2023 Cologne Centurions season

2023 Cologne Centurions (ELF) season
General managerDavid Drane
Head coachUnited States Khalil Carter
Home fieldSüdstadion
Uniform

The 2023 Cologne Centurions season is going to be the third season of the Cologne Centurions team in the European League of Football after a previous season with mixed results and a 3–9 standing.

Preseason

The first changes for the franchise were in the coaching staff with the departure of Frank Roser as head coach.[1] Shortly after Khalil Carter was announced as new head coach, marking him as the third head coach in the three-year history of the franchise to date.[2][3]

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1 Germany Rhein Fire 12 12 0 8–0 540 199 +341 W12 Automatic playoffs (#1)
2 Germany Frankfurt Galaxy 12 10 2 6–2 382 233 +149 L1 Advance to playoffs (#4)
3 France Paris Musketeers 12 6 6 4–4 320 277 +43 W4
4 Germany Hamburg Sea Devils 12 4 8 2–6 247 278 –31 L4
5 Germany Cologne Centurions 12 4 8 0–8 186 330 –144 L1

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference[4]

Cologne Centurions (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  7 Alexander Frisch
Germany
  •   Daniel Smith
United States

Running backs

  •   Gerald Ameln
Germany
  •  8 Dean Tanwani
Germany

Wide receivers

  • 14 Ramin Akhlaghi
Germany
  •  5 Paul Kavadia-Lenhardt
Germany
  • 81 Valentin Rödiger
Germany
  •   Terryon Robinson
United States
  •   Aril Rwantambara
Belgium
  •   Kris Wedderburn
United Kingdom

Tight ends

  • 11 Noah Aarass
Germany
Offensive linemen
  •   Carlos Carrasco Sanz
Spain
  • 76 Niklas Meiworm
Germany
  • -- Albert Trovato
Germany

Defensive linemen

  • 52 Alexander Boes DT
Germany
  •   Tim Göckus
Germany
  •   Jai-Albert Jackson
United Kingdom
  • 95 Jahn Jesus Lara Perez DE
Cuba
  •   Frederik Schneider
Germany
  • 97 Janek Wenke DE
Germany
Linebackers
  • 30 Matthias Banjaqui OLB
Germany
  •   Zachary Blair
United States
  • 44 Felix Födinger OLB
Germany
  • 58 Lennart Weitz OLB
Germany
  •  2 Tufan Yagmur ILB
Germany

Defensive backs

  • 29 Efekan Akgün CB
Germany
  • 21 Marvin Djopa
Germany
  • 31 Dani Lamy CB
Belgium
  •   Dajon Owens
United States
  • 26 Marius Riepe CB
Germany
  • 22 Paul Steffen
Germany
  • 32 Chad Walrond S
United Kingdom



Rookies in italics
Roster updated 23 March 2022
4 A-import, 6 E-import, 24 homegrown
34 active

Transactions

  • From Istanbul Rams: Zachary Blair (November 9, 2022), Kris Wedderburn (December 13, 2022), Terryon Robinson (December 22, 2022)
  • From Hamburg Sea Devils: Gerald Ameln (December 16, 2022)

Staff

Cologne Centurions (ELF) staff

Front office

  • Owner – Hans Seger
  • CEO/General Manager – Tonye Spiff
  • Director of football – David Drane

Head coach

  • Head coach – Christos Lambropoulos

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks/Wide Receivers – Christos Lambropoulos
  • Running backs – Glynn Mansfeld
  • Offensive line – Jason Tillery
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Javan Lenhardt
  • Defensive line – Javan Lenhardt
  • Defensive backs – Dave Donaldson

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams Coordinator – Dave Donaldson

Assistant coaches

  • Head of Scouting & Analytics – Steffen Sikora



updated 10 March 2023


Notes

References

  1. ^ "Cologne Centurions: Frank Roser nicht mehr Head Coach". ran.de (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Kahlil Carter Wird Neuer Head Coach In Köln". footbowl.de (in German). Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Former CFL player and assistant coach Kahlil Carter named head coach of Cologne Centurions". 3downnation.com. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
  4. ^ "ELF: 2023 Cologne Centurions – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.