2022 Raiders Tirol season

2022 Raiders Tirol season
2022 Raiders Tirol season
Head coach	/ Kevin Herron
Home field	Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Results
Record	8 – 4
Conference place	2nd
Playoff finish	lost Semifinals vs. Hamburg Sea Devils 7 – 19
Uniform
	Raiders Tirol; 2023 →;

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

Central Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Vienna Vikings	12	10	2	0	5–1	352	209	143	L1	Advance to playoffs
2	Raiders Tirol	12	8	4	0	3–3	418	229	189	W1	Best 2nd place advances
3	Frankfurt Galaxy	12	8	4	0	4–2	386	247	139	W2
4	Stuttgart Surge	12	0	12	0	0–6	113	451	−338	L12

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

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

**Raiders Tirol roster**

	Quarterbacks 12 Sean Shelton Running backs 22 Logan Moragne 24 Lukas Haslwanter 25 Tobias Bonatti 34 Filip Vlajic Wide receivers 4 Marco Schneider 6 Adrian Platzgummer 10 Philipp Haun 14 Yannick Mayr 80 Fabian Abfalter 82 Jan Grischenig 85 Markus Schaberl 86 Lukas Fink 87 Toni Rabensteiner		Offensive linemen 52 Josef Fuksa LT 53 Jeffery Asare 57 Dominic Spielmann 59 Gerd Mitterdorfer C 70 Michael Habetin 72 Tony Koskinen RT 73 Tobias Url LG 77 Daniel Claus 78 Daniel Fankhauser RG 79 Manuel Lortzing Defensive linemen 90 Manuel Jovic DE 91 Derrick Brumfield DE 92 Laurynas Orlovicius DT 93 Tinashe Jefferson Chawaguta DT 94 Felix Ntwa DT 96 Denis William Butz DT 97 Nicolas Melcher DE 98 Niklas Gustav 99 Thomas Aronokhale DT		Linebackers 1 Ruben Seeber 11 Alex Ferrari ILB 29 Lucky Ogbevoen OLB 33 Tim Unger 48 Philipp Timmermann OLB 55 Julian Perfler ILB Defensive backs 3 Jan Mayerhofer S 5 Dominique Shelton CB 8 Christoph Nitzlnader CB 9 Thomas Kugler S 16 Arno Schwarz CB 20 Patrick Pilger S 21 Maxime Roger S 23 Vincent Müller CB 31 Tony Anderson S 32 Sebastian Summerer S 38 Lucas Veluire CB Special teams 18 Niklas Sanin K				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

**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

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

References

^ "SWARCO RAIDERS TIROL START PLAYING IN THE EUROPEAN LEAGUE OF FOOTBALL IN 2022". Raiders.at (in German). September 25, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
^ "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.
^ "KEVIN HERRON LEADS RAIDERS TIROL INTO THE ELF". Raiders.at (in German). November 14, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
^ "Herron auch in der ELF Raiders-Coach". Football-Aktuell.de (in German). November 19, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
^ "Pirates Cove: Sean Shelton Special & Fan-Questions" (Interview) (in German). Raiders Tirol. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
^ "Gamebook Week 1: Vienna Vikings @Tirol Raiders".

[6] Intra-Conference games are in bold text

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

[8] Viewers in brackets if available

[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.

[9] "Gamebook Week 1: Vienna Vikings @Tirol Raiders".

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