2022 Raiders Tirol season

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2022 Raiders Tirol season
Head coach Flag of the United States.svg / Flag of Germany.svg Kevin Herron
Home stadium Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Results
Record8 – 4
Conference place2nd
Playoffslost Semifinals vs. Hamburg Sea Devils 7 – 19
Uniform
Raiders Tirol Uniform (2022).svg

The 2022 Raiders Tirol season is the inaugural season of the newly formed Raiders Tirol team in the second season of the European League of Football.

Contents

Preseason

The Raiders Tirol joined the ELF via a press release on September 25, 2021, after winning multiple times their national league AFL. [1] [2] On the November 14, 2021 the Raiders confirmed Kevin Herron as their headcoach for the 2022 ELF season [3] [4] and later confirmed in an interview, that their official name of the team will be Raiders Tirol in dropping the name sponsorship. [5]

Regular season

Standings

Central Conference
PosTeamGPWLTCONFPFPADIFFSTKQualification
1 Flag of Austria.svg Vienna Vikings 1210205–1352209143L1Advance to playoffs
2 Flag of Austria.svg Raiders Tirol 128403–3418229189W1Best 2nd place advances
3 Flag of Germany.svg Frankfurt Galaxy 128404–2386247139W2
4 Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart Surge 1201200–6113451−338L12

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

WeekDateTime (CET)Opponent [A] ResultRecordVenueTV [B] [C] Recap
1June 515:00 Vienna Vikings L 23 – 290 – 1 Tivoli Stadion Tirol Puls24, Zappn.tv [6]
2June 1115:00@ Cologne Centurions L 46 – 490 – 2 Südstadion
3June 1915:00 Berlin Thunder W 28 – 161 – 2Tivoli Stadion TirolPuls24, Zappn.tv
4June 2615:00@ Stuttgart Surge W 33 – 02 – 2 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Puls24, Zappn.tv
5July 315:00 Frankfurt Galaxy W 23 – 173 – 2Tivoli Stadion TirolPuls24, Zappn.tv
6July 1015:00 Leipzig Kings W 37 – 64 – 2Tivoli Stadion TirolPuls24, Zappn.tv
7July 17bye
8July 2415:00@ Vienna VikingsL 13 – 294 – 3 Generali Arena Vienna Puls24, Zappn.tv
9July 3115:00@ Leipzig KingsW 56 – 145 – 3 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Puls24, Zappn.tv
10August 7bye
11August 1415:00Stuttgart SurgeW 44 – 36 – 3Tivoli Stadion Tirol
12August 2115:00Cologne CenturionsW 45 – 207 – 3Tivoli Stadion Tirol
13August 2815:00@ Frankfurt GalaxyL 33 – 367 – 4 PSD Bank Arena
14September 415:00@ Berlin ThunderW 37 – 108 – 4 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Raiders Tirol roster
Quarterbacks
  • 12 Sean Shelton Flag of the United States.svg

Running backs

  • 22 Logan Moragne Flag of the United States.svg
  • 24 Lukas Haslwanter Flag of Austria.svg
  • 25 Tobias Bonatti Flag of Austria.svg
  • 34 Filip Vlajic Flag of Serbia.svg

Wide receivers

  •  4 Marco Schneider Flag of Austria.svg
  •  6 Adrian Platzgummer Flag of Austria.svg
  • 10 Philipp Haun Flag of Austria.svg
  • 14 Yannick Mayr Flag of Austria.svg
  • 80 Fabian Abfalter Flag of Austria.svg
  • 82 Jan Grischenig Flag of Austria.svg
  • 85 Markus Schaberl Flag of Austria.svg
  • 86 Lukas Fink Flag of Austria.svg
  • 87 Toni Rabensteiner Flag of Italy.svg


Offensive linemen
  • 52 Josef Fuksa LT Flag of the Czech Republic.svg
  • 53 Jeffery Asare Flag of Austria.svg
  • 57 Dominic Spielmann Flag of Austria.svg
  • 59 Gerd Mitterdorfer C Flag of Italy.svg
  • 70 Michael Habetin Flag of Austria.svg
  • 72 Tony Koskinen RT Flag of Finland.svg
  • 73 Tobias Url LG Flag of Austria.svg
  • 77 Daniel Claus Flag of Germany.svg
  • 78 Daniel Fankhauser RG Flag of Austria.svg
  • 79 Manuel Lortzing Flag of Spain.svg

Defensive linemen

  • 90 Manuel Jovic DE Flag of Austria.svg
  • 91 Derrick Brumfield DE Flag of the United States.svg
  • 92 Laurynas Orlovicius DT Flag of Lithuania.svg
  • 93 Tinashe Jefferson Chawaguta DT Flag of Austria.svg
  • 94 Felix Ntwa DT Flag of Austria.svg
  • 96 Denis William Butz DT Flag of Germany.svg
  • 97 Nicolas Melcher DE Flag of Austria.svg
  • 98 Niklas Gustav Flag of Germany.svg
  • 99 Thomas Aronokhale DT Flag of Austria.svg
Linebackers
  •  1 Ruben Seeber Flag of Austria.svg
  • 11 Alex Ferrari ILB Flag of Italy.svg
  • 29 Lucky Ogbevoen OLB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 33 Tim Unger Flag of Germany.svg
  • 48 Philipp Timmermann OLB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 55 Julian Perfler ILB Flag of Austria.svg

Defensive backs

  •  3 Jan Mayerhofer S Flag of Austria.svg
  •  5 Dominique Shelton CB Flag of the United States.svg
  •  8 Christoph Nitzlnader CB Flag of Austria.svg
  •  9 Thomas Kugler S Flag of Germany.svg
  • 16 Arno Schwarz CB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 20 Patrick Pilger S Flag of Austria.svg
  • 21 Maxime Roger S Flag of France.svg
  • 23 Vincent Müller CB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 31 Tony Anderson S Flag of France.svg
  • 32 Sebastian Summerer S Flag of Austria.svg
  • 38 Lucas Veluire CB Flag of France.svg

Special teams

  • 18 Niklas Sanin K Flag of Austria.svg


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 05 June 2022
4 A-import, 8 E-import, 39 homegrown
51 active

Transactions

From Cologne Centurions : Dartez Jacobs (January 10, 2022)

Staff

Raiders Tirol staff

Front office

  • President – Elisabeth Swarovski
  • General Manager – Claudia Nuener
  • Head of player personnel – Axel Eder
  • Team Manager – Paul-Philipp Lasch

Head coach

  • Head coach – Kevin Herron

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/wide receiver – Kyle Callahan
  • Quarterbacks – N/A
  • Running backs – Mike Gentili
  • Tight ends – N/A
  • Offensive line – Dominik Bauer
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive line – Jag Bal
  • Linebacker – Ryan Newell
  • Defensive backs – Lex Braga
  • Assistant defensive coach – Thomas Wolter

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Thomas Plattner

Assistant coaches

  • Head of video – Thomas Plattner

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Andreas Pröller
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Elisa Ambach
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Fabio de Santis


Staff 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. ↑ "SWARCO RAIDERS TIROL START PLAYING IN THE EUROPEAN LEAGUE OF FOOTBALL IN 2022". Raiders.at (in German). September 25, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  2. ↑ "PR: Austria in a double pack: Innsbruck follows Vienna – Raiders Tirol will compete in the European League of Football in 2022". CFLNewshub.com. September 25, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ "KEVIN HERRON LEADS RAIDERS TIROL INTO THE ELF". Raiders.at (in German). November 14, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Herron auch in der ELF Raiders-Coach". Football-Aktuell.de (in German). November 19, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Pirates Cove: Sean Shelton Special & Fan-Questions" (Interview) (in German). Raiders Tirol. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Gamebook Week 1: Vienna Vikings @Tirol Raiders".
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