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2022 Raiders Tirol season

The 2022 Raiders Tirol season is the inaugural season of the newly formed Raiders Tirol team in the second season of the European League of Football.

2022 Raiders Tirol season
Head coachUnited States/Germany Kevin Herron
Home fieldTivoli Stadion Tirol
Results
Record8 – 4
Conference place2nd
Playoff finishlost Semifinals vs. Hamburg Sea Devils 7 – 19
Uniform

Preseason edit

The Raiders Tirol joined the ELF via a press release on September 25, 2021, after winning multiple times their national league AFL.[1][2] On the November 14, 2021 the Raiders confirmed Kevin Herron as their headcoach for the 2022 ELF season[3][4] and later confirmed in an interview, that their official name of the team will be Raiders Tirol in dropping the name sponsorship.[5]

Regular season edit

Standings edit

Central Conference
Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1   Vienna Vikings 12 10 2 0 5–1 352 209 143 L1 Advance to playoffs
2   Raiders Tirol 12 8 4 0 3–3 418 229 189 W1 Best 2nd place advances
3   Frankfurt Galaxy 12 8 4 0 4–2 386 247 139 W2
4   Stuttgart Surge 12 0 12 0 0–6 113 451 −338 L12

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule edit

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[A] Result Record Venue TV[B][C] Recap
1 June 5 15:00 Vienna Vikings L 23 – 29 0 – 1 Tivoli Stadion Tirol Puls24, Zappn.tv [6]
2 June 11 15:00 @ Cologne Centurions L 46 – 49 0 – 2 Südstadion
3 June 19 15:00 Berlin Thunder W 28 – 16 1 – 2 Tivoli Stadion Tirol Puls24, Zappn.tv
4 June 26 15:00 @ Stuttgart Surge W 33 – 0 2 – 2 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Puls24, Zappn.tv
5 July 3 15:00 Frankfurt Galaxy W 23 – 17 3 – 2 Tivoli Stadion Tirol Puls24, Zappn.tv
6 July 10 15:00 Leipzig Kings W 37 – 6 4 – 2 Tivoli Stadion Tirol Puls24, Zappn.tv
7 July 17 bye
8 July 24 15:00 @ Vienna Vikings L 13 – 29 4 – 3 Generali Arena Vienna Puls24, Zappn.tv
9 July 31 15:00 @ Leipzig Kings W 56 – 14 5 – 3 Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark Puls24, Zappn.tv
10 August 7 bye
11 August 14 15:00 Stuttgart Surge W 44 – 3 6 – 3 Tivoli Stadion Tirol
12 August 21 15:00 Cologne Centurions W 45 – 20 7 – 3 Tivoli Stadion Tirol
13 August 28 15:00 @ Frankfurt Galaxy L 33 – 36 7 – 4 PSD Bank Arena
14 September 4 15:00 @ Berlin Thunder W 37 – 10 8 – 4 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster edit

Raiders Tirol roster
Quarterbacks
  • 12 Sean Shelton  

Running backs

  • 22 Logan Moragne  
  • 24 Lukas Haslwanter  
  • 25 Tobias Bonatti  
  • 34 Filip Vlajic  

Wide receivers

  •  4 Marco Schneider  
  •  6 Adrian Platzgummer  
  • 10 Philipp Haun  
  • 14 Yannick Mayr  
  • 80 Fabian Abfalter  
  • 82 Jan Grischenig  
  • 85 Markus Schaberl  
  • 86 Lukas Fink  
  • 87 Toni Rabensteiner  


 Offensive linemen
  • 52 Josef Fuksa LT  
  • 53 Jeffery Asare  
  • 57 Dominic Spielmann  
  • 59 Gerd Mitterdorfer C  
  • 70 Michael Habetin  
  • 72 Tony Koskinen RT  
  • 73 Tobias Url LG  
  • 77 Daniel Claus  
  • 78 Daniel Fankhauser RG  
  • 79 Manuel Lortzing  

Defensive linemen

  • 90 Manuel Jovic DE  
  • 91 Derrick Brumfield DE  
  • 92 Laurynas Orlovicius DT  
  • 93 Tinashe Jefferson Chawaguta DT  
  • 94 Felix Ntwa DT  
  • 96 Denis William Butz DT  
  • 97 Nicolas Melcher DE  
  • 98 Niklas Gustav DE/LS  
  • 99 Thomas Aronokhale DT  
 Linebackers
  •  1 Ruben Seeber ILB/P  
  • 11 Alex Ferrari ILB  
  • 29 Lucky Ogbevoen OLB  
  • 33 Tim Unger OLB/K  
  • 48 Philipp Timmermann OLB  
  • 55 Julian Perfler ILB  

Defensive backs

  •  3 Jan Mayerhofer S  
  •  5 Dominique Shelton CB  
  •  8 Christoph Nitzlnader CB  
  •  9 Thomas Kugler S  
  • 16 Arno Schwarz CB  
  • 20 Patrick Pilger S  
  • 21 Maxime Roger S  
  • 23 Vincent Müller CB  
  • 31 Tony Anderson S  
  • 32 Sebastian Summerer S  
  • 38 Lucas Veluire CB  

Special teams

  • 18 Niklas Sanin K  


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 05 June 2022
4 A-import, 8 E-import, 39 homegrown
51 active

Transactions edit

From Cologne Centurions: Dartez Jacobs (January 10, 2022)

Staff edit

Raiders Tirol staff

Front office

  • President – Elisabeth Swarovski
  • General Manager – Claudia Nuener
  • Head of player personnel – Axel Eder
  • Team Manager – Paul-Philipp Lasch

Head coach

  • Head coach – Kevin Herron

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/wide receiver – Kyle Callahan
  • Quarterbacks – N/A
  • Running backs – Mike Gentili
  • Tight ends – N/A
  • Offensive line – Dominik Bauer
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive line – Jag Bal
  • Linebacker – Ryan Newell
  • Defensive backs – Lex Braga
  • Assistant defensive coach – Thomas Wolter

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Thomas Plattner

Assistant coaches

  • Head of video – Thomas Plattner

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Andreas Pröller
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Elisa Ambach
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Fabio de Santis


Staff 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. ^ "SWARCO RAIDERS TIROL START PLAYING IN THE EUROPEAN LEAGUE OF FOOTBALL IN 2022". Raiders.at (in German). September 25, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  2. ^ "PR: Austria in a double pack: Innsbruck follows Vienna – Raiders Tirol will compete in the European League of Football in 2022". CFLNewshub.com. September 25, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  3. ^ "KEVIN HERRON LEADS RAIDERS TIROL INTO THE ELF". Raiders.at (in German). November 14, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Herron auch in der ELF Raiders-Coach". Football-Aktuell.de (in German). November 19, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  5. ^ "Pirates Cove: Sean Shelton Special & Fan-Questions" (Interview) (in German). Raiders Tirol. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  6. ^ "Gamebook Week 1: Vienna Vikings @Tirol Raiders".
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