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2023 Frankfurt Galaxy season

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

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.

Preseason

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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

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Standings

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

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

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Reference[3]

Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  • 10 Steven Cluley
United States
  •  6 Lars Heidrich
Germany
United States

Running backs

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

Wide receivers

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

Tight ends

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

Defensive linemen

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

Defensive backs

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

Special teams

  •  1 Ryan Rimmler K
Germany


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

Transactions

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From Raiders Tirol: Tony Anderson[4]

Staff

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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

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References

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  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".