Munich Ravens

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Munich Ravens
Munich Ravens Logo.jpg
Founded2022
Based in Flag of Germany.svg Munich, Germany
Home stadium Sportpark Unterhaching
Head coach John Shoop
General managerSebastian Stolz
Owner(s)Thomas Krohne, Christian Binder
DivisionCentral Conference
Website munichravens.com
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2023 Munich Ravens season

The Munich Ravens are an American football team based in Munich, Germany. The team starts in the 2023 season in the European League of Football (ELF).

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History

The entry of the newly founded franchise into the professional ELF league was announced in August 2022. However, no name or other information was revealed. On September 8, 2022, the name of the team was announced. [1] On September 28, 2022, it was announced that the former Raiders Tirol quarterback and MVP for the 2022 European League of Football season, Sean Shelton, was appointed Director of Sport Operation. [2]

Season-by-season

NameTermRegular seasonPostseasonResultØ Attendance
GPWonLostWin %FinishGPWonLostWin %
2023 John Shoop 12750.5833rd (Central)5,009
2024 Kendral Ellison

Roster

Quarterbacks
  • 12 Chad Jeffries Flag of the United States.svg
  • 16 Lukas Von Stumpfeldt Flag of Germany.svg

Running backs

  • 20 Rachid ALi-Tagba Flag of Germany.svg
  • 22 Alex Braunsperger Flag of Germany.svg
  •  7 Tomiwa Oyewo Flag of Nigeria.svg
  • 44 Niklas Ritter FB Flag of Germany.svg
  • 33 Justin Rodney Flag of Germany.svg

Wide receivers

  • 80 Lukas Anzeneder Flag of Germany.svg
  •  8 Noah Bomba Flag of Germany.svg
  •  2 Markell Castle Flag of the United States.svg
  •  1 Sixten Dragan Flag of Germany.svg
  • 18 Jannik Nowak Flag of Germany.svg
  • 17 Mo Riedinger Flag of Germany.svg
  • 13 Marvin Rutsch Flag of Germany.svg
  • 14 Jason Sanders Flag of Germany.svg
  • 11 Luca Salvo Flag of Germany.svg
  • 28 Leander Winter Flag of Germany.svg

Tight ends

  • 81 Sebastian Kurrer Flag of Germany.svg
  • 85 Marlon Malki Flag of Germany.svg
  • 82 Philip Okonkwo Flag of Germany.svg
  • 88 Jens Walter Flag of Germany.svg
Offensive linemen
  • 60 Marvin Biegert Flag of Germany.svg
  • -- Gerrit Brandt Flag of Germany.svg
  • 65 Jan Eberl Flag of Germany.svg
  • 71 Marco Fischer Flag of Germany.svg
  • 73 Thomas Heller Flag of Germany.svg
  • 55 Nathan Kalemba Flag of Germany.svg
  • 53 Dominik Ondra Flag of Germany.svg
  • 72 Maxime Roussl Flag of France.svg
  • 75 Thomas Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg
  • 50 Tobias Vorreiter Flag of Germany.svg
  • 70 Philip Weinzierl Flag of Germany.svg

Defensive linemen

  • 92 Johannes Bräu Flag of Germany.svg
  • 98 Etuale Liu Flag of New Zealand.svg
  • 97 Bilal Mawuena Flag of Germany.svg
  • 94 MJ Ricco Flag of Germany.svg
  • 93 Robin Rogoss Flag of Germany.svg
  • 49 Patrick Roth Flag of Germany.svg
  • 95 Leon Schmidt Flag of Germany.svg
  • 90 Dominic Siegel Flag of Germany.svg
  • 35 Tyler Vaimaona Flag of New Zealand.svg
  • 45 Tizian Vogl Flag of Germany.svg
  • 49 Maximillian Von Engelhardt Flag of Germany.svg
  • 91 Leon Weber Flag of Germany.svg
  • 56 Vladislav Zarkov Flag of Germany.svg
  • 15 Johannes Zirngibl Flag of Germany.svg
Linebackers
  • 40 Joshua Akena Flag of Sweden.svg
  • 52 Michael Bausch Flag of Germany.svg
  • 58 Burak Efendioglu Flag of Germany.svg
  • 10 Nic Haritonenko Flag of Germany.svg
  • 35 Exree Loe Flag of the United States.svg
  • 51 Leon Nieper Flag of Germany.svg
  • 37 Jan-Niclas Rung Flag of Germany.svg
  •  9 Kevin Titz Flag of Germany.svg

Defensive backs

  • 27 Joschka Bartz Flag of Germany.svg
  • 24 Jonas Gürntke Flag of Germany.svg
  • 37 Gabriel Kalus Flag of Germany.svg
  • 39 Enis Kaser Flag of Germany.svg
  • 28 Blake King Flag of Australia (converted).svg
  • 32 Julian Ludwig-Mayorga Flag of Germany.svg
  • 21 Martin Marcacci Flag of Italy.svg
  •  6 Luis Moreno Flag of Germany.svg
  • 19 Junior Nkembi Flag of Germany.svg
  •  3 Justin Rogers Flag of the United States.svg
  •  8 Darius Saint-Robinson Flag of the United States.svg
  • 25 Moritz Scharr Flag of Germany.svg

Special teams

  •  4 Robert Werner Flag of Germany.svg


Rookies in italics
Roster updated November 21, 2023
4 A-import, 7 E-import, 56 homegrown
67 active

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References

  1. "Munich Ravens – Coming Soon | 2023" (in German). Retrieved 2022-09-10.
  2. "Former Raiders QB and MVP Sean Shelton joins Munich Ravens as Director of Sport Operation" . Retrieved 2022-10-20.