2022 Istanbul Rams season

The 2022 Istanbul Rams season is the first season of the Istanbul Rams team in the second season of the European League of Football.

2022 Istanbul Rams season
Head coach Val Gunn
Home fieldMaltepe Hasan Polat Stadium


Preseason

After announcing the participation in the ELF and changing their name to Istanbul Rams, they presented their head coach Val Gunn at the October 20, 2021.[1][2] Further additions to the coaching staff followed suit. The first player signings were introduced on November 2, 2021 with Zachary Blair.[3] The Rams combine was held on the November 22, 2021.[4]

Regular season

Standings
Southern Conference
Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA STK Qualification
1 Barcelona DragonsAdvance to playoffs
2 Cologne CenturionsBest 2nd place advances
3 Istanbul Rams
4 Rhein Fire

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule
Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[upper-alpha 1] Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 2] Recap
1 June 4 18:00 @ Cologne Centurions Südstadion
2 June 11 15:00 @ Berlin Thunder Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
3 June 19 15:00 @ Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
4 June 25 18:00 Vienna Vikings Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
5 July 2 18:00 @ Barcelona Dragons Estadi Municipal de Reus
6 July 9 15:00 Hamburg Sea Devils Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
7 July 18 bye
8 July 23 15:00 Barcelona Dragons Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
9 July 30 15:00 @ Hamburg Sea Devils Stadion Hoheluft
10 August 7 bye
11 August 13 Rhein Fire Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
12 August 21 @ Vienna Vikings Generali-Arena Vienna
13 August 27 Berlin Thunder Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
14 September 3 Cologne Centurions Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster
2022 Istanbul Rams roster
Quarterbacks
  •   Jared Stegman

Running backs

Wide receivers

  •   Muneyuki Kinoshita
  •   Kris Wedderburn

Tight ends


 Offensive linemen
  •   Sebastian Arenas

Defensive linemen

  •   Najee Mundicha
Linebackers
  •   Zachary Blair

Defensive backs

  •   Noah Allsten
  •   Jamarii Milliken
  •   Chad Walrond



Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 16 February 2022 [5]
4 A-import, 6 E-import
10 active

Staff
2022 Istanbul Rams staff

Front office

  • Owner – Koç Holding
  • General Manager – Val Gunn
  • Scouting coordinator –
  • Football operations manager – Doruk Örnekci
  • Gameday manager – Tezcan Kayalar
  • Import liaison officer – Can Batuk

Head coach

  • Head coach – Val Gunn
  • Assistant head coach – Mert Pala

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/wide receivers – Alex Burdette
  • Quarterbacks – Mert Pala
  • Running backs – Matt Lawson
  • Assistant running backs – Enes Üzümcü
  • Assistant wide receivers – Erkin Palaz
  • Tight ends/fullbacks –
  • Offensive line –
  • Assistant offensive line – Sınan Erışen
  • Assistant offensive line – Tuan Berk Kılıçoğlu
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/linebacker – Phillip Gremaud
  • Assistant linebacker – Batur Kaplan
  • Assistant linebacker – Erhan Batuk
  • Defensive line – Kasey Crosby
  • Assistant defensive line – Batuhan Kamalıoğlu
  • Defensive backs - Andre Whyte
  • Assistant defensive backs – Kerim Uzun

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Mert Pala
  • Assistant special teams –

Assistant coaches

  • Coaching assistant –

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning –
  • Assistant strength and conditioning –


updated 28 March 2022

Notes
  1. Intra-Conference games are in bold text
  2. All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

References
  1. @ELF_Official (October 20, 2021). "Rams appoint Val Gunn as head coach for 2022" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09 – via Twitter.
  2. "The international presence grows stronger at the AFCA convention". AmericanFootballInternational.com. January 13, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  3. @IstanbulRams (November 2, 2021). "Zach Blair will be starring for the Istanbul Rams defense in 2022" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09 – via Twitter.
  4. @IstanbulRams (November 22, 2021). "Thank you to all players who attended the ELF combine!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09 – via Twitter.
  5. https://www.instagram.com/istanbul_rams/?hl=tr
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