2022 Stuttgart Surge season
Head coachGermany Martin Hanselmann
Home fieldGazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
Results
Record0 – 12
Conference place4th
Uniform

The 2022 Stuttgart Surge season is the second season of Stuttgart Surge in the European League of Football.


Preseason

On October 22, 2021 the organisation extended the contract with head coach Martin Hanselmann.[1] After further preparation and signings of coaches, the Surge held their open tryout on November 28, 2021 and signed the first player for the 2022 season in December 12, 2021 with former Frankfurt Galaxy Benjamin "Benji" Barnes.[2] With former NCAA Division-II Truman State University football program starting Quarterback Randall Schroeder, the team signed its third American quarterback in their history.[3]

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Austria Vienna Vikings1210205–1352209143L1Advance to playoffs
2Austria Raiders Tirol128403–3418229189W1Best 2nd place advances
3Germany Frankfurt Galaxy128404–2386247139W2
4Germany Stuttgart Surge1201200–6113451−338L12

Source: europeanleague.football


Schedule

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[upper-alpha 1] Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 2][upper-alpha 3] Recap
1 June 5 15:00 Barcelona Dragons L 9 – 38 0 – 1 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Esport3, Eleven Sport
2 June 12 15:00 Panthers Wrocław L 26 – 28 0 – 2 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Polsat Sport, Eleven Sports
3 June 19 15:00 @ Vienna Vikings L 13 – 42 0 – 3 Generali Arena Vienna Puls24, Zappn.tv
4 June 26 15:00 Raiders Tirol L 0 – 33 0 – 4 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Puls24, Zappn.tv
5 July 3 15:00 @ Leipzig Kings L 22 – 28 0 – 5 Bruno-Plache-Stadion
6 July 10 15:00 Frankfurt Galaxy L 20 – 26 (OT) 0 – 6 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
7 July 17 15:00 @ Panthers Wrocław L 0 – 34 0 – 7 Olympic Stadium Wrocław Polsat Sport
8 July 24 bye
9 July 31 15:00 Vienna Vikings L 0 – 41 0 – 8 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Puls24, Zappn.tv
10 August 7 bye
11 August 14 15:00 @ Raiders Tirol L 3 – 44 0 – 9 Tivoli Stadion Tirol
12 August 20 18:00 @ Barcelona Dragons L 62 – 8 0 – 10 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3
13 August 28 15:00 Leipzig Kings L 0 – 38 0 – 11 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
14 September 4 15:00 @ Frankfurt Galaxy L 13 – 37 0 – 12 PSD Bank Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Quarterbacks
  •  1 Dante Vandeven United States
  • 16 Michael Winterlik Germany

Running backs

  •  3 Nicko Schuster FB Germany
  •  6 Jean-Charles Moukouri France
  • 10 Janis Hackenberg Germany
  •   Jalen Conwell United States
  • 41 Bryan Yankson Germany

Wide receivers

  • 12 Luca Faschian K/P Germany
  • 13 Noah Bomba Germany
  • 14 Frederic Latour Germany
  • 17 Moritz Riedinger Germany
  • 18 Paul Steigerwald Germany
  • 25 Benjamin Barnes CB United States
  • 85 Peter Weiblen Germany
  • 86 Benedikt Lang Germany

Tight ends

  • 88 Jens Walter Germany
Offensive linemen
  • 51 Marco Fischer Germany
  • 52 Darnell Minton G Germany
  • 60 Nathan Kalemba Germany
  • 62 Elias Becher Germany
  • 68 Thomas Ghebrezherer C Germany
  • 71 Jan Steiger LT Germany
  • 73 Robin Häberle Germany
  • 78 Benhur Arya Germany
  • 79 Lenny Sadzik Germany

Defensive linemen

  • 49 Michael Muhozi Kimpiabi DT Switzerland
  • 72 Darko Pisaric DT Croatia
  • 75 Brice Ulrich Tchouadje DT Ghana
  • 92 Tobias Burkhardt DT Germany
  • 97 Philipp Ungericht DE Germany
  • 98 Marcel Fürst DE Germany
  • 99 Sercan Vardar DE Germany
Linebackers
  •  7 Paul Veritas OLB France
  • 11 Ronley Lakalaka ILB United States
  • 30 Til Becker OLB Germany
  • 43 Osaruonamen "Precious" Ogbevoen ILB Austria
  • 44 Japhet Mbala ILB Germany
  • 45 Nijaz Hamulic ILB Germany
  • 47 Nikolas Knoblauch ILB Italy
  • 48 Tom Stickel ILB Germany
  • 55 Dennis Gratza ILB Germany

Defensive backs

  •  2 Malcolm Washington CB United States
  • 19 Junior Nkembi S Germany
  • 21 Julian Jakob CB Germany
  • 22 Chaska Rémy Perron CB France
  • 31 Nick Wenzelburger S Germany
  • 32 Julian Ludwig-Mayorga S Colombia
  • 33 Ben Wenzler CB Germany


Reserve lists
  •  8 Randy Schroeder QB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) United States
  • 66 Adrian Gierczak OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Germany


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 9 July 2022[4]
5 A-import, 7 E-import, 38 homegrown
48 active, 2 inactive

Transactions

From Frankfurt Galaxy:

  • Benjamin Barnes (December 31, 2021)
  • Nikolas Knoblauch (January 16, 2022)
  • Noah Bomba (February 03, 2022)
  • Darnell Minton (March 07, 2022)
  • Precious Ogbevoen (March 29, 2022)

Staff

Front office

  • Owner – Steffen Korinth, Erwin &
    Martin Schmidt, Jakob Johnson
  • General Manager – Suni Musa
  • Head of football operations – Marco Kelleter
  • Head of sales & sponsoring – Timo Franke
  • Head of football operations/personnel – Jeremy Bryson

Head coach

  • Head coach – Martin Hanselmann

Offensive coaches

  • Quarterbacks – Martin Hanselmann
  • OC running/running backs – George Streeter
  • OC passing/wide receivers – Fabian Birkholz
  • Tight ends/fullbacks – N/A
  • Offensive line – Jürgen Rossmanith
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Andy Meyer
  • Linebacker – Mike Zeyda
  • Defensive line – Justin Bernthaler
  • Assistant defensive line – Timo Müller
  • Defensive backs – Marvin Washington
  • Assistant defensive backs – Lelan Brickus

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Jemil Hamiko


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – N/A


Staff updated 9 July 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. @StuttgartSurge (October 22, 2021). "Willkommen Martin Hanselmann!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 12, 2021 via Twitter.
  2. @ELF_Official (December 12, 2021). "The @StuttgartSurge are making moves" (Tweet). Retrieved December 12, 2021 via Twitter.
  3. "ELF: Stuttgart Surge holen neuen quarterback Randall Schroeder". RAN.de (in German). January 22, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
  4. "ELF-Saisonvorschau Teil 3: Wer ist der Topfavorit auf den Titel?". touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.
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