2022 Rhein Fire season

2022 Rhein Fire (ELF) season
2022 Rhein Fire (ELF) season
General manager	Partricia Klemm
Head coach	Jim Tomsula
Home field	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Results
Record	7 – 5
Conference place	2nd
Uniform
	Rhein Fire (ELF); 2023 →;

The 2022 Rhein Fire season was the inaugural season of the new Rhein Fire team in the European League of Football from Düsseldorf, Germany. For this season, the franchise played their home games in the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena in Duisburg near to its headquarter.^[1]

Preseason

After signing multiple coaches, the newly founded franchise announced the signing of their first player Sven Breidenbach for the 2022 season.^[2] In the following, the team planned to organise an invitational combine for December 18, 2021.^[3] In the 2022 preseason the management announced that former NFL Europe Rhein Fire head coach Jim Tomsula will also be the first head coach of the Rhein Fire in the European league of Football.^[4]

Regular season

Standings

Southern Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Barcelona Dragons	12	8	4	0	5–1	364	225	139	L2	Advance to playoffs
2	Rhein Fire	12	7	5	0	4–2	346	314	32	L1
3	Cologne Centurions	12	3	9	0	2–4	301	473	−172	W1
4	Istanbul Rams	12	1	11	0	1–5	210	499	−289	L5

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent^[A]	Result	Record	Venue	TV^[B]^[C]	Recap
1	June 5	15:00	@ Frankfurt Galaxy	W 29 – 26	1 – 0	PSD Bank Arena	ProSieben Maxx, ran.de, Arena4+
2	June 12	15:00	@ Leipzig Kings	W 28 – 17	2 – 0	Paul Greifzu Stadium	ran.de
3	June 19	15:00	Istanbul Rams	W 42 – 12	3 – 0	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	S Sport, ran.de ProSieben Maxx, Arena4+
4	June 26	15:00	Barcelona Dragons	L 13 – 17	3 – 1	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	Esport3
5	July 3	15:00	@ Hamburg Sea Devils	L 15 – 42	3 – 2	Stadion Hoheluft	ProSieben MAXX
6	July 10	15:00	Cologne Centurions	W 17 – 3	4 – 2	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
7	July 17	bye
8	July 24	15:00	Hamburg Sea Devils	L 16 – 40	4 – 3	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
9	July 30	17:00	@ Barcelona Dragons	L 23 – 33	4 – 4	Estadi Municipal de Reus	Esport3, ran.de
10	August 7	bye
11	August 13	15:00	@ Istanbul Rams	W 50 – 32	5 – 4	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	S Sport
12	August 21	15:00	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 23 – 21	6 – 4	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
13	August 27	17:00	@ Cologne Centurions	W 59 – 37	7 – 4	Südstadion
14	September 4	15:00	Leipzig Kings	L 31 – 34	7 – 5	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

**Rhein Fire (ELF) roster**

	Quarterbacks 11 Matt Adam 12 Rohat Dagdelen Running backs 5 Julian Zorz 20 Leander Carstensen 21 Jason Aguemon 23 Daniel Rennich 28 Tyrone J. Alexander 43 Patrick Poetsch FB Wide receivers 6 Timothy Knüttel 10 Harlan Kwofie 16 David Schüler 19 Achim Bah 86 Nathaniel Robitaille Tight ends 82 Domenik Rofalski 85 Silvan Barelds 87 Florian Eichhorn 88 Marvin Pludra		Offensive linemen 62 Marius Mohr 66 Arnoud Holierhoek 68 Nick Wiens G 74 Philip Weinzierl 75 Vojislav Hahn T 76 Jonathan Peppler G/T 77 Sven Breidenbach T 79 Jan-Niclas Dalbeck T Defensive linemen 58 Justus Sleiman 90 Remy Feltes 92 Eric Adam 93 Sebastian Fey 94 Felix Siegert 95 Christian Van Horn 96 Tyrese Owusu-Bediako 97 Jason Chikere		Linebackers 4 Lukas Ruoss ILB 32 Niklas Siegert ILB 41 Alexander Sobotta ILB 45 Martin Pinter OLB 4Z Timo Jüngst ILB 54 Maximilian Schmidt OLB 55 Thomas van den Oort OLB 57 Luis Fiedler OLB 59 Emre Zengin MLB Defensive backs 7 Till Janssen CB 8 Majan Jelvani CB 9 Richard Grooten S 20 Jannik Seibel 22 Omari Williams S 24 Lars Schiefer CB 25 Lasse Meyer CB 34 Fabrizio Umetelli CB 39 Adrian Kiernan S Special teams 2 Daniel Schuhmacher K 14 Maximilian Eisenhut				Reserve lists 1 Daniel Duah CB (IR) 47 Timo Jüngst LB (IR) Practice squad 13 Lesar Duran WR 15 Jakob Bojko WR 29 Rene Hanssen CB 69 Joel Plum OL Rookies in italics Roster updated 05 June 2022 4 A-import, 7 E-import, 48 homegrown 57 active, 2 inactive, 4 practice squad

Transactions

From Cologne Centurions: Till Janssen (November 8, 2021), Alberto Trovato (November 14, 2021), Richard Grooten (November 17, 2021), Daniel Schuhmacher (November 26, 2021), Timo Jüngst (December 17, 2021), Patrick Poetsch (December 21, 2021), Nick Wiens (December 24, 2021), Jannik Seibel (February 4, 2022), Florian Eichhorn (February 10, 2022), Jan-Niclas Dalbeck (February 17, 2022)

From Leipzig Kings: Jason Aguemon (December 30, 2021), Timothy Knüttel (February 27, 2022)

From Stuttgart Surge: Marvin Pludra (February 23, 2022), Domenik Rofalski (February 28, 2022)

Staff

**Rhein Fire (ELF) staff**

	Front office CEO – Martin Wagner General Manager – Patricia Klemm Head of football operations – (interim) Timur Beckmann Recruiting coordinator & off. quality control – Timur Beckmann Cheer Director & Coach – Nini Pohlmann Head coach Head coach – Jim Tomsula Assistant head coach – Detlef Reck Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Martin Tschurer Assistant offensive coordinator – Lee Taylor Quarterbacks – Steffen Breidenbach Running backs – Oyeniran Olalere Odunayo Ojo Wide receivers – Mario Schulz Tight ends – Detlef Reck Offensive line – Erol Seval Assistant offensive line – Sascha Spils			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Jim Tomsula Defensive backs/DC assistant – Jörg Mackenthun Assistant defensive backs – Peter Schiefer Linebacker – Detlef Zorn Assistant linebacker – Thomas Innig Defensive line – Erkan Pascal Hohenberg Assistant defensive line – Erkan Tezkol Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Jörg Mackenthun Kicking consultant – Stefan Nickel Assistant coaches Coaching fellow – Christian Warzecha Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – Max Döringer Athletic coach – Erkan Tezkol Staff updated 22 May 2022

Notes

^ Intra-Conference games are in bold text
^ All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass
^ Viewers in brackets if available

References

^ "So plant Rhein Fire die Saison in Duisburg". Neue Ruhr Zeitung (in German). January 27, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
^ @rheinfire.football (November 5, 2021). "Player signed". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26 – via Instagram.
^ @rheinfire.football (November 23, 2021). "Rhein Fire Combinie". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26 – via Instagram.
^ "Jim Tomsula wird Rhein Fire Headcoach". lokalbüro Düsseldorf (in German). February 12, 2022.

[5] Intra-Conference games are in bold text

[6] All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

[7] Viewers in brackets if available

[1] "So plant Rhein Fire die Saison in Duisburg". Neue Ruhr Zeitung (in German). January 27, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.

[2] @rheinfire.football (November 5, 2021). "Player signed". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26 – via Instagram.

[3] @rheinfire.football (November 23, 2021). "Rhein Fire Combinie". Archived from the original on 2021-12-26 – via Instagram.

[4] "Jim Tomsula wird Rhein Fire Headcoach". lokalbüro Düsseldorf (in German). February 12, 2022.

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v t e Rhein Fire
Founded in 2021 Based in Düsseldorf, Germany
Franchise	Franchise
Stadiums	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Head coaches	Jim Tomsula (2022–present)
Seasons	2022 2023
Related	Birmingham Fire NFL Europe team (1995-2007)