2023 Vienna Vikings season
PresidentKarl Wurm
Head coachUnited States Chris Calaycay
Uniform

The 2023 Vienna Vikings season is the second season of the defending champion Vienna Vikings in the third season of the European League of Football.

Preseason

For the new season, the coaching staff and front office demonstrated stability in continuing their work. In contrast, the main sponsor Automobile Dacia didn't extended the contract with the club and franchise.[1] The team will also change conferences, playing in the Eastern Conference without its longterm rival Raiders Tirol, but still having inter-conference games.[2]

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Conference
Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Austria Vienna Vikings1212010–0414180+234W12Automatic playoffs (#2)
2Germany Berlin Thunder12847–3378188+190W2 Advance to playoffs (#5)
3Poland Panthers Wrocław12847–3385221+164W2Advance to playoffs (#6)
4Hungary Fehérvár Enthroners12393–7218424–206L2
5Germany Leipzig Kings122102–8189387–198L9
6Czech Republic Prague Lions121111–9155441–286L7

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference[3]

2023 Vienna Vikings roster
Quarterbacks
  •  8 Chris Helbig United States
  • 12 Alexander Reischl Austria

Running backs

  • 24 Karri Pajarinen Finland
  •  5 Anton Wegan Austria
  •  3 Florian Wegan Austria
  • 29 Kevin Wojta Austria

Wide receivers

  • 83 Flaviu Andrisan Austria
  •  4 Jordan Bouah Italy
  • 10 Weston Carr United States
  • 17 Philipp Dubravec Austria
  • 83 Emil Eckerstorfer Austria
  •  6 Radim Kalous Czech Republic
  • 18 Raphael Komeyli Austria
  • 11 Michael Schachermayr Austria
  • 14 Johannes Schültz Austria
  • 82 Florian Simsik Austria

Tight ends

  • 89 Florian Bierbaumer Austria
  • 15 Rudi-Lee Frey Austria
  • 88 Mortiz Schmahel Austria
  • 88 Daniel Schönet Austria
 Offensive linemen
  • 56 Matthew Daltrey C United Kingdom
  • 78 Robert Dragotinits T Austria
  • 57 Michael Haider T Austria
  • 71 Lukas Holub T Austria
  • 65 Mike Janda G Austria
  • 53 Florian Markus G Austria
  • 61 Aleksandar Milanovic T Austria
  • 79 Benjamin Rab G Austria
  • 77 David Rauter G Austria
  • 51 Clemens Walz G Austria

Defensive linemen

  •  9 Jamarcus Henderson DE United States
  • 94 Florian Grünsteidl DE Austria
  • 52 Oskar Kranich DE Austria
  • 90 Leo Misangumukini DE Austria
  • 91 Bernhard Mosor DT Austria
  • 99 Maximilian Müllner DT Austria
  • 75 Daniel Pozarek DT Austria
  • 95 Florian Sudi DT Austria
  • 96 Marvin Wappl DT Austria
 Linebackers
  • 42 Moritz Elmauthaler ILB Austria
  • 44 Matthias Eriksson Sweden
  • 33 Sebastian Ernst Austria
  • 44 Leon Huber ILB Austria
  • 41 Dustin Illetschko ILB Austria
  • 30 Marcel Kovarik ILB Austria
  • 39 Valentine Leutgeb Austria
  • 40 Thomas Schnurrer ILB Austria
  • 45 Matthias Stadlmann ILB Austria
  • 48 Noah Swancar ILB Austria
  • 49 Alex Watholowitsch ILB Austria

Defensive backs

  •  7 Exavier Edwards S United States
  • 25 Linus Ganter CB Austria
  • 21 Leonhard Gerner CB Austria
  • 32 Luis Horvath S Austria
  • 27 Nikolaus Huszar CB Austria
  • 20 Florian Jobst CB Austria
  • 22 Christoph Kellner CB Austria
  • 26 Elmeri Laalo CB Finland
  • 25 Max Morawetz CB Austria
  • 28 Sebastian Schrenk CB Austria
  • 23 Benjamin Straight S Austria
  • 36 Fabio Zvonimir Tartarotti CB Austria
  • 37 Sebastian Wimmer CB Austria

Special teams

  • 19 Oskar Hertz Austria
  • 14 Caspar Prill Austria
  •  2 Dennis Tasic Hungary


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

Staff

2023 Vienna Vikings staff

Front office

  • Owners – Constantin Burkheiser, Markus Kraetschmer,
    Robin Lumsden, AFC Dacia Vienna Vikings e.V.
  • President – Karl Wurm
  • Vice president – Michael Holub
  • General Manager – Lukas Leitner

Head coach

  • Head coach – Chris Calaycay
  • Assistant head coach – Benjamin Sobotka

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – John Shannon
  • Running backs – Marianne Pahkala
  • Wide receivers/tight ends – n/a
  • Offensive line – Thomas Tippold
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/linebacker – Daniel Auböck
  • Defensive line – Benjamin Sobotka
  • Defensive backs – n/a

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – n/a


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Marianne Pahkala


updated 23 March 2023

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Kiki Klepsch. "DANKE, DACIA!". viennavikings.com (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
    2. ↑ "ELF: Vikings und Raiders nicht mehr in gleicher Conference". skysportaustria.at (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
    3. ↑ "ELF: 2023 Vienna Vikings – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.