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

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

Standings

Eastern Conference
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

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

Reference[4]

Berlin Thunder (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks

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
  • 45 Kyle Kitchens DE 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
  • 30 Alex Spillum S 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

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

  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. ^ "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.
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