2023 Raiders Tirol season

The 2023 Raiders Tirol season is the second season of the Raiders Tirol team in the third season of the European League of Football. The semifinalist of last season was will compete again in the Central Conference, the first time without its longterm rival Vienna Vikings.

2023 Raiders Tirol season
General managerUlz Däuber
Head coachUnited States/Germany Kevin Herron
Home fieldTivoli Stadion Tirol
Uniform

Preseason edit

After the departure of franchise legend Sean Shelton, retiring and becoming sporting director of the Munich Ravens, the organization was looking for a new franchise quarterback and found the Canadian Christion Strong of the German club Cologne Crocodiles.[1]

Regular season edit

Standings edit

Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1   Stuttgart Surge 12 10 2 8–2 387 237 +150 W3 Automatic playoffs (#3)
2   Raiders Tirol 12 8 4 8–2 307 230 +77 W1
3   Munich Ravens 12 7 5 7–3 425 338 +87 W2
4   Helvetic Guards 12 3 9 3–7 174 378 –204 L4
5   Milano Seamen 12 2 10 2–8 328 497 –169 L3
6   Barcelona Dragons 12 2 10 2–8 199 396 –197 L10

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster edit

Reference[2]

Raiders Tirol roster
Quarterbacks
  • 15 Stefan Maiacher  
  • 17 Christian Strong  

Running backs

Wide receivers

  • 80 Fabian Abfalter  
  • 10 Philipp Haun  
  •  5 Jarvis McClam  
  •  6 Adrian Platzgummer  
  • 11 Toni Rabensteiner  
  •  4 Marco Schneider  

Tight ends

  • 85 Markus Schaberl  
  • 87 Richard Weber  
Offensive linemen
  • 53 Jeffery Asare  
  • 78 Daniel Fankhauser RG  
  • 76 Tobias Haslehner  
  • 71 Toby Lettman  
  • 59 Gerd Mitterdorfer C  
  • 74 Steven Nielsen  
  • 72 Basil Weber  
  • 79 Robert Wittmann  

Defensive linemen

  • 91 Stanley Aronokhale  
  • 90 Niklas Gustav DE/LS  
  • 93 Tinashe Jefferson Chawaguta DT  
  • 97 Nicolas Melcher DE  
  • 99 Jeol Maddock  
  • 92 Laurynas Orlovicius DT  
  • 96 Denis William Butz DT  
Linebackers
  • 39 Sebastian Huber  
  • 13 Lucky Ogbevoen OLB  
  • 43 Precious Ogbevoen  
  • 55 Julian Perfler ILB  
  • 20 Patrick Pilger  
  •  1 Ruben Seeber ILB/P  
  • 48 Philipp Timmermann OLB  
  • 33 Tim Unger OLB/K  

Defensive backs

  • 21 Divine Buckrham  
  •  9 Thomas Kugler S  
  • 18 Gregory Laday  
  •  3 Jan Mayerhofer S  
  • 14 Jessey Mensah  
  • 23 Vincent Müller CB  
  •  8 Christoph Nitzlnader CB  
  • 28 Fabian Raunig  
  • 32 Matthias Rebl  
  • 35 Clemens Voit  

Special teams

  • 18 Niklas Sanin K  


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 17 June 2023
4 A-import, 6 E-import, 36 homegrown
46 active

Transactions edit

From Frankfurt Galaxy: Ja'Len Embry
From Vienna Vikings: Sebastian Huber

Staff edit

Raiders Tirol staff

Front office

  • President – Elisabeth Swarovski
  • General Manager – Ulz Däuber
  • Team Manager – Paul-Philipp Lasch

Head coach

  • Head coach – Kevin Herron

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/wide receiver – Kyle Callahan
  • Quarterbacks – n/a
  • Running backs – Frank Roser
  • Tight ends – n/a
  • Offensive line – Dominik Bauer
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Malik Jackson
  • Linebacker – Simon Riedl
  • Defensive line – Eugen Kremser

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – n/a

Assistant coaches

  • Mental/breathwork choach – Frank Roser

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Andreas Pröller


Staff updated 23 March 2023


Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Christian Strong folgt als Quarterback auf Sean Shelton". MeinBezirk.at (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ "ELF: 2023 Tirol Raiders – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2024-04-19.