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2023 Rhein Fire Season
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 Schedule Roster Transactions From Cologne Centurions: Max Richter, Flamur Simon, Marius Kensy, Jannik Lörcks From Barcelona Dragons: Alejandro Fernández From Stuttgart Surge: Benjamin Barnes Staff Notes References {{Rhein Fire (EL ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jim Tomsula
James Andrew Tomsula (born April 14, 1968) is an American football coach who is the head coach for the Rhein Fire of the European League of Football (ELF). Serving as a defensive coach throughout his career, Tomsula has also been the head coach for the Rhein Fire of NFL Europe and the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He was born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Homestead. Attending Catawba College, Tomsula played defensive end from 1987 to 1990, after transferring from Middle Tennessee State University after the 1986 season. At Catawba College, he made 109 tackles in two seasons. Coaching career Catawba College Tomsula began his coaching career as a strength and conditioning coach at Catawba College in 1989. After serving as an assistant coach at Charleston Southern under defensive coordinator Fred Hamilton from 1992 to 1995, Tomsula returned to Catawba College, where he was a member of the coaching staff until 2005 and helped lead the Catawba In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MSV-Arena
MSV-Arena, currently known for sponsorship purposes as the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena, is a football stadium in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, built in 2004. The stadium is the home of football club MSV Duisburg and American football club Rhein Fire (ELF), Rhein Fire. It has a capacity of 31,500. The stadium was built on the site of the old Wedaustadion. It was the venue of the World Games 2005, 2005 World Games. See also *List of football stadiums in Germany *Lists of stadiums References Football venues in Germany Buildings and structures in Duisburg MSV Duisburg Rugby union stadiums in Germany Rhein Fire (ELF) Sports venues in North Rhine-Westphalia 2004 establishments in Germany Sports venues completed in 2004 American football venues in Germany European League of Football venues {{NorthRhineWestphalia-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 Rhein Fire Season
The 2022 Rhein Fire season was the inaugural season of the new Rhein Fire team in the European League of Football from Düsseldorf, Germany. For this season, the franchise played their home games in the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena in Duisburg near to its headquarter. Preseason After signing multiple coaches, the newly founded franchise announced the signing of their first player Sven Breidenbach for the 2022 season. In the following, the team planned to organise an invitational combine for December 18, 2021. In the 2022 preseason the management announced that former NFL Europe Rhein Fire head coach Jim Tomsula will also be the first head coach of the Rhein Fire in the European league of Football. Regular season Standings Schedule Sourceeuropeanleague.football Roster Transactions From Cologne Centurions: Till Janssen (November 8, 2021), Alberto Trovato (November 14, 2021), Richard Grooten (November 17, 2021), Daniel Schuhmacher (November 26, 2021), Timo Jüngst (December 17, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhein Fire (ELF)
The Rhein Fire are an American football team in Düsseldorf, Germany, which plays in the European League of Football since it was added as an expansion team during the 2022 ELF season. Rhein fire won the ELF championship game in 2023 and 2024. History On 25 September 2021, the Rhein Fire was announced as the third expansion and 11th overall team to play in the European League of Football beginning in the 2022 season. The team would be taking the identity of the former NFL Europe team, after the league reached an agreement before the 2021 season with the NFL for the naming rights. In the 2022 pre-season, the management announced that the former NFL Europe Rhein Fire head coach Jim Tomsula would also be the first head coach of the Rhein Fire in the European League of Football. Season-by-season Stadium The stadium is the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena in Duisburg with a capacity for 31,500 people. The venue is shared with MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European League Of Football
The European League of Football (ELF) is a Professional gridiron football, professional American football sports league, league based in Europe, continuing some team names and logos of the former NFL Europe. The ELF played its first season in 2021, and has 16 teams in the 2025 season. Teams are located in Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Germany, Poland, Spain and Switzerland with plans to expand. History The European League of Football was announced 4 November 2020 by Patrick Esume, former American Football coach and TV commentator, and sports manager Zeljko Karajica. Since 2018, Esume had criticized the American Football Association of Germany (AFVD) for not using the fan potential in Germany, and tried to set up a professionalized structure for American football in Germany and the rest of Europe. The announcement of the league was met with skepticism from AFVD and the German Football League (GFL). AFVD president Robert Huber, said, "...we have experienc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state after Cologne and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city in Germany, with a 2022 population of 629,047. The Düssel, from which the city and the borough of Düsseltal take their name, divides into four separate branches within the city, each with its own mouth into the Rhine (Lower Rhine). Most of Düsseldorf lies on the right bank of the Rhine, and the city has grown together with Neuss, Ratingen, Meerbusch, Erkrath and Monheim am Rhein. Düsseldorf is the central city of the metropolitan region Rhine-Ruhr, the List of EU metropolitan regions by GDP#2021 ranking of top four German metropolitan regions, second biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union, that stretches from Bonn via Cologne and Düsseldorf to the Ruhr (from Duisburg via Essen to Dortmund). The ''-dorf'' suffix mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne Centurions (ELF)
The Cologne Centurions are an American football team based in Cologne, Germany, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF). History In March 2021, it was announced that a new franchise in Cologne is one of the eight teams to play in the inaugural season of the European League of Football. The team would be named Cologne Centurions, taking the identity of the former NFL Europe team, after the league reached an agreement with the NFL for the naming rights. After finishing 5–5 in the regular season, Cologne advanced to the play-offs where they were eliminated by eventual champion Frankfurt Galaxy in the first round. After the season, their Head Coach Kirk Heidelberg left the organization, reportedly in mutual agreement. Stadium The Centurions are playing their home games at Südstadion in Cologne Cologne ( ; ; ) is the largest city of the States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and the List of cities in Germany by population, fourth-most popul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF)
The Frankfurt Galaxy is a professional American football team in Frankfurt, Germany, that competes in the European League of Football (ELF). History The Frankfurt franchise was announced in November 2020, as part of the inaugural season of the European League of Football. In March 2021, ELF announced it has reached an agreement with the NFL, to be able to use the team names from the days of NFL Europe. On the same day, it was announced Frankfurt will use the previous name of Frankfurt Galaxy. Season-by-season Honours The team's honours: * European League of Football – Championship game ** Winners: 2021 * European League of Football – Southern Division ** Champions: 2021 Logo The logo represents a galaxy in the colors purple and gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a tran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhein Fire (NFL Europe)
The Rhein Fire were a professional football team in the NFL Europe, formerly the World League of American Football. Established in Düsseldorf, Germany in 1995, the franchise resurrected the name of the former Birmingham Fire team which was active during the 1991–1992 WLAF seasons. History The team was based in Düsseldorf (and early on the team was occasionally referred to in the U.S. as the Düsseldorf Fire), playing at the Rheinstadion until 2002. After the demolition of the Rheinstadion, the team moved to nearby Gelsenkirchen and played at Arena AufSchalke for the 2003 and 2004 seasons. The team returned to Düsseldorf for the 2005 season, playing at the newly constructed LTU Arena. The Fire would remain at the LTU Arena until NFL Europe's dissolution in 2007. The Fire hosted the World Bowl a record five times: in World Bowl '99, 1999 and World Bowl X, 2002 at the Rheinstadion, in World Bowl XII, 2004 at Arena AufSchalke, and in World Bowl XIII, 2005 and World Bowl XIV, 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Weidinger
Andrew Weidinger (born July 10, 1982) is an American football coach who is the head coach of the Madrid Bravos in the European League of Football (ELF). Weidinger joined the Bravos after serving two seasons as the offensive coordinator for the Rhein Fire in 2023-2024 and one as head coach of the Barcelona Dragons in 2022. Weidinger won back-to-back championships with the Fire and led the Barcelona Dragons to an 8–4 record and their first ever playoff appearance. Weidinger was named the 2022 ELF Coach of the Year for his work with the Dragons and 2023 ELF Assistant Coach of the Year for his work in Rhein. He previously coached for the Atlanta Falcons and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League, the Arizona Hotshots of the now defunct Alliance of American Football and The University of Arizona. College coaching Weidinger began his football and coaching career in 2000 when he enrolled at the University of Arizona. There he worked as a student assistant and later a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 ELF Western Conference Standings
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Barcelona Dragons (ELF)
The Barcelona Dragons were an American football team based in Catalonia, Spain. It played in the European League of Football (ELF). History On 11 January 2021, it was announced that a new franchise in Barcelona would be one of the eight teams to play in the inaugural season of the European League of Football. The name chosen for the franchise was Gladiators Football, and the team would be coached by long-time CFL coach Adam Rita After the league was announced in March 2021, an agreement was reached with the NFL to reuse NFL Europe team names, and the franchise was renamed the Barcelona Dragons. On June 19, 2021, the Dragons played their first game and lost to the Stuttgart Surge at home, 17–21. After four defeats, the first victory against the Berlin Thunder was achieved on week 6, 48–16. Wide receiver Jéan Constant was awarded gameday MVP honors. On week 8, quarterback Zach Edwards won the award for best player of the week. After a defeat on week 11, the team missed en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
