2022 Raiders Tirol season

American football team in Austria

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

### Standings

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

## Staff

[edit]

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

[edit]

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

[edit]

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".

* v
* t
* e

« 2021

2022 ELF season by team

» 2023

| Northern | Central | Southern

|
|

Berlin Thunder | Frankfurt Galaxy | Barcelona Dragons
Hamburg Sea Devils | Raiders Tirol | Cologne Centurions
Leipzig Kings | Stuttgart Surge | Istanbul Rams
Panthers Wrocław | Vienna Vikings | Rhein Fire
*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template
*[Pos]: Position
*[GP]: Games Played
*[W]: Wins
*[L]: Losses
*[T]: Ties
*[CONF]: Win–Loss record within their conference
*[PF]: Points For
*[PA]: Points Against (Total points allowed)
*[DIFF]: Points For - Points Against
*[STK]: Current Winning or Losing Streak
*[Qualification]: Qualification
*[LT]: Left tackle
*[C]: Center
*[RT]: Right tackle
*[LG]: Left guard
*[RG]: Right guard
*[DE]: Defensive end
*[DT]: Defensive tackle
*[ILB]: Inside linebacker
*[OLB]: Outside linebacker
*[S]: Safety
*[CB]: Cornerback
*[K]: Kicker