2023 Leipzig Kings season
General managerMoritz Heisler
Head coachUnited States John Booker
Home fieldAlfred-Kunze-Sportpark
Uniform

The 2023 Leipzig Kings season is the third season of the Leipzig Kings in the European League of Football history.

Preseason

After the two seasons, the management decided to part ways with head coach Fred Armstrong, after a troublesome seasons with many injuries of key position players. [1] A week later, Kings former offensive coordinator John Booker was introduced as the new head coach for the 2023 season.[2]

After three different starting quarterbacks in the previous season, the Kings seek stability on this position with the signing of Kenyatte Allen from the GFL team Allgäu Comets.[3] New and re-signings followed suit with defensive cornerstones Aslan Zetterberg, AJ Wentland, Lance Leota and AFI's defensive All-Star Roedion Henrique.[4]

Regular season

The Kings were removed from the league after week 6. This came after a two week saga, which include the team suggesting they will "most likely have to stop competing in the European League of Football"[5] after their loan requested was denied by the league[6] and cancelling the upcoming week 6 home match with Prague Lions.[7] The Kings would later announce their withdrawal from the league on July 11, 2023.[8] A day later the ELF announced that the team will be taken out of the league for the remainder of the 2023 season and their license to participate in the European League of Football was "withdrawn", but would like to accept the team back for the 2024 season, if a suitable new owners will be found.[9]

All players from the roster were listed as free agents and were able to signed with other league franchises.[9]

Standings

Eastern Conference
Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1Austria Vienna Vikings1212010–0414180+234W12Automatic playoffs (#2)
2Germany Berlin Thunder12847–3378188+190W2 Advance to playoffs (#5)
3Poland Panthers Wrocław12847–3385221+164W2Advance to playoffs (#6)
4Hungary Fehérvár Enthroners12393–7218424–206L2
5Germany Leipzig Kings122102–8189387–198L9
6Czech Republic Prague Lions121111–9155441–286L7

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference[10]

2023 Leipzig Kings roster
Quarterbacks
  •   Kenyatte Allen United States
  •  3 Ferras El-Hendi Germany

Running backs

  •   Maurice Baker Germany
  •   Leander Carstensen Germany
  •   Steve McShane United States
  •   Niklas Ritter FB Germany

Wide receivers

  •   Noah Bomba Germany
  •   Luis Moreno Germany
  •   Kélian Mouliom Germany
  •   Leander Winter Germany

Tight ends

  •   Al Mustafa Khalid Almakki FB Germany
  •   Domenik Rofalski WR Germany
  •   Jens Walter Germany
 Offensive linemen
  •   Dominik Behrens Germany
  • 74 Tilman Brütsch C Germany
  •   Joel Coenes Germany
  •   Austine Igba Ujene Nigeria
  • 68 Pollys Junio Sacramento T Brazil

Defensive linemen

  •   Felix Delgado Germany
  •   Nico Koch Germany
  • 97 Lance Leota DT New Zealand
  •   Carlo Reimann Germany
  • 92 Aslan Zetterberg DT Sweden
 Linebackers
  •   Niels Schroedter Germany
  • 49 A.J. Wentland ILB United States

Defensive backs

  •   Devan Burrell United States
  •  4 Roedion Henrique S Netherlands
  •   Zil Jalaal Isaac-Turea Germany
  • 24 William James CB Sweden
  •   René Merkel Germany
  •   Dominic Yaw Aboagye-Duah Germany


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 23 March 2023
4 A-import, 5 E-import, 22 homegrown
31 active

Transactions

From Hamburg Sea Devils: Dominik Behrens
From Stuttgart Surge: Noah Bomba
From Berlin Thunder: Kélian-Mathis Mouliom

Staff

2023 Leipzig Kings staff

Front office

  • Owner – Moritz Heisler, Marc Quoadt
  • General manager – Moritz Heisler
  • Director of Strategy Development – Karsten Köhler
  • Director of football operations – John Alexander Booker

Head coach

  • Head coach – John Alexander Booker

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – n/a
  • Offensive line – n/a
  • Quarterbacks – Elijah Miller
  • Running backs – n/a
  • Wide receivers/tight ends – n/a
  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – David Shelton Sr.
  • Linebacker – n/a
  • Defensive line – n/a

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – n/a


Strength and conditioning

  • Head strength and conditioning – n/a


updated 23 March 2023

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ "Paukenschlag! Leipzig Kings entlassen Trainer Armstrong". Leipziger Volkszeitung (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
    2. ↑ "Leipzig Kings: John Booker wird neuer Kings Headcoach". Bild (in German). Retrieved 1 January 2023.
    3. ↑ Carter Anderson. "ELF: Leipzig Kings sign QB Kenyatte Allen". AmericanFootballInternational.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
    4. ↑ Daniel MacKenzie. "ELF: AFI's Defensive All-Stars from the 2022 Season". AmericanFootballInternational.com. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
    5. ↑ "Leipzig Kings pulling out of European League of Football?". American Football International.
    6. ↑ "ELF: Leipzig Kings GM & Owner Moritz Heisler shares the State of the Franchise in Q&A". American Football International.
    7. ↑ "ELF: Leipzig Kings Cancel Upcoming Game Amid Financial Insolvency". American Football International.
    8. ↑ "ELF: Leipzig Kings announce withdrawal from 2023 season". American Football International.
    9. 1 2 "Official statement of the European League of Football on the Leipzig Kings 2023". European League of Football.
    10. ↑ "ELF: 2023 Leipzig Kings – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.
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