2022 Leipzig Kings season


The 2022 Leipzig Kings season in the European League of Football is the second season in the Leipzig Kings history.

2022 Leipzig Kings season
Head coach Fred Armstrong
Home fieldAlfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Uniform

Preseason

The franchise began late in the preseason with player signings. The first one was the signing of former Kings running backs coach David McCants[1] and one day later European veteran A.J. Wentland.[2] Leipzig starting quarterback Michael Birdsong announced on March 21, 2022 that he will retire from his professional football career.[3] His replacement for the 2022 season is Jordan Barlow, who was the starting quarterback for the Southwestern Assemblies of God University and won the Victory Bowl in 2021 as well as being named the offensive MVP of the championship game. Like Birdsong previously, he signed a two-year-deal with the Kings.[4]

Regular season

Standings
Northern Conference
Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA STK Qualification
1 Berlin ThunderAdvance to playoffs
2 Hamburg Sea DevilsBest 2nd place advances
3 Leipzig Kings
4 Panthers Wrocław

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule
Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[upper-alpha 1] Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 2] Recap
1 June 5 15:00 @ Panthers Wrocław Olympic Stadium Wrocław
2 June 11 18:00 Rhein Fire Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
3 June 18 18:00 Hamburg Sea Devils Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
4 June 26 15:00 @ Berlin Thunder Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
5 July 3 15:00 Stuttgart Surge Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
6 July 10 15:00 @ Raiders Tirol Tivoli Stadion Tirol
7 July 17 15:00 Berlin Thunder Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
8 July 24 bye
9 July 31 15:00 Raiders Tirol Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
10 August 7 bye
11 August 14 @ Hamburg Sea Devils Stadion Hoheluft
12 August 21 Panthers Wrocław Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark
13 August 28 @ Stuttgart Surge Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
14 September 4 @ Rhein Fire Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster
2022 Leipzig Kings roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 01 May 2022
4 A-import, 7 E-import, 27 homegrown
38 active

Transactions

From Hamburg Sea Devils:

  • Jan-Phillip Bombek (February 17, 2022)
  • Leon Kusterer (April 1, 2022)

From Panthers Wrocław:

  • William James (March 30, 2022)

Staff
2022 Leipzig Kings staff

Front office

  • Owner – Moritz Heisler
  • General Manager –
  • Personnel coordinator –
  • Head of football operations –
  • Quality control – Quang Pham Minh

Head coach

  • Head coach – Fred Armstrong

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator –
  • Quarterbacks –
  • Running backs –
  • Wide receivers –
  • Tight ends –
  • Offensive line – John Alexander Booker
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Richard Kent
  • Linebacker –
  • Defensive line – Konstantinos "Guss" Kosmakos

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator –
  • Kicking consultant –

Assistant coaches

  • Coaching assistant –

Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning –


updated 28 March 2022

Notes
  1. Intra-Conference games are in bold text
  2. All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

References
  1. "LEIPZIG KINGS SIGN RB COACH DAVID MCCANTS TO ACTIVE ROSTER" (in German). January 3, 2022.
  2. "LEIPZIG KINGS SIGN EXPERIENCED LINEBACKER AJ WENTLAND" (in German). January 4, 2022.
  3. "Kings verlieren ihren Quarterback". Football-Aktuell.de (in German). March 21, 2022.
  4. "Barlow ist der Birdsong-Ersatz in Leipzig". Football-Aktuell.de (in German). April 22, 2022.
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