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. 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. Furthermore, the management came to an agreement with the municipality Reus to use their stadion for the 2022 and 2023 season. On March 10, 2022 Andrew Weidinger was presented as the new head coach.
Regular season Standings
Schedule WeekDateTime (CET)OpponentResultRecordVenueTVHome Attendance 1June 515:00@ Stuttgart SurgeW 38 – 91 – 0Gazi-Stadion auf der WaldauEsport32June 1215:00@ Hamburg Sea DevilsW 24 – 212 – 0Stadion HoheluftEsport3, ran.deProSieben MAXX3June 1818:00Cologne CenturionsW 34 – 323 – 0Estadi Municipal de ReusEsport39804June 2615:00@ Rhein FireW 17 – 134 – 0Schauinsland-Reisen-ArenaEsport35July 218:00Istanbul RamsW 41 – 75 – 0Estadi Municipal de ReusEsport39576July 918:00Vienna VikingsL 20 – 275 – 1Estadi Municipal de ReusEsport3, Puls24, Zappn.tv, More Than Sports TV13127July 18bye8July 2315:00@ Istanbul RamsL 19 – 225 – 2Maltepe Hasan Polat StadiumEsport39July 3018:00Rhein FireW 33 – 236 – 2Estadi Municipal de ReusEsport3104310August 7bye11August 1317:00@ Cologne CenturionsW 37 – 157 – 2SüdstadionEsport312August 2018:00Stuttgart SurgeW 62 – 88 – 2Estadi Municipal de ReusEsport389713August 2815:00@ Vienna VikingsL 18 – 248 – 3Generali-Arena ViennaEsport314September 318:00Hamburg Sea DevilsL 21 – 248 – 4Estadi Municipal de ReusEsport3963 Source: europeanleague.football
Play-offs
Attendance
Roster
Awards
ELF Honors 2022 Awards PlayerPositionAward Andrew Weidinger HC Coach of the year Kyle Sweet WR Offensive Player of the year
ELF All Stars Awards PlayerPositionAward Kyle Sweet WR All Stars 1st Team Alejandro Fernandez Edge All Stars 1st Team Zach Edwards QB All Stars 2nd Team Michael Sam Edge All Stars 2nd Team
ELF Honors 2022. Nominees PlayerPositionAward Zach Edwards QB Season MVP Andrew Weidinger HC Coach of the year Zach Edwards QB Offensive Player of the year Kyle Sweet WR Offensive Player of the year Alejandro Fernandez DE Defensive Player of the year
MVP of the Week WeekPlayerPositionTeamStat2 Zach Edwards QB Barcelona Dragons 3 TD, 1 Int, 202 Yds passing, 108 Yds rushing 12 Zach Edwards QB Barcelona Dragons 7 TD, 0 Int, 321 Yds passing, 67,7 % pass comp
ELF Stats Leaders. Regular Season PlayerPositionStatValue Zach Edwards QB Passes Completed 255 Zach Edwards QB Passing yards 3325 Zach Edwards QB Passing TD 36 Zach Edwards QB Longest TD Pass (yds) 95 Kyle Sweet WR Receptions 115 Kyle Sweet WR Targets 164 Kyle Sweet WR Receiving yards 1561 Kyle Sweet WR Receiving TDs 17 Alejandro Fernandez DE Sack Yards 137 Alejandro Fernandez DE Forced fumbles 7 Alejandro Fernandez DE Fumbles Recovered 3 Niko Lester S Longest Interception (yds) 97
NFL International Combine 2022 (IPPP) PlayerPositionNationality Alejandro Fernandez DE Gabriel Rodriguez OL
Statistics
Team Leaders. Regular Season
Offensive
PlayerPositionStatValueELF Rk Zach Edwards QB Passes Completed 255 #1 Zach Edwards QB Passing yards 3325 #1 Zach Edwards QB Passing TD 36 #1 Zach Edwards QB QB rating 101.02 #4 Zach Edwards QB Rushing Att 98 #11 Zach Edwards QB Rushing yards 549 #6 Zach Edwards QB Rushing TDs 4 #12 Kyle Sweet WR Receptions 115 #1 Kyle Sweet WR Targets 164 #1 Kyle Sweet WR Receiving yards 1561 #1 Kyle Sweet WR Receiving TDs 17 #1
Defensive
PlayerPositionStatValueELF Rk Alex "Posito" Gonzalez LB Tackles Total 79 #16 Anthony Rodrigues LB Tackles Solo 52 #8 Alex "Posito" Gonzalez LB Tackles Ast 30 #23 Alejandro Fernandez DE Sacks 15.5 #2 Alejandro Fernandez DE Sack Yards 137 #1 Alejandro Fernandez DE TFL 20.5 #3 Alejandro Fernandez DE TFL Yards 152 #2 Alejandro Fernandez DE Forced fumbles 7 #1 Alejandro Fernandez DE Fumbles Recovered 3 #1 Jordi Brugnani CB Interceptions 4 #5 Jordi Brugnani CB Break Ups 10 #7
Returns
PlayerPositionStatValueELF Rk Jairus Moll CB Punt return Yards 146 #8 Jairus Moll CB Punt return Longest 27 #16 Jairus Moll CB Kickoff Return Yards 375 #12 Jairus Moll CB Kickoff Return Longest 54 #9 Jairus Moll CB Return yards Total 521 #9
Kicking
PlayerPositionStatValueELF Rk Giorgio Tavecchio K FG Made 9 #5 Giorgio Tavecchio K FG % 56.25 #8 Giorgio Tavecchio K FG Long 46 #7 Giorgio Tavecchio K PAT Made 39 #2 Giorgio Tavecchio K PAT % 84.78 #2 Giorgio Tavecchio K Kickoff Yards 4494 #4 Luis Cereceda P Punt yards 1455 #4 Luis Cereceda P Punt Long 69 #2 Luis Cereceda P Punt Inside 20 7 #7 Luis Cereceda P Punt 50+ 3 #9 Luis Cereceda P Punt Avg Yards 38.29 #7
Transactions In Season Roster moves. Players Signed
23 Jun: Sergio Barbero QB
16 Jun: Jairus Moll DB , Josep Tricas LS
4 Jun: Junior Varela DL , Miguel Angel Kabankaya OL
1 Jun: Michael Sam DL
In Season Roster moves. Players Released
2 Sep: Mathias Hummelmose OL , Junior Varela DL
7 Jul: Aron Sola DE , Joel Cabre LB
30 Jun: Ruben Quintana TE
23 Jun: Luis Sanchez WR , Bartolome Flaquer QB
16 Jun: Shawn Wilson DB
4 Jun: Jean Marc Ciocan DL
31 May: Max Nazewicz LB
Staff
Notes
References