2023 Hamburg Sea Devils season

The 2022 Hamburg Sea Devils season is going to be the second season of the Hamburg Sea Devils team in the European League of Football, the second season with head coach Charles "Yogi" Jones and the first in the new Western Conference, having no games against the rivals Leipzig Kings and Panthers Wrocław. The Sea Devils are looking for the league title after two seasons reaching the championship game without a win.

2023 Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) season
General managerMax Paatz
Head coachCharles "Yogi" Jones
Home fieldStadion Hoheluft
Uniform

Preseason edit

Shortly after the loss in the Championship Game 2022, the two defensive cornerstones Miguel Book and Kasim Edebali left the organization.[1] Other defensive and offensive talent left the franchise to other teams in the ELF or to the Orlando Guardians of the resurrected XFL.[2] The first big signing of the new season came with Preston Haire, OBU Bison Quarterback and participant of the New Orleans Saints minicamp.[3]

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[4]

Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Salieu Ceesay  
  •   Preston Haire  
  •  4 Moritz Maack  

Running backs

  •   Lucas Harting Candido  
  • 5 Simon Ajuwon Homadi  
  •   Jakob Michaelsen  

Wide receivers

  • 13 Tim Albrecht  
  •   Finn Appelt  
  • 12 Johann Heuck  
  • 10 Jean-Claude Madin Cerezo  
  • 11 Benjamin Mau  
  •   Keanu Morgan  
  • 89 Lukas Rehder  
  •   Clemens Schuldt  
  •   Malik Stanley  

Tight ends

  •   Malcom Abimbola  
  •   Finn Jaster  
  •   Niklas Kahrau QB  
Offensive linemen
  • 70 Shalom Baafi  
  •   Gerrit Brandt  
  •   Daniel Claus  
  • 51 Gian De Guzman  
  • 77 Robin Fensch  
  • 74 Dennis Kenzler  
  •   Lukas Lavin  
  •   Marvin Panienka  
  • 65 Ron Mac Spiegel  
  • 72 Niklas Wiem  
  • 69 David Weinstock  

Defensive linemen

  • 98 Hiswill Awuah DT  
  • 99 Nelson Imasuen DE  
  • 94 Berend Grube DE  
  •   Moritz Hiendleder  
  •   Joshua Köhnlein  
  •   Manuel Raskopp  
  • 95 Evans Yeboah DT  
Linebackers
  •   Kubindia Bashale  
  •   Mattis Dölling  
  •   Tim Kroll  
  •   Emmanuel Kwakye  
  •   Robert Lachmann  
  • 54 Thiago Lessow OLB  
  • 58 Brian-Tom Lohse OLB  
  • 52 Ambroise Mati OLB  
  •   Jan-Niklas Makoben  
  • 45 Jeremy Sarfo RB  
  • 40 Matthias Spiegel ILB  
  •   Maurice Wright Jr.  

Defensive backs

  • 15 Kevin Fortes  
  •   Deion Harris  
  •   Marvin Omar Gesellnsetter  
  •   Victor Omorodion  
  •   Gian-Luca Poerschke  
  •   Bjarne Sauer  
  •   Karm Singh García Heermann  

Special teams

  •  8 Eric Schlomm K/P  


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 23 March 2023
4 A-import, 4 E-import, 48 homegrown
56 active

Staff edit

Hamburg Sea Devils (ELF) staff

Front office

  • CEO – Zeljko Karajica
  • General Manager – Max Paatz
  • Director player personnel – Kendral Ellison

Head coach

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Brett Morgan
  • Offensive assistant – Devin Pettenger
  • Quarterbacks – n/a
  • Wide receivers – Philipp Schulz
  • Tight ends – Marico Gregersen
  • Running backs – Sören Hauff
  • Offensive line – Gustavo Casagrande
  • Assistant offensive line – Ron Masnytzia
  • Offensive quality control – Patrik Asen
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Kendral Ellison
  • Linebackers – Tevin Hanley
  • Defensive line – Malik Ademote
  • Assistant defensive coach – Moses Sarawry
  • Defensive backs – Kenneth Flanders

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Florian Voss
  • Kicking coach – Stefan Nickel


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – n/a


Staff updated 14 February 2022


Notes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Ex-NFL-Footballer Kasim Edebali macht Schluss". sportschau.de (in German). Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  2. ^ Alex Malchow. "XFL Draft: Orlando Guardians Select ELF All-Star DB Justin Rogers". americanfootballinternational.com. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Aus den USA: Neuer Quarterback für die Hamburg Sea Devils". MoPo.de (in German). Lars Albrecht. Retrieved 23 December 2022.
  4. ^ "ELF: 2023 Hamburg Sea Devils – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.