2023 Munich Ravens season
General managerSebastian Stolz
Head coachJohn Shoop
Home fieldTBD

The 2023 Munich Ravens season is the inaugural season of the newly founded Munich Ravens in the European League of Football for the 2023 season.

Preseason

The first steps of the franchise was the hiring of former Hamburg Sea Devils offensive quality control coach and NFL (Oakland Raiders, Carolina Panthers) offensive coordinator John Shoop[1] and general manager Sebastian Stolz, former PR-manager of the Hamburg Sea Devils in the NFL Europa and strategy manager for the Oakland Raiders.[2] Another important hiring was the addition of the newly director of sport, former Raiders Tirol quarterback and MVP of the 2022 European League of Football season Sean Shelton.[3]

In preparation for the new season, the franchise held an invitational tryout at the Olympiastadion (Munich) with several dozen participants.[4] After that, the first signings of players were announced, beginning with former Panthers Wrocław Darius Robinson.[5] As the first franchise quarterback Chad Jeffries was announced, coming from the Danube Dragons as Austrian title winner and league MVP.[6]

Regular season

Standings

Central Conference
Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Germany Stuttgart Surge121028–2387237+150W3Automatic playoffs (#3)
2Austria Raiders Tirol12848–2307230+77W1
3Germany Munich Ravens12757–3425338+87W2
4Switzerland Helvetic Guards12393–7174378–204L4
5Italy Milano Seamen122102–8328497–169L3
6Spain Barcelona Dragons122102–8199396–197L10

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference[7]

2023 Munich Ravens roster
Quarterbacks
  • 12 Chad Jeffries United States
  • 16 Lukas Von Stumpfeldt Germany

Running backs

  • 20 Rachid ALi-Tagba Germany
  • 22 Alex Braunsperger Germany
  •  7 Tomiwa Oyewo Nigeria
  • 44 Niklas Ritter FB Germany
  • 33 Justin Rodney Germany

Wide receivers

  • 80 Lukas Anzeneder Germany
  •  8 Noah Bomba Germany
  •  2 Markell Castle United States
  •  1 Sixten Dragan Germany
  • 18 Jannik Nowak Germany
  • 17 Mo Riedinger Germany
  • 13 Marvin Rutsch Germany
  • 14 Jason Sanders Germany
  • 11 Luca Salvo Germany
  • 28 Leander Winter Germany

Tight ends

  • 81 Sebastian Kurrer Germany
  • 85 Marlon Malki Germany
  • 82 Philip Okonkwo Germany
  • 88 Jens Walter Germany
 Offensive linemen
  • 60 Marvin Biegert Germany
  • -- Gerrit Brandt Germany
  • 65 Jan Eberl Germany
  • 71 Marco Fischer Germany
  • 73 Thomas Heller Germany
  • 55 Nathan Kalemba Germany
  • 53 Dominik Ondra Germany
  • 72 Maxime Roussl France
  • 75 Thomas Schmidt Germany
  • 50 Tobias Vorreiter Germany
  • 70 Philip Weinzierl Germany

Defensive linemen

  • 92 Johannes Bräu Germany
  • 98 Etuale Liu New Zealand
  • 97 Bilal Mawuena Germany
  • 94 MJ Ricco Germany
  • 93 Robin Rogoss Germany
  • 49 Patrick Roth Germany
  • 95 Leon Schmidt Germany
  • 90 Dominic Siegel Germany
  • 35 Tyler Vaimaona New Zealand
  • 45 Tizian Vogl Germany
  • 49 Maximillian Von Engelhardt Germany
  • 91 Leon Weber Germany
  • 56 Vladislav Zarkov Germany
  • 15 Johannes Zirngibl Germany
 Linebackers
  • 40 Joshua Akena Sweden
  • 52 Michael Bausch Germany
  • 58 Burak Efendioglu Germany
  • 10 Nic Haritonenko Germany
  • 35 Exree Loe United States
  • 51 Leon Nieper Germany
  • 37 Jan-Niclas Rung Germany
  •  9 Kevin Titz Germany

Defensive backs

  • 27 Joschka Bartz Germany
  • 24 Jonas Gürntke Germany
  • 37 Gabriel Kalus Germany
  • 39 Enis Kaser Germany
  • 28 Blake King Australia
  • 32 Julian Ludwig-Mayorga Germany
  • 21 Martin Marcacci Italy
  •  6 Luis Moreno Germany
  • 19 Junior Nkembi Germany
  •  3 Justin Rogers United States
  •  8 Darius Saint-Robinson United States
  • 25 Moritz Scharr Germany

Special teams

  •  4 Robert Werner Germany


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated November 21, 2023
4 A-import, 7 E-import, 56 homegrown
67 active

Staff

2023 Munich Ravens staff

Front office

  • Owners – Christian Binder, Thomas Krohne
  • General manager – Sebastian Stolz
  • Director Sports Operations – Sean Shelton

Head coach

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – n/a
  • Quarterbacks – TeeJay Gordan
  • Offensive line – Paul Dunn
  • Running backs – Tristan Müller
  • Wide receivers – Tarik Ibrahim
  • Tight ends – Maximilian Feruga
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Vince Okruch
  • Defensive backs – Alan Reed
  • Linebacker – Ryan Newell
  • Defensive line – Gunther Renner

Special teams coaches

  • Kick-Off/ Kick-Off Return coordinator – Tristan Müller
  • Punt/ Punt Return coordinator – Maximilian Feruga
  • Field Goal/ PAT coordinator – Valentin Pfnür
  • Field Goal/ PAT block coordinator – Ryan Newell


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Ryan Newell


Staff updated 28 January 2023

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "ELF: Munich Ravens verpflichten John Shoop als Head Coach". Ran.de (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
    2. ↑ "Sebastian Stolz wird Manager der Münchner ELF-Franchise". stadionwelt.de (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
    3. ↑ "Munich Ravens gelingt Coup - Sean Shelton wird Director Sports Operations". Ran.de (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
    4. ↑ "ELF: Munich Ravens host top regional talent in muddy tryout". AmericanFootballInternational.com. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
    5. ↑ "Munich Ravens: Ex-NFL-Profi erste Verpflichtung der Vereinsgeschichte". Ran.de (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
    6. ↑ "ELF-QUARTERBACKS: VIEL ERFAHRUNG UND EINE KRASSE WILDCARD". ouchdown24 (in German). 5 January 2023. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
    7. ↑ "ELF: 2023 Munich Ravens – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.
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