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2022 Cologne Centurions season

The 2022 Cologne Centurions season is the second season of the new Cologne Centurions team in the European League of Football.

2022 Cologne Centurions (ELF) season
General managerDavid Drane
Head coachGermany Frank Roser
Home fieldSüdstadion
Results
Record3 – 9
Division place3rd
Uniform

Preseason edit

After the contract of head coach Kirk Heidelberg wasn't extended, the Cologne Centurions secured the services of Frank Roser.[1][2] In September 2021, their league MVP Madre London re-signed with the Centurions for the 2022 season.[3] However, in March 2022, he joined the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League ahead of the league's inaugural season.[4]

Regular season edit

Standings edit

Southern Conference
Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1   Barcelona Dragons 12 8 4 0 5–1 364 225 139 L2 Advance to playoffs
2   Rhein Fire 12 7 5 0 4–2 346 314 32 L1
3   Cologne Centurions 12 3 9 0 2–4 301 473 −172 W1
4   Istanbul Rams 12 1 11 0 1–5 210 499 −289 L5

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule edit

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[A] Result Record Venue TV[B][C] Recap
1 June 4 17:00 Istanbul Rams W 40 – 38 1 – 0 Südstadion S Sport, ran.de, Arena4+ [5]
2 June 11 15:00 Raiders Tirol W 49 – 46 2 – 0 Südstadion
3 June 18 18:00 @ Barcelona Dragons L 32 – 34 2 – 1 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3
4 June 25 17:00 Frankfurt Galaxy L 12 – 48 2 – 2 Südstadion ran.de
5 July 2 15:00 Berlin Thunder L 7 – 34 2 – 3 Südstadion ran.de
6 July 10 15:00 @ Rhein Fire L 3 – 17 2 – 4 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
7 July 17 15:00 @ Frankfurt Galaxy L 14 – 46 2 – 5 PSD Bank Arena ProSieben MAXX, ran.de, Arena4+
8 July 24 bye
9 July 30 15:00 @ Berlin Thunder L 29 – 39 2 – 6 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark ProSieben MAXX, ran.de
10 August 7 bye
11 August 13 17:00 Barcelona Dragons L 15 – 37 2 – 7 Südstadion Esport3
12 August 21 15:00 @ Raiders Tirol L 20 – 45 2 – 8 Tivoli Stadion Tirol
13 August 27 17:00 Rhein Fire L 37 – 59 2 – 9 Südstadion
14 September 3 15:00 @ Istanbul Rams W 43 – 30 3 – 9 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster edit

Cologne Centurions (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  6 Jannik Nowak  
  •  7 Alexander Frisch  
  • 12 Jan Weinreich  
  • 16 Tobias Jarmuzek  

Running backs

  •  8 Dean Tanwani  
  • 33 Toby Nick  
  • 41 Denis Dauben FB/LS  

Wide receivers

  •  1 Quinten Pounds  
  •  5 Paul Lenhardt  
  • 10 Justin Schelsinger  
  • 11 Noah Aarass  
  • 13 Jannik Loercks  
  • 17 André Dickmeis  
  • 18 Louis Geyer  
  • 81 Valentin Rödiger WR/P/K  
  • 85 Michael Ofosuhene  
  • 88 Shida Wang WR  


 Offensive linemen
  • 56 Firat Aybek G  
  • 59 Anton Glusancov  
  • 60 Kevin Foitzik C/G  
  • 65 Leon Savvas Michailidis  
  • 66 Marius Faust  
  • 71 Leander Wiegand  
  • 72 Matej Bencek T  
  • 73 Fabian Kratz  
  • 74 Jan-Hendrik Koch T  
  • 76 Niklas Meiworm  
  • 78 Fred Weinreich  [6]

Defensive linemen

  •  3 Julian Völker DE  
  •  6 Benjo Cerimagic DE  
  • 46 Mark Scherenberg DE  
  • 52 Alexander Boes DT  
  • 90 Arkady Naus DE  
  • 94 Chris Richardson Jr. DT  
  • 95 Jahn Jesus Lara Perez DE  
  • 97 Janek Wenke DE  
  • 99 Junior De Souza Briele DT  
 Linebackers
  •  2 Tufan Yagmur ILB  
  •  9 Sydney Kenea Amadu ILB  
  • 30 Matthias Banjaqui OLB  
  • 44 Marius Kensy  
  • 47 Niklas Liesen  
  • 54 Maximilian Oebels ILB  
  • 55 Nikodem Henrik ILB  
  • 57 Flamur Simon OLB  

Defensive backs

  •  4 Kalon Beverly CB  
  • 19 Waheed Bhikh CB  
  • 20 Jan Mika Hesseln  
  • 21 Sango-Erume Vogel CB  
  • 22 Paul Steffen  
  • 23 Ibrahim Eldewieh CB  
  • 27 Lucas Richter S  
  • 29 Efekan Akgün CB  
  • 31 Dani Lamy CB  
  • 32 Chad Walrond S  
  •   Marvin Djopa  

Special teams

  • 15 Jens Appelt P/K  
 Reserve lists
  • 14 Ramin Akhlaghi WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    
  • 58 Lennart Weitz OLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    
  • 87 Laurin Wiegand TE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    
  •   Marius Riepe CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 25 June 2022[7]
3 A-import, 9 E-import, 48 homegrown
60 active

Transactions edit

From Stuttgart Surge: Louis Geyer (February 21, 2022)

Staff edit

Cologne Centurions (ELF) staff

Front office

  • CEO – Tillmann Stracke
  • General Manager – David Drane
  • Personnel coordinator –
  • Scouting coordinator –
  • Director of scouting administration –
  • Director of football/head coach administration –
  • Scouting consultant –

Head coach

  • Head coach – Frank Roser

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Frank Roser
  • Running backs – Reginald Seabreeze
  • Wide receivers – Philipp Naßan
  • Tight ends – Chris Lihs
  • Offensive line – Shajan Nagatholy
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Javan Lenhardt
  • Linebacker – Eric Maddox
  • Assistant linebacker – Gerson Santos
  • Defensive line – Simon Gavanda
  • Assistant defensive line – Jörn Scholl
  • Defensive backs – Remo Schatz
  • Assistant defensive backs – Stephan Schacht

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams – Chris Lihs
  • Assistant special teams – Jörn Scholl

Assistant coaches

  • Coaching assistant – Mehdi Amiri

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Kevin Speer
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Lorenz Petri


updated 28 March 2022


Notes edit

  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 edit

  1. ^ @CenturionsCGN (October 13, 2021). "The Cologne Centurions sign Frank Roser as new Head Coach and Offense Coordinator for the 2022 season.…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "ELF: Frank Roser ist neuer Coach bei Cologne Centurions". RAN.de (in German). 13 October 2021.
  3. ^ Malchow, Alex (September 22, 2021). "ELF's top RB, Madre London, re-signs with Cologne Centurions". American Football International. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Lyons, Matt (April 1, 2022). "European League of Football (ELF) MVP Madre London Signs With USFL's Pittsburgh Maulers". CFL News Hub. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "Gamebook Week 1: Istanbul Rams @Cologne Centurions".
  6. ^ @CenturionsCGN (November 29, 2021). "Ich kumm us dä Stadt met K un bleibe do! ❤️🤍 "Fred is a hard nose type of Guard who brings a lot to the team. He…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "ELF-Saisonvorschau Teil 2: Was können die neuen Teams 2022?". touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.
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