2023 Rhein Fire season

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The 2023 Rhein Fire season is the second season of the new Rhein Fire team in the European League of Football from Düsseldorf, Germany. The franchise is building upon a solid previous season, missing the play-offs slightly. For this season, the Fire will compete in the new Western Conference with its rivals Cologne Centurions and Frankfurt Galaxy.


Preseason

After the 2022 post-season, the franchise announced the departure of former general manager Patricia Klemm for personal reasons and presented Tom Aust, former public relations manager of the old Rhein Fire.[1][2] Another big change in the coaching staff was the hire of the former Barcelona Dragons head coach Andrew Weidinger as the new offensive coordinator.[3]

Regular season

Standings

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Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1 Germany Rhein Fire 12 12 0 8–0 540 199 +341 W12 Automatic playoffs (#1)
2 Germany Frankfurt Galaxy 12 10 2 6–2 382 233 +149 L1 Advance to playoffs (#4)
3 France Paris Musketeers 12 6 6 4–4 320 277 +43 W4
4 Germany Hamburg Sea Devils 12 4 8 2–6 247 278 –31 L4
5 Germany Cologne Centurions 12 4 8 0–8 186 330 –144 L1

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Roster

Reference[4]

Rhein Fire (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  • 18 Jadrian Clark United States
  • 12 Rohat Dagdelen Germany
  • 16 Jan Leuker Germany

Running backs

  • 28 TJ Alexander Germany
  • 15 Giacomo De Pauli Germany
  •  6 Sergej Kendus Germany
  • 34 Noah Kölling Germany
  • 43 Patrick Poetsch FB Germany
  • 40 Tobias Reglinski Germany
  • 17 Glen Toonga United Kingdom

Wide receivers

  • 19 Achim Bah Germany
  • 80 Noah Gehring Germany
  • 29 Leon Höltker Germany
  • 81 Leon Kusterer Germany
  • 10 Harlan Kwofie Germany
  • 13 Jannik Lörcks Germany
  •  1 Anthony Mahoungou France
  • 84 Feli Manoka Belgium
  • 89 Jakob Neugebauer Germany
  • 84 Willie Patterson United States
  • 86 Nathaniel Robitaille United States
  •  8 Justin Schlesinger Germany

Tight ends

  • 87 Florian Eichhorn Germany
  • 83 Christopher Mielke Germany
  • 88 Marvin Pludra Germany
  • 82 Laurin Wiegand Germany
 Offensive linemen
  • 77 Sven Breidenbach T Germany
  • 75 Joachim Christensen Denmark
  • 79 Bemigho Eyimofe Germany
  • 60 Kevin Foitzik Germany
  • 66 Arnoud Holierhoek Netherlands
  • 62 Marius Mohr Germany
  • 74 Jan-Hendrik Koch Germany
  • 76 Jonathan Peppler Germany
  • 78 Yasir Raji Germany
  • 68 Nick Wiens G Germany
  • 71 Leander Wiegand Germany

Defensive linemen

  • 92 Eric Adam Germany
  • 97 Jason Chikere Germany
  • 90 Remy Feltes Germany
  •  3 Simon Gavanda Germany
  • 96 Samuel Kargel Germany
  • 99 Shamgar Owusu-Ankomah Germany
  • 94 Justus Sleiman Germany
  • 93 Julian Völker Germany
 Linebackers
  • 11 Alejandro Fernández Spain
  • 55 Luis Fiedler OLB Germany
  • 44 Marius Kensy Germany
  • 45 Martin Pinter France
  • 54 Maximilian Schmidt OLB Germany
  • 47 Niels Schroedter Germany
  • 26 Lino Schröter Germany
  • 31 Flamur Simon Germany
  • 42 Brian Snoek Germany
  • 41 Alexander Sobotta ILB Germany

Defensive backs

  •  5 Benjamin Barnes Germany
  • 36 Soyfan Dardour Germany
  • 38 Marvin Djomou Djopa Germany
  • 32 Daniel Duah CB Germany
  • 24 Koi Freeman United States
  •  9 Richard Grooten S Germany
  • 21 René Hanßen Germany
  •  7 Till Janssen Germany
  • 25 Lasse Meyer CB Germany
  • 22 TJ Morrison United States
  • 27 Max Richter Germany
  •  4 Jannik Seibel Germany
  • 20 Philip Stegemann Germany
  •  2 Omari Williams S United States

Special teams

  • 14 Maximillian Eisenhut K Germany
  • 30 Nils Schauerte P Germany
  • 33 Sebastian Van Sentan K Germany


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated November 22, 2023
6 A-import, 6 E-import, 60 homegrown
72 active

Transactions

From Cologne Centurions: Max Richter, Flamur Simon, Marius Kensy, Jannik Lörcks

From Barcelona Dragons: Alejandro Fernández

From Stuttgart Surge: Benjamin Barnes

Staff

Rhein Fire (ELF) staff

Front office

  • CEO – Martin Wagner
  • General manager – Tom Aust
  • President of football operations – Jim Tomsula
  • Director of administration - Detlef Reck
  • Director of operation & logistics - Mario Schulz
  • Director of player personnel – Timur Beckmann
  • Chief of staff - Frank Joachim
  • Cheer & Dance director – Nini Pohlmann

Head coach

  • Head coach – Jim Tomsula
  • Assistant head coach – Detlef Reck

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Andrew Weidinger
  • Quarterbacks – Allan Verbraeken
  • Running backs – Thorsten Estermann
  • Tight ends – Timur Beckmann
  • Offensive line – Erol Seval
  • Assistant offensive line – Sascha Spils
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Richard Kent
  • Defensive backs – Stephan Schacht
  • Assistant defensive backs – Jörg Mackenthun
  • Linebacker – Patrick Köpper
  • Assistant linebacker – Thomas Innig
  • Defensive line – Christian Heister
  • Assistant defensive line – Peter Schiefer

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator/Wide receivers – Mario Schulz




Staff updated March 14, 2023


Notes

References

  1. ^ Elias Hoffmann. "Aust Wird Nachfolger Von Klemm Als Fire GM". footbowl.de (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  2. ^ "Tom Aust spricht für den AFVD". prreport.de (in German). Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  3. ^ Carter Anderson. "ELF: Rhein Fire Sign Andrew Weidinger as Offensive Coordinator". AmericanFootballInternational.com. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  4. ^ "ELF: 2023 Rhein Fire – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.
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Rhein Fire
  • Founded in 2021
  • Based in Düsseldorf, Germany
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