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2022 Stuttgart Surge season

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

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

Preseason

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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

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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 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

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Stuttgart Surge roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Dante Vandeven
United States
  • 16 Michael Winterlik
Germany

Running backs

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

Wide receivers

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

Tight ends

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

Defensive linemen

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

Defensive backs

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


Reserve lists
  •  8 Randy Schroeder QB (IR)
United States
  • 66 Adrian Gierczak OL (IR)
Germany


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

Transactions

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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

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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

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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. ^ @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.