2022 Vienna Vikings season
Head coachUnited States Chris Calaycay
Home fieldGenerali Arena Vienna
Results
Record10 – 2
Conference place1st
Playoff finishwon Championship Game vs. Hamburg Sea Devils 27 – 15
Uniform

The 2022 Vienna Vikings season is the inaugural season of the newly formed Vienna Vikings team in the second season of the European League of Football.

Preseason

After being introduced as one of the 2022 expansion teams, the Vikings announced on October 19, 2021 to continue with Chris Calaycay as a head coach.[1] In November, the Vikings held their first ELF Combine on November 6, 2021 and there after signed the first player with Luis Horvath.[2] The first notable acquisition is the signing of former Clemson Tigers wide receiver Diondre Overton.[3] He then was drafted for the 2022 USFL season by the Philadelphia Stars (2022).[4]

On February 12, 2022 the management of the Vienna Vikings announced that they will play all their home games of this season in one of the most modern stadiums of the league with the Generali Arena Vienna.[5] Before the season, the team had a combined training camp and a friendly scrimmage with the Leipzig Kings.[6]

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Austria Vienna Vikings1210205–1352209143L1Advance to playoffs
2Austria Raiders Tirol128403–3418229189W1Best 2nd place advances
3Germany Frankfurt Galaxy128404–2386247139W2
4Germany Stuttgart Surge1201200–6113451−338L12

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[upper-alpha 1] Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 2][upper-alpha 3] Recap
1 June 5 15:00 @ Raiders Tirol W 29 – 23 1 – 0 Tivoli Stadion Tirol Puls24, Zappn.tv
2 June 12 15:00 Frankfurt Galaxy W 30 – 10 2 – 0 Generali Arena Vienna Puls24, Zappn.tv
3 June 19 15:00 Stuttgart Surge W 42 – 13 3 – 0 Generali Arena Vienna Zappn.tv
4 June 25 18:00 @ Istanbul Rams W 49 – 0 4 – 0 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport, Zappn.tv
5 July 3 15:00 Panthers Wrocław W 30 – 6 5 – 0 Generali Arena Vienna Polsat Sport, Puls24, Zappn.tv
6 July 9 18:00 @ Barcelona Dragons W 27 – 20 6 – 0 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3, Puls24, Zappn.tv, More Than Sports TV
7 July 17 bye
8 July 24 15:00 Raiders Tirol W 29 – 13 7 – 0 Generali Arena Vienna Puls24, Zappn.tv
9 July 30 15:00 @ Stuttgart Surge W 41 – 0 8 – 0 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
10 August 7 bye
11 August 14 15:00 @ Frankfurt Galaxy L 8 – 42 8 – 1 PSD Bank Arena
12 August 21 15:00 Istanbul Rams W 37 – 22 9 – 1 Generali Arena Vienna S Sport
13 August 28 15:00 Barcelona Dragons W 24 – 18 10 – 1 Generali Arena Vienna Esport3
14 September 4 15:00 @ Panthers Wrocław L 6 – 42 10 – 2 Wrocław Olympic Stadion Polsat Sport

Source: europeanleague.football Archived 2022-05-28 at the Wayback Machine

Roster

Quarterbacks

Running backs

  •  3 Florian Wegan Austria
  • 33 Kende Ráthonyi Hungary

Wide receivers

  •  4 Jordan Bouah Italy
  •  5 Anton Wegan Austria
  •  6 Mike Breuler United States
  • 11 Felix Reisacher Austria
  • 17 Kimi Linnainmaa Finland
  • 19 Nikolaus Rabitsch Austria

Tight ends

  •  8 Adrià Botella Moreno Spain
  • 15 Rudi-Lee Frey Austria
Offensive linemen
  • 56 Matthew Daltrey C United Kingdom
  • 57 Michael Haider LG Austria
  • 61 Aleksandar Milanovic LT Austria
  • 66 Niklas Johansson Sweden
  • 71 Lukas Holub RT Austria
  • 77 Toby Lettman United Kingdom
  • 74 Benjamin Bierbaumer Austria
  • 79 Benjamin Rab RG Austria
  • Karl-Frederik Johansson Sweden

Defensive linemen

  •  1 Leon Balogh DE Austria
  • 46 Vito Millauer DE Austria
  • 47 Blake Nelson DE United States
  • 52 Oskar Kranich DE Austria
  • 75 Florian Sudi DT Austria
  • 90 Moritz Schmahel DT Austria
  • 91 Dominic Siegel DE Germany
  • 92 Marvin Wappl DT Austria
  • 94 Florian Grünsteidl DT Austria
  • 99 Maximilian Müllner DT Austria
Linebackers
  • 39 Sebastian Huber OLB Austria
  • 40 Thomas Schnurrer ILB Austria
  • 42 Moritz Elmauthaler ILB Austria
  • 44 Leon Huber ILB Austria
  • 49 Alex Watholowitsch ILB Austria

Defensive backs

  •  7 Exavier Edwards S United States
  • 21 Leo Gerner CB Austria
  • 22 Christoph Kellner CB Austria
  • 23 Benjamin Straight S AustriaUnited States
  • 27 Nikolaus Huszar CB Austria
  • 32 Luis Horvath S Austria
  • 36 Fabio Zvonimir Tartarotti CB Austria
  • 37 Sebastian Wimmer CB Austria

Special teams

  •  2 Dennis Tasic K Austria
  • 16 Sebastian Daum P Austria
  • 20 Oskar Herz K Austria
Reserve lists
  • 24 Florian Albrecht CB (IR) Austria
  • 89 Florian Bierbaumer WR (IR) Austria
  •   Weston Carr WR (IR) United States
  •   Raoul Hrouda WR (IR) Austria
  •   Dustin Illetschko LB (IR) Austria
  •   Florian Jobst CB (IR) Austria
  •   Clemens Walz OL (IR) Austria


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 25 June 2022[7]
6 A-import, 9 E-import, 38 homegrown
46 active, 7 inactive

Transactions

From Hamburg Sea Devils: Adrià Botella Moreno (December 20, 2021)

Staff

Front office

  • Owners – Constantin Burkheiser, Markus Kraetschmer,
    Robin Lumsden, AFC Dacia Vienna Vikings e.V.
  • President – Karl Wurm
  • Vice president – Michael Holub
  • General Manager – Lukas Leitner

Head coach

  • Head coach – Chris Calaycay
  • Assistant head coach – Max Kössler

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Danny Mitchell
  • Assistant offensive coach – Jochen Adler
  • Running backs – Ariel Back
  • Wide receivers/tight ends – Max Kössler
  • Offensive line – Thomas Tippold
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/linebacker – Daniel Auböck
  • Assistant defensive coach – Waleri Teplyi
  • Assistant defensive coach – Özgür Söztekin
  • Defensive line – Benjamin Sobotka
  • Defensive backs – Lukas Habersack

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Lukas Habersack

Assistant coaches

  • Video assistant – Caspar Prill

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Christoph Putz


updated 27 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. "Vikings-Coach für ELF fixiert: Calaycay bleibt an Bord". Heute (in German). October 19, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  2. "Vikings stellen Neuzugänge von der AFL-Konkurrenz vor". Football-Austria (in German). November 24, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  3. "Former Tiger inks with new professional team". The Clemson Insider. November 27, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  4. "Former Clemson WR selected by USFL team". TigerNet. February 22, 2022. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  5. "Vikings sorgen für internationale Spiele in der Generali Arena". Kurier (in German). February 12, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  6. "ELF: Leipzig Kings visit Vienna for scrimmage against Vienna Vikings". AmericanFootballInternational.com. May 26, 2022. Retrieved May 27, 2022.
  7. "ELF-Saisonvorschau Teil 3: Wer ist der Topfavorit auf den Titel?". touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.
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