2023 Frankfurt Galaxy season

The 2023 Frankfurt Galaxy season is the third season of the new Frankfurt Galaxy team in the European League of Football. In the 2023 season the Galaxy played in the Western Conference, finishing the regular season with a 10-2 record and reaching the playoffs.

2023 Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) season
General managerJörg Ziesche
Head coachGermany Thomas Kösling
Home fieldPSD Bank Arena
Uniform

Preseason edit

The 2021 champion announced the resigning of starting quarterback Jakeb Sullivan.[1] Shortly after, the franchise re-signed local talent Lorenz Regler for the 2023 season.[2]

Regular season edit

Standings edit

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 edit

Reference[3]

Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  • 27 Thomas Fischbach  
  • 44 León Helm FB  
  • 20 Nick Kaufman  
  •  2 Shannon Samuel  
  • 21 Jacob Wenzel  

Wide receivers

  • 83 Zinedin Bendjabou  
  • 85 Markus Hachenberg  
  • 17 Reece Horn  
  • 81 Janez von Renesse  
  • 86 Lorenz Regler  
  • 16 Niklas Schumm  
  • 11 Normen Schumm  
  • 82 Hendrik Schwarz  
  • 19 Nico Strahmann  

Tight ends

  • 87 Kevin Mwamba  
Offensive linemen
  • 71 Frank Atunlese  
  • 79 Matej Bencek  
  • 74 Sven Fischer C  
  • 61 Lars Hampel  
  • 62 Nils Hampel  
  • 78 Tim Hirsch G  
  • 77 Yannic Kiehl T  
  • 55 Thang Le Minh  
  • 70 Danijel Miletic G  
  • 86 Lorenz Regler  
  • 64 Moritz Schmidt  
  • 81 Janez von Renesse  

Defensive linemen

  • 90 Marc Anthony Hor DT  
  • 98 Koku Antoine Giede DE  
  • 95 Daniel Bartmann  
  • 54 Karlis Brauns DE  
  • 91 Moubarak Djeri  
  • 96 Taslim Gaye  
  •  8 Mete Konya DT  
  • 99 Kevin Maier DE  
  • 92 Fränk Mousel  
  • 97 Sven Rieger  
Linebackers
  • 22 Louis Achaintre ILB  
  • 34 Bästlein, Cort ILB  
  • 45 Simeon Gabriel  
  • 41 Sebastian Gauthier  
  • 53 Daniel Josiah ILB  
  • 58 Anthony Keith Williams ILB  
  • 57 David Koszyk  
  • 50 David Miletic  
  • 52 Wael Nasri ILB  
  • 56 Sebastían Silva Gomez OLB  

Defensive backs

  • 14 Joshua Poznanski S  
  • 24 Karim Ben El Ghali CB  
  • 32 Vincent Bujalla  
  • 35 Marcos Schlabitz S  
  •  4 Tony Anderson S  
  • 38 Sebastian Brandt  
  •  5 Jamalcolm Liggins CB  
  • 31 Alexander Neville  
  • 30 Falk Reuter  
  •  3 BerDale Robins  
  • 28 Cedric Schmitt  

Special teams

  •  1 Ryan Rimmler K  


Rookies in italics
Roster updated November 22, 2023
5 A-import, 7 E-import, 50 homegrown
62 active

Transactions edit

From Raiders Tirol: Tony Anderson[4]

Staff edit

Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) staff

Front office

  • Owner – B.G.A. Football Betriebs GmbH
    (i.a. Christopher Knower, David Knower,
    Kösling, Eric Reutemann,
    James McGoldrick, Dr. Jörg Zirener)
  • CEO – Christopher Knower
  • General manager – Jörg Ziesche
  • Strategy advisor – Martin Bader

Head coach

  • Head coach – Thomas Kösling

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Patrick Griesheimer
  • Quarterbacks – Conrad Schuman
  • Offense consulting – Peter Vaas
  • Running backs – n/a
  • Wide receivers – n/a
  • Tight ends – Florian Bambuch
  • Offensive line – n/a
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – n/a
  • Linebacker – n/a
  • Defensive line – n/a
  • Defensive backs – n/a

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – n/a


Strength and conditioning

  • Athletic trainer – n/a


Staff updated 14 February 2023


Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Quarterback Sullivan verlängert bei Frankfurt Galaxy".
  2. ^ "Offense Team Captain of the Frankfurt Galaxy is back!". Twitter. Frankfurt Galaxy.
  3. ^ "ELF: 2023 Frankfurt Galaxy – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.
  4. ^ "Frankfurt Galaxy holt Anderson aus Tirol".