2022 Vienna Vikings season

The 2022 Vienna Vikings season is the inaugural season of the newly formed Vienna Vikings American Football team in the second season of the European League of Football.

2022 Vienna Vikings season
Head coach	Chris Calaycay
Home stadium	Generali Arena Vienna
Results
Record	10 – 2
Conference place	1st
Playoffs	won Championship Game vs. Hamburg Sea Devils 27 – 15
Uniform
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Preseason

After being introduced as one of the 2022 expansion teams, the Vikings announced on October 19, 2021 to continue with Chris Calaycay as a head coach.^[1] In November, the Vikings held their first ELF Combine on November 6, 2021 and there after signed the first player with Luis Horvath.^[2] The first notable acquisition is the signing of former Clemson Tigers wide receiver Diondre Overton.^[3] He then was drafted for the 2022 USFL season by the Philadelphia Stars (2022).^[4]

On February 12, 2022 the management of the Vienna Vikings announced that they would play all their home games of this season in one of the most modern stadiums of the league with the Generali Arena Vienna.^[5] Before the season, the team had a combined training camp and a friendly scrimmage with the Leipzig Kings.^[6]

Regular season

Standings

Central Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	T	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Vienna Vikings	12	10	2	0	5–1	352	209	143	L1	Advance to playoffs
2	Raiders Tirol	12	8	4	0	3–3	418	229	189	W1	Best 2nd place advances
3	Frankfurt Galaxy	12	8	4	0	4–2	386	247	139	W2
4	Stuttgart Surge	12	0	12	0	0–6	113	451	−338	L12

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week	Date	Time (CET)	Opponent[A]	Result	Record	Venue	TV[B][C]	Recap
1	June 5	15:00	@ Raiders Tirol	W 29 – 23	1 – 0	Tivoli Stadion Tirol	Puls24, Zappn.tv
2	June 12	15:00	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 30 – 10	2 – 0	Generali Arena Vienna	Puls24, Zappn.tv
3	June 19	15:00	Stuttgart Surge	W 42 – 13	3 – 0	Generali Arena Vienna	Zappn.tv
4	June 25	18:00	@ Istanbul Rams	W 49 – 0	4 – 0	Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium	S Sport, Zappn.tv
5	July 3	15:00	Panthers Wrocław	W 30 – 6	5 – 0	Generali Arena Vienna	Polsat Sport, Puls24, Zappn.tv
6	July 9	18:00	@ Barcelona Dragons	W 27 – 20	6 – 0	Estadi Municipal de Reus	Esport3, Puls24, Zappn.tv, More Than Sports TV
7	July 17	bye
8	July 24	15:00	Raiders Tirol	W 29 – 13	7 – 0	Generali Arena Vienna	Puls24, Zappn.tv
9	July 30	15:00	@ Stuttgart Surge	W 41 – 0	8 – 0	Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau
10	August 7	bye
11	August 14	15:00	@ Frankfurt Galaxy	L 8 – 42	8 – 1	PSD Bank Arena
12	August 21	15:00	Istanbul Rams	W 37 – 22	9 – 1	Generali Arena Vienna	S Sport
13	August 28	15:00	Barcelona Dragons	W 24 – 18	10 – 1	Generali Arena Vienna	Esport3
14	September 4	15:00	@ Panthers Wrocław	L 6 – 42	10 – 2	Wrocław Olympic Stadion	Polsat Sport

Source: europeanleague.football Archived 2022-05-28 at the Wayback Machine

Roster

Vienna Vikings roster

	Quarterbacks  9 Jackson Erdmann 12 Alexander Reischl Running backs  3 Florian Wegan 33 Kende Ráthonyi Wide receivers  4 Jordan Bouah  5 Anton Wegan  6 Mike Breuler 11 Felix Reisacher 17 Kimi Linnainmaa 19 Nikolaus Rabitsch Tight ends  8 Adrià Botella Moreno 15 Rudi-Lee Frey		Offensive linemen 56 Matthew Daltrey C 57 Michael Haider LG 61 Aleksandar Milanovic LT 66 Niklas Johansson 71 Lukas Holub RT 77 Toby Lettman 74 Benjamin Bierbaumer 79 Benjamin Rab RG Karl-Frederik Johansson Defensive linemen  1 Leon Balogh DE 46 Vito Millauer DE 47 Blake Nelson DE 52 Oskar Kranich DE 75 Florian Sudi DT 90 Moritz Schmahel DT 91 Dominic Siegel DE 92 Marvin Wappl DT 94 Florian Grünsteidl DT 99 Maximilian Müllner DT		Linebackers 39 Sebastian Huber OLB 40 Thomas Schnurrer ILB 42 Moritz Elmauthaler ILB 44 Leon Huber ILB 49 Alex Watholowitsch ILB Defensive backs  7 Exavier Edwards S 21 Leo Gerner CB 22 Christoph Kellner CB 23 Benjamin Straight S 27 Nikolaus Huszar CB 32 Luis Horvath S 36 Fabio Zvonimir Tartarotti CB 37 Sebastian Wimmer CB Special teams  2 Dennis Tasic K 16 Sebastian Daum P 20 Oskar Herz K				Reserve lists 24 Florian Albrecht CB (IR) 89 Florian Bierbaumer WR (IR)   Weston Carr WR (IR)   Raoul Hrouda WR (IR)   Dustin Illetschko LB (IR)   Florian Jobst CB (IR)   Clemens Walz OL (IR) Rookies in italics Roster updated 25 June 2022[7] 6 A-import, 9 E-import, 38 homegrown 46 active, 7 inactive

Transactions

From Hamburg Sea Devils: Adrià Botella Moreno (December 20, 2021)

Staff

Vienna Vikings staff

	Front office Owners – Constantin Burkheiser, Markus Kraetschmer, Robin Lumsden, AFC Dacia Vienna Vikings e.V. President – Karl Wurm Vice president – Michael Holub General Manager – Lukas Leitner Head coach Head coach – Chris Calaycay Assistant head coach – Max Kössler Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Danny Mitchell Assistant offensive coach – Jochen Adler Running backs – Ariel Back Wide receivers/tight ends – Max Kössler Offensive line – Thomas Tippold			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/linebacker – Daniel Auböck Assistant defensive coach – Waleri Teplyi Assistant defensive coach – Özgür Söztekin Defensive line – Benjamin Sobotka Defensive backs – Lukas Habersack Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Lukas Habersack Assistant coaches Video assistant – Caspar Prill Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – Christoph Putz updated 27 May 2022

Notes

1. Intra-Conference games are in bold text
2. All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass
3. Viewers in brackets if available