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2022 Leipzig Kings season

The 2022 Leipzig Kings season in the European League of Football is the second season in the Leipzig Kings history.

2022 Leipzig Kings season
Head coachUnited States Fred Armstrong
Home fieldAlfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Results
Record4 – 8
Conference place4th
Playoff finishDid not qualify
Uniform

Preseason

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The franchise began late in the preseason with player signings. The first one was the signing of former Kings running backs coach David McCants[1] and one day later European veteran A.J. Wentland.[2] Leipzig starting quarterback Michael Birdsong announced on March 21, 2022 that he will retire from his professional football career.[3] His replacement for the 2022 season is Jordan Barlow, who was the starting quarterback for the Southwestern Assemblies of God University and won the Victory Bowl in 2021 as well as being named the offensive MVP of the championship game. Like Birdsong previously, he signed a two-year deal with the Kings.[4]

Due to noise emissions in the Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark the team couldn't come to terms with the city for a new lease agreement. The franchise than announced the first home game in a different location with the Paul Greifzu Stadium.[5] For the 2022 season the franchise announced that most of the home games will be held temporarily in the privately owned Bruno-Plache-Stadion of the 1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig.[6]

Regular season

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Standings

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Northern Conference
Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1   Hamburg Sea Devils 12 11 1 0 6 – 0 424 160 264 W10 Advance to playoffs
2   Berlin Thunder 12 7 5 0 3 – 3 324 282 42 L1
3   Panthers Wrocław 12 5 7 0 2 – 4 287 305 −18 W1
4   Leipzig Kings 12 4 8 0 1 – 5 242 370 −128 W2

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

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Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[A] Result Record Venue TV[B][C] Recap
1 June 5 15:00 @ Panthers Wrocław L 27 – 34 0 – 1 Olympic Stadium Wrocław Polsat Sport
2 June 12 15:00 Rhein Fire L 17 – 28 0 – 2 Paul Greifzu Stadium
3 June 18 17:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 0 – 14 0 – 3 Leuna Chemie Stadion ran.de, Arena4+
4 June 26 15:00 @ Berlin Thunder W 19 – 15 1 – 3 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark ProSieben MAXX, ran.de
5 July 3 15:00 Stuttgart Surge W 28 – 22 2 – 3 Bruno-Plache-Stadion
6 July 10 15:00 @ Raiders Tirol L 6 – 37 2 – 4 Tivoli Stadion Tirol Puls24, Zappn.tv
7 July 17 15:00 Berlin Thunder L 22 – 33 2 – 5 Bruno-Plache-Stadion ran.de
8 July 24 bye
9 July 31 15:00 Raiders Tirol L 14 – 56 2 – 6 Bruno-Plache-Stadion Zappn.tv
10 August 7 bye
11 August 14 13:00 @ Hamburg Sea Devils L 0 – 59 2 – 7 Stadion Hoheluft
12 August 21 15:00 Panthers Wrocław L 37 – 41 2 – 8 Bruno-Plache-Stadion Polsat Sport
13 August 28 15:00 @ Stuttgart Surge W 38 – 0 3 – 8 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
14 September 4 15:00 @ Rhein Fire W 34 – 31 4 – 8 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

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Leipzig Kings roster
Quarterbacks
  •  3 Ferras El-Hendi
 
  •  8 Jordan Barlow
 

Running backs

  • 22 Oliver Bahr
 
  • 25 Florian Giese
 
  • 27 Tony Kulok
 
  • 29 Morten Runne FB
 

Wide receivers

  •  6 Leon Kusterer LS
 

 

 
  • 13 Anton Jallai
 
  • 14 Erich Kilger
 
  • 17 Simon Braun
 
  • 81 Nils Bäumer
 
  • 83 Jonas "Kobie" Breme
 
  • 89 Timon Stüwe
 

Tight ends

  • 80 Philip Eichhorn
 
  • 85 Anton Doroshev
 
Offensive linemen
  • 51 Max Bruder
 
  • 68 Pollys Junio Sacramento T
 
  • 69 Nikita Schönborn
 
  • 72 Lucas Thiem
 
  • 74 Tilman Brütsch C
 
  • 75 Felix Lepper G
 
  • 76 Zachariah Betham
 
  • 77 Henri Perl
 
  • 78 Christoph Schob
 
  •   Cem Altuntas
 

Defensive linemen

  • 90 Daniel Thiele DT
 
  • 91 Philipp Müller DT
 
  • 92 Aslan Zetterberg DT
 
  • 93 Christopher Hans DE
 
  • 97 Lance Leota DT
 
Linebackers
  •  5 Jan-Phillip Bombek OLB
 

 
  • 10 Christian Römer ILB
 
  • 44 Burak Efendioğlu ILB
 
  • 49 A.J. Wentland ILB
 
  • 50 Jonas Schultes ILB
 
  • 53 Pascal Topolewski ILB
 
  • 55 Lion Deckwarth ILB
 

Defensive backs

  •  2 Javier Carrasco Sanz S
 
  •  4 Roedion Henrique S
 
  • 23 Jonathan Sieveke S
 
  • 24 William James CB
 
  • 26 Florian Borger S
 
  • 28 Jonathan Dietze S
 
  • 30 Gabriel Kalus CB
 
  • 33 Paul Meißner S
 
  • 34 Dominik Wünsche CB
 
  • 47 Moritz Graul CB
 

Special teams

  •  9 Florian Finke P
 
  • 18 Marcel Ulbrich K
 
Reserve lists
  •   Sasan Jelvani DL   (IR)
 


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 09 June 2022
4 A-import, 9 E-import, 40 homegrown
52 active, 1 inactive

Transactions

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From Hamburg Sea Devils:

  • Jan-Phillip Bombek (February 17, 2022)
  • Leon Kusterer (April 1, 2022)

From Panthers Wrocław:

  • William James (March 30, 2022)

From Berlin Thunder:

  • Pollys Junio Sacramento

From Barcelona Dragons:

  • Myke Tavarres

Staff

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Leipzig Kings staff

Front office

  • Owner/general Manager – Moritz Heisler
  • Executive vice president – Fred Armstrong

Head coach

  • Head coach – Fred Armstrong

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/offensive line – John Alexander Booker
  • Assistant offensive line – Jens Kinastowski
  • Quarterbacks – N/A
  • Running backs – David McCants
  • Wide receivers/tight ends – Quang Pham Minh
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Richard Kent
  • Linebacker – Demetrius Eaton
  • Defensive line – Konstantinos "Guss" Kosmakos
  • Assistant defensive line – Marius Adler

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Marius Adler

Assistant coaches

  • Quality control – Quang Pham Minh
  • Quality control defense – Marius Adler

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – N/A


updated 01 June 2022


Notes

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  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

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  1. ^ "LEIPZIG KINGS SIGN RB COACH DAVID MCCANTS TO ACTIVE ROSTER" (in German). January 3, 2022.
  2. ^ "LEIPZIG KINGS SIGN EXPERIENCED LINEBACKER AJ WENTLAND" (in German). January 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "Kings verlieren ihren Quarterback". Football-Aktuell.de (in German). March 21, 2022.
  4. ^ "Barlow ist der Birdsong-Ersatz in Leipzig". Football-Aktuell.de (in German). April 22, 2022.
  5. ^ "Leipzig Kings: Im Juni gibt's American Football in Dessaus Paul-Greifzu-Stadion". Mitteldeutsche Zeitung (in German). May 20, 2022.
  6. ^ "FOOTBALL STATT FUSSBALL: NEUZUGANG IM BRUNO-PLACHE-STADIO". Tag24 (in German). May 24, 2022.
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