2022 Barcelona Dragons season

2022 Barcelona Dragons (ELF) season
2022 Barcelona Dragons (ELF) season
Head coach	Andrew Weidinger
Home field	Estadi Municipal
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The 2022 Barcelona Dragons season is the second season of the new Barcelona Dragons team in the European League of Football.

Preseason

After a moderate first season, their head coach Adam Rita announced, that he will not return to Barcelona and will become the new head coach of the Catania Elephants.[1][2] On November 15, 2021 the franchise announced the re-signing of their first player with local hero Àlex González and later their first transfer with the signing of Eduardo Sánchez from the Panthers Wrocław.[3][4] Furthermore, the management came to an agreement with the municipality Reus to use their stadion for the 2022 and 2023 season.[5] On March 10, 2022 Andrew Weidinger was presented as the new head coach.[6]

Regular season

Standings

Southern Conference
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	CONF	PF	PA	STK	Qualification
1	Barcelona Dragons									Advance to playoffs
2	Cologne Centurions									Best 2nd place advances
3	Istanbul Rams
4	Rhein Fire

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	@ Stuttgart Surge			Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
2	June 12	15:00	@ Hamburg Sea Devils			Stadion Hoheluft
3	June 18	18:00	Cologne Centurions			Estadi Municipal de Reus
4	June 26	15:00	@ Rhein Fire			Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena
5	July 2	18:00	Istanbul Rams			Estadi Municipal de Reus
6	July 9	18:00	Vienna Vikings			Estadi Municipal de Reus
7	July 18	bye
8	July 23	15:00	@ Istanbul Rams			Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
9	July 30	18:00	Rhein Fire			Estadi Municipal de Reus
10	August 7	bye
11	August 13		@ Cologne Centurions			Südstadion
12	August 20	18:00	Stuttgart Surge			Estadi Municipal de Reus
13	August 28		@ Vienna Vikings			Generali-Arena Vienna
14	September 4	18:00	Hamburg Sea Devils			Estadi Municipal de Reus

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

**2022 Barcelona Dragons roster**

	Quarterbacks 1 Zach Edwards 🇺🇸 Sergio Barbero 🇪🇸 Diego Lliteras 🇪🇸 Running backs 3 Adrián Jiménez 🇪🇸 21 Antoni Montón 🇪🇸 Javier Castañón 🇪🇸 Elías Rodríguez 🇪🇸 Miguel Quince López 🇪🇸 Wide receivers 15 Mario Flores 🇪🇸 80 Jordi Torrededia 🇪🇸 88 Roque Alarcón 🇪🇸 Benjamin Plu 🇫🇷 Luis Sánchez 🇪🇸 Kyle Sweet 🇺🇸 Arnau Casamor 🇫🇷 Aarón David 🇪🇸 Marcos Molina 🇪🇸 Rubén Quintana 🇪🇸 Guillem Visent 🇪🇸 Tight ends Raúl Hernández 🇪🇸 Igor Mašlanka LS 🇸🇰 Henry Rowland 🇬🇧		Offensive linemen 57 Elvys Núñez 🇪🇸 60 Celestin Ngimbi 🇪🇸 78 Axel Irigoite 🇪🇸🇦🇷 Jose Ariza 🇪🇸 Dani Domínguez 🇪🇸 Mikel Gómez 🇪🇸 Gabriel Rodríguez 🇪🇸 Mathias Roll Hummelmose 🇩🇰 Carlos de la Rubia 🇪🇸 Eduardo Sánchez 🇪🇸 Alan Mark Sousa 🇪🇸 Defensive linemen 73 Sebastian Bowen DT 🇪🇸 90 Alejandro Fernández DT 🇪🇸 99 Yago Rivero DE 🇪🇸 Jean-Marc Ciocan DT 🇫🇷 Edwin Elio DT 🇫🇷 Daniel Franco DT 🇪🇸 Vladimir Yartsev DT 🇷🇺 Aarón Sola DE 🇪🇸 Alberto del Cerroa DE 🇪🇸 Iván Gutiérrez DE 🇪🇸 Junior Varela DE 🇪🇸 Rodrigo Sanz DE 🇪🇸		Linebackers 10 Cesare Brugnani OLB 🇪🇸 45 Álex "Posito" González ILB 🇪🇸 49 Sebastián Castañer ILB 🇪🇸 59 Víctor Albarracín ILB 🇪🇸 Curro Anglada ILB 🇪🇸 Pep Tricas ILB 🇪🇸 Adrián Novella ILB 🇪🇸 Joel Cabré OLB 🇪🇸 Jofre Cano OLB 🇪🇸 Max Nacewicz 🇺🇸 Anthony Rodrigues OLB 🇫🇷 Defensive backs 20 Lucas Masero CB 🇪🇸 22 Lautaro Frecha S 🇦🇷 23 Jordi Brugnani CB 🇪🇸 25 Niko Lester WR 🇩🇪 27 Andy Vera CB 🇪🇸 Pablo Araya S 🇪🇸 Joan Carles Bartra S 🇪🇸 Iván Canto CB 🇪🇸 Guillem Casellas CB 🇪🇸 Jonathan Corradini S 🇪🇸 Manyang Darboe CB 🇪🇸 Willem Andrés Jore-Sastre CB 🇪🇸 Jorge Félix Velasco S 🇪🇸 Shawn Wilson CB 🇺🇸 Special teams Giorgio Tavecchio K 🇮🇹 Luis Cereceda P 🇪🇸				Rookies in italics Roster updated 25 April 2022 3 A-import, 11 E-import, 57 homegrown 71 active

Transactions

From Panthers Wrocław: Eduardo Sánchez (November 20, 2021), Igor Mašlanka (February 23, 2022)

Staff

**2022 Barcelona Dragons staff**

	Front office Owner – Big Ten Football SL CEO/GM – Bartolomeo Iaccarino Director football operations – Jesús Sánchez Head coach Head coach – Andrew Weidinger Assistant head coach – Patrick Wennin Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Andrew Weidinger Assistant quarterbacks – Mónica Rafecas Running backs – Patrick Wennin Wide receivers – Victor Martin Tight ends – Xavi Gonzalo Offensive line – Giuliano Cattaneo Assistant offensive line – Gonzalo Pérez			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Gabriel "Black" Sánchez Linebacker – Raúl Saavedra Defensive line – Chase Baker Assistant defensive line – Michael Sam Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Patrick Wennin Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – updated 25 April 2022

Notes

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

References

@Dragons_BCN (November 11, 2021). "Moltes gràcies per tot, Coach Adam Rita!" (Tweet) (in Catalan) – via Twitter.
"Adam Rita, conosciamo insieme il nuovo HC degli Elephants". CIF9 (in Italian). January 28, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
@Dragons_BCN (November 15, 2021). "Àlex González Posito renova per la temporada 2022" (Tweet) (in Catalan) – via Twitter.
@Dragons_BCN (November 20, 2021). "Eduardo Sánchez, signed for the 2022 season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
"Los Barcelona Dragons seguirán en Reus hasta 2023". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
"ELF: Barcelona Dragons sign former NFL assistant Andrew Weidinger as HC". AmericanFootballInternational.com. March 11, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.

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[7] Intra-Conference games are in bold text

[8] All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

[1] @Dragons_BCN (November 11, 2021). "Moltes gràcies per tot, Coach Adam Rita!" (Tweet) (in Catalan) – via Twitter.

[2] "Adam Rita, conosciamo insieme il nuovo HC degli Elephants". CIF9 (in Italian). January 28, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

[3] @Dragons_BCN (November 15, 2021). "Àlex González Posito renova per la temporada 2022" (Tweet) (in Catalan) – via Twitter.

[4] @Dragons_BCN (November 20, 2021). "Eduardo Sánchez, signed for the 2022 season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

[5] "Los Barcelona Dragons seguirán en Reus hasta 2023". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.

[6] "ELF: Barcelona Dragons sign former NFL assistant Andrew Weidinger as HC". AmericanFootballInternational.com. March 11, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.