:00@ Vienna VikingsL 22 – 371 – 9 Generali-Arena Vienna S Sport
13August 2715:00Berlin ThunderL 14 – 381 – 10Maltepe Hasan Polat StadiumS Sport
14September 315:00Cologne CenturionsL 30 – 431 – 11Maltepe Hasan Polat StadiumS Sport

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Istanbul Rams roster
Quarterbacks
  • 1 Isaiah Green Flag of the United States.svg
  • 12 Yiğit Timer Flag of Turkey.svg

Running backs

  •  8 Taha Çokadar Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 18 Ege Altuğ Sankaya Flag of Turkey.svg
  • Berker Esme Flag of Turkey.svg

Wide receivers

  •  1 Alihan Ağaçkesen WR Flag of Turkey.svg
  •  4 Tolga Törün Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 6 Terryon Robinson Flag of the United States.svg
  • 11 Ege Berk İnanç Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 13 Kaan Özer Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 16 Doruk Şut Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 19 Yilmaz Berk Güven Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 26 Efe Baran Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 80 Féli Manoka Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
  • 84 Alp Burak Çamlıer Flag of Turkey.svg

Tight ends

  • 88 Emir Sarıyıldız Flag of Turkey.svg
Offensive linemen
  • 51 Alper Kurtuluş OL Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 55 Orhun Akbudak OL Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 65 Bahadır Aslan Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 67 Ayberk Kurşunlu OL Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 70 Cevad E. Küçükşengün Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 72 Emre Dumlupınar Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 75 Sebastian Arenas Flag of Australia (converted).svg
  • 76 Erdem Altun Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 77 Zafer Ceylan Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 79 Bahadır Akbaş Flag of Turkey.svg
  • İsmail Can Balta Flag of Turkey.svg
  • Sebastian Bal Flag of Poland.svg

Defensive linemen

  •  7 İlhan Efe Geyik DE Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 46  Flag of France.svg
  • 49 Marcus Tullio Lucas DE Flag of Brazil.svg
  • 61 Samet Bilgin DT Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 66 Muhammed Ali Kurutluca DT Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 68 Şerif Emir Dülger DT Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 92 Burak Karaçor DE Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 93 Abdullah Kilany DE Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 94 Sinan Cingilli DE Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 99 Berkan Zaimoğlu DT Flag of Turkey.svg
  •   Mikail Tatlı DE Flag of Turkey.svg
  •   Hüseyin Akay DT Flag of Turkey.svg
  •   Burak Tatar DE Flag of Turkey.svg
Linebackers
  •  2 Alperen Ünlü OLB Flag of Turkey.svg
  •  5 Ufuk Eren Özelçe DB Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 15 Talat Gökhan Buluşan ILB Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 23 Salih Özdemir OLB Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 40 Ahmet Cem Uğur ILB Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 42 Zachary Blair ILB Flag of the United States.svg
  • 44 Ali Gündoğdu OLB Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 54 Ata Han Atılgan ILB Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 56 Onur Can Duzcu ILB Flag of Turkey.svg

Defensive backs

  •  3 Atilla Işık S Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 16 Caner Dündar S Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 17 Oğuzhan Ceyhan CB Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 20 Kürşad Pekün S Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 22 Emre Özdemir CB Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 24 Mateusz Dzioban Flag of Poland.svg
  • 25 Alperen Küçük CB Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 27 Jamarii Milliken CB Flag of the United States.svg
  • 28 Darius Lewis CB Flag of the United States.svg
  • 31 Yiğitcan Ferhat Ertür CB Flag of Turkey.svg
  • Nimet Han Aydın CB Flag of Turkey.svg
  • Talha Berçin Flag of Turkey.svg

Special teams

  • 32 Mehmet Furkan Sarıkatipoğlu K Flag of Turkey.svg
Reserve lists
  • 11 Kris Wedderburn WR Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
  • 43 Alpay Burak Tatar DE Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 50 Aykut Aslan ILB Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 63 Onur Boğan OL Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of Turkey.svg
  • 34 Andre Whyte S Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of the United States.svg

Practice squad

  •   Orhan Kırmızıoğlu S Flag of Turkey.svg


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.