2022 Stuttgart Surge season

The 2022 Stuttgart Surge season is the second season of Stuttgart Surge in the European League of Football.

2022 Stuttgart Surge season
Head coachGermany Martin Hanselmann
Home fieldGazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
Results
Record0 – 12
Conference place4th
Uniform

Preseason edit

On October 22, 2021 the organisation extended the contract with head coach Martin Hanselmann.[1] After further preparation and signings of coaches, the Surge held their open tryout on November 28, 2021 and signed the first player for the 2022 season in December 12, 2021 with former Frankfurt Galaxy Benjamin "Benji" Barnes.[2] With former NCAA Division-II Truman State University football program starting Quarterback Randall Schroeder, the team signed its third American quarterback in their history.[3]

Regular season edit

Standings edit

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 Barcelona Dragons L 9 – 38 0 – 1 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Esport3, Eleven Sport
2 June 12 15:00 Panthers Wrocław L 26 – 28 0 – 2 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Polsat Sport, Eleven Sports
3 June 19 15:00 @ Vienna Vikings L 13 – 42 0 – 3 Generali Arena Vienna Puls24, Zappn.tv
4 June 26 15:00 Raiders Tirol L 0 – 33 0 – 4 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Puls24, Zappn.tv
5 July 3 15:00 @ Leipzig Kings L 22 – 28 0 – 5 Bruno-Plache-Stadion
6 July 10 15:00 Frankfurt Galaxy L 20 – 26 (OT) 0 – 6 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
7 July 17 15:00 @ Panthers Wrocław L 0 – 34 0 – 7 Olympic Stadium Wrocław Polsat Sport
8 July 24 bye
9 July 31 15:00 Vienna Vikings L 0 – 41 0 – 8 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Puls24, Zappn.tv
10 August 7 bye
11 August 14 15:00 @ Raiders Tirol L 3 – 44 0 – 9 Tivoli Stadion Tirol
12 August 20 18:00 @ Barcelona Dragons L 62 – 8 0 – 10 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3
13 August 28 15:00 Leipzig Kings L 0 – 38 0 – 11 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
14 September 4 15:00 @ Frankfurt Galaxy L 13 – 37 0 – 12 PSD Bank Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster edit

Stuttgart Surge roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Dante Vandeven  
  • 16 Michael Winterlik  

Running backs

  •  3 Nicko Schuster FB  
  •  6 Jean-Charles Moukouri  
  • 10 Janis Hackenberg  
  •   Jalen Conwell  
  • 41 Bryan Yankson  

Wide receivers

  • 12 Luca Faschian K/P  
  • 13 Noah Bomba  
  • 14 Frederic Latour  
  • 17 Moritz Riedinger  
  • 18 Paul Steigerwald  
  • 25 Benjamin Barnes CB  
  • 85 Peter Weiblen  
  • 86 Benedikt Lang  

Tight ends

  • 88 Jens Walter  
Offensive linemen
  • 51 Marco Fischer  
  • 52 Darnell Minton G  
  • 60 Nathan Kalemba  
  • 62 Elias Becher  
  • 68 Thomas Ghebrezherer C  
  • 71 Jan Steiger LT  
  • 73 Robin Häberle  
  • 78 Benhur Arya  
  • 79 Lenny Sadzik  

Defensive linemen

  • 49 Michael Muhozi Kimpiabi DT  
  • 72 Darko Pisaric DT  
  • 75 Brice Ulrich Tchouadje DT  
  • 92 Tobias Burkhardt DT  
  • 97 Philipp Ungericht DE  
  • 98 Marcel Fürst DE  
  • 99 Sercan Vardar DE  
Linebackers
  •  7 Paul Veritas OLB  
  • 11 Ronley Lakalaka ILB  
  • 30 Til Becker OLB  
  • 43 Osaruonamen "Precious" Ogbevoen ILB  
  • 44 Japhet Mbala ILB  
  • 45 Nijaz Hamulic ILB  
  • 47 Nikolas Knoblauch ILB  
  • 48 Tom Stickel ILB  
  • 55 Dennis Gratza ILB  

Defensive backs

  •  2 Malcolm Washington CB  
  • 19 Junior Nkembi S  
  • 21 Julian Jakob CB  
  • 22 Chaska Rémy Perron CB  
  • 31 Nick Wenzelburger S  
  • 32 Julian Ludwig-Mayorga S  
  • 33 Ben Wenzler CB  


Reserve lists
  •  8 Randy Schroeder QB (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    
  • 66 Adrian Gierczak OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve)    


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 9 July 2022[4]
5 A-import, 7 E-import, 38 homegrown
48 active, 2 inactive

Transactions edit

From Frankfurt Galaxy:

  • Benjamin Barnes (December 31, 2021)
  • Nikolas Knoblauch (January 16, 2022)
  • Noah Bomba (February 3, 2022)
  • Darnell Minton (March 7, 2022)
  • Precious Ogbevoen (March 29, 2022)

Staff edit

Stuttgart Surge staff

Front office

  • Owner – Steffen Korinth, Erwin &
    Martin Schmidt, Jakob Johnson
  • General Manager – Suni Musa
  • Head of football operations – Marco Kelleter
  • Head of sales & sponsoring – Timo Franke
  • Head of football operations/personnel – Jeremy Bryson

Head coach

  • Head coach – Martin Hanselmann

Offensive coaches

  • Quarterbacks – Martin Hanselmann
  • OC running/running backs – George Streeter
  • OC passing/wide receivers – Fabian Birkholz
  • Tight ends/fullbacks – N/A
  • Offensive line – Jürgen Rossmanith
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Andy Meyer
  • Linebacker – Mike Zeyda
  • Defensive line – Justin Bernthaler
  • Assistant defensive line – Timo Müller
  • Defensive backs – Marvin Washington
  • Assistant defensive backs – Lelan Brickus

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Jemil Hamiko


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – N/A


Staff updated 9 July 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. ^ @StuttgartSurge (October 22, 2021). "Willkommen Martin Hanselmann!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ @ELF_Official (December 12, 2021). "The @StuttgartSurge are making moves" (Tweet). Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ "ELF: Stuttgart Surge holen neuen quarterback Randall Schroeder". RAN.de (in German). January 22, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  4. ^ "ELF-Saisonvorschau Teil 3: Wer ist der Topfavorit auf den Titel?". touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.