2023 Raiders Tirol season

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2023 Raiders Tirol season
General manager Ulz Däuber
Head coach Flag of the United States.svg / Flag of Germany.svg Kevin Herron
Home stadium Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Uniform
Raiders Tirol Uniform (2022).svg

The 2023 Raiders Tirol season is the second season of the Raiders Tirol team in the third season of the European League of Football. The semifinalist of last season was will compete again in the Central Conference, the first time without its longterm rival Vienna Vikings.

Contents

Preseason

After the departure of franchise legend Sean Shelton, retiring and becoming sporting director of the Munich Ravens, the organization was looking for a new franchise quarterback and found the Canadian Christion Strong of the German club Cologne Crocodiles. [1]

Regular season

Standings

PosTeamGPWLCONFPFPADIFFSTKQualification
1 Flag of Germany.svg Stuttgart Surge 121028–2387237+150W3Automatic playoffs (#3)
2 Flag of Austria.svg Raiders Tirol 12848–2307230+77W1
3 Flag of Germany.svg Munich Ravens 12757–3425338+87W2
4 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Helvetic Guards 12393–7174378–204L4
5 Flag of Italy.svg Milano Seamen 122102–8328497–169L3
6 Flag of Spain.svg Barcelona Dragons 122102–8199396–197L10

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference [2]

Raiders Tirol roster
Quarterbacks
  • 15 Stefan Maiacher Flag of Austria.svg
  • 17 Christian Strong Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg

Running backs

Wide receivers

  • 80 Fabian Abfalter Flag of Austria.svg
  • 10 Philipp Haun Flag of Austria.svg
  •  5 Jarvis McClam Flag of the United States.svg
  •  6 Adrian Platzgummer Flag of Austria.svg
  • 11 Toni Rabensteiner Flag of Italy.svg
  •  4 Marco Schneider Flag of Austria.svg

Tight ends

  • 85 Markus Schaberl Flag of Austria.svg
  • 87 Richard Weber Flag of Austria.svg
Offensive linemen
  • 53 Jeffery Asare Flag of Austria.svg
  • 78 Daniel Fankhauser RG Flag of Austria.svg
  • 76 Tobias Haslehner Flag of Austria.svg
  • 71 Toby Lettman Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
  • 59 Gerd Mitterdorfer C Flag of Italy.svg
  • 74 Steven Nielsen Flag of Denmark.svg
  • 72 Basil Weber Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg
  • 79 Robert Wittmann Flag of Austria.svg

Defensive linemen

  • 91 Stanley Aronokhale Flag of Austria.svg
  • 90 Niklas Gustav Flag of Germany.svg
  • 93 Tinashe Jefferson Chawaguta DT Flag of Austria.svg
  • 97 Nicolas Melcher DE Flag of Austria.svg
  • 99 Jeol Maddock Flag of Australia (converted).svg
  • 92 Laurynas Orlovicius DT Flag of Lithuania.svg
  • 96 Denis William Butz DT Flag of Germany.svg
Linebackers
  • 39 Sebastian Huber Flag of Austria.svg
  • 13 Lucky Ogbevoen OLB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 43 Precious Ogbevoen Flag of Austria.svg
  • 55 Julian Perfler ILB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 20 Patrick Pilger Flag of Austria.svg
  •  1 Ruben Seeber Flag of Austria.svg
  • 48 Philipp Timmermann OLB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 33 Tim Unger Flag of Germany.svg

Defensive backs

  • 21 Divine Buckrham Flag of the United States.svg
  •  9 Thomas Kugler S Flag of Germany.svg
  • 18 Gregory Laday Flag of the United States.svg
  •  3 Jan Mayerhofer S Flag of Austria.svg
  • 14 Jessey Mensah Flag of Austria.svg
  • 23 Vincent Müller CB Flag of Austria.svg
  •  8 Christoph Nitzlnader CB Flag of Austria.svg
  • 28 Fabian Raunig Flag of Austria.svg
  • 32 Matthias Rebl Flag of Austria.svg
  • 35 Clemens Voit Flag of Austria.svg

Special teams

  • 18 Niklas Sanin K Flag of Austria.svg


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 17 June 2023
4 A-import, 6 E-import, 36 homegrown
46 active

Transactions

From Frankfurt Galaxy : Ja'Len Embry
From Vienna Vikings : Sebastian Huber

Staff

Raiders Tirol staff

Front office

  • President – Elisabeth Swarovski
  • General Manager – Ulz Däuber
  • Team Manager – Paul-Philipp Lasch

Head coach

  • Head coach – Kevin Herron

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/wide receiver – Kyle Callahan
  • Quarterbacks – n/a
  • Running backs – Frank Roser
  • Tight ends – n/a
  • Offensive line – Dominik Bauer
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Malik Jackson
  • Linebacker – Simon Riedl
  • Defensive line – Eugen Kremser

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – n/a

Assistant coaches

  • Mental/breathwork choach – Frank Roser

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Andreas Pröller


Staff updated 23 March 2023

Notes

    References

    1. "Christian Strong folgt als Quarterback auf Sean Shelton". MeinBezirk.at (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
    2. "ELF: 2023 Tirol Raiders – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2024-04-19.