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2022 Istanbul Rams season

The 2022 Istanbul Rams season was the first and last season of the Istanbul Rams team in the second season of the European League of Football.

2022 Istanbul Rams season
Head coachUnited States Val Gunn
Home fieldMaltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
Results
Record1 – 11
Conference place4th
Uniform


Preseason edit

After announcing the participation in the ELF and changing their name to Istanbul Rams, they presented their head coach Val Gunn at the October 20, 2021.[1][2] Further additions to the coaching staff followed suit. The first player signings were introduced on November 2, 2021 with Zachary Blair.[3] The Rams combine was held on the November 22, 2021.[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 @ Cologne Centurions L 38 – 40 0 – 1 Südstadion S Sport, ran.de, Arena4+ [5]
2 June 11 15:00 @ Berlin Thunder L 7 – 41 0 – 2 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark S Sport, ran.de, More Than Sports TV
3 June 19 15:00 @ Rhein Fire L 12 – 42 0 – 3 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena S Sport, ran.de
ProSieben MAXX, Arena4+
4 June 25 15:00 Vienna Vikings L 0 – 49 0 – 4 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport, Zappn.tv
5 July 2 17:00 @ Barcelona Dragons L 7 – 41 0 – 5 Estadi Municipal de Reus S Sport, Esport3
6 July 9 15:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 0 – 70 0 – 6 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport, ran.de
7 July 18 bye
8 July 23 15:00 Barcelona Dragons W 22 – 19 1 – 6 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport, Esport3
9 July 30 15:00 @ Hamburg Sea Devils L 26 – 29 (OT) 1 – 7 Stadion Hoheluft S Sport
10 August 7 bye
11 August 13 15:00 Rhein Fire L 32 – 50 1 – 8 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport
12 August 21 15:00 @ Vienna Vikings L 22 – 37 1 – 9 Generali-Arena Vienna S Sport
13 August 27 15:00 Berlin Thunder L 14 – 38 1 – 10 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport
14 September 3 15:00 Cologne Centurions L 30 – 43 1 – 11 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster edit

Istanbul Rams roster
Quarterbacks
  • 1 Isaiah Green  
  • 12 Yiğit Timer  

Running backs

  •  8 Taha Çokadar  
  • 18 Ege Altuğ Sankaya  
  • Berker Esme  

Wide receivers

  •  1 Alihan Ağaçkesen WR  
  •  4 Tolga Törün  
  • 6 Terryon Robinson  
  • 11 Ege Berk İnanç  
  • 13 Kaan Özer  
  • 16 Doruk Şut  
  • 19 Yilmaz Berk Güven  
  • 26 Efe Baran  
  • 80 Féli Manoka  
  • 84 Alp Burak Çamlıer  

Tight ends

  • 88 Emir Sarıyıldız  
 Offensive linemen
  • 51 Alper Kurtuluş OL  
  • 55 Orhun Akbudak OL  
  • 65 Bahadır Aslan  
  • 67 Ayberk Kurşunlu OL  
  • 70 Cevad E. Küçükşengün  
  • 72 Emre Dumlupınar  
  • 75 Sebastian Arenas  
  • 76 Erdem Altun  
  • 77 Zafer Ceylan  
  • 79 Bahadır Akbaş  
  • İsmail Can Balta  
  • Sebastian Bal  

Defensive linemen

  •  7 İlhan Efe Geyik DE  
  • 46   Anthony Abandzounou  
  • 49 Marcus Tullio Lucas DE  
  • 61 Samet Bilgin DT  
  • 66 Muhammed Ali Kurutluca DT  
  • 68 Şerif Emir Dülger DT  
  • 92 Burak Karaçor DE  
  • 93 Abdullah Kilany DE  
  • 94 Sinan Cingilli DE  
  • 99 Berkan Zaimoğlu DT  
  •   Mikail Tatlı DE  
  •   Hüseyin Akay DT  
  •   Burak Tatar DE  
 Linebackers
  •  2 Alperen Ünlü OLB  
  •  5 Ufuk Eren Özelçe DB  
  • 15 Talat Gökhan Buluşan ILB  
  • 23 Salih Özdemir OLB  
  • 40 Ahmet Cem Uğur ILB  
  • 42 Zachary Blair ILB  
  • 44 Ali Gündoğdu OLB  
  • 54 Ata Han Atılgan ILB  
  • 56 Onur Can Duzcu ILB  

Defensive backs

  •  3 Atilla Işık S  
  • 16 Caner Dündar S  
  • 17 Oğuzhan Ceyhan CB  
  • 20 Kürşad Pekün S  
  • 22 Emre Özdemir CB  
  • 24 Mateusz Dzioban  
  • 25 Alperen Küçük CB  
  • 27 Jamarii Milliken CB  
  • 28 Darius Lewis CB  
  • 31 Yiğitcan Ferhat Ertür CB  
  • Nimet Han Aydın CB  
  • Talha Berçin  

Special teams

  • 32 Mehmet Furkan Sarıkatipoğlu K  
 Reserve lists
  • 11 Kris Wedderburn WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    
  • 43 Alpay Burak Tatar DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    
  • 50 Aykut Aslan ILB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    
  • 63 Onur Boğan OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    
  • 34 Andre Whyte S (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    

Practice squad

  •   Orhan Kırmızıoğlu S  


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 4 August 2022 [6]
4 A-import, 5 E-import, 45 homegrown
59 active, 8 inactive, 1 practice squad

Staff edit

Istanbul Rams staff

Front office

  • Owner – Koç Holding
  • General Manager – Emir Can Kefeli
  • Scouting coordinator – N/A
  • Football operations manager – Doruk Örnekci
  • Gameday manager – Tezcan Kayalar
  • Import liaison officer – Can Batuk

Head coach

  • Head coach – Matt Lawson (interim)
  • Assistant head coach – Mert Pala

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/wide receivers – "Vacant"
  • Quarterbacks – Mert Pala
  • Running backs – Matt Lawson
  • Assistant running backs – Enes Üzümcü
  • Assistant wide receivers – Erkin Palaz
  • Tight ends/fullbacks – N/A
  • Offensive line – Tuan Berk Kılıçoğlu
  • Assistant offensive line – Sınan Erışen
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/linebacker – Batur Kaplan
  • Assistant linebacker – Batur Kaplan
  • Assistant linebacker – Erhan Batuk
  • Defensive line – Kasey Crosby
  • Assistant defensive line – Batuhan Kamalıoğlu
  • Defensive backs - Andre Whyte
  • Assistant defensive backs – Kerim Uzun

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Mert Pala


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Kürşad Pekün


updated 01 June 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. ^ @ELF_Official (October 20, 2021). "Rams appoint Val Gunn as head coach for 2022" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "The international presence grows stronger at the AFCA convention". AmericanFootballInternational.com. January 13, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  3. ^ @IstanbulRams (November 2, 2021). "Zach Blair will be starring for the Istanbul Rams defense in 2022" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09 – via Twitter.
  4. ^ @IstanbulRams (November 22, 2021). "Thank you to all players who attended the ELF combine!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Gamebook Week 1: Istanbul Rams @ Cologne Centurions".
  6. ^ "ELF-Saisonvorschau Teil 2: Was können die neuen Teams 2022?". touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.
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