2023 Helvetic Guards season

The 2023 Helvetic Guards season is the inaugural season of the newly founded Helvetic Guards in the European League of Football for the 2023 season.

2023 Helvetic Guards season
General manager	Toni Zöller
Head coach	Norm Chow
Home stadium	Lidl Arena Wil
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Preseason

After the Guards were unveiled at a press conference, the franchise began to organize itself for their first season. On October 30, 2022 the front office announced that they will play their home games in the Lidl Arena in Wil, Switzerland, about 25 miles (40km) eastern of Zürich.^[1]

As the first head coach of the franchise, former NFL Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow was presented.^[2][3]

With the signings of Collin Hill and 2014 Baylor Bears football team standout Silas Nacita, the franchise recruited standout players in Europe.^[4] Notable homegrown signings were of Philipp Leimgruber, former Schwingen player.^[5]

Regular season

Standings

Central Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Stuttgart Surge	12	10	2	8–2	387	237	+150	W3	Automatic playoffs (#3)
2	Raiders Tirol	12	8	4	8–2	307	230	+77	W1
3	Munich Ravens	12	7	5	7–3	425	338	+87	W2
4	Helvetic Guards	12	3	9	3–7	174	378	–204	L4
5	Milano Seamen	12	2	10	2–8	328	497	–169	L3
6	Barcelona Dragons	12	2	10	2–8	199	396	–197	L10

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference^[6]

Helvetic Guards roster

	Quarterbacks   Collin Hill   Richard Wartmann Running backs   Kevin Audétat   Dmitri Gfeller   Ibony Mbungu   Silas Nacita   Moritz Stein Wide receivers   Cayman Bailey Jr.   Xavier Baudraz   Gregorio Calonego   Timo Hager   Anton Jallai   David Marty   Pascal Rüegg Tight ends   Igor Mašlanka   Theo Stirnimann		Offensive linemen   Federico Ferretti   Wilson Ferretti   Pascal Hollenstein   Filip Kovljenic   Amos Laoye   Niels Meier   Matthias Münger   Gabriel Rodriguez   Timothy Schmid   Jürg Stalder   Raffael Wachter Defensive linemen   Abdur-Rahman Elabed   Yannick Friedberg   Tim Hänni   Philipp Leimgruber   Dominik Liechti   Emmanuel Kabengele   Michael Kimpiabi   Milos Panic   Michel Sousa   Luca Steiner   Dalibor Vuckovic		Linebackers   Andreas Buri   Julien Conus   Jonathan Falk   Adrian Fiedler   Fabio Rothmund   Timothy Schürmann   Fabian Strahm   J. R. Tavai   Ludovic Vincent Defensive backs   Labinot Arapi   Macéo Beard   Fabian Bruhin   Ken Hike   Olivier Marty   Dominic Mischler   Chaska Rémy Perron   Hendrik Rutishauser   Florian Ziegler Special teams   Nils Jonkmans				Rookies in italics Roster updated 14 February 2023 4 A-import, 6 E-import, 47 homegrown 57 active

Staff

Helvetic Guards staff

	Front office Owner – Mukadder Erdönmez General Manager – Toni Zöller Head of football operations – Zeki Öztürk Head of administration – Ferhat Kahraman Head coach Head coach – Norm Chow Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – n/a Quarterbacks – n/a Running backs – Darius Willis Wide receivers – Mike Wilson Tight ends – Pete Metzelaars Offensive line – Bob Palcic Offensive assistant – Rudy Fonkoue, Christian Warzecha			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Jim Ward Defensive line – n/a Linebackers – Don Clemons Defensive backs – n/a Defensive assistant – Khaled Bassyouny, Armin Waldherr, Chris Krattiger Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Pete Metzelaars Special teams coach – Glenn Chase Strength and conditioning Athletic Director – Matt Hammer, J.C. Williams Staff updated 14 February 2023

Notes