2022 Barcelona Dragons (ELF) season
Head coachAndrew Weidinger
Home fieldEstadi Municipal
Results
Record8 – 4
Division place1st
Playoff finishlost Semifinal vs. Vienna Vikings 12 – 39
Uniform

The 2022 Barcelona Dragons season is the second season of the new Barcelona Dragons team in the European League of Football.

Preseason

After a moderate first season, their head coach Adam Rita announced, that he will not return to Barcelona and will become the new head coach of the Catania Elephants.[1][2] On November 15, 2021 the franchise announced the re-signing of their first player with local hero Àlex González and later their first transfer with the signing of Eduardo Sánchez from the Panthers Wrocław.[3][4] Furthermore, the management came to an agreement with the municipality Reus to use their stadion for the 2022 and 2023 season.[5] On March 10, 2022 Andrew Weidinger was presented as the new head coach.[6]

Regular season

Standings

Southern Conference
Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Spain Barcelona Dragons128405–1364225139L2Advance to playoffs
2Germany Rhein Fire127504–234631432L1
3Germany Cologne Centurions123902–4301473−172W1
4Turkey Istanbul Rams1211101–5210499−289L5

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[upper-alpha 1] Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 2][upper-alpha 3] Home Attendance
1 June 5 15:00 @ Stuttgart Surge W 38 – 9 1 – 0 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Esport3
2 June 12 15:00 @ Hamburg Sea Devils W 24 – 21 2 – 0 Stadion Hoheluft Esport3, ran.de
ProSieben MAXX
3 June 18 18:00 Cologne Centurions W 34 – 32 3 – 0 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3 980
4 June 26 15:00 @ Rhein Fire W 17 – 13 4 – 0 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Esport3
5 July 2 18:00 Istanbul Rams W 41 – 7 5 – 0 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3 957
6 July 9 18:00 Vienna Vikings L 20 – 27 5 – 1 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3, Puls24, Zappn.tv, More Than Sports TV 1312
7 July 18 bye
8 July 23 15:00 @ Istanbul Rams L 19 – 22 5 – 2 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium Esport3
9 July 30 18:00 Rhein Fire W 33 – 23 6 – 2 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3 1043
10 August 7 bye
11 August 13 17:00 @ Cologne Centurions W 37 – 15 7 – 2 Südstadion Esport3
12 August 20 18:00 Stuttgart Surge W 62 – 8 8 – 2 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3 897
13 August 28 15:00 @ Vienna Vikings L 18 – 24 8 – 3 Generali-Arena Vienna Esport3
14 September 3 18:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 21 – 24 8 – 4 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3 963

Source: europeanleague.football

Play-offs

Semifinals Championship Game
      
1 Germany Hamburg Sea Devils 19
4 Austria Tirol Raiders 7
1 Germany Hamburg Sea Devils 15
2 Austria Vienna Vikings 27
2 Austria Vienna Vikings 39
3 Spain Barcelona Dragons 12

Attendance

As of September 04, 2022
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
11 Barcelona Dragons 6,152 1,312 897 1,025 −11.9%†
League total 230,391 12,055 300 3,200 +77.5%†

Source:

Roster

2022 Barcelona Dragons roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Zach Edwards United States
  •  14 Sergio Barbero Spain
  •  OUT Bartolome Flaquer Spain

Running backs

  •  3 Adrián Jiménez Spain
  • 21 Antoni Montón Spain
  • 34 Elías Rodríguez Spain

Wide receivers

  • 12 Benjamin Plu France
  • 15 Mario Flores Spain
  • 17 Kyle Sweet United States
  • 80 Jordi Torrededia Spain
  • 82 Guillem Visent Spain
  • 88 Roque Alarcón Spain
  • 85 Arnau Casamor Spain
  • OUT Luis Sanchez Spain

Tight ends

  • 24 Javier Castañón Spain
  • 87 Igor Mašlanka Slovenia
  • OUT Ruben Quintana Spain
 Offensive linemen
  • 60 Celestin Ngimbi Spain
  • 64 Elvys Núñez Spain
  • 70 Mikel Gómez Spain
  • 68 Alan Mark Sousa Spain
  • 72 Jose Ariza Spain
  • 77 Gabriel Rodríguez Spain
  • 79 Eduardo Sánchez Spain
  • 65 Miguel Angel Kabankaya Spain
  • OUT Mathias Hummelmose Denmark

Defensive linemen

  • 11 Alejandro Fernández DE Spain
  • 73 Sebastian Bowen DT Spain
  • 99 Yago Rivero DE Spain
  • 98 Edwin Elio DT France
  • 90 Daniel Franco DT Spain
  • 93 Alberto Del Cerro DE Spain
  • 52 Michael Sam DE United States
  • OUT Junior Varela DT Spain
  • OUT Aron Sola DE Spain
 Linebackers
  •  7 Anthony Rodrigues OLB France
  • 10 Cesare Brugnani OLB Spain
  • 43 Víctor Albarracín ILB Spain
  • 45 Álex "Posito" González ILB Spain
  • 49 Sebastián Castañer ILB Spain
  • 55 Adrián Novella ILB Spain
  • OUT Joel Cabre LB Spain

Defensive backs

  •  4 Jairus Moll CB United States
  •  5 Jorge Félix Velasco S Spain
  • 13 Joan Carles Bartra S Spain
  • 20 Lucas Masero CB Spain
  • 22 Lautaro Frecha S 🇦🇷
  • 23 Jordi Brugnani CB Spain
  • 25 Niko Lester FS 🇩🇪
  • 26 Cesar Sawane CB Spain
  • 27 Andy Vera CB Spain
  • OUT Shawn Wilson CB United States

Special teams

Practice squad

  • 42 Raúl Hernández TE Spain


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 23 June 2022[7]
4 A-import, 7 E-import, 37 homegrown
47 active, 1 practice squad


Awards

ELF Honors 2022 Awards

Player Position Award
Andrew Weidinger United StatesHCCoach of the year
Kyle Sweet United StatesWROffensive Player of the year

ELF All Stars Awards

Player Position Award
Kyle Sweet United StatesWRAll Stars 1st Team
Alejandro Fernandez SpainEdgeAll Stars 1st Team
Zach Edwards United StatesQBAll Stars 2nd Team
Michael Sam United StatesEdgeAll Stars 2nd Team

ELF Honors 2022. Nominees

Player Position Award
Zach Edwards United StatesQBSeason MVP
Andrew Weidinger United StatesHCCoach of the year
Zach Edwards United StatesQBOffensive Player of the year
Kyle Sweet United StatesWROffensive Player of the year
Alejandro Fernandez SpainDEDefensive Player of the year

MVP of the Week

Week Player Position Team Stat
2Zach Edwards United StatesQBBarcelona Dragons3 TD, 1 Int, 202 Yds passing, 108 Yds rushing
12Zach Edwards United StatesQBBarcelona Dragons7 TD, 0 Int, 321 Yds passing, 67,7 % pass comp

ELF Stats Leaders. Regular Season

Player Position Stat Value
Zach Edwards United StatesQBPasses Completed255
Zach Edwards United StatesQBPassing Yards3325
Zach Edwards United StatesQBPassing TD36
Zach Edwards United StatesQBLongest TD Pass (yds)95
Kyle Sweet United StatesWRReceptions115
Kyle Sweet United StatesWRTargets164
Kyle Sweet United StatesWRReceiving Yards1561
Kyle Sweet United StatesWRReceiving TDs17
Alejandro Fernandez SpainDESack Yards137
Alejandro Fernandez SpainDEForced Fumbles7
Alejandro Fernandez SpainDEFumbles Recovered3
Niko Lester GermanySLongest Interception (yds)97

NFL International Combine 2022 (IPPP)

Player Position Nationality
Alejandro FernandezDESpain
Gabriel RodriguezOLSpain

Statistics

Team Leaders. Regular Season

Offensive

Player Position Stat Value ELF Rk
Zach Edwards United StatesQBPasses Completed255#1
Zach Edwards United StatesQBPassing Yards3325#1
Zach Edwards United StatesQBPassing TD36#1
Zach Edwards United StatesQBQB Rating101.02#4
Zach Edwards United StatesQBRushing Att98#11
Zach Edwards United StatesQBRushing Yards549#6
Zach Edwards United StatesQBRushing TDs4#12
Kyle Sweet United StatesWRReceptions115#1
Kyle Sweet United StatesWRTargets164#1
Kyle Sweet United StatesWRReceiving Yards1561#1
Kyle Sweet United StatesWRReceiving TDs17#1

Defensive

Player Position Stat Value ELF Rk
Alex "Posito" Gonzalez SpainLBTackles Total79#16
Anthony Rodrigues FranceLBTackles Solo52#8
Alex "Posito" Gonzalez SpainLBTackles Ast30#23
Alejandro Fernandez SpainDESacks15.5#2
Alejandro Fernandez SpainDESack Yards137#1
Alejandro Fernandez SpainDETFL20.5#3
Alejandro Fernandez SpainDETFL Yards152#2
Alejandro Fernandez SpainDEForced Fumbles7#1
Alejandro Fernandez SpainDEFumbles Recovered3#1
Jordi Brugnani SpainCBInterceptions4#5
Jordi Brugnani SpainCBBreak Ups10#7

Returns

Player Position Stat Value ELF Rk
Jairus Moll United StatesCBPunt Return Yards146#8
Jairus Moll United StatesCBPunt Return Longest27#16
Jairus Moll United StatesCBKickoff Return Yards375#12
Jairus Moll United StatesCBKickoff Return Longest54#9
Jairus Moll United StatesCBReturn Yards Total521#9

Kicking

Player Position Stat Value ELF Rk
Giorgio Tavecchio ItalyKFG Made9#5
Giorgio Tavecchio ItalyKFG %56.25#8
Giorgio Tavecchio ItalyKFG Long46#7
Giorgio Tavecchio ItalyKPAT Made39#2
Giorgio Tavecchio ItalyKPAT %84.78#2
Giorgio Tavecchio ItalyKKickoff Yards4494#4
Luis Cereceda SpainPPunt Yards1455#4
Luis Cereceda SpainPPunt Long69#2
Luis Cereceda SpainPPunt Inside 207#7
Luis Cereceda SpainPPunt 50+3#9
Luis Cereceda SpainPPunt Avg Yards38.29#7

Transactions

In Season Roster moves. Players Signed

23rd Jun: Sergio Barbero QB Spain

16th Jun: Jairus Moll DB United States , Josep Tricas LS Spain

04th Jun: Junior Varela DL Spain , Miguel Angel Kabankaya OL Spain

01st Jun: Michael Sam DL United States

In Season Roster moves. Players Released

02nd Sep: Mathias Hummelmose OL Denmark , Junior Varela DL Spain

07th Jul: Aron Sola DE Spain , Joel Cabre LB Spain

30th Jun: Ruben Quintana TE Spain

23rd Jun: Luis Sanchez WR Spain , Bartolome Flaquer QB Spain

16th Jun: Shawn Wilson DB United States

04th Jun: Jean Marc Ciocan DL France

31st May: Max Nazewicz LB United States

Staff

2022 Barcelona Dragons staff

Front office

  • Owner – Big Ten Football SL
  • CEO/GM – Bartolomeo Iaccarino
  • Director football operations – Jesús Sánchez

Head coach

  • Head coach – Andrew Weidinger
  • Assistant head coach – Patrick Wennin

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Andrew Weidinger
  • Assistant quarterbacks – Mónica Rafecas
  • Running backs – Patrick Wennin
  • Wide receivers – Victor Martin
  • Tight ends – Xavi Gonzalo
  • Offensive line – Giuliano Cattaneo
  • Assistant offensive line – Gonzalo Pérez
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Gabriel "Black" Sánchez
  • Linebacker – Raúl Saavedra
  • Assistant linebacker – Carla Lasheras
  • Defensive line – Chase Baker
  • Assistant defensive line – Marc Aurellano

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Patrick Wennin


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – N/A


updated 05 Junio 2022

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. ↑ @Dragons_BCN (November 10, 2021). "Moltes gràcies per tot, Coach Adam Rita!" (Tweet) (in Catalan) – via Twitter.
  2. ↑ "Adam Rita, conosciamo insieme il nuovo HC degli Elephants". CIF9 (in Italian). January 28, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  3. ↑ @Dragons_BCN (November 15, 2021). "Àlex González Posito renova per la temporada 2022" (Tweet) (in Catalan) – via Twitter.
  4. ↑ @Dragons_BCN (November 20, 2021). "Eduardo Sánchez, signed for the 2022 season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ↑ "Los Barcelona Dragons seguirán en Reus hasta 2023". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  6. ↑ "ELF: Barcelona Dragons sign former NFL assistant Andrew Weidinger as HC". AmericanFootballInternational.com. March 11, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  7. ↑ "ELF: Barcelona Dragons release roster for 2022 season". AmericanFootballInternational.com. May 5, 2022.
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