2022 Vienna Vikings season

Last updated
2022 Vienna Vikings season
Head coach Flag of the United States.svg Chris Calaycay
Home stadium Generali Arena Vienna
Results
Record10 – 2
Conference place1st
Playoffswon Championship Game vs. Hamburg Sea Devils 27 – 15
Uniform
Vienna Vikings Uniform (2022).svg

The 2022 Vienna Vikings season is the inaugural season of the newly formed Vienna Vikings American Football team in the second season of the European League of Football.

Contents

Preseason

After being introduced as one of the 2022 expansion teams, the Vikings announced on October 19, 2021 to continue with Chris Calaycay as a head coach. [1] In November, the Vikings held their first ELF Combine on November 6, 2021 and there after signed the first player with Luis Horvath. [2] The first notable acquisition is the signing of former Clemson Tigers wide receiver Diondre Overton. [3] He then was drafted for the 2022 USFL season by the Philadelphia Stars (2022). [4]

On February 12, 2022 the management of the Vienna Vikings announced that they would play all their home games of this season in one of the most modern stadiums of the league with the Generali Arena Vienna. [5] Before the season, the team had a combined training camp and a friendly scrimmage with the Leipzig Kings. [6]

Regular season

Standings

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@ Raiders Tirol W 29 – 231 – 0 Tivoli Stadion Tirol Puls24, Zappn.tv
2June 1215:00 Frankfurt Galaxy W 30 – 102 – 0 Generali Arena Vienna Puls24, Zappn.tv
3June 1915:00 Stuttgart Surge W 42 – 133 – 0Generali Arena ViennaZappn.tv
4June 2518:00@ Istanbul Rams W 49 – 04 – 0 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport, Zappn.tv
5July 315:00 Panthers Wrocław W 30 – 65 – 0Generali Arena Vienna Polsat Sport, Puls24, Zappn.tv
6July 918:00@ Barcelona Dragons W 27 – 206 – 0 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3, Puls24, Zappn.tv, More Than Sports TV
7July 17bye
8July 2415:00Raiders TirolW 29 – 137 – 0Generali Arena ViennaPuls24, Zappn.tv
9July 3015:00@ Stuttgart SurgeW 41 – 08 – 0 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
10August 7bye
11August 1415:00@ Frankfurt GalaxyL 8 – 428 – 1 PSD Bank Arena
12August 2115:00Istanbul RamsW 37 – 229 – 1Generali Arena ViennaS Sport
13August 2815:00Barcelona DragonsW 24 – 1810 – 1Generali Arena ViennaEsport3
14September 415:00@ Panthers WrocławL 6 – 4210 – 2 Wrocław Olympic Stadion Polsat Sport

Source: europeanleague.football Archived 2022-05-28 at the Wayback Machine

Roster

Vienna Vikings roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  •  3 Florian Wegan Flag of Austria.svg
  • 33 Kende Ráthonyi Flag of Hungary.svg

Wide receivers

  •  4 Jordan Bouah Flag of Italy.svg
  •  5 Anton Wegan Flag of Austria.svg
  •  6 Mike Breuler Flag of the United States.svg
  • 11 Felix Reisacher Flag of Austria.svg
  • 17 Kimi Linnainmaa Flag of Finland.svg
  • 19 Nikolaus Rabitsch Flag of Austria.svg

Tight ends

  •  8 Adrià Botella Moreno Flag of Spain.svg
  • 15 Rudi-Lee Frey Flag of Austria.svg
Offensive linemen
  • 56 Matthew Daltrey C Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
  • 57 Michael Haider LG Flag of Austria.svg
  • 61 Aleksandar Milanovic LT Flag of Austria.svg
  • 66 Niklas Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg
  • 71 Lukas Holub RT Flag of Austria.svg
  • 77 Toby Lettman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
  • 74 Benjamin Bierbaumer Flag of Austria.svg
  • 79 Benjamin Rab RG Flag of Austria.svg
  • Karl-Frederik Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg

Defensive linemen

  •  1 Leon Balogh DE Flag of Austria.svg
  • 46 Vito Millauer DE Flag of Austria.svg
  • 47 Blake Nelson DE Flag of the United States.svg
  • 52 Oskar Kranich DE Flag of Austria.svg
  • 75 Florian Sudi DT Flag of Austria.svg
  • 90 Moritz Schmahel DT Flag of Austria.svg
  • 91 Dominic Siegel DE Flag of Germany.svg
  • 92 Marvin Wappl DT Flag of Austria.svg
  • 94 Florian Grünsteidl DT Flag of Austria.svg
  • 99 Maximilian Müllner DT Flag of Austria.svg
Linebackers
  • 39 Sebastian Huber OLB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 40 Thomas Schnurrer ILB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 42 Moritz Elmauthaler ILB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 44 Leon Huber ILB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 49 Alex Watholowitsch ILB Flag of Austria.svg

Defensive backs

  •  7 Exavier Edwards S Flag of the United States.svg
  • 21 Leo Gerner CB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 22 Christoph Kellner CB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 23 Benjamin Straight S Flag of Austria.svg Flag of the United States.svg
  • 27 Nikolaus Huszar CB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 32 Luis Horvath S Flag of Austria.svg
  • 36 Fabio Zvonimir Tartarotti CB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 37 Sebastian Wimmer CB Flag of Austria.svg

Special teams

  •  2 Dennis Tasic K Flag of Austria.svg
  • 16 Sebastian Daum P Flag of Austria.svg
  • 20 Oskar Herz K Flag of Austria.svg
Reserve lists
  • 24 Florian Albrecht CB Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of Austria.svg
  • 89 Florian Bierbaumer WR Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of Austria.svg
  •   Weston Carr WR Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of the United States.svg
  •   Raoul Hrouda WR Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of Austria.svg
  •   Dustin Illetschko LB Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of Austria.svg
  •   Florian Jobst CB Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of Austria.svg
  •   Clemens Walz OL Injury icon 2.svg (IR) Flag of Austria.svg


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 25 June 2022 [7]
6 A-import, 9 E-import, 38 homegrown
46 active, 7 inactive

Transactions

From Hamburg Sea Devils : Adrià Botella Moreno (December 20, 2021)

Staff

Vienna Vikings staff

Front office

  • Owners – Constantin Burkheiser, Markus Kraetschmer,
    Robin Lumsden, AFC Dacia Vienna Vikings e.V.
  • President – Karl Wurm
  • Vice president – Michael Holub
  • General Manager – Lukas Leitner

Head coach

  • Head coach – Chris Calaycay
  • Assistant head coach – Max Kössler

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Danny Mitchell
  • Assistant offensive coach – Jochen Adler
  • Running backs – Ariel Back
  • Wide receivers/tight ends – Max Kössler
  • Offensive line – Thomas Tippold
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/linebacker – Daniel Auböck
  • Assistant defensive coach – Waleri Teplyi
  • Assistant defensive coach – Özgür Söztekin
  • Defensive line – Benjamin Sobotka
  • Defensive backs – Lukas Habersack

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Lukas Habersack

Assistant coaches

  • Video assistant – Caspar Prill

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Christoph Putz


updated 27 May 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. "Vikings-Coach für ELF fixiert: Calaycay bleibt an Bord". Heute (in German). October 19, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  2. "Vikings stellen Neuzugänge von der AFL-Konkurrenz vor". Football-Austria (in German). November 24, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  3. "Former Tiger inks with new professional team". The Clemson Insider. November 27, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  4. "Former Clemson WR selected by USFL team". TigerNet. February 22, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  5. "Vikings sorgen für internationale Spiele in der Generali Arena". Kurier (in German). February 12, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  6. "ELF: Leipzig Kings visit Vienna for scrimmage against Vienna Vikings". AmericanFootballInternational.com. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  7. "ELF-Saisonvorschau Teil 3: Wer ist der Topfavorit auf den Titel?". touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.