2022 Cologne Centurions season

2022 Cologne Centurions (ELF) season
General manager	David Drane
Head coach	Frank Roser
Home field	Südstadion
Results
Record	3 – 9
Division place	3rd
Uniform

The 2022 Cologne Centurions season is the second season of the new Cologne Centurions team in the European League of Football.

Preseason

After the contract of head coach Kirk Heidelberg wasn't extended, the Cologne Centurions secured the services of Frank Roser.[1][2] In September 2021, their league MVP Madre London re-signed with the Centurions for the 2022 season.[3] However, in March 2022, he joined the Pittsburgh Maulers of the United States Football League ahead of the league's inaugural season.[4]

Regular season

Standings

Southern Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Barcelona Dragons	12	8	4	0	5–1	364	225	139	L2	Advance to playoffs
2	Rhein Fire	12	7	5	0	4–2	346	314	32	L1
3	Cologne Centurions	12	3	9	0	2–4	301	473	−172	W1
4	Istanbul Rams	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 4	17:00	Istanbul Rams	W 40 – 38	1 – 0	Südstadion	S Sport, ran.de, Arena4+	[5]
2	June 11	15:00	Raiders Tirol	W 49 – 46	2 – 0	Südstadion
3	June 18	18:00	@ Barcelona Dragons	L 32 – 34	2 – 1	Estadi Municipal de Reus	Esport3
4	June 25	17:00	Frankfurt Galaxy	L 12 – 48	2 – 2	Südstadion	ran.de
5	July 2	15:00	Berlin Thunder	L 7 – 34	2 – 3	Südstadion	ran.de
6	July 10	15:00	@ Rhein Fire	L 3 – 17	2 – 4	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
7	July 17	15:00	@ Frankfurt Galaxy	L 14 – 46	2 – 5	PSD Bank Arena	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de, Arena4+
8	July 24	bye
9	July 30	15:00	@ Berlin Thunder	L 29 – 39	2 – 6	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	ProSieben MAXX, ran.de
10	August 7	bye
11	August 13	17:00	Barcelona Dragons	L 15 – 37	2 – 7	Südstadion	Esport3
12	August 21	15:00	@ Raiders Tirol	L 20 – 45	2 – 8	Tivoli Stadion Tirol
13	August 27	17:00	Rhein Fire	L 37 – 59	2 – 9	Südstadion
14	September 3	15:00	@ Istanbul Rams	W 43 – 30	3 – 9	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	S Sport

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Cologne Centurions (ELF) roster

	Quarterbacks  6 Jannik Nowak  7 Alexander Frisch 12 Jan Weinreich 16 Tobias Jarmuzek Running backs  8 Dean Tanwani 33 Toby Nick 41 Denis Dauben Wide receivers  1 Quinten Pounds  5 Paul Lenhardt 10 Justin Schelsinger 11 Noah Aarass 13 Jannik Loercks 17 André Dickmeis 18 Louis Geyer 81 Valentin Rödiger 85 Michael Ofosuhene 88 Shida Wang WR		Offensive linemen 56 Firat Aybek G 59 Anton Glusancov 60 Kevin Foitzik C/G 65 Leon Savvas Michailidis 66 Marius Faust 71 Leander Wiegand 72 Matej Bencek T 73 Fabian Kratz 74 Jan-Hendrik Koch T 76 Niklas Meiworm 78 Fred Weinreich [6] Defensive linemen  3 Julian Völker DE  6 Benjo Cerimagic DE 46 Mark Scherenberg DE 52 Alexander Boes DT 90 Arkady Naus DE 94 Chris Richardson Jr. DT 95 Jahn Jesus Lara Perez DE 97 Janek Wenke DE 99 Junior De Souza Briele DT		Linebackers  2 Tufan Yagmur ILB  9 Sydney Kenea Amadu ILB 30 Matthias Banjaqui OLB 44 Marius Kensy 47 Niklas Liesen 54 Maximilian Oebels ILB 55 Nikodem Henrik ILB 57 Flamur Simon OLB Defensive backs  4 Kalon Beverly CB 19 Waheed Bhikh CB 20 Jan Mika Hesseln 21 Sango-Erume Vogel CB 22 Paul Steffen 23 Ibrahim Eldewieh CB 27 Lucas Richter S 29 Efekan Akgün CB 31 Dani Lamy CB 32 Chad Walrond S   Marvin Djopa Special teams 15 Jens Appelt P/K				Reserve lists 14 Ramin Akhlaghi WR (IR) 58 Lennart Weitz OLB (IR) 87 Laurin Wiegand TE (IR)   Marius Riepe CB (IR) Rookies in italics Roster updated 25 June 2022[7] 3 A-import, 9 E-import, 48 homegrown 60 active

Transactions

From Stuttgart Surge: Louis Geyer (February 21, 2022)

Staff

Cologne Centurions (ELF) staff

	Front office CEO – Tillmann Stracke General Manager – David Drane Personnel coordinator – Scouting coordinator – Director of scouting administration – Director of football/head coach administration – Scouting consultant – Head coach Head coach – Frank Roser Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Frank Roser Running backs – Reginald Seabreeze Wide receivers – Philipp Naßan Tight ends – Chris Lihs Offensive line – Shajan Nagatholy			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Javan Lenhardt Linebacker – Eric Maddox Assistant linebacker – Gerson Santos Defensive line – Simon Gavanda Assistant defensive line – Jörn Scholl Defensive backs – Remo Schatz Assistant defensive backs – Stephan Schacht Special teams coaches Special teams – Chris Lihs Assistant special teams – Jörn Scholl Assistant coaches Coaching assistant – Mehdi Amiri Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Kevin Speer Assistant strength and conditioning – Lorenz Petri updated 28 March 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. @CenturionsCGN (13 October 2021). "The Cologne Centurions sign Frank Roser as new Head Coach and Offense Coordinator for the 2022 season.…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. "ELF: Frank Roser ist neuer Coach bei Cologne Centurions". RAN.de (in German). 13 October 2021.
3. Malchow, Alex (September 22, 2021). "ELF's top RB, Madre London, re-signs with Cologne Centurions". American Football International. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
4. Lyons, Matt (April 1, 2022). "European League of Football (ELF) MVP Madre London Signs With USFL's Pittsburgh Maulers". CFL News Hub. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
5. "Gamebook Week 1: Istanbul Rams @Cologne Centurions".
6. @CenturionsCGN (29 November 2021). "Ich kumm us dä Stadt met K un bleibe do! ❤️🤍 "Fred is a hard nose type of Guard who brings a lot to the team. He…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
7. "ELF-Saisonvorschau Teil 2: Was können die neuen Teams 2022?". touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.