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2022 Raiders Tirol season

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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

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.

Preseason

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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

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Standings

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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

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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

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Raiders Tirol roster
Quarterbacks
  • 12 Sean Shelton
United States

Running backs

  • 22 Logan Moragne
United States
  • 24 Lukas Haslwanter
Austria
  • 25 Tobias Bonatti
Austria
  • 34 Filip Vlajic
Serbia

Wide receivers

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


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

Defensive linemen

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

Defensive backs

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

Special teams

  • 18 Niklas Sanin K
Austria


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

Transactions

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

Staff

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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

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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. ^ "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".