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2023 Berlin Thunder season

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2023 Berlin Thunder (ELF) season
General managerDiana Hoge
Head coachGermany Johnny Schmuck
Home fieldFriedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
Results
Record8–4
Conference place2nd
Playoff finishLost in wild-card to Frankfurt Galaxy 3–20
Uniform

The 2023 Berlin Thunder season is the third season of the Berlin Thunder team in the European League of Football.

Preseason

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After missing the play-offs in the last game of 2022, the franchise extended the contracts of head coach Johnny Schmuck and defensive coordinator Christopher Kuhfeldt.[1] The first roster move of the season was resigning team and league defensive player of the 2022 season Kyle Kitchens.[2] Homegrown talent Max Zimmermann (Canadian football) was the first new signing for the Berlin Thunder.[3]

Regular season

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Standings

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Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1 Austria Vienna Vikings 12 12 0 10–0 414 180 +234 W12 Automatic playoffs (#2)
2 Germany Berlin Thunder 12 8 4 7–3 378 188 +190 W2 Advance to playoffs (#5)
3 Poland Panthers Wrocław 12 8 4 7–3 385 221 +164 W2 Advance to playoffs (#6)
4 Hungary Fehérvár Enthroners 12 3 9 3–7 218 424 –206 L2
5 Germany Leipzig Kings 12 2 10 2–8 189 387 –198 L9
6 Czech Republic Prague Lions 12 1 11 1–9 155 441 –286 L7

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

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Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[A] Result Record Venue TV[B][C] Recap
1 Sat, June 3 17:00 @ Fehérvár Enthroners W 36–3 1–0 First Field 1
2 Sun, June 11 13:00 Vienna Vikings L 24–27 1–1 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 2
3 Sun, June 18 16:25 Panthers Wrocław W 36–27 2–1 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark 3
4 Sun, June 25 16:25 @ Hamburg Sea Devils L 17–37 2–2 Stadion Hoheluft
5 Sun, July 2 14:30 @ Leipzig Kings W 39–14 3–2 Bruno-Plache-Stadion
6 Sun, July 9 13:00 Fehérvár Enthroners W 60–6 4–2 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
7 Sun, July 16 13:00 @ Prague Lions W 43–6 5–2 eFotbal Arena
8 Sat, July 22 18:00 @ Vienna Vikings L 9–16 5–3 Hohe Warte Stadium
9 July 29/30 bye
10 August 5/6 bye
11 Sun, August 13 16:25 Prag Lions W 40–7 6–3 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
12 Sat, August 19 17:00 @ Panthers Wrocław L 12–15 6–4 Olympic Stadium Wrocław
13 Sun, August 27 Cancelled Leipzig Kings W 39–14 7–4 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
14 Sun, September 3 13:00 Hamburg Sea Devils W 23–16 8–4 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark

Source: europeanleague.football Archived 2022-05-28 at the Wayback Machine

Roster

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Reference[4]

Berlin Thunder (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
United States
  •   Paul Stubbe
Germany

Running backs

  • 20 Albert Ahmad Khalife
Germany
  • 48 Bola Moussa FB
Germany
  • 24 Tim Schulz
Germany
  •   Jeremy Sommerwerk
Germany
  • 22 Albert Wiesigstrauch
Germany

Wide receivers

  • 17 Emil Drossard
Germany
  •  4 Aaron Jackson
United States
  • 12 Bais Kouanda
Germany
  • 84 Maurice Rothenburg
Germany
  • 82 Oliver Schmidt
Germany
  •  7 Robin Wilzeck
Germany
  •  5 Max Zimmermann
Germany

Tight ends

  •   Yannis Binner
Germany
  • 85 Nicolai Schumann
Germany
Offensive linemen
  •   Malik Ahmad
Germany
  • 74 Daniel Binternagel
Germany
  • 76 Marcel Camenz
Germany
  • 66 Lawrence Cornwall-Baptiste
United Kingdom
  • 71 Gideon Grabert
Germany
  • 75 Felix Lepper
Germany
  • 72 Max Locke
Germany
  • 79 Cedric Ouattara
Germany
  • 70 Tobias Rodlauer
Austria
  • 78 Philipp Weltzien
Germany
  • 69 Jannik Werblow
Germany

Defensive linemen

  • 90 Ben Baierl DT
Germany
  • 93 Christer Berg DT
Finland
  • 44 Rick Baunacke DT
Germany
  • 50 Hamsa El-Zein
Germany
  •  1 Emil Hovde
Sweden
  • 99 Aaron Große Kleimann
Germany
United States
  • 98 Fabian Tchuda
Germany
Linebackers
  • 18 Fery Bogard
Germany
  • 41 Giancarlo Boone
Germany
  • 53 Niclas Klopsch
Germany
  • 55 Marius Markert ILB
Germany
  • 11 Ludvig Myrén OLB
Sweden
  •  6 Simon Sperner
Germany
  •  8 Paul Seifert OLB
Germany
  • 25 Moritz Teuchert
Germany

Defensive backs

  • 31 Will Dill
Germany
  •  2 Rico Geyer
Germany
  •  3 Arne Gehrt S
Germany
  •  9 Jonas Gacek
Germany
  • 32 Viljo Lempinen
Finland
  • 33 Felix Mohlberg S
Germany
United States
  • 15 Moritz Thiele CB
Germany

Special teams

  • 26 Jonas Schenderlein K/P
Germany


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 15 March 2023

52 active

Staff

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Berlin Thunder (ELF) staff

Front office

  • Owner – FBG Football Berlin GmbH
  • CEO – Levon Melikian
  • General Manager – Diana Hoge
  • Director of football – Björn Werner
  • Head of operations – Marcus Döbler

Head coach

  • Head coach – Johnny Schmuck

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Henry Schlegel
  • Quarterbacks – Darius Outlaw
  • Running backs – Curtis Cooper
  • Wide receivers/tight ends/fullbacks – Elijah Pope
  • Offensive line – Ron Bauerfeind
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Christopher Kuhfeldt
  • Assis. DC and defensive backs – José Schmitt
  • Defensive line – Mario Baierl
  • Linebackers – Simon Bohlmann

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Jörg Bauerfeind

Assistant coaches

  • Offensive assistant – Kyle Israel
  • Mental coach – Fatima Yazici

Strength and conditioning

  • Head athletic coach – Christopher Kuhfeldt


Staff updated 24 April 2023


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. ^ "Instagram: Easy choice". 12 September 2022. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. ^ Sven Schüer (1 December 2022). "SHELTON, KITCHENS UND CO. - WO HABEN DIE ALL-STARS UNTERSCHRIEBEN?". Touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Max Zimmermann - Foot Bowl". footbowl.eu (in German). Retrieved 2 December 2022.
  4. ^ "ELF: 2023 Berlin Thunder – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.