2022 Berlin Thunder season

The 2022 Berlin Thunder season is the second season of the Berlin Thunder team in the European League of Football.

2022 Berlin Thunder (ELF) season
General managerDiana Hoge[1]
Head coachGermany Johnny Schmuck
Home fieldFriedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
Results
Record7 – 5
Conference place2nd
Uniform

Preseason

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The Berlin Thunder started to resign their players on October 21, 2021 for the 2022 ELF season with the signing of leading rusher Joc Crawford.[2] For this season the Berlin franchise introduced the league wide first season tickets for their home games.[3] In an episode of their own published podcast, the director of football operations Björn Werner confirmed to not hold any form of combine for the 2022 season [4]

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1   Hamburg Sea Devils 12 11 1 0 6 – 0 424 160 264 W10 Advance to playoffs
2   Berlin Thunder 12 7 5 0 3 – 3 324 282 42 L1
3   Panthers Wrocław 12 5 7 0 2 – 4 287 305 −18 W1
4   Leipzig Kings 12 4 8 0 1 – 5 242 370 −128 W2

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

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Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[A] Result Record Venue TV[B][C] Recap
1 June 5 15:00 @ Hamburg Sea Devils L 18 – 43 0 – 1 Stadion Hoheluft [5]
2 June 11 15:00 Istanbul Rams W 41 – 7 1 – 1 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark S Sport, ran.de, More Than Sports TV
3 June 19 15:00 @ Raiders Tirol L 16 – 28 1 – 2 Tivoli Stadion Tirol Zappn.tv, Puls24
4 June 26 15:00 Leipzig Kings L 15 – 19 1 – 3 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark ProSieben MAXX, ran.de
5 July 2 15:00 @ Cologne Centurions W 34 – 7 2 – 3 Südstadion ran.de
6 July 10 15:00 Panthers Wrocław W 31 – 25 (OT) 3 – 3 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark ProSieben MAXX, ran.de, Polsat Sport
7 July 17 15:00 @ Leipzig Kings W 33 – 22 4 – 3 Bruno-Plache-Stadion ran.de
8 July 24 bye
9 July 31 15:00 Cologne Centurions W 39 – 29 5 – 3 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark ProSieben MAXX, ran.de
10 August 7 bye
11 August 14 15:00 @ Panthers Wrocław W 29 – 12 6 – 3 Olympic Stadium Wrocław
12 August 21 15:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 17 – 39 6 – 4 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
13 August 27 15:00 @ Istanbul Rams W 38 – 14 7 – 4 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
14 September 4 15:00 Raiders Tirol L 1ß – 37 7 – 5 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark ProSieben MAXX, ran.de

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

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Berlin Thunder (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  9 Joe Germinerio
 
  • 18 Ian Gehrke WR
 

Running backs

  •  1 Joc Crawford
 
  •  5 Giacomo DePauli
 
  • 22 Albert Wiesigstrauch
 
  • 24 Tim Schulz
 

Wide receivers

  •  6 Willi Dill
 
  •  7 Robin Wilzeck
 
  • 11 Bryan Zerbe
 
  • 17 Emil Drossard
 
  • 84 Kélian Mouliom
 
  • 89 Philipp Schuhmann
 

Tight ends

  • 13 Yannis Binner
 
  • 85 Nicolai Schumann WR
 
  • 86 Tillman Bolk
 
Offensive linemen
  • 51 Alper Peközer
 
  • 52 Oleg Gerats
 
  • 56 Connor Bolton
 
  • 66 Lawrence Cornwall-Baptiste
 
  • 69 Jannik Werblow
 
  • 70 Tobias Rodlauer
 
  • 71 Gideon Grabert
 
  • 72 Maximilian Kempchen
 
  • 73 Marcel Camenz
 
  • 77 Max Bähr
 
  • 79 Cedric Ouattara
 

Defensive linemen

  •  2 Stanley Zeregbe DE
 
  • 45 Kyle Kitchens DE
 
  • 44 Marcel Steffen DE
 
  • 48 Falco Paris DE
 
  • 50 Hamsa El-Zein DT
 
  • 90 Ben Baierl DT
 
  • 92 Tuna Hiller DT
 
  • 95 Nick Rudloff DT
 
  • 96 Marcel Behm DT
 
  • 97 Kay Wagner DT
 
  • 99 Michael Stark DT
 
Linebackers
  •  8 Paul Seifert OLB
 
  • 10 Baran Çelik ILB
 
  • 14 Kevin Hummel OLB
 
  • 27 Rayan Khefif ILB
 
  • 30 Ludvig Myrén OLB
 
  • 31 Simon Leinauer
 
  • 40 Jeremy Sommerwerk ILB
 
  • 55 Marius Markert ILB
 
  • 80 Aaron Rosemann OLB
 

Defensive backs

  •  3 Arne Gehrt S
 
  •  10 Dominique Shelton S
 
  • 12 Alexander Karim Rushdy Stadahl CB
 
  • 15 Moritz Thiele CB
 
  • 19 Phillip Ruffin CB
 
  • 20 Robby Kendall S
 
  • 21 Amir Kilani S
 
  • 23 Paul Fischer CB
 
  • 33 Felix Mohlberg S
 

Special teams

  • 26 Jonas Schenderlein K/P
 

Practice squad

  •   Luca Dohn OL
 


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 04 June 2022[6]
4 A-import, 8 E-import, 44 homegrown
55 active, 1 practice squad

Transactions

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From Leipzig Kings: Kyle Kitchens (November 12, 2021)[7]

Staff

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Berlin Thunder (ELF) staff

Front office

  • Owner – FBG Football Berlin GmbH
  • CEO – Levon Melikian
  • General Manager – Diana Hoge
  • Director of football – Björn Werner
  • Head of scouting/quality control – Henry Schlegel
  • Head of operations – Marcus Döbler

Head coach

  • Head coach – Johnny Schmuck

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Johnny Schmuck
  • Offensive assistant – Kyle Israel
  • Quarterbacks – Darius Outlaw
  • Running backs – Curtis Cooper
  • Wide receivers – Elijah Pope
  • Tight ends/fullbacks –
  • Offensive line – Jörg Bauerfeind
  • Assistant offensive line – Ron Bauerfeind
  • Offensive assistant – Leeroy Foster
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Christopher Kuhfeldt
  • Defensive line – Islam Abzorov
  • Linebackers –
  • Defensive backs – Simon Bohlmann
  • Defensive assistant – Mario Baierl

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Jörg Bauerfeind

Assistant coaches

  • Mental coach – Fatima Yazici

Strength and conditioning

  • Head athletic coach – Christopher Kuhfeldt


Staff updated 05 May 2022


Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "Erste Geschäftsführerin in der ELF: Hoge übernimmt Berlin Thunder". RAN.de (in German). Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "Instagram Post - Berlin Thunder". Berlin Thunder official Instagram. October 21, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "Instagram Post - Berlin Thunder". Berlin Thunder official Instagram. December 1, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  4. ^ "Berlin Thunder Podcast Episode 1" (Interview). Berlin Thunder Podcast Episode 1. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
  5. ^ "Gamebook week 1: Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Berlin Thunder".
  6. ^ "ELF Football Fans - Berlin Thunder roster". May 22, 2022.
  7. ^ "ELF-Star-Defender Kyle Kitchens: "Berlin ist wie Zuhause für mich"". TOUCHDOWN24 (in German). December 2, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.