2023 Raiders Tirol season

2023 Raiders Tirol season
General manager	Ulz Däuber
Head coach	/ Kevin Herron
Home stadium	Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Uniform
←  2022 Raiders Tirol 2024 →

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.

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

Central Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Stuttgart Surge	12	10	2	8–2	387	237	+150	W3	Automatic playoffs (#3)
2	Raiders Tirol	12	8	4	8–2	307	230	+77	W1
3	Munich Ravens	12	7	5	7–3	425	338	+87	W2
4	Helvetic Guards	12	3	9	3–7	174	378	–204	L4
5	Milano Seamen	12	2	10	2–8	328	497	–169	L3
6	Barcelona Dragons	12	2	10	2–8	199	396	–197	L10

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference ^[2]

Raiders Tirol roster

	Quarterbacks 15 Stefan Maiacher 17 Christian Strong Running backs 25 Tobias Bonatti 24 Lukas Haslwanter  7 Sandro Platzgummer Wide receivers 80 Fabian Abfalter 10 Philipp Haun  5 Jarvis McClam  6 Adrian Platzgummer 11 Toni Rabensteiner  4 Marco Schneider Tight ends 85 Markus Schaberl 87 Richard Weber		Offensive linemen 53 Jeffery Asare 78 Daniel Fankhauser RG 76 Tobias Haslehner 71 Toby Lettman 59 Gerd Mitterdorfer C 74 Steven Nielsen 72 Basil Weber 79 Robert Wittmann Defensive linemen 91 Stanley Aronokhale 90 Niklas Gustav 93 Tinashe Jefferson Chawaguta DT 97 Nicolas Melcher DE 99 Jeol Maddock 92 Laurynas Orlovicius DT 96 Denis William Butz DT		Linebackers 39 Sebastian Huber 13 Lucky Ogbevoen OLB 43 Precious Ogbevoen 55 Julian Perfler ILB 20 Patrick Pilger  1 Ruben Seeber 48 Philipp Timmermann OLB 33 Tim Unger Defensive backs 21 Divine Buckrham  9 Thomas Kugler S 18 Gregory Laday  3 Jan Mayerhofer S 14 Jessey Mensah 23 Vincent Müller CB  8 Christoph Nitzlnader CB 28 Fabian Raunig 32 Matthias Rebl 35 Clemens Voit Special teams 18 Niklas Sanin K				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

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.