2022 Stuttgart Surge season

2022 Stuttgart Surge season
2022 Stuttgart Surge season
Head coach	Martin Hanselmann
Home field	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
Results
Record	0 – 12
Conference place	4th
Uniform
	← 2021; Stuttgart Surge; 2023 →;

The 2022 Stuttgart Surge season is the second season of Stuttgart Surge in the European League of Football.

Preseason[edit]

On October 22, 2021 the organisation extended the contract with head coach Martin Hanselmann.^[1] After further preparation and signings of coaches, the Surge held their open tryout on November 28, 2021 and signed the first player for the 2022 season in December 12, 2021 with former Frankfurt Galaxy Benjamin "Benji" Barnes.^[2] With former NCAA Division-II Truman State University football program starting Quarterback Randall Schroeder, the team signed its third American quarterback in their history.^[3]

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Central Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Vienna Vikings	12	10	2	0	5–1	352	209	143	L1	Advance to playoffs
2	Raiders Tirol	12	8	4	0	3–3	418	229	189	W1	Best 2nd place advances
3	Frankfurt Galaxy	12	8	4	0	4–2	386	247	139	W2
4	Stuttgart Surge	12	0	12	0	0–6	113	451	−338	L12

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule[edit]

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent^[A]	Result	Record	Venue	TV^[B]^[C]	Recap
1	June 5	15:00	Barcelona Dragons	L 9 – 38	0 – 1	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	Esport3, Eleven Sport
2	June 12	15:00	Panthers Wrocław	L 26 – 28	0 – 2	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	Polsat Sport, Eleven Sports
3	June 19	15:00	@ Vienna Vikings	L 13 – 42	0 – 3	Generali Arena Vienna	Puls24, Zappn.tv
4	June 26	15:00	Raiders Tirol	L 0 – 33	0 – 4	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	Puls24, Zappn.tv
5	July 3	15:00	@ Leipzig Kings	L 22 – 28	0 – 5	Bruno-Plache-Stadion
6	July 10	15:00	Frankfurt Galaxy	L 20 – 26 (OT)	0 – 6	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
7	July 17	15:00	@ Panthers Wrocław	L 0 – 34	0 – 7	Olympic Stadium Wrocław	Polsat Sport
8	July 24	bye
9	July 31	15:00	Vienna Vikings	L 0 – 41	0 – 8	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau	Puls24, Zappn.tv
10	August 7	bye
11	August 14	15:00	@ Raiders Tirol	L 3 – 44	0 – 9	Tivoli Stadion Tirol
12	August 20	18:00	@ Barcelona Dragons	L 62 – 8	0 – 10	Estadi Municipal de Reus	Esport3
13	August 28	15:00	Leipzig Kings	L 0 – 38	0 – 11	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
14	September 4	15:00	@ Frankfurt Galaxy	L 13 – 37	0 – 12	PSD Bank Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster[edit]

**Stuttgart Surge roster**

	Quarterbacks 1 Dante Vandeven 16 Michael Winterlik Running backs 3 Nicko Schuster FB 6 Jean-Charles Moukouri 10 Janis Hackenberg Jalen Conwell 41 Bryan Yankson Wide receivers 12 Luca Faschian K/P 13 Noah Bomba 14 Frederic Latour 17 Moritz Riedinger 18 Paul Steigerwald 25 Benjamin Barnes CB 85 Peter Weiblen 86 Benedikt Lang Tight ends 88 Jens Walter		Offensive linemen 51 Marco Fischer 52 Darnell Minton G 60 Nathan Kalemba 62 Elias Becher 68 Thomas Ghebrezherer C 71 Jan Steiger LT 73 Robin Häberle 78 Benhur Arya 79 Lenny Sadzik Defensive linemen 49 Michael Muhozi Kimpiabi DT 72 Darko Pisaric DT 75 Brice Ulrich Tchouadje DT 92 Tobias Burkhardt DT 97 Philipp Ungericht DE 98 Marcel Fürst DE 99 Sercan Vardar DE		Linebackers 7 Paul Veritas OLB 11 Ronley Lakalaka ILB 30 Til Becker OLB 43 Osaruonamen "Precious" Ogbevoen ILB 44 Japhet Mbala ILB 45 Nijaz Hamulic ILB 47 Nikolas Knoblauch ILB 48 Tom Stickel ILB 55 Dennis Gratza ILB Defensive backs 2 Malcolm Washington CB 19 Junior Nkembi S 21 Julian Jakob CB 22 Chaska Rémy Perron CB 31 Nick Wenzelburger S 32 Julian Ludwig-Mayorga S 33 Ben Wenzler CB				Reserve lists 8 Randy Schroeder QB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 66 Adrian Gierczak OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve) Rookies in italics Roster updated 9 July 2022^[4] 5 A-import, 7 E-import, 38 homegrown 48 active, 2 inactive

Transactions[edit]

From Frankfurt Galaxy:

Benjamin Barnes (December 31, 2021)
Nikolas Knoblauch (January 16, 2022)
Noah Bomba (February 3, 2022)
Darnell Minton (March 7, 2022)
Precious Ogbevoen (March 29, 2022)

Staff[edit]

**Stuttgart Surge staff**

	Front office Owner – Steffen Korinth, Erwin & Martin Schmidt, Jakob Johnson General Manager – Suni Musa Head of football operations – Marco Kelleter Head of sales & sponsoring – Timo Franke Head of football operations/personnel – Jeremy Bryson Head coach Head coach – Martin Hanselmann Offensive coaches Quarterbacks – Martin Hanselmann OC running/running backs – George Streeter OC passing/wide receivers – Fabian Birkholz Tight ends/fullbacks – N/A Offensive line – Jürgen Rossmanith			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Andy Meyer Linebacker – Mike Zeyda Defensive line – Justin Bernthaler Assistant defensive line – Timo Müller Defensive backs – Marvin Washington Assistant defensive backs – Lelan Brickus Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Jemil Hamiko Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – N/A Staff updated 9 July 2022

Notes[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ @StuttgartSurge (October 22, 2021). "Willkommen Martin Hanselmann!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Twitter.
^ @ELF_Official (December 12, 2021). "The @StuttgartSurge are making moves" (Tweet). Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Twitter.
^ "ELF: Stuttgart Surge holen neuen quarterback Randall Schroeder". RAN.de (in German). January 22, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.
^ "ELF-Saisonvorschau Teil 3: Wer ist der Topfavorit auf den Titel?". touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.

[4] Intra-Conference games are in bold text

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

[6] Viewers in brackets if available

[1] @StuttgartSurge (October 22, 2021). "Willkommen Martin Hanselmann!" (Tweet). Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Twitter.

[2] @ELF_Official (December 12, 2021). "The @StuttgartSurge are making moves" (Tweet). Retrieved December 12, 2021 – via Twitter.

[3] "ELF: Stuttgart Surge holen neuen quarterback Randall Schroeder". RAN.de (in German). January 22, 2022. Retrieved February 8, 2022.

[touchdown24-3-7] "ELF-Saisonvorschau Teil 3: Wer ist der Topfavorit auf den Titel?". touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.

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v t e Stuttgart Surge
Founded in 2021 Based in Stuttgart, Germany
Franchise	Stuttgart Surge
Stadiums	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
Head coaches	Martin Hanselmann (2021-2022) George Streeter (2022) Jordan Neumann (2023–present)
Seasons	2021 2022 2023
Related	Sacramento Surge