2022 Leipzig Kings season

Last updated
2022 Leipzig Kings season
Head coach Flag of the United States.svg Fred Armstrong
Home field Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Results
Record4 – 8
Conference place4th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Uniform
Leipzig Kings Uniform (2022 1).png

The 2022 Leipzig Kings season in the European League of Football is the second season in the Leipzig Kings history.

Contents

Preseason

The franchise began late in the preseason with player signings. The first one was the signing of former Kings running backs coach David McCants [1] and one day later European veteran A.J. Wentland. [2] Leipzig starting quarterback Michael Birdsong announced on March 21, 2022 that he will retire from his professional football career. [3] His replacement for the 2022 season is Jordan Barlow, who was the starting quarterback for the Southwestern Assemblies of God University and won the Victory Bowl in 2021 as well as being named the offensive MVP of the championship game. Like Birdsong previously, he signed a two-year-deal with the Kings. [4]

Due to noise emissions in the Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark the team couldn't come to terms with the city for a new lease agreement. The franchise than announced the first home game in a different location with the Paul Greifzu Stadium. [5] For the 2022 season the franchise announced that most of the home games will be held temporarily in the privately owned Bruno-Plache-Stadion of the 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig. [6]

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@ Panthers Wrocław L 27 – 340 – 1 Olympic Stadium Wrocław Polsat Sport
2June 1215:00 Rhein Fire L 17 – 280 – 2 Paul Greifzu Stadium
3June 1817:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 0 – 140 – 3 Leuna Chemie Stadion ran.de, Arena4+
4June 2615:00@ Berlin Thunder W 19 – 151 – 3 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark ProSieben MAXX, ran.de
5July 315:00 Stuttgart Surge W 28 – 222 – 3 Bruno-Plache-Stadion
6July 1015:00@ Raiders Tirol L 6 – 372 – 4 Tivoli Stadion Tirol Puls24, Zappn.tv
7July 1715:00Berlin ThunderL 22 – 332 – 5Bruno-Plache-Stadionran.de
8July 24bye
9July 3115:00Raiders TirolL 14 – 562 – 6Bruno-Plache-StadionZappn.tv
10August 7bye
11August 1413:00@ Hamburg Sea DevilsL 0 – 592 – 7 Stadion Hoheluft
12August 2115:00Panthers WrocławL 37 – 412 – 8Bruno-Plache-StadionPolsat Sport
13August 2815:00@ Stuttgart SurgeW 38 – 03 – 8 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
14September 415:00@ Rhein FireW 34 – 314 – 8 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Quarterbacks
  •  3 Ferras El-Hendi Flag of Germany.svg
  •  8 Jordan Barlow Flag of the United States.svg

Running backs

  • 22 Oliver Bahr Flag of Germany.svg
  • 25 Florian Giese Flag of Germany.svg
  • 27 Tony Kulok Flag of Germany.svg
  • 29 Morten Runne FB Flag of Germany.svg

Wide receivers

  •  6 Leon Kusterer LS Flag of Germany.svg
  •  7 Seantavius Jones Flag of the United States.svg
  • 11 Anthony Dablé Flag of France.svg
  • 13 Anton Jallai Flag of Sweden.svg
  • 14 Erich Kilger Flag of Germany.svg
  • 17 Simon Braun Flag of Germany.svg
  • 81 Nils Bäumer Flag of Germany.svg
  • 83 Jonas "Kobie" Breme Flag of Germany.svg
  • 89 Timon Stüwe Flag of Germany.svg

Tight ends

  • 80 Philip Eichhorn Flag of Germany.svg
  • 85 Anton Doroshev Flag of Germany.svg
Offensive linemen
  • 51 Max Bruder Flag of Germany.svg
  • 68 Pollys Junio Sacramento T Flag of Brazil.svg
  • 69 Nikita Schönborn Flag of Germany.svg
  • 72 Lucas Thiem Flag of Germany.svg
  • 74 Tilman Brütsch C Flag of Germany.svg
  • 75Felix Lepper G Flag of Germany.svg
  • 76 Zachariah Betham Flag of New Zealand.svg
  • 77 Henri Perl Flag of Germany.svg
  • 78 Christoph Schob Flag of Germany.svg
  •   Cem Altuntas Flag of Germany.svg

Defensive linemen

  • 90 Daniel Thiele DT Flag of Germany.svg
  • 91 Philipp Müller DT Flag of Germany.svg
  • 92 Aslan Zetterberg DT Flag of Sweden.svg
  • 93 Christopher Hans DE Flag of Germany.svg
  • 97 Lance Leota DT Flag of New Zealand.svg
Linebackers
  •  5 Jan-Phillip Bombek OLB Flag of Germany.svg
  •  4 Myke Tavarres ILB Flag of the United States.svg
  • 10 Christian Römer ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 44 Burak Efendioğlu ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 49 A.J. Wentland ILB Flag of the United States.svg
  • 50 Jonas Schultes ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 53 Pascal Topolewski ILB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 55 Lion Deckwarth ILB Flag of Germany.svg

Defensive backs

  •  2 Javier Carrasco Sanz S Flag of Spain.svg
  •  4 Roedion Henrique S Flag of the Netherlands.svg
  • 23 Jonathan Sieveke S Flag of Germany.svg
  • 24 William James CB Flag of Sweden.svg
  • 26 Florian Borger S Flag of Germany.svg
  • 28 Jonathan Dietze S Flag of Germany.svg
  • 30 Gabriel Kalus CB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 33 Paul Meißner S Flag of Germany.svg
  • 34 Dominik Wünsche CB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 47 Moritz Graul CB Flag of Germany.svg

Special teams

  •  9 Florian Finke P Flag of Germany.svg
  • 18 Marcel Ulbrich K Flag of Germany.svg
Reserve lists
  •   Sasan Jelvani DL (IR Tooltip Injured reserve) Injury icon 2.svg Flag of Germany.svg


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 09 June 2022
4 A-import, 9 E-import, 40 homegrown
52 active, 1 inactive

Transactions

From Hamburg Sea Devils:

From Panthers Wrocław:

From Berlin Thunder:

From Barcelona Dragons:

Staff

Front office

  • Owner/general Manager – Moritz Heisler
  • Executive vice president – Fred Armstrong

Head coach

  • Head coach – Fred Armstrong

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/offensive line – John Alexander Booker
  • Assistant offensive line – Jens Kinastowski
  • Quarterbacks – N/A
  • Running backs – David McCants
  • Wide receivers/tight ends – Quang Pham Minh
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Richard Kent
  • Linebacker – Demetrius Eaton
  • Defensive line – Konstantinos "Guss" Kosmakos
  • Assistant defensive line – Marius Adler

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Marius Adler

Assistant coaches

  • Quality control – Quang Pham Minh
  • Quality control defense – Marius Adler

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – N/A


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

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