2023 Rhein Fire season

2023 Rhein Fire (ELF) season
General manager	Tom Aust
Head coach	Jim Tomsula
Home field	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
Uniform

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.

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. Another big change in the coaching staff was the hire of the former Barcelona Dragons head coach Andrew Weidinger as the new offensive coordinator.

Regular season

Standings

Western Conference
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Rhein Fire	12	12	0	8–0	540	199	+341	W12	Automatic playoffs (#1)
2	Frankfurt Galaxy	12	10	2	6–2	382	233	+149	L1	Advance to playoffs (#4)
3	Paris Musketeers	12	6	6	4–4	320	277	+43	W4
4	Hamburg Sea Devils	12	4	8	2–6	247	278	–31	L4
5	Cologne Centurions	12	4	8	0–8	186	330	–144	L1

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference

Rhein Fire (ELF) roster

	Quarterbacks 18 Jadrian Clark 12 Rohat Dagdelen 16 Jan Leuker Running backs 28 TJ Alexander 15 Giacomo De Pauli  6 Sergej Kendus 34 Noah Kölling 43 Patrick Poetsch FB 40 Tobias Reglinski 17 Glen Toonga Wide receivers 19 Achim Bah 80 Noah Gehring 29 Leon Höltker 81 Leon Kusterer 10 Harlan Kwofie 13 Jannik Lörcks  1 Anthony Mahoungou 84 Feli Manoka 89 Jakob Neugebauer 84 Willie Patterson 86 Nathaniel Robitaille  8 Justin Schlesinger Tight ends 87 Florian Eichhorn 83 Christopher Mielke 88 Marvin Pludra 82 Laurin Wiegand		Offensive linemen 77 Sven Breidenbach T 75 Joachim Christensen 79 Bemigho Eyimofe 60 Kevin Foitzik 66 Arnoud Holierhoek 62 Marius Mohr 74 Jan-Hendrik Koch 76 Jonathan Peppler 78 Yasir Raji 68 Nick Wiens G 71 Leander Wiegand Defensive linemen 92 Eric Adam 97 Jason Chikere 90 Remy Feltes  3 Simon Gavanda 96 Samuel Kargel 99 Shamgar Owusu-Ankomah 94 Justus Sleiman 93 Julian Völker		Linebackers 11 Alejandro Fernández 55 Luis Fiedler OLB 44 Marius Kensy 45 Martin Pinter 54 Maximilian Schmidt OLB 47 Niels Schroedter 26 Lino Schröter 31 Flamur Simon 42 Brian Snoek 41 Alexander Sobotta ILB Defensive backs  5 Benjamin Barnes 36 Soyfan Dardour 38 Marvin Djomou Djopa 32 Daniel Duah CB 24 Koi Freeman  9 Richard Grooten S 21 René Hanßen  7 Till Janssen 25 Lasse Meyer CB 22 TJ Morrison 27 Max Richter  4 Jannik Seibel 20 Philip Stegemann  2 Omari Williams S Special teams 14 Maximillian Eisenhut K 30 Nils Schauerte P 33 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