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The 2023 Rhein Fire season is the second season of the new Rhein Fire team in the European League of Football from Düsseldorf, Germany. The franchise is building upon a solid previous season, missing the play-offs slightly. For this season, the Fire will compete in the new Western Conference with its rivals Cologne Centurions and Frankfurt Galaxy.

General managerTom Aust
Head coachJim Tomsula
Home stadiumSchauinsland-Reisen-Arena
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2023 Rhein Fire (ELF) season
General managerTom Aust
Head coachJim Tomsula
Home stadiumSchauinsland-Reisen-Arena
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Preseason

After the 2022 post-season, the franchise announced the departure of former general manager Patricia Klemm for personal reasons and presented Tom Aust, former public relations manager of the old Rhein Fire.[1][2] Another big change in the coaching staff was the hire of the former Barcelona Dragons head coach Andrew Weidinger as the new offensive coordinator.[3]

Regular season

Standings

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Western Conference
Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Germany Rhein Fire121208–0540199+341W12Automatic playoffs (#1)
2Germany Frankfurt Galaxy121026–2382233+149L1Advance to playoffs (#4)
3France Paris Musketeers 12664–4320277+43W4
4Germany Hamburg Sea Devils12482–6247278–31L4
5Germany Cologne Centurions12480–8186330–144L1
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Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Roster

Reference[4]

Rhein Fire (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  • 18 United States Jadrian Clark
  • 12 Germany Rohat Dagdelen
  • 16 Germany Jan Leuker

Running backs

  • 15 Germany Giacomo De Pauli
  •  6 Germany Sergej Kendus
  • 34 Germany Noah Kölling
  • 43 Germany Patrick Poetsch FB
  • 40 Germany Tobias Reglinski

Wide receivers

  • 19 Germany Achim Bah
  • 80 Germany Noah Gehring
  • 29 Germany Leon Höltker
  • 81 Germany Leon Kusterer
  • 10 Germany Harlan Kwofie
  • 13 Germany Jannik Lörcks
  • 84 Belgium Feli Manoka
  • 89 Germany Jakob Neugebauer
  • 84 United States Willie Patterson
  • 86 United States Nathaniel Robitaille
  •  8 Germany Justin Schlesinger

Tight ends

  • 87 Germany Florian Eichhorn
  • 83 Germany Christopher Mielke
  • 88 Germany Marvin Pludra
  • 82 Germany Laurin Wiegand
 Offensive linemen
  • 77 Germany Sven Breidenbach T
  • 75 Denmark Joachim Christensen
  • 79 Germany Bemigho Eyimofe
  • 60 Germany Kevin Foitzik
  • 66 Netherlands Arnoud Holierhoek
  • 62 Germany Marius Mohr
  • 74 Germany Jan-Hendrik Koch
  • 76 Germany Jonathan Peppler
  • 78 Germany Yasir Raji
  • 68 Germany Nick Wiens G

Defensive linemen

  • 92 Germany Eric Adam
  • 97 Germany Jason Chikere
  • 90 Germany Remy Feltes
  •  3 Germany Simon Gavanda
  • 96 Germany Samuel Kargel
  • 99 Germany Shamgar Owusu-Ankomah
  • 94 Germany Justus Sleiman
  • 93 Germany Julian Völker
 Linebackers
  • 11 Spain Alejandro Fernández
  • 55 Germany Luis Fiedler OLB
  • 44 Germany Marius Kensy
  • 45 France Martin Pinter
  • 54 Germany Maximilian Schmidt OLB
  • 47 Germany Niels Schroedter
  • 26 Germany Lino Schröter
  • 31 Germany Flamur Simon
  • 42 Germany Brian Snoek
  • 41 Germany Alexander Sobotta ILB

Defensive backs

  •  5 Germany Benjamin Barnes
  • 36 Germany Soyfan Dardour
  • 38 Germany Marvin Djomou Djopa
  • 32 Germany Daniel Duah CB
  • 24 United States Koi Freeman
  •  9 Germany Richard Grooten S
  • 21 Germany René Hanßen
  •  7 Germany Till Janssen
  • 25 Germany Lasse Meyer CB
  • 22 United States TJ Morrison
  • 27 Germany Max Richter
  •  4 Germany Jannik Seibel
  • 20 Germany Philip Stegemann
  •  2 United States Omari Williams S

Special teams

  • 14 Germany Maximillian Eisenhut K
  • 30 Germany Nils Schauerte P
  • 33 Germany Sebastian Van Sentan K


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated November 22, 2023
6 A-import, 6 E-import, 60 homegrown
72 active

Transactions

From Cologne Centurions: Max Richter, Flamur Simon, Marius Kensy, Jannik Lörcks

From Barcelona Dragons: Alejandro Fernández

From Stuttgart Surge: Benjamin Barnes

Staff

Rhein Fire (ELF) staff

Front office

  • CEO – Martin Wagner
  • General manager – Tom Aust
  • President of football operations – Jim Tomsula
  • Director of administration - Detlef Reck
  • Director of operation & logistics - Mario Schulz
  • Director of player personnel – Timur Beckmann
  • Chief of staff - Frank Joachim
  • Cheer & Dance director – Nini Pohlmann

Head coach

  • Head coach – Jim Tomsula
  • Assistant head coach – Detlef Reck

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Andrew Weidinger
  • Quarterbacks – Allan Verbraeken
  • Running backs – Thorsten Estermann
  • Tight ends – Timur Beckmann
  • Offensive line – Erol Seval
  • Assistant offensive line – Sascha Spils
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Richard Kent
  • Defensive backs – Stephan Schacht
  • Assistant defensive backs – Jörg Mackenthun
  • Linebacker – Patrick Köpper
  • Assistant linebacker – Thomas Innig
  • Defensive line – Christian Heister
  • Assistant defensive line – Peter Schiefer

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator/Wide receivers – Mario Schulz




Staff updated March 14, 2023

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