2022 Leipzig Kings season

2022 Leipzig Kings season
2022 Leipzig Kings season
Head coach	Fred Armstrong
Home field	Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Results
Record	4 – 8
Conference place	4th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify
Uniform
	← 2021; Leipzig Kings; 2023 →;

The 2022 Leipzig Kings season in the European League of Football is the second season in the Leipzig Kings history.

Preseason

The franchise began late in the preseason with player signings. The first one was the signing of former Kings running backs coach David McCants^[1] and one day later European veteran A.J. Wentland.^[2] Leipzig starting quarterback Michael Birdsong announced on March 21, 2022 that he will retire from his professional football career.^[3] His replacement for the 2022 season is Jordan Barlow, who was the starting quarterback for the Southwestern Assemblies of God University and won the Victory Bowl in 2021 as well as being named the offensive MVP of the championship game. Like Birdsong previously, he signed a two-year deal with the Kings.^[4]

Due to noise emissions in the Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark the team couldn't come to terms with the city for a new lease agreement. The franchise than announced the first home game in a different location with the Paul Greifzu Stadium.^[5] For the 2022 season the franchise announced that most of the home games will be held temporarily in the privately owned Bruno-Plache-Stadion of the 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.^[6]

Regular season

Standings

Northern Conference v t e
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

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent^[A]	Result	Record	Venue	TV^[B]^[C]	Recap
1	June 5	15:00	@ Panthers Wrocław	L 27 – 34	0 – 1	Olympic Stadium Wrocław	Polsat Sport
2	June 12	15:00	Rhein Fire	L 17 – 28	0 – 2	Paul Greifzu Stadium
3	June 18	17:00	Hamburg Sea Devils	L 0 – 14	0 – 3	Leuna Chemie Stadion	ran.de, Arena4+
4	June 26	15:00	@ Berlin Thunder	W 19 – 15	1 – 3	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de
5	July 3	15:00	Stuttgart Surge	W 28 – 22	2 – 3	Bruno-Plache-Stadion
6	July 10	15:00	@ Raiders Tirol	L 6 – 37	2 – 4	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	Puls24, Zappn.tv
7	July 17	15:00	Berlin Thunder	L 22 – 33	2 – 5	Bruno-Plache-Stadion	ran.de
8	July 24	bye
9	July 31	15:00	Raiders Tirol	L 14 – 56	2 – 6	Bruno-Plache-Stadion	Zappn.tv
10	August 7	bye
11	August 14	13:00	@ Hamburg Sea Devils	L 0 – 59	2 – 7	Stadion Hoheluft
12	August 21	15:00	Panthers Wrocław	L 37 – 41	2 – 8	Bruno-Plache-Stadion	Polsat Sport
13	August 28	15:00	@ Stuttgart Surge	W 38 – 0	3 – 8	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
14	September 4	15:00	@ Rhein Fire	W 34 – 31	4 – 8	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

**Leipzig Kings roster**

	Quarterbacks 3 Ferras El-Hendi 8 Jordan Barlow Running backs 22 Oliver Bahr 25 Florian Giese 27 Tony Kulok 29 Morten Runne FB Wide receivers 6 Leon Kusterer LS 7 Seantavius Jones 11 Anthony Dablé 13 Anton Jallai 14 Erich Kilger 17 Simon Braun 81 Nils Bäumer 83 Jonas "Kobie" Breme 89 Timon Stüwe Tight ends 80 Philip Eichhorn 85 Anton Doroshev		Offensive linemen 51 Max Bruder 68 Pollys Junio Sacramento T 69 Nikita Schönborn 72 Lucas Thiem 74 Tilman Brütsch C 75 Felix Lepper G 76 Zachariah Betham 77 Henri Perl 78 Christoph Schob Cem Altuntas Defensive linemen 90 Daniel Thiele DT 91 Philipp Müller DT 92 Aslan Zetterberg DT 93 Christopher Hans DE 97 Lance Leota DT		Linebackers 5 Jan-Phillip Bombek OLB 4 Myke Tavarres ILB 10 Christian Römer ILB 44 Burak Efendioğlu ILB 49 A.J. Wentland ILB 50 Jonas Schultes ILB 53 Pascal Topolewski ILB 55 Lion Deckwarth ILB Defensive backs 2 Javier Carrasco Sanz S 4 Roedion Henrique S 23 Jonathan Sieveke S 24 William James CB 26 Florian Borger S 28 Jonathan Dietze S 30 Gabriel Kalus CB 33 Paul Meißner S 34 Dominik Wünsche CB 47 Moritz Graul CB Special teams 9 Florian Finke P 18 Marcel Ulbrich K				Reserve lists Sasan Jelvani DL (IR) Rookies in italics Roster updated 09 June 2022 4 A-import, 9 E-import, 40 homegrown 52 active, 1 inactive

Transactions

From Hamburg Sea Devils:

Jan-Phillip Bombek (February 17, 2022)
Leon Kusterer (April 1, 2022)

From Panthers Wrocław:

William James (March 30, 2022)

From Berlin Thunder:

Pollys Junio Sacramento

From Barcelona Dragons:

Myke Tavarres

Staff

**Leipzig Kings staff**

	Front office Owner/general Manager – Moritz Heisler Executive vice president – Fred Armstrong Head coach Head coach – Fred Armstrong Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/offensive line – John Alexander Booker Assistant offensive line – Jens Kinastowski Quarterbacks – N/A Running backs – David McCants Wide receivers/tight ends – Quang Pham Minh			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Richard Kent Linebacker – Demetrius Eaton Defensive line – Konstantinos "Guss" Kosmakos Assistant defensive line – Marius Adler Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Marius Adler Assistant coaches Quality control – Quang Pham Minh Quality control defense – Marius Adler Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – N/A updated 01 June 2022

Notes

^ Intra-Conference games are in bold text
^ All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass
^ Viewers in brackets if available

References

^ "LEIPZIG KINGS SIGN RB COACH DAVID MCCANTS TO ACTIVE ROSTER" (in German). January 3, 2022.
^ "LEIPZIG KINGS SIGN EXPERIENCED LINEBACKER AJ WENTLAND" (in German). January 4, 2022.
^ "Kings verlieren ihren Quarterback". Football-Aktuell.de (in German). March 21, 2022.
^ "Barlow ist der Birdsong-Ersatz in Leipzig". Football-Aktuell.de (in German). April 22, 2022.
^ "Leipzig Kings: Im Juni gibt's American Football in Dessaus Paul-Greifzu-Stadion". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). May 20, 2022.
^ "FOOTBALL STATT FUSSBALL: NEUZUGANG IM BRUNO-PLACHE-STADIO". Tag24 (in German). May 24, 2022.

[7] Intra-Conference games are in bold text

[8] All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

[9] Viewers in brackets if available

[1] "LEIPZIG KINGS SIGN RB COACH DAVID MCCANTS TO ACTIVE ROSTER" (in German). January 3, 2022.

[2] "LEIPZIG KINGS SIGN EXPERIENCED LINEBACKER AJ WENTLAND" (in German). January 4, 2022.

[3] "Kings verlieren ihren Quarterback". Football-Aktuell.de (in German). March 21, 2022.

[4] "Barlow ist der Birdsong-Ersatz in Leipzig". Football-Aktuell.de (in German). April 22, 2022.

[5] "Leipzig Kings: Im Juni gibt's American Football in Dessaus Paul-Greifzu-Stadion". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). May 20, 2022.

[6] "FOOTBALL STATT FUSSBALL: NEUZUGANG IM BRUNO-PLACHE-STADIO". Tag24 (in German). May 24, 2022.

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