2022 Berlin Thunder season

2022 Berlin Thunder (ELF) season
2022 Berlin Thunder (ELF) season
Head coach	Johnny Schmuck
General manager	Diana Hoge[1]
Home field	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
Uniform

The 2022 Berlin Thunder season is the second season of the Berlin Thunder team in the European League of Football.

Preseason

The Berlin Thunder started to resign their players on October 21, 2021 for the 2022 ELF season with the signing of leading rusher Joc Crawford.[2] For this season the Berlin franchise introduced the league wide first season tickets for their home games.[3] In an episode of their own published podcast, the director of football operations Björn Werner confirmed to not hold any form of combine for the 2022 season [4]

Regular season

Standings

Northern Conference
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	CONF	PF	PA	STK	Qualification
1	Berlin Thunder									Advance to playoffs
2	Hamburg Sea Devils									Best 2nd place advances
3	Leipzig Kings
4	Panthers Wrocław

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent[upper-alpha 1]	Result	Record	Venue	TV[upper-alpha 2]	Recap
1	June 5	15:00	@ Hamburg Sea Devils			Stadion Hoheluft
2	June 11	15:00	Istanbul Rams			Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
3	June 19	15:00	@ Raiders Tirol			Tivoli Stadion Tirol
4	June 26	15:00	Leipzig Kings			Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
5	July 2	15:00	@ Cologne Centurions			Südstadion
6	July 10	15:00	Panthers Wrocław			Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
7	July 17	15:00	@ Leipzig Kings			Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
8	July 24	bye
9	July 31	15:00	Cologne Centurions			Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
10	August 7	bye
11	August 14		@ Panthers Wrocław			Olympic Stadium Wrocław
12	August 21		Hamburg Sea Devils			Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
13	August 27		@ Istanbul Rams			Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
14	September 4		Raiders Tirol			Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

**2022 Berlin Thunder roster**

	Quarterbacks Ian Gehrke WR 🇩🇪 Joe Germinerio 🇺🇸 Running backs 1 Joc Crawford 🇺🇸 Giacomo DePauli 🇩🇪 Tim Schulz 🇩🇪 Albert Wiesigstrauch 🇩🇪 Wide receivers 11 Bryan Zerbe 🇫🇷 (non-E-imp) 17 Emil Drossard 🇩🇪 Willi Dill 🇩🇪 Kélian Mouliom 🇩🇪 Philipp Schuhmann 🇩🇪 Robin Wilzeck 🇩🇪 Tight ends 85 Nicolai Schumann WR 🇩🇪 86 Yannis Binner 🇩🇪 Tillman Bolk 🇩🇪		Offensive linemen 71 Gideon Grabert 🇩🇪 73 Marcel Camenz 🇩🇪 76 Florian Gerlach 🇩🇪 90 Cedric Ouattara 🇩🇪 Connor Bolton 🇬🇧 Lawrence Cornwall-Baptiste 🇬🇧 Alper Peközer 🇹🇷 Tobias Rodlauer 🇦🇹 Defensive linemen 44 Marcel Steffen 🇩🇪 48 Falco Paris 🇩🇪 50 Hamsa El-Zein 🇩🇪 92 Tuna Hiller DE 🇩🇪 94 Max Bähr 🇩🇪 95 Nick Rudloff 🇩🇪 96 Marcel Behm DT 🇩🇪 97 Kay Wagner 🇩🇪 Kyle Kitchens 🇺🇸 Ben Nauenburg 🇩🇪 Stanley Zeregbe DE 🇫🇷		Linebackers 8 Paul Seifert 🇩🇪 14 Kevin Hummel P 🇩🇪 Baran Çelik 🇩🇪 Rayan Khefif 🇫🇷 Simon Leinauer LS 🇩🇪 Ludvig Myrén 🇸🇪 Defensive backs 3 Arne Gehrt 🇩🇪 15 Moritz Thiele 🇩🇪 19 Phillip Ruffin CB 🇩🇪 25 Alexander Karim Rushdy Stadahl CB 🇩🇪 42 Paul Fischer CB 🇩🇪 Macéo Beard S 🇫🇷 Robby Kendall S 🇺🇸 Felix Mohlberg S 🇩🇪 Special teams 26 Jonas Schenderlein K 🇩🇪				Rookies in italics Roster updated 30 April 2022 4 A-import, 8 E-import, 36 homegrown 48 active

Transactions

From Leipzig Kings: Kyle Kitchens (November 12, 2021)[5]

Staff

**2022 Berlin Thunder staff**

	Front office Owner – FBG Football Berlin GmbH CEO – Levon Melikian General Manager – Diana Hoge Director of football – Björn Werner Head of scouting/quality control – Henry Schlegel Head of operations – Marcus Döbler Head coach Head coach – Johnny Schmuck Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Johnny Schmuck Quarterbacks – Darius Outlaw Running backs – Curtis Cooper Wide receivers – Elijah Pope Tight ends/fullbacks – Offensive line – Jörg Bauerfeind Assistant offensive line – Ron Bauerfeind Offensive assistant – Leeroy Foster			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Christopher Kuhfeldt Defensive line – Islam Nielsen Linebackers – Defensive backs – Simon Bohlmann Defensive assistant – Mario Baierl Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Jörg Bauerfeind Assistant coaches Mental coach – Fatima Yazici Strength and conditioning Head athletic coach – Christopher Kuhfeldt Staff updated 23 March 2022

Notes

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

References

"Erste Geschäftsführerin in der ELF: Hoge übernimmt Berlin Thunder". RAN.de (in German). Retrieved February 6, 2022.
"Instagram Post - Berlin Thunder". Berlin Thunder official Instagram. October 21, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
"Instagram Post - Berlin Thunder". Berlin Thunder official Instagram. December 1, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
"Berlin Thunder Podcast Episode 1" (Interview). Berlin Thunder Podcast Episode 1. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.
"ELF-Star-Defender Kyle Kitchens: "Berlin ist wie Zuhause für mich"". TOUCHDOWN24 (in German). December 2, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

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[5] Intra-Conference games are in bold text

[6] All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

[1] "Erste Geschäftsführerin in der ELF: Hoge übernimmt Berlin Thunder". RAN.de (in German). Retrieved February 6, 2022.

[2] "Instagram Post - Berlin Thunder". Berlin Thunder official Instagram. October 21, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

[3] "Instagram Post - Berlin Thunder". Berlin Thunder official Instagram. December 1, 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-12-26. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

[4] "Berlin Thunder Podcast Episode 1" (Interview). Berlin Thunder Podcast Episode 1. December 2, 2021. Retrieved December 5, 2021.

[7] "ELF-Star-Defender Kyle Kitchens: "Berlin ist wie Zuhause für mich"". TOUCHDOWN24 (in German). December 2, 2021. Retrieved February 7, 2022.