2023 Raiders Tirol season

2023 Raiders Tirol season
General managerUlz Däuber
Head coachUnited States/Germany Kevin Herron
Home fieldTivoli Stadion Tirol
Uniform

The 2023 Raiders Tirol season is the second season of the Raiders Tirol team in the third season of the European League of Football. The semifinalist of last season was will compete again in the Central Conference, the first time without its longterm rival Vienna Vikings.

Preseason

After the departure of franchise legend Sean Shelton, retiring and becoming sporting director of the Munich Ravens, the organization was looking for a new franchise quarterback and found the Canadian Christion Strong of the German club Cologne Crocodiles.[1]

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1 Germany Stuttgart Surge 12 10 2 8–2 387 237 +150 W3 Automatic playoffs (#3)
2 Austria Raiders Tirol 12 8 4 8–2 307 230 +77 W1
3 Germany Munich Ravens 12 7 5 7–3 425 338 +87 W2
4 Switzerland Helvetic Guards 12 3 9 3–7 174 378 –204 L4
5 Italy Milano Seamen 12 2 10 2–8 328 497 –169 L3
6 Spain Barcelona Dragons 12 2 10 2–8 199 396 –197 L10

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference[2]

Raiders Tirol roster
Quarterbacks
  • 15 Stefan Maiacher
Austria
  • 17 Christian Strong
Canada

Running backs

  • 25 Tobias Bonatti
Austria
  • 24 Lukas Haslwanter
Austria
Austria

Wide receivers

  • 80 Fabian Abfalter
Austria
  • 10 Philipp Haun
Austria
  •  5 Jarvis McClam
United States
  •  6 Adrian Platzgummer
Austria
  • 11 Toni Rabensteiner
Italy
  •  4 Marco Schneider
Austria

Tight ends

  • 85 Markus Schaberl
Austria
  • 87 Richard Weber
Austria
Offensive linemen
  • 53 Jeffery Asare
Austria
  • 78 Daniel Fankhauser RG
Austria
  • 76 Tobias Haslehner
Austria
  • 71 Toby Lettman
United Kingdom
  • 59 Gerd Mitterdorfer C
Italy
Denmark
  • 72 Basil Weber
Switzerland
  • 79 Robert Wittmann
Austria

Defensive linemen

  • 91 Stanley Aronokhale
Austria
  • 90 Niklas Gustav
Germany
  • 93 Tinashe Jefferson Chawaguta DT
Austria
  • 97 Nicolas Melcher DE
Austria
  • 99 Jeol Maddock
Australia
  • 92 Laurynas Orlovicius DT
Lithuania
  • 96 Denis William Butz DT
Germany
Linebackers
  • 39 Sebastian Huber
Austria
  • 13 Lucky Ogbevoen OLB
Austria
  • 43 Precious Ogbevoen
Austria
  • 55 Julian Perfler ILB
Austria
  • 20 Patrick Pilger
Austria
  •  1 Ruben Seeber
Austria
  • 48 Philipp Timmermann OLB
Germany
  • 33 Tim Unger
Germany

Defensive backs

  • 21 Divine Buckrham
United States
  •  9 Thomas Kugler S
Germany
  • 18 Gregory Laday
United States
  •  3 Jan Mayerhofer S
Austria
  • 14 Jessey Mensah
Austria
  • 23 Vincent Müller CB
Austria
  •  8 Christoph Nitzlnader CB
Austria
  • 28 Fabian Raunig
Austria
  • 32 Matthias Rebl
Austria
  • 35 Clemens Voit
Austria

Special teams

  • 18 Niklas Sanin K
Austria


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 17 June 2023
4 A-import, 6 E-import, 36 homegrown
46 active

Transactions

From Frankfurt Galaxy: Ja'Len Embry
From Vienna Vikings: Sebastian Huber

Staff

Raiders Tirol staff

Front office

  • President – Elisabeth Swarovski
  • General Manager – Ulz Däuber
  • Team Manager – Paul-Philipp Lasch

Head coach

  • Head coach – Kevin Herron

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/wide receiver – Kyle Callahan
  • Quarterbacks – n/a
  • Running backs – Frank Roser
  • Tight ends – n/a
  • Offensive line – Dominik Bauer
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Malik Jackson
  • Linebacker – Simon Riedl
  • Defensive line – Eugen Kremser

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – n/a

Assistant coaches

  • Mental/breathwork choach – Frank Roser

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Andreas Pröller


Staff updated 23 March 2023


Notes

References

  1. ^ "Christian Strong folgt als Quarterback auf Sean Shelton". MeinBezirk.at (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
  2. ^ "ELF: 2023 Tirol Raiders – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International. 2023-05-25. Retrieved 2024-04-19.