2022 Istanbul Rams season

The 2022 Istanbul Rams season was the first and last season of the Istanbul Rams team in the second season of the European League of Football.

2022 Istanbul Rams season
Head coachUnited States Val Gunn
Home fieldMaltepe Hasan Polat Stadium
Results
Record1 – 11
Conference place4th
Uniform


Preseason

After announcing the participation in the ELF and changing their name to Istanbul Rams, they presented their head coach Val Gunn at the October 20, 2021.[1][2] Further additions to the coaching staff followed suit. The first player signings were introduced on November 2, 2021 with Zachary Blair.[3] The Rams combine was held on the November 22, 2021.[4]

Regular season

Standings
Southern Conference
Pos Team GP W L T CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Spain Barcelona Dragons128405–1364225139L2Advance to playoffs
2Germany Rhein Fire127504–234631432L1
3Germany Cologne Centurions123902–4301473−172W1
4Turkey Istanbul Rams1211101–5210499−289L5

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule
Week Date Time (CET) Opponent[upper-alpha 1] Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 2][upper-alpha 3] Recap
1 June 4 17:00 @ Cologne Centurions L 38 – 40 0 – 1 Südstadion S Sport, ran.de, Arena4+ [5]
2 June 11 15:00 @ Berlin Thunder L 7 – 41 0 – 2 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark S Sport, ran.de, More Than Sports TV
3 June 19 15:00 @ Rhein Fire L 12 – 42 0 – 3 Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena S Sport, ran.de
ProSieben MAXX, Arena4+
4 June 25 15:00 Vienna Vikings L 0 – 49 0 – 4 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport, Zappn.tv
5 July 2 17:00 @ Barcelona Dragons L 7 – 41 0 – 5 Estadi Municipal de Reus S Sport, Esport3
6 July 9 15:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 0 – 70 0 – 6 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport, ran.de
7 July 18 bye
8 July 23 15:00 Barcelona Dragons W 22 – 19 1 – 6 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport, Esport3
9 July 30 15:00 @ Hamburg Sea Devils L 26 – 29 (OT) 1 – 7 Stadion Hoheluft S Sport
10 August 7 bye
11 August 13 15:00 Rhein Fire L 32 – 50 1 – 8 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport
12 August 21 15:00 @ Vienna Vikings L 22 – 37 1 – 9 Generali-Arena Vienna S Sport
13 August 27 15:00 Berlin Thunder L 14 – 38 1 – 10 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport
14 September 3 15:00 Cologne Centurions L 30 – 43 1 – 11 Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium S Sport

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster
2022 Istanbul Rams roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

 Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams

  • 32 Mehmet Furkan Sarıkatipoğlu K 🇹🇷
 Reserve lists
  • 11 Kris Wedderburn WR (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 🇬🇧
  • 43 Alpay Burak Tatar DE (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 🇹🇷
  • 50 Aykut Aslan ILB (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 🇹🇷
  • 63 Onur Boğan OL (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 🇹🇷
  • 34 Andre Whyte S (IRTooltip Injured reserve) 🇺🇸

Practice squad


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 4 August 2022 [6]
4 A-import, 5 E-import, 45 homegrown
59 active, 8 inactive, 1 practice squad

Staff
2022 Istanbul Rams staff

Front office

  • Owner – Koç Holding
  • General Manager – Emir Can Kefeli
  • Scouting coordinator – N/A
  • Football operations manager – Doruk Örnekci
  • Gameday manager – Tezcan Kayalar
  • Import liaison officer – Can Batuk

Head coach

  • Head coach – Matt Lawson (interim)
  • Assistant head coach – Mert Pala

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator/wide receivers – "Vacant"
  • Quarterbacks – Mert Pala
  • Running backs – Matt Lawson
  • Assistant running backs – Enes Üzümcü
  • Assistant wide receivers – Erkin Palaz
  • Tight ends/fullbacks – N/A
  • Offensive line – Tuan Berk Kılıçoğlu
  • Assistant offensive line – Sınan Erışen
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/linebacker – Batur Kaplan
  • Assistant linebacker – Batur Kaplan
  • Assistant linebacker – Erhan Batuk
  • Defensive line – Kasey Crosby
  • Assistant defensive line – Batuhan Kamalıoğlu
  • Defensive backs - Andre Whyte
  • Assistant defensive backs – Kerim Uzun

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Mert Pala


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – Kürşad Pekün


updated 01 June 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. @ELF_Official (October 20, 2021). "Rams appoint Val Gunn as head coach for 2022" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09 – via Twitter.
  2. "The international presence grows stronger at the AFCA convention". AmericanFootballInternational.com. January 13, 2022. Retrieved February 6, 2022.
  3. @IstanbulRams (November 2, 2021). "Zach Blair will be starring for the Istanbul Rams defense in 2022" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09 – via Twitter.
  4. @IstanbulRams (November 22, 2021). "Thank you to all players who attended the ELF combine!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2021-12-09 – via Twitter.
  5. "Gamebook Week 1: Istanbul Rams @ Cologne Centurions".
  6. "ELF-Saisonvorschau Teil 2: Was können die neuen Teams 2022?". touchdown24.de (in German). Retrieved May 22, 2022.
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