2023 Berlin Thunder (ELF) season
General managerDiana Hoge
Head coachGermany Johnny Schmuck
Home fieldFriedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

The 2023 Berlin Thunder season is the third season of the Berlin Thunder team in the European League of Football.

Preseason

After missing the play-offs in the last game of 2022, the franchise extended the contracts of head coach Johnny Schmuck and defensive coordinator Christopher Kuhfeldt.[1] The first roster move of the season was resigning team and league defensive player of the 2022 season Kyle Kitchens.[2] Homegrown talent Max Zimmermann (Canadian football) was the first new signing for the Berlin Thunder.[3]

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Austria Vienna Vikings1212010–0414180+234W12Automatic playoffs (#2)
2Germany Berlin Thunder12847–3378188+190W2 Advance to playoffs (#5)
3Poland Panthers Wrocław12847–3385221+164W2Advance to playoffs (#6)
4Hungary Fehérvár Enthroners12393–7218424–206L2
5Germany Leipzig Kings122102–8189387–198L9
6Czech Republic Prague Lions121111–9155441–286L7

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[upper-alpha 1] Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 2][upper-alpha 3] Recap
1 Sat, June 3 17:00 @ Fehérvár Enthroners W 36–3 1–0 First Field 1
2 Sun, June 11 13:00 Vienna Vikings L 24–27 1–1 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 2
3 Sun, June 18 16:25 Panthers Wrocław W 36–27 2–1 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 3
4 Sun, June 25 16:25 @ Hamburg Sea Devils Stadion Hoheluft
5 Sun, July 2 14:30 @ Leipzig Kings Bruno-Plache-Stadion
6 Sun, July 9 13:00 Fehérvár Enthroners Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
7 Sun, July 16 13:00 @ Prague Lions eFotbal Arena
8 Sat, July 22 18:00 @ Vienna Vikings Hohe Warte Stadium
9 July 29/30 bye
10 August 5/6 bye
11 Sun, August 13 16:25 Prag Lions Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
12 Sat, August 19 17:00 @ Panthers Wrocław Olympic Stadium Wrocław
13 Sun, August 27 13:00 Leipzig Kings Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
14 Sun, September 3 13:00 Hamburg Sea Devils Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

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

Roster

Reference[4]

Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 20 Albert Ahmad Khalife Germany
  • 48 Bola Moussa FB Germany
  • 24 Tim Schulz Germany
  •   Jeremy Sommerwerk Germany
  • 22 Albert Wiesigstrauch Germany

Wide receivers

  • 17 Emil Drossard Germany
  •  4 Aaron Jackson United States
  • 12 Bais Kouanda Germany
  • 84 Maurice Rothenburg Germany
  • 82 Oliver Schmidt Germany
  •  7 Robin Wilzeck Germany
  •  5 Max Zimmermann Germany

Tight ends

  •   Yannis Binner Germany
  • 85 Nicolai Schumann Germany
Offensive linemen
  •   Malik Ahmad Germany
  • 74 Daniel Binternagel Germany
  • 76 Marcel Camenz Germany
  • 66 Lawrence Cornwall-Baptiste United Kingdom
  • 71 Gideon Grabert Germany
  • 75 Felix Lepper Germany
  • 72 Max Locke Germany
  • 79 Cedric Ouattara Germany
  • 70 Tobias Rodlauer Austria
  • 78 Philipp Weltzien Germany
  • 69 Jannik Werblow Germany

Defensive linemen

  • 90 Ben Baierl DT Germany
  • 93 Christer Berg DT Finland
  • 44 Rick Baunacke DT Germany
  • 50 Hamsa El-Zein Germany
  •  1 Emil Hovde Sweden
  • 99 Aaron Große Kleimann Germany
  • 45 Kyle Kitchens DE United States
  • 98 Fabian Tchuda Germany
Linebackers
  • 18 Fery Bogard Germany
  • 41 Giancarlo Boone Germany
  • 53 Niclas Klopsch Germany
  • 55 Marius Markert ILB Germany
  • 11 Ludvig Myrén OLB Sweden
  •  6 Simon Sperner Germany
  •  8 Paul Seifert OLB Germany
  • 25 Moritz Teuchert Germany

Defensive backs

  • 31 Will Dill Germany
  •  2 Rico Geyer Germany
  •  3 Arne Gehrt S Germany
  •  9 Jonas Gacek Germany
  • 32 Viljo Lempinen Finland
  • 33 Felix Mohlberg S Germany
  • 30 Alex Spillum S United States
  • 15 Moritz Thiele CB Germany

Special teams

  • 26 Jonas Schenderlein K/P Germany


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 15 March 2023

52 active

Staff

Front office

  • Owner – FBG Football Berlin GmbH
  • CEO – Levon Melikian
  • General Manager – Diana Hoge
  • Director of football – Björn Werner
  • Head of operations – Marcus Döbler

Head coach

  • Head coach – Johnny Schmuck

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Henry Schlegel
  • Quarterbacks – Darius Outlaw
  • Running backs – Curtis Cooper
  • Wide receivers/tight ends/fullbacks – Elijah Pope
  • Offensive line – Ron Bauerfeind
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Christopher Kuhfeldt
  • Assis. DC and defensive backs – José Schmitt
  • Defensive line – Mario Baierl
  • Linebackers – Simon Bohlmann

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Jörg Bauerfeind

Assistant coaches

  • Offensive assistant – Kyle Israel
  • Mental coach – Fatima Yazici

Strength and conditioning

  • Head athletic coach – Christopher Kuhfeldt


Staff updated 24 April 2023

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. "Instagram: Easy choice". 12 September 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. Sven Schüer (1 December 2022). "SHELTON, KITCHENS UND CO. - WO HABEN DIE ALL-STARS UNTERSCHRIEBEN?". Touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. "Max Zimmermann - Foot Bowl". footbowl.eu (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  4. "ELF: 2023 Berlin Thunder – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.
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