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 WeekDateTime (CET)OpponentResultRecordVenueTVRecap1June 515:00@ Frankfurt GalaxyW 29 – 261 – 0PSD Bank ArenaProSieben Maxx, ran.de, Arena4+2June 1215:00@ Leipzig KingsW 28 – 172 – 0Paul Greifzu Stadiumran.de3June 1915:00Istanbul RamsW 42 – 123 – 0Schauinsland-Reisen-ArenaS Sport, ran.deProSieben Maxx, Arena4+4June 2615:00Barcelona DragonsL 13 – 173 – 1Schauinsland-Reisen-ArenaEsport35July 315:00@ Hamburg Sea DevilsL 15 – 423 – 2Stadion HoheluftProSieben MAXX6July 1015:00Cologne Centurions W 17 – 34 – 2Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 7July 17 bye 8 July 24 15:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 16 – 40 4 – 3 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena 9 July 30 17:00 @ Barcelona Dragons L 23 – 33 4 – 4 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3, ran.de10August 7bye11August 1315:00@ Istanbul RamsW 50 – 325 – 4Maltepe Hasan Polat StadiumS Sport12August 2115:00Frankfurt GalaxyW 23 – 216 – 4Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena13August 2717:00@ Cologne CenturionsW 59 – 377 – 4Südstadion14September 415:00Leipzig KingsL 31 – 347 – 5Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Source: europeanleague.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, 2021), Patrick Poetsch (December 21, 2021), Nick Wiens (December 24, 2021), Jannik Seibel (February 4, 2022), Florian Eichhorn (February 10, 2022), Jan-Niclas Dalbeck (February 17, 2022)
From Leipzig Kings: Jason Aguemon (December 30, 2021), Timothy Knüttel (February 27, 2022)
From Stuttgart Surge: Marvin Pludra (February 23, 2022), Domenik Rofalski (February 28, 2022)
Staff
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