2022 Frankfurt Galaxy season

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2022 Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) season
General managerJörg Ziesche
Head coachGermany Thomas Kösling
Home fieldPSD Bank Arena
Results
Record8 – 4
Conference place3rd
Uniform

The 2022 Frankfurt Galaxy season is the second season of the new Frankfurt Galaxy team in the European League of Football.

Preseason[edit]

After change in management and a new general manager with co-owner Christopher Knower[1] the 2021 champion announced starting quarterback Jakeb Sullivan.[2] Shortly after, the franchise re-signed local talent Lorenz Regler for the 2022 season.[3] With effect from May 1st, Jörg Ziesche will be replacing Christopher Knower as general manager.[4]

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1 Austria Vienna Vikings 12 10 2 0 5–1 352 209 143 L1 Advance to playoffs
2 Austria Raiders Tirol 12 8 4 0 3–3 418 229 189 W1 Best 2nd place advances
3 Germany Frankfurt Galaxy 12 8 4 0 4–2 386 247 139 W2
4 Germany 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 Rhein Fire L 26 – 29 0 – 1 PSD Bank Arena ProSieben MAXX, ran.de, Arena4+, Eleven Sport
2 June 12 15:00 @ Vienna Vikings L 10 – 30 0 – 2 Generali-Arena Vienna Puls24, Zappn.tv, Eleven Sport
3 June 19 15:00 Panthers Wrocław W 47 – 13 1 – 2 PSD Bank Arena Polsat Sport
4 June 25 17:00 @ Cologne Centurions W 48 – 11 2 – 2 Südstadion ran.de
5 July 3 15:00 @ Raiders Tirol L 17 – 23 2 – 3 Tivoli Stadion Tirol Puls24, Zappn.tv
6 July 10 15:00 @ Stuttgart Surge W 26 – 20 (OT) 3 – 3 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
7 July 17 15:00 Cologne Centurions W 46 – 14 4 – 3 PSD Bank Arena ProSieben MAXX, ran.de, Arena4+
8 July 24 bye
9 July 31 15:00 @ Panthers Wrocław W 30 – 29 5 – 3 Olympic Stadium Wrocław Polsat Sport
10 August 7 bye
11 August 14 15:00 Vienna Vikings W 42 – 8 6 – 3 PSD Bank Arena
12 August 21 15:00 @ Rhein Fire L 21 – 23 6 – 4 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
13 August 28 15:00 Raiders Tirol W 36 – 33 7 – 4 PSD Bank Arena
14 September 4 15:00 Stuttgart Surge W 37 – 13 8 – 4 PSD Bank Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster[edit]

Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 22 Kai Hunter Germany
  • 27 Thomas Fischbach Germany
  • 32 Justin Rodney Germany
  • 44 León Helm FB Germany
  • 45 Max Schmidt FB/HB Germany

Wide receivers

  • 10 Timo Benschuh Germany
  • 13 Marvin Rutsch Germany
  • 15 Max Siemssen Germany
  • 16 Niklas Schumm Germany
  • 17 Reece Horn United States
  • 19 Nico Strahmann Germany
  • 80 Luis Moreno Germany🇪🇸
  • 81 Janez von Renesse Germany
  • 82 Hendrik Schwarz P Germany
  • 83 Zinedin Bendjabou Germany
  • 84 Cheikhou Sow France
  • 85 Markus Hachenberg Germany
  • 86 Lorenz Regler Germany

Tight ends

  • 87 Kevin Mwamba France
Offensive linemen
  • 62 Lucas Hebel Germany
  • 66 Francesco Runco Italy
  • 71 Frank Atunlese Germany
  • 72 Basil Weber Germany
  • 73 Marko Vidović Germany
  • 74 Sven Fischer T Germany
  • 75 Joachim Christensen C Denmark
  • 77 Yannic Kiehl T Germany
  • 78 Tim Hirsch Germany
  • 79 Kai Wullbrandt Germany

Defensive linemen

  • 54 Karlis Brauns DE Latvia
  • 55 Mamadou Sy DT France
  • 90 Marc Anthony Hor DT Germany
  • 92 Tim Göckus DE Germany
  • 93 Thang Le Minh DT Germany
  • 94 Cedric Udegbe DE Germany
  • 95 Mete Konya DT Germany
  • 98 Koku Antoine Giede DE Germany
  • 99 Kevin Maier DE Germany
Linebackers
  • 40 Louis Achaintre ILB France
  • 50 Calvin Schuld ILB Germany
  • 51 Mark Andrew Adjei ILB Germany
  • 52 Wael Nasri ILB France
  • 53 Daniel Josiah ILB Germany
  • 56 Sebastían Silva Gomez OLB Germany
  • 58 Anthony Keith Williams ILB Germany
  • 59 Thomas Albrecht ILB Germany

Defensive backs

  • 14 Joshua Poznanski S Germany
  • 18 Fernando Lowery CB United States
  • 23 Maximilian Kranz CB Germany
  • 24 Karim Ben El Ghali CB Germany
  • 31 Konstantin Katz CB Germany
  • 35 Marcos Schlabitz S Germany
  •   Ja'Len Embry CB United States

Special teams

Reserve lists
  • 21 Gennadiy Adams RB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) United States
  • 28 Simon Otto CB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Germany
  • 30 Falk Reuter S (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Germany
  • 41 Sebastian Gauthier OLB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Sweden
  • 61 Lars Hampel OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Germany
  • 65 Malcom Müller OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Germany
  • 97 Sven Rieger DT (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Germany


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 25 June 2022[5]
4 A-import, 7 E-import, 47 homegrown
57 active, 7 inactive

Transactions[edit]

From Berlin Thunder: Louis Achaintre, Wael Nasri (February 4, 2022)[6]

Jermaine Brealy Jr. was released after the first regular season game.[citation needed]

Staff[edit]

Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) staff

Front office

  • Owner – B.G.A. Football Betriebs GmbH
    (i.a. Christopher Knower, David Knower,
    Kösling, Eric Reutemann,
    James McGoldrick, Dr. Jörg Zirener)
  • CEO – Christopher Knower
  • General manager – Jörg Ziesche
  • Cheer Director & Coach –

Head coach

  • Head coach – Thomas Kösling

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Patrick Griesheimer
  • Quarterbacks – Andy McMillan
  • Running backs – Roscoe Baptist
  • Assistant running backs – Ramin Chaban
  • Wide receivers – Guido Reuels
  • Assistant wide receivers – Johannes Rübsamen
  • Tight ends – Florian Bambuch
  • Offensive line – Pascal Abt
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Thomas Kösling
  • Linebacker – Martin Latka
  • Defensive line – Kai Schlegel
  • Assistant defensive line – Ralf Horn
  • Assistant defensive line – Milan Misic
  • Defensive backs/assist. DC – Adrian Hensel
  • Assistant defensive backs – Dennis Nicholas Kozak
  • Assistant defensive backs – Max Zaher
  • Defense scheme assistant – Daniel Garcia

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Kai Schlegel
  • Special teams assistant – Kay Schulmeyer


Strength and conditioning

  • Athletic trainer – Scott McNeil
  • Athletic trainer – Jonas Riess


Staff updated 01 May 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. ^ @frankfurtgalaxy (October 27, 2021). "General Manager Alexander Korosek leaves Frankfurt Galaxy" – via Instagram.
  2. ^ @frankfurtgalaxy (November 11, 2021). "He is back!!" – via Instagram.
  3. ^ @frankfurtgalaxy (November 28, 2021). "Our captain is back!" – via Instagram.
  4. ^ "Frankfurt Galaxy verstärkt sich: Unternehmer Jörg Ziesche ab 1. Mai in der Geschäftsleitung". Football-Fan.de (in German). April 29, 2022. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "Frankfurt Galaxy in der ELF 2022 – Auf dem Weg zur Titelverteidigung?". ticketmaster.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  6. ^ "ELF: Frankfurt Galaxy sign ELF's top tackler linebacker Wael Nasri". AmericanFootballInternational.com. February 6, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.