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2022 Rhein Fire season

The 2022 Rhein Fire season was the inaugural season of the new Rhein Fire team in the European League of Football from Düsseldorf, Germany. For this season, the franchise played their home games in the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena in Duisburg near to its headquarter.[1]

2022 Rhein Fire (ELF) season
General managerPartricia Klemm
Head coachJim Tomsula
Home fieldSchauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Results
Record7 – 5
Conference place2nd
Uniform

Preseason

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After signing multiple coaches, the newly founded franchise announced the signing of their first player Sven Breidenbach for the 2022 season.[2] In the following, the team planned to organise an invitational combine for December 18, 2021.[3] In the 2022 preseason the management announced that former NFL Europe Rhein Fire head coach Jim Tomsula will also be the first head coach of the Rhein Fire in the European league of Football.[4]

Regular season

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Standings

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Southern Conference
Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1   Barcelona Dragons 12 8 4 0 5–1 364 225 139 L2 Advance to playoffs
2   Rhein Fire 12 7 5 0 4–2 346 314 32 L1
3   Cologne Centurions 12 3 9 0 2–4 301 473 −172 W1
4   Istanbul Rams 12 1 11 0 1–5 210 499 −289 L5

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 @ Frankfurt Galaxy W 29 – 26 1 – 0 PSD Bank Arena ProSieben Maxx, ran.de, Arena4+
2 June 12 15:00 @ Leipzig Kings W 28 – 17 2 – 0 Paul Greifzu Stadium ran.de
3 June 19 15:00 Istanbul Rams W 42 – 12 3 – 0 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena S Sport, ran.de
ProSieben Maxx, Arena4+
4 June 26 15:00 Barcelona Dragons L 13 – 17 3 – 1 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Esport3
5 July 3 15:00 @ Hamburg Sea Devils L 15 – 42 3 – 2 Stadion Hoheluft ProSieben MAXX
6 July 10 15:00 Cologne Centurions W 17 – 3 4 – 2 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
7 July 17 bye
8 July 24 15:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 16 – 40 4 – 3 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
9 July 30 17:00 @ Barcelona Dragons L 23 – 33 4 – 4 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3, ran.de
10 August 7 bye
11 August 13 15:00 @ Istanbul Rams W 50 – 32 5 – 4 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport
12 August 21 15:00 Frankfurt Galaxy W 23 – 21 6 – 4 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
13 August 27 17:00 @ Cologne Centurions W 59 – 37 7 – 4 Südstadion
14 September 4 15:00 Leipzig Kings L 31 – 34 7 – 5 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

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Rhein Fire (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  • 11 Matt Adam
 
  • 12 Rohat Dagdelen
 

Running backs

  •  5 Julian Zorz
 
  • 20 Leander Carstensen
 
  • 21 Jason Aguemon
 
  • 23 Daniel Rennich
 
  • 28 Tyrone J. Alexander
 
  • 43 Patrick Poetsch FB
 

Wide receivers

  •  6 Timothy Knüttel
 
  • 10 Harlan Kwofie
 
  • 16 David Schüler
 
  • 19 Achim Bah
 
  • 86 Nathaniel Robitaille
 

Tight ends

  • 82 Domenik Rofalski
 
  • 85 Silvan Barelds
 
  • 87 Florian Eichhorn
 
  • 88 Marvin Pludra
 
Offensive linemen
  • 62 Marius Mohr
 
  • 66 Arnoud Holierhoek
 
  • 68 Nick Wiens G
 
  • 74 Philip Weinzierl
 
  • 75 Vojislav Hahn T
 
  • 76 Jonathan Peppler G/T
 
  • 77 Sven Breidenbach T
 
  • 79 Jan-Niclas Dalbeck T
 

Defensive linemen

  • 58 Justus Sleiman
 
  • 90 Remy Feltes
 
  • 92 Eric Adam
 
  • 93 Sebastian Fey
 
  • 94 Felix Siegert
 
  • 95 Christian Van Horn
 
  • 96 Tyrese Owusu-Bediako
 
  • 97 Jason Chikere
 
Linebackers
  •  4 Lukas Ruoss ILB
 
  • 32 Niklas Siegert ILB
 
  • 41 Alexander Sobotta ILB
 
  • 45 Martin Pinter OLB
 
  • 4Z Timo Jüngst ILB
 
  • 54 Maximilian Schmidt OLB
 
  • 55 Thomas van den Oort OLB
 
  • 57 Luis Fiedler OLB
 
  • 59 Emre Zengin MLB
 

Defensive backs

  •  7 Till Janssen CB
 
  •  8 Majan Jelvani CB
 
  •  9 Richard Grooten S
 
  • 20 Jannik Seibel
 
  • 22 Omari Williams S
 
  • 24 Lars Schiefer CB
 
  • 25 Lasse Meyer CB
 
  • 34 Fabrizio Umetelli CB
 
  • 39 Adrian Kiernan S
 

Special teams

  •  2 Daniel Schuhmacher K
 
  • 14 Maximilian Eisenhut
 
Reserve lists
  •  1 Daniel Duah CB   (IR)
 
  • 47 Timo Jüngst LB   (IR)
 

Practice squad

  • 13 Lesar Duran WR
 
  • 15 Jakob Bojko WR
 
  • 29 Rene Hanssen CB
 
  • 69 Joel Plum OL
 


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 05 June 2022
4 A-import, 7 E-import, 48 homegrown
57 active, 2 inactive, 4 practice squad

Transactions

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From Cologne Centurions: Till Janssen (November 8, 2021), Alberto Trovato (November 14, 2021), Richard Grooten (November 17, 2021), Daniel Schuhmacher (November 26, 2021), Timo Jüngst (December 17, 2021), Patrick Poetsch (December 21, 2021), Nick Wiens (December 24, 2021), Jannik Seibel (February 4, 2022), Florian Eichhorn (February 10, 2022), Jan-Niclas Dalbeck (February 17, 2022)

From Leipzig Kings: Jason Aguemon (December 30, 2021), Timothy Knüttel (February 27, 2022)

From Stuttgart Surge: Marvin Pludra (February 23, 2022), Domenik Rofalski (February 28, 2022)

Staff

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Rhein Fire (ELF) staff

Front office

  • CEO – Martin Wagner
  • General Manager – Patricia Klemm
  • Head of football operations – (interim) Timur Beckmann
  • Recruiting coordinator & off. quality control – Timur Beckmann
  • Cheer Director & Coach – Nini Pohlmann

Head coach

  • Head coach – Jim Tomsula
  • Assistant head coach – Detlef Reck

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Martin Tschurer
  • Assistant offensive coordinator – Lee Taylor
  • Quarterbacks – Steffen Breidenbach
  • Running backs – Oyeniran Olalere Odunayo Ojo
  • Wide receivers – Mario Schulz
  • Tight ends – Detlef Reck
  • Offensive line – Erol Seval
  • Assistant offensive line – Sascha Spils
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Jim Tomsula
  • Defensive backs/DC assistant – Jörg Mackenthun
  • Assistant defensive backs – Peter Schiefer
  • Linebacker – Detlef Zorn
  • Assistant linebacker – Thomas Innig
  • Defensive line – Erkan Pascal Hohenberg
  • Assistant defensive line – Erkan Tezkol

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Jörg Mackenthun
  • Kicking consultant – Stefan Nickel

Assistant coaches

  • Coaching fellow – Christian Warzecha

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Max Döringer
  • Athletic coach – Erkan Tezkol


Staff updated 22 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. ^ "So plant Rhein Fire die Saison in Duisburg". Neue Ruhr Zeitung (in German). January 27, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  2. ^ @rheinfire.football (November 5, 2021). "Player signed". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26 – via Instagram.
  3. ^ @rheinfire.football (November 23, 2021). "Rhein Fire Combinie". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26 – via Instagram.
  4. ^ "Jim Tomsula wird Rhein Fire Headcoach". lokalbüro Düsseldorf (in German). February 12, 2022.
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