2022 Berlin Thunder season

2022 Berlin Thunder (ELF) season
General manager	Diana Hoge[1]
Head coach	Johnny Schmuck
Home field	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
Results
Record	7 – 5
Conference place	2nd
Uniform

The 2022 Berlin Thunder season is the second season of the Berlin Thunder team in the European League of Football.

Preseason

The Berlin Thunder started to resign their players on October 21, 2021 for the 2022 ELF season with the signing of leading rusher Joc Crawford.[2] For this season the Berlin franchise introduced the league wide first season tickets for their home games.[3] In an episode of their own published podcast, the director of football operations Björn Werner confirmed to not hold any form of combine for the 2022 season [4]

Regular season

Standings

Northern Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Hamburg Sea Devils	12	11	1	0	6 – 0	424	160	264	W10	Advance to playoffs
2	Berlin Thunder	12	7	5	0	3 – 3	324	282	42	L1
3	Panthers Wrocław	12	5	7	0	2 – 4	287	305	−18	W1
4	Leipzig Kings	12	4	8	0	1 – 5	242	370	−128	W2

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent[A]	Result	Record	Venue	TV[B][C]	Recap
1	June 5	15:00	@ Hamburg Sea Devils	L 18 – 43	0 – 1	Stadion Hoheluft		[5]
2	June 11	15:00	Istanbul Rams	W 41 – 7	1 – 1	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	S Sport, ran.de, More Than Sports TV
3	June 19	15:00	@ Raiders Tirol	L 16 – 28	1 – 2	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	Zappn.tv, Puls24
4	June 26	15:00	Leipzig Kings	L 15 – 19	1 – 3	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de
5	July 2	15:00	@ Cologne Centurions	W 34 – 7	2 – 3	Südstadion	ran.de
6	July 10	15:00	Panthers Wrocław	W 31 – 25 (OT)	3 – 3	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de, Polsat Sport
7	July 17	15:00	@ Leipzig Kings	W 33 – 22	4 – 3	Bruno-Plache-Stadion	ran.de
8	July 24	bye
9	July 31	15:00	Cologne Centurions	W 39 – 29	5 – 3	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de
10	August 7	bye
11	August 14	15:00	@ Panthers Wrocław	W 29 – 12	6 – 3	Olympic Stadium Wrocław
12	August 21	15:00	Hamburg Sea Devils	L 17 – 39	6 – 4	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
13	August 27	15:00	@ Istanbul Rams	W 38 – 14	7 – 4	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
14	September 4	15:00	Raiders Tirol	L 1ß – 37	7 – 5	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Berlin Thunder (ELF) roster

	Quarterbacks  9 Joe Germinerio 18 Ian Gehrke WR Running backs  1 Joc Crawford  5 Giacomo DePauli 22 Albert Wiesigstrauch 24 Tim Schulz Wide receivers  6 Willi Dill  7 Robin Wilzeck 11 Bryan Zerbe 17 Emil Drossard 84 Kélian Mouliom 89 Philipp Schuhmann Tight ends 13 Yannis Binner 85 Nicolai Schumann WR 86 Tillman Bolk		Offensive linemen 51 Alper Peközer 52 Oleg Gerats 56 Connor Bolton 66 Lawrence Cornwall-Baptiste 69 Jannik Werblow 70 Tobias Rodlauer 71 Gideon Grabert 72 Maximilian Kempchen 73 Marcel Camenz 77 Max Bähr 79 Cedric Ouattara Defensive linemen  2 Stanley Zeregbe DE 45 Kyle Kitchens DE 44 Marcel Steffen DE 48 Falco Paris DE 50 Hamsa El-Zein DT 90 Ben Baierl DT 92 Tuna Hiller DT 95 Nick Rudloff DT 96 Marcel Behm DT 97 Kay Wagner DT 99 Michael Stark DT		Linebackers  8 Paul Seifert OLB 10 Baran Çelik ILB 14 Kevin Hummel OLB 27 Rayan Khefif ILB 30 Ludvig Myrén OLB 31 Simon Leinauer 40 Jeremy Sommerwerk ILB 55 Marius Markert ILB 80 Aaron Rosemann OLB Defensive backs  3 Arne Gehrt S  10 Dominique Shelton S 12 Alexander Karim Rushdy Stadahl CB 15 Moritz Thiele CB 19 Phillip Ruffin CB 20 Robby Kendall S 21 Amir Kilani S 23 Paul Fischer CB 33 Felix Mohlberg S Special teams 26 Jonas Schenderlein K/P				Practice squad   Luca Dohn OL Rookies in italics Roster updated 04 June 2022[6] 4 A-import, 8 E-import, 44 homegrown 55 active, 1 practice squad

Transactions

From Leipzig Kings: Kyle Kitchens (November 12, 2021)[7]

Staff

Berlin Thunder (ELF) staff

	Front office Owner – FBG Football Berlin GmbH CEO – Levon Melikian General Manager – Diana Hoge Director of football – Björn Werner Head of scouting/quality control – Henry Schlegel Head of operations – Marcus Döbler Head coach Head coach – Johnny Schmuck Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Johnny Schmuck Offensive assistant – Kyle Israel Quarterbacks – Darius Outlaw Running backs – Curtis Cooper Wide receivers – Elijah Pope Tight ends/fullbacks – Offensive line – Jörg Bauerfeind Assistant offensive line – Ron Bauerfeind Offensive assistant – Leeroy Foster			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Christopher Kuhfeldt Defensive line – Islam Abzorov Linebackers – Defensive backs – Simon Bohlmann Defensive assistant – Mario Baierl Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Jörg Bauerfeind Assistant coaches Mental coach – Fatima Yazici Strength and conditioning Head athletic coach – Christopher Kuhfeldt Staff updated 05 May 2022

Notes

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

1. "Erste Geschäftsführerin in der ELF: Hoge übernimmt Berlin Thunder". RAN.de (in German). Retrieved February 6, 2022.
2. "Instagram Post - Berlin Thunder". Berlin Thunder official Instagram. October 21, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
3. "Instagram Post - Berlin Thunder". Berlin Thunder official Instagram. December 1, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
4. "Berlin Thunder Podcast Episode 1" (Interview). Berlin Thunder Podcast Episode 1. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
5. "Gamebook week 1: Hamburg Sea Devils vs. Berlin Thunder".
6. "ELF Football Fans - Berlin Thunder roster". May 22, 2022.
7. "ELF-Star-Defender Kyle Kitchens: "Berlin ist wie Zuhause für mich"". TOUCHDOWN24 (in German). December 2, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.