2022 Rhein Fire season
2022 Rhein Fire (ELF) season | |
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General manager | Partricia Klemm |
Head coach | Jim Tomsula |
Home field | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena |
Results | |
Record | 7 – 5 |
Conference place | 2nd |
Uniform | |
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The 2022 Rhein Fire season is the inaugural season of the new Rhein Fire team in the European League of Football from Düsseldorf, Germany. For this season the franchise will play their home games in the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena in Duisburg near to its headquarter.[1]
Preseason
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
Standings
Pos | Team | GP | W | L | T | CONF | PF | PA | DIFF | STK | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5–1 | 364 | 225 | 139 | L2 | Advance to playoffs |
2 | ![]() |
12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4–2 | 346 | 314 | 32 | L1 | |
3 | ![]() |
12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2–4 | 301 | 473 | −172 | W1 | |
4 | ![]() |
12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1–5 | 210 | 499 | −289 | L5 |
Source: europeanleague.football
Schedule
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+ | |
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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+ |
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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
Quarterbacks
Running backs
Wide receivers Tight ends |
Offensive linemen
Defensive linemen |
Linebackers
Defensive backs
Special teams |
Reserve lists
Practice squad
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Transactions
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
Front office
Head coach
Offensive coaches
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Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
Assistant coaches
Strength and conditioning
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Notes
- ^ Intra-Conference games are in bold text
- ^ All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass
- ^ Viewers in brackets if available
References
- ^ "So plant Rhein Fire die Saison in Duisburg". Neue Ruhr Zeitung (in German). January 27, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
- ^ @rheinfire.football (November 5, 2021). "Player signed". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26 – via Instagram.
- ^ @rheinfire.football (November 23, 2021). "Rhein Fire Combinie". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26 – via Instagram.
- ^ "Jim Tomsula wird Rhein Fire Headcoach". lokalbüro Düsseldorf (in German). February 12, 2022.