2023 Stuttgart Surge season
General managerSuni Musa
Head coachJordan Neuman
Home fieldGazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
Uniform

The 2023 Stuttgart Surge season is the third season of Stuttgart Surge in the European League of Football. It is the first season with a new head coach after a winless season prior.


Preseason

To the end of the regular season in 2022, the team and coaching staff of the franchise were in turmoil after finishing the first two seasons with 2 - 20. The front office in contrast were kept stabile with two additions to it of former coaches of the organization.[1] Following changes in staff and personnel concerned transactions from the German League Champion Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns to the franchise. Almost the complete staff around Jordan Neumann changed the league, following the demise of the German Football League and its problematic structures. Connected to that, a lot of players were following in hopes of better competition and exposure. [2]

Regular season

Standings

Central Conference
Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Germany Stuttgart Surge121028–2387237+150W3Automatic playoffs (#3)
2Austria Raiders Tirol12848–2307230+77W1
3Germany Munich Ravens12757–3425338+87W2
4Switzerland Helvetic Guards12393–7174378–204L4
5Italy Milano Seamen122102–8328497–169L3
6Spain Barcelona Dragons122102–8199396–197L10

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference[3]

2023 Stuttgart Surge roster
Quarterbacks
  •  4 Reilly Hennessey United States
  • 12 Janis Kaiser Germany
  • 16 Jan Weinreich Germany

Running backs

  • 20 Janis Hackenberg Germany
  •  2 Kai Hunter Germany
  •  6 Levin Liebenow Germany
  • 37 Maximilan Merwarth FB Germany
  • 35 Philead Pasqualini France
  • 17 Nelson Stegmaier Germany
  • 41 Bryan Yankson Germany

Wide receivers

  • 81 Paul Böhringer Germany
  • 79 Luca Faschian Switzerland
  •  7 Louis Geyer Germany
  • 13 Joshua Haas Germany
  • 10 Florian Lengauer Germany
  • 14 Yannick Mayr Austria
  •  3 Aurieus Minton Germany
  • 19 Bryce Nunnelly United States
  • 85 Emil Rabin Germany
  • 18 Paul Steigerwald Germany
  •  8 Darrel Stewart United States

Tight ends

  • 80 Philip Eichhorn Germany
  • 88 Emmanuel Häfele Germany
 Offensive linemen
  • 78 Benhur Arya Germany
  • 62 Elias Becher Germany
  • 66 Sascha Beck Germany
  • 67 Markos Dubravkic Germany
  • 74 Robert Hager Germany
  • 73 Paul Jakob Germany
  • 61 Luca Jokiel Germany
  • 73 Lukas Maier Germany
  • 79 Lenny Sadzik Germany
  • 77 Marlon Werthmann Germany
  • 55 Alessandro Vergani Italy

Defensive linemen

  • 92 Simon Butsch Germany
  • 59 Lorenzo Deiana Germany
  • 70 Maximilian Dommermuth Germany
  • 94 ALi Hayak France
  • 54 Alexander Kress Germany
  • 75 Brice Tchouadje DT Ghana
  • 99 Sercan Vardar DE Germany
  • 91 Raphael Zistler Germany
 Linebackers
  • 44 Maleka Japhet Mbala ILB Germany
  • 47 Nikolas Knoblauch ILB Germany
  • 32 Luis Bach Germany
  • 23 Guiseppe Della Vecchia Italy
  • 25 Thomas Frach Germany
  • 11 Majan Jelvani Germany
  •  1 Sasan Jelvani Germany
  • 27 Khaylan Kearse-Thomas United States
  • 28 Luca Siebert Germany
  • 43 Benjamin Spiess Germany
  • 52 Lukas Storz Germany

Defensive backs

  • 29 Diego Cardenas CB Mexico
  • 30 Kai Singer S Germany
  • 21 Julian Jakob CB Germany
  • 31 Nick Wenzelburger S Germany
  • 33 Ben Wenzler CB Germany
  •  9 Lasse Engel Germany
  • 24 Mitch Fettig United States
  • 15 Konstantin Katz Germany
  • 22 Martin Körber Germany
  • 36 Marc Scherenberg Germany
  • 26 Thiago Siebert Germany
  •  5 Goran Zec Serbia

Special teams

  • 34 Lenny Krieg Germany


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 5 March 2023
4 A-import, 6 E-import, 52 homegrown
62 active

Transactions

From Frankfurt Galaxy: Konstantin Katz, Kai Hunter
From Cologne Centurions: Louis Geyer
From Leipzig Kings: Philip Eichhorn

Staff

2023 Stuttgart Surge staff

Front office

  • Owner – Steffen Korinth, Erwin &
    Martin Schmidt, Jakob Johnson
  • General Manager – Suni Musa
  • Director of Player Personnel and Development – George Streeter
  • Director of football operations/personnel – Jeremy Bryson

Head coach

  • Head coach – Jordan Neuman

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Jordan Neuman
  • Quarterbacks – n/a
  • Running backs – Joshua Tapscott
  • Wide receivers – Joseph Joyner
  • Tight ends/fullbacks – Jochen Holzinger
  • Offensive line – Hunter Sims
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Johannes Brenner
  • Assistant defensive coordinator – Cody Pastorino
  • Linebacker – Daniel McCray
  • Inside linebacker – David Zeller
  • Defensive line – Justin Bernthaler
  • Defensive backs – n/a

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – n/a

Assistant coaches

  • Analytics coach – Friedemann Hees

Strength and conditioning

  • Strength and conditioning – Natalia Wisniewska
  • Head of Strength and conditioning – Corey Chapman


Staff updated 23 March 2023

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Paukenschlag! Stuttgart Surge mit Neustart nach Horror-Saison". ran.de (in German). Retrieved 31 December 2022.
    2. ↑ JC Abbott. "Frustrations with GFL led Jordan Neuman to leave champion Unicorns for ELF's Stuttgart Surge". AmericanFootballInternational.com. Retrieved 31 December 2022.
    3. ↑ "ELF: 2023 Stuttgart Surge – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.
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