Cologne Centurions (ELF)

Cologne Centurions
Established	2021
Based in	Cologne, Germany
Home stadium	Südstadion
Head coach	Frank Roser[1]
General manager	David Drane
League	European League of Football (ELF)
Division	Southern Division
Current uniform

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.[2] After finishing 5–5 in the regular season, Cologne advanced to the play-offs where they were eliminated by eventual champion Frankfurt Galaxy (ELF) 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.[3]

Roster

**2022 Cologne Centurions roster**

	Quarterbacks 7 Alexander Frisch 🇩🇪 12 Jan Weinreich 🇩🇪 Running backs Denis Dauben FB/LS 🇩🇪 Toby Nick 🇩🇪 Dean Tanwani 🇩🇪 Tre King 🇺🇸 Wide receivers 1 Quinten Pounds 🇺🇸 5 Paul Lenhardt 🇩🇪 10 Justin Schelsinger 🇩🇪 11 Noah Aarass 🇩🇪 13 Jannik Loercks 🇩🇪 14 Ramin Akhlaghi 🇩🇪 81 Valentin Rödiger WR/P/K 🇩🇪 85 Michael Ofosuhene 🇬🇭 André Dickmeis 🇩🇪 Louis Geyer 🇩🇪 Tight ends Laurin Wiegand 🇩🇪		Offensive linemen 56 Firat Aybek G 🇩🇪 73 Fabian Kratz 🇩🇪 76 Niklas Meiworm 🇩🇪 78 Fred Weinreich 🇩🇪[4] 95 Anton Glusancov 🇩🇪 Matej Bencek T 🇩🇪 Marius Faust 🇩🇪 Kevin Foitzik C/G 🇩🇪 Jan-Hendrik Koch T 🇩🇪 Leon Savvas Michailidis 🇬🇷 Leander Wiegand 🇩🇪 Defensive linemen 52 Alexander Boes 🇩🇪 55 Julian Völker 🇩🇪 93 Samuel Ziebarth 🇩🇪 94 Benjo Cerimagic 🇩🇪 99 Junior De Souza Briele 🇧🇷 Mohamad Gafur 🇩🇪 Jahn Jesus Lara Perez DT 🇩🇪🇨🇺 Chris Richardson Jr. 🇺🇸 Janek Wenke DE 🇩🇪		Linebackers 5 Sydney Kenea Amadu 🇩🇪 21 Sango-Erume Vogel 🇩🇪 44 Marius Kensy 🇩🇪 47 Niklas Liesen 🇩🇪 58 Lennart Weitz 🇩🇪 Leon Littfinski 🇩🇪 Felix Losch 🇩🇪 Flamur Simon 🇩🇪 Defensive backs 8 Paul Steffen 🇩🇪 9 Waheed Bhikh CB 🇩🇪 22 Tufan Yagmur SS 🇩🇪 27 Max Richter CB 🇩🇪 Kalon Beverly 🇺🇸 Marvin Djopa 🇩🇪 Ibrahim Eldewieh 🇳🇱 Jan Mika Hesseln 🇩🇪 Marius Riepe 🇩🇪 Special teams Jens Appelt P/K 🇩🇪				Rookies in italics Roster updated 30 April 2022 4 A-import, 3 E-import, 48 homegrown 55 active

Staff

**2022 Cologne Centurions staff**

	Front office CEO – Tillmann Stracke General Manager – David Drane Personnel coordinator – Scouting coordinator – Director of scouting administration – Director of football/head coach administration – Scouting consultant – Head coach Head coach – Frank Roser Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Frank Roser Running backs – Reginald Seabreeze Wide receivers – Philipp Naßan Tight ends – Chris Lihs Offensive line – Peter Heyer Assistant offensive line – Shajan Nagatholy			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Javan Lenhardt Linebacker – Eric Maddox Assistant linebacker – Gerson Santos Defensive line – Simon Gavanda Assistant defensive line – Jörn Scholl Defensive backs – Remo Schatz Assistant defensive backs – Stephan Schacht Special teams coaches Special teams – Chris Lihs Assistant special teams – Jörn Scholl Assistant coaches Coaching assistant – Mehdi Amiri Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Kevin Speer Assistant strength and conditioning – Lorenz Petri updated 28 March 2022

References

"ELF European League of Football".
"Shake-up to inaugural ELF line-up announced; 3 new franchises enter, 2 exit". americanfootballinternational.com. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
"Profisport beim SV Weiden Fußballverein hilft den Cologne Centurions". rheinische-anzeigenblaetter.de (in German). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
@CenturionsCGN (29 November 2021). "Ich kumm us dä Stadt met K un bleibe do! ❤️🤍 "Fred is a hard nose type of Guard who brings a lot to the team. He…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

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[1] "ELF European League of Football".

[2] "Shake-up to inaugural ELF line-up announced; 3 new franchises enter, 2 exit". americanfootballinternational.com. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.

[3] "Profisport beim SV Weiden Fußballverein hilft den Cologne Centurions". rheinische-anzeigenblaetter.de (in German). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021.

[4] @CenturionsCGN (29 November 2021). "Ich kumm us dä Stadt met K un bleibe do! ❤️🤍 "Fred is a hard nose type of Guard who brings a lot to the team. He…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.