Leipzig Kings

Leipzig Kings
	Team logo
Established	2021
Based in	Leipzig, Germany
Home stadium	Bruno-Plache-Stadion
Head coach	Fred Armstrong
League	European League of Football (ELF)
Division	Northern Conference
Website	leipzigkings.football
Current uniform
	2022 Leipzig Kings season

The Leipzig Kings are an American football team in Leipzig, Germany, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF).

History

The Leipzig franchise was announced along with Berlin Thunder and Cologne Centurions in March 2021, as part of the inaugural season of the European League of Football.^[1] In April, ELF commissioner Patrick Esume praised the potential of Leipzig for growing the sport and the athletes in the university, despite the relatively short time for the Kings to prepare for the first season.^[2]

The Kings introduced their first head coach, Fred Armstrong, who previously coached the national teams of Sweden, the Czech Republic and Austria, and also gained coaching experience with Stuttgart Scorpions and two NFL teams, New York Jets and New York Giants.^[3]

On May 7, 2021, the Kings signed Japanese wide receiver Yoshihito Omi who would be the first Asian player playing in ELF.^[4] In 2019, Omi led in receiving with 33 catches and 544 yards for IBM Big Blue in X League, and acted as captain for the Japan national American football team.

Stadium

The Kings are playing their home games at the 4,999 capacity Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark.

Roster

**2022 Leipzig Kings roster**
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	Quarterbacks 3 Ferras El-Hendi 🇩🇪 8 Jordan Barlow 🇺🇸 Running backs 22 Oliver Bahr 🇩🇪 25 Florian Giese 🇩🇪 27 Tony Kulok 🇩🇪 29 Morten Runne FB 🇩🇪 Wide receivers 6 Leon Kusterer LS 🇩🇪 7 Seantavius Jones 🇺🇸 11 Anthony Dablé 🇫🇷 13 Anton Jallai 🇸🇪 14 Erich Kilger 🇩🇪 17 Simon Braun 🇩🇪 81 Nils Bäumer 🇩🇪 83 Jonas "Kobie" Breme 🇩🇪 89 Timon Stüwe 🇩🇪 Tight ends 80 Philip Eichhorn 🇩🇪 85 Anton Doroshev 🇩🇪		Offensive linemen 51 Max Bruder 🇩🇪 68 Pollys Junio Sacramento T 🇧🇷 69 Nikita Schönborn 🇩🇪 72 Lucas Thiem 🇩🇪 74 Tilman Brütsch C 🇩🇪 75 Felix Lepper G 🇩🇪 76 Zachariah Betham 🇳🇿 77 Henri Perl 🇩🇪 78 Christoph Schob 🇩🇪 Cem Altuntas 🇩🇪 Defensive linemen 90 Daniel Thiele DT 🇩🇪 91 Philipp Müller DT 🇩🇪 92 Aslan Zetterberg DT 🇸🇪 93 Christopher Hans DE 🇩🇪 97 Lance Leota DT 🇳🇿		Linebackers 5 Jan-Phillip Bombek OLB 🇩🇪 4 Myke Tavarres ILB 🇺🇸 10 Christian Römer ILB 🇩🇪 44 Burak Efendioğlu ILB 🇩🇪 49 A.J. Wentland ILB 🇺🇸 50 Jonas Schultes ILB 🇩🇪 53 Pascal Topolewski ILB 🇩🇪 55 Lion Deckwarth ILB 🇩🇪 Defensive backs 2 Javier Carrasco Sanz S 🇪🇸 4 Roedion Henrique S 🇳🇱 23 Jonathan Sieveke S 🇩🇪 24 William James CB 🇸🇪 26 Florian Borger S 🇩🇪 28 Jonathan Dietze S 🇩🇪 30 Gabriel Kalus CB 🇩🇪 33 Paul Meißner S 🇩🇪 34 Dominik Wünsche CB 🇩🇪 47 Moritz Graul CB 🇩🇪 Special teams 9 Florian Finke P 🇩🇪 18 Marcel Ulbrich K 🇩🇪				Reserve lists Sasan Jelvani DL (IR) 🇩🇪 Rookies in italics Roster updated 09 June 2022 4 A-import, 9 E-import, 40 homegrown 52 active, 1 inactive

Staff

**2022 Leipzig Kings staff**
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	Front office Owner/general Manager – Moritz Heisler Executive vice president – Fred Armstrong Head coach Head coach – Fred Armstrong Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/offensive line – John Alexander Booker Assistant offensive line – Jens Kinastowski Quarterbacks – N/A Running backs – David McCants Wide receivers/tight ends – Quang Pham Minh			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Richard Kent Linebacker – Demetrius Eaton Defensive line – Konstantinos "Guss" Kosmakos Assistant defensive line – Marius Adler Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Marius Adler Assistant coaches Quality control – Quang Pham Minh Quality control defense – Marius Adler Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – N/A updated 01 June 2022

References

^ "European League of Football mit Berlin Thunder, Köln Centurions und Leipzig Kings" (in German). ran (Sportsendung). March 22, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
^ "European League of Football: Chef sieht Potenzial in Leipzig". Zeit (in German). April 22, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
^ "ELF: Armstrong Cheftrainer der Leipzig Kings". Welt (in German). April 7, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
^ "European League of Football: Leipzig Kings sign top Japanese WR Yoshihito Omi". American Football International. May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

External links

Official website

[1] "European League of Football mit Berlin Thunder, Köln Centurions und Leipzig Kings" (in German). ran (Sportsendung). March 22, 2020. Retrieved May 25, 2020.

[2] "European League of Football: Chef sieht Potenzial in Leipzig". Zeit (in German). April 22, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

[3] "ELF: Armstrong Cheftrainer der Leipzig Kings". Welt (in German). April 7, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

[4] "European League of Football: Leipzig Kings sign top Japanese WR Yoshihito Omi". American Football International. May 9, 2021. Retrieved May 25, 2021.

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