2022 Barcelona Dragons season

2022 Barcelona Dragons (ELF) season
Head coachAndrew Weidinger
Home stadiumEstadi Municipal
Results
Record8 – 4
Division place1st
Playoffslost Semifinal vs. Vienna Vikings 12 – 39
Uniform

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.[1][2] 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.[3][4] Furthermore, the management came to an agreement with the municipality Reus to use their stadion for the 2022 and 2023 season.[5] On March 10, 2022 Andrew Weidinger was presented as the new head coach.[6]

Regular season

Standings

Southern Conference
Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1 12 8 4 0 5–1 364 225 139 L2 Advance to playoffs
2 Rhein Fire 12 7 5 0 4–2 346 314 32 L1
3 Cologne Centurions 12 3 9 0 2–4 301 473 −172 W1
4 Istanbul Rams 12 1 11 0 1–5 210 499 −289 L5

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[A] Result Record Venue TV[B][C] Home Attendance
1 June 5 15:00 @ Stuttgart Surge W 38 – 9 1 – 0 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Esport3
2 June 12 15:00 @ Hamburg Sea Devils W 24 – 21 2 – 0 Stadion Hoheluft Esport3, ran.de
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3 June 18 18:00 Cologne Centurions W 34 – 32 3 – 0 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3 980
4 June 26 15:00 @ Rhein Fire W 17 – 13 4 – 0 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena Esport3
5 July 2 18:00 Istanbul Rams W 41 – 7 5 – 0 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3 957
6 July 9 18:00 Vienna Vikings L 20 – 27 5 – 1 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3, Puls24, Zappn.tv, More Than Sports TV 1312
7 July 18 bye
8 July 23 15:00 @ Istanbul Rams L 19 – 22 5 – 2 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium Esport3
9 July 30 18:00 Rhein Fire W 33 – 23 6 – 2 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3 1043
10 August 7 bye
11 August 13 17:00 @ Cologne Centurions W 37 – 15 7 – 2 Südstadion Esport3
12 August 20 18:00 Stuttgart Surge W 62 – 8 8 – 2 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3 897
13 August 28 15:00 @ Vienna Vikings L 18 – 24 8 – 3 Generali-Arena Vienna Esport3
14 September 3 18:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 21 – 24 8 – 4 Estadi Municipal de Reus Esport3 963

Source: europeanleague.football

Play-offs

Semifinals Championship Game
      
1 Hamburg Sea Devils 19
4 Tirol Raiders 7
1 Hamburg Sea Devils 15
2 Vienna Vikings 27
2 Vienna Vikings 39
3 Barcelona Dragons 12

Attendance

As of September 04, 2022
Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
11 Barcelona Dragons 6,152 1,312 897 1,025 −11.9%†
League total 230,391 12,055 300 3,200 +77.5%†

Source: [1]

Roster

2022 Barcelona Dragons roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Zach Edwards
  •  14 Sergio Barbero
  •  OUT Bartolome Flaquer

Running backs

  •  3 Adrián Jiménez
  • 21 Antoni Montón
  • 34 Elías Rodríguez

Wide receivers

  • 12 Benjamin Plu
  • 15 Mario Flores
  • 17 Kyle Sweet
  • 80 Jordi Torrededia
  • 82 Guillem Visent
  • 88 Roque Alarcón
  • 85 Arnau Casamor
  • OUT Luis Sanchez

Tight ends

  • 24 Javier Castañón
  • 87 Igor Mašlanka
  • OUT Ruben Quintana
Offensive linemen
  • 60 Celestin Ngimbi
  • 64 Elvys Núñez
  • 70 Mikel Gómez
  • 68 Alan Mark Sousa
  • 72 Jose Ariza
  • 77 Gabriel Rodríguez
  • 79 Eduardo Sánchez
  • 65 Miguel Angel Kabankaya
  • OUT Mathias Hummelmose

Defensive linemen

  • 11 Alejandro Fernández DE
  • 73 Sebastian Bowen DT
  • 99 Yago Rivero DE
  • 98 Edwin Elio DT
  • 90 Daniel Franco DT
  • 93 Alberto Del Cerro DE
  • 52 Michael Sam DE
  • OUT Junior Varela DT
  • OUT Aron Sola DE
Linebackers
  •  7 Anthony Rodrigues OLB
  • 10 Cesare Brugnani OLB
  • 43 Víctor Albarracín ILB
  • 45 Álex "Posito" González ILB
  • 49 Sebastián Castañer ILB
  • 55 Adrián Novella ILB
  • OUT Joel Cabre LB

Defensive backs

  •  4 Jairus Moll CB
  •  5 Jorge Félix Velasco S
  • 13 Joan Carles Bartra S
  • 20 Lucas Masero CB
  • 22 Lautaro Frecha S 🇦🇷
  • 23 Jordi Brugnani CB
  • 25 Niko Lester FS 🇩🇪
  • 26 Cesar Sawane CB
  • 27 Andy Vera CB
  • OUT Shawn Wilson CB

Special teams

Practice squad

  • 42 Raúl Hernández TE


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 23 June 2022[7]
4 A-import, 7 E-import, 37 homegrown
47 active, 1 practice squad

Awards

ELF Honors 2022 Awards

Player Position Award
Andrew Weidinger HC Coach of the year
Kyle Sweet WR Offensive Player of the year

ELF All Stars Awards

Player Position Award
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

Player Position Award
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

Week Player Position Team Stat
2 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

Player Position Stat Value
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)

Player Position Nationality
Alejandro Fernandez DE
Gabriel Rodriguez OL

Statistics

Team Leaders. Regular Season

Offensive

Player Position Stat Value ELF 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

Player Position Stat Value ELF 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

Player Position Stat Value ELF 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

Player Position Stat Value ELF 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

23rd Jun: Sergio Barbero QB

16th Jun: Jairus Moll DB , Josep Tricas LS

04th Jun: Junior Varela DL , Miguel Angel Kabankaya OL

01st Jun: Michael Sam DL

In Season Roster moves. Players Released

02nd Sep: Mathias Hummelmose OL , Junior Varela DL

07th Jul: Aron Sola DE , Joel Cabre LB

30th Jun: Ruben Quintana TE

23rd Jun: Luis Sanchez WR , Bartolome Flaquer QB

16th Jun: Shawn Wilson DB

04th Jun: Jean Marc Ciocan DL

31st May: Max Nazewicz LB

Staff

Barcelona Dragons (ELF) staff

Front office

  • Owner – Big Ten Football SL
  • CEO/GM – Bartolomeo Iaccarino
  • Director football operations – Jesús Sánchez

Head coach

  • Head coach – Andrew Weidinger
  • Assistant head coach – Patrick Wennin

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Andrew Weidinger
  • Assistant quarterbacks – Mónica Rafecas
  • Running backs – Patrick Wennin
  • Wide receivers – Victor Martin
  • Tight ends – Xavi Gonzalo
  • Offensive line – Giuliano Cattaneo
  • Assistant offensive line – Gonzalo Pérez
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Gabriel "Black" Sánchez
  • Linebacker – Raúl Saavedra
  • Assistant linebacker – Carla Lasheras
  • Defensive line – Chase Baker
  • Assistant defensive line – Marc Aurellano

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Patrick Wennin


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – N/A


updated 05 Junio 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

References

  1. ^ @Dragons_BCN (November 11, 2021). "Moltes gràcies per tot, Coach Adam Rita!" (Tweet) (in Catalan) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Adam Rita, conosciamo insieme il nuovo HC degli Elephants". CIF9 (in Italian). January 28, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  3. ^ @Dragons_BCN (November 15, 2021). "Àlex González Posito renova per la temporada 2022" (Tweet) (in Catalan) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ @Dragons_BCN (November 20, 2021). "Eduardo Sánchez, signed for the 2022 season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Los Barcelona Dragons seguirán en Reus hasta 2023". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). February 1, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
  6. ^ "ELF: Barcelona Dragons sign former NFL assistant Andrew Weidinger as HC". AmericanFootballInternational.com. March 11, 2022. Retrieved April 25, 2022.
  7. ^ "ELF: Barcelona Dragons release roster for 2022 season". AmericanFootballInternational.com. May 5, 2022.
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