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

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

Standings

Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Austria Vienna Vikings1210205–1352209143L1Advance to playoffs
2Austria Raiders Tirol128403–3418229189W1Best 2nd place advances
3Germany Frankfurt Galaxy128404–2386247139W2
4Germany Stuttgart Surge1201200–6113451−338L12

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[upper-alpha 1] Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 2][upper-alpha 3] 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

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 DE/LS Germany
  • 99 Thomas Aronokhale DT Austria
Linebackers
  •  1 Ruben Seeber ILB/P Austria
  • 11 Alex Ferrari ILB Italy
  • 29 Lucky Ogbevoen OLB Austria
  • 33 Tim Unger OLB/K 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

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

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

  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

  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".
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