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

Central Conference
Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Germany Stuttgart Surge121028–2387237+150W3Automatic playoffs (#3)
2Austria Raiders Tirol12848–2307230+77W1
3Germany Munich Ravens12757–3425338+87W2
4Switzerland Helvetic Guards12393–7174378–204L4
5Italy Milano Seamen122102–8328497–169L3
6Spain Barcelona Dragons122102–8199396–197L10

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference[2]

2023 Raiders Tirol roster
Quarterbacks
  • 15 Stefan Maiacher Austria
  • 17 Christian Strong Canada

Running backs

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
  • 74 Steven Nielsen Denmark
  • 72 Basil Weber Switzerland
  • 79 Robert Wittmann Austria

Defensive linemen

  • 91 Stanley Aronokhale Austria
  • 90 Niklas Gustav DE/LS 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 ILB/P Austria
  • 48 Philipp Timmermann OLB Germany
  • 33 Tim Unger OLB/K 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

2023 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.
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