Munich Ravens

Munich Ravens
Based in	Munich
Stadium	Sportpark Unterhaching
Established	2023
Division	Central Conference
Colors	Black, cyan, white   
Website	https://munichravens.com

Uniform of the Munich Ravens football team in 2024.

The Munich Ravens are an American football team based in Munich, Germany, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF) since 2023.

History

Munich was announced on August 3, 2022 as new location for the 2023 season. It is the eighth and, according to the league, final German location in the European League of Football. The name Ravens and the logo was revealed on September 8, 2022.

Sebastian Stolz was presented as inaugural general manager on September 1, 2022, and former Raiders Tirol quarterback and MVP for the 2022 season, Sean Shelton, as Director of Sport Operation on September 28, 2022.

On November 4, 2022, the Ravens announced the first player signing, Darius Robinson. A day later, the franchise held its first try out at Olympic Stadium in Munich.

2023 Season

On June 4, 2023, the Munich Ravens played their first game in the ELF. In front of 6,238 spectators at Sportpark Unterhaching, they were beaten 38:59 by last year's semi-finalists Raiders Tirol.

The Bavarians celebrated the first victory in the team's history in their first away game. They prevailed 39:10 against the Helvetic Guards on June 18, 2023. This was followed a week later by a 39:15 win at Barcelona Dragons.

The Munich Ravens then celebrated their next two victories at home (56:37 against Milano Seamen; 35:6 against Helvetic Guards).

They finished the season with two more victories and ended up with seven wins from twelve games. Despite the best record of a league newcomer, they narrowly missed out on play-off qualification.

An average of more than 5,000 spectators attended the six home games.

Shortly after the end of the season, the Ravens parted ways with head coach John Shoop and defensive coordinator Vince Okruch.

2024 Season

On September 28, 2023, the Ravens announced Kendral Ellison as their new head coach. Ellison was defensive coordinator of the league rival Hamburg Sea Devils from 2021 to 2023. The new offensive coordinator is Kyle Callahan, who previously held the same position with the Raiders Tirol.

On January 9, 2024, the Munich Ravens introduced Joe Thomas as offensive line coach. The former NFL superstar is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame and supports the Ravens not only as a coach, but also as a marketing ambassador.

The Munich Ravens started with an away game against Stuttgart. They celebrated their first win a week later at home against Prague. The game at the Max Morlock Stadium in Nuremberg was a highlight. 10,822 spectators attended the game (again against Stuttgart). This was followed by a run of seven wins in a row and a record of 9:3 victories. The Munich Ravens thus reached the playoffs for the first time.

As the fifth seed, they played the Paris Musketeers in the wild card round. The game took place in Valenciennes, as no venue was available in Paris. In a thrilling duel with nine lead changes, the Bavarians were ultimately defeated 37:40.

General Manager Stolz was dismissed after the season.

2025 Season

In November, it was announced that the team's quarterback, Chad Jeffries, was leaving the Ravens. The 21-year-old Russel Tabor was announced as his successor.

Stadium

Sportpark Unterhaching is located in the Munich suburb of Unterhaching. The stadium has a capacity of 15,053 – 6,874 seated and 8,179 standing. It is owned by the municipality of Unterhaching and home of soccer club SpVgg Unterhaching.

Players

Top Players

Quarterback	Year	G	COMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	TD	INT	SCK
Chad Jeffries	2023	12	285	408	69.9	3535	30	5	22

Receiver	Year	G	RRC	TGT	YDS	CTCH %	YPG	YPC	LNG	TD	TD/G
Markell Castle	2023	12	97	142	1580	68.3	131.7	16.3	94	17	1.4
Marvin Rutsch	2023	12	76	97	708	78.4	59.0	9.3	32	3	0.2

Running	Year	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	YPG	LNG	TD	TD/G	FMB	FML
Tomiwa Oyewo	2023	12	170	1102	6.5	91.8	78	14	1.2	5	2

2025 Roster

2025 Munich Ravens roster

	Quarterbacks   Russell Tabor QB 🇺🇸 Running backs 26 Benedikt Pohler 🇩🇪 33 Justin Rodney 🇩🇪 Wide receivers Tight ends  0 Philip Okonkwo TE 🇩🇪		Offensive linemen Defensive linemen 15 Johannes Zirngibl DL 🇩🇪		Linebackers Defensive backs 22 Marcos Schlabitz DB 🇩🇪				Names with a strikethrough = season ending Rookies in italics Roster updated Dec 01, 2024 1 A-import, 0 E-import, 5 homegrown 6 active, 0 practice squad

2024 Roster

2024 Munich Ravens roster

	Quarterbacks 12 Chad Jeffries 🇺🇸 17 Levin Adrom 🇩🇪 Running backs  7 Tomiwa Oyewo 🇳🇬 🇮🇪  20 Rachid Ali-Tagba 🇩🇪 26 Benedikt Pohler 🇩🇪 33 Justin Rodney 🇩🇪 Wide receivers  1 Sixten Dragan WR 🇩🇪  6 Jannik Nowak WR 🇩🇪 11 Luca Salvo 🇩🇪 13 Marvin Rutsch 🇩🇪 16 Malik Stanley 🇺🇸 18 Sven Beyrich 🇩🇪 84 Yonathan Assefa 🇩🇪 86 Lorenz Regler 🇩🇪   Benjamin Perauer 🇩🇪   Jason Sanders 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 Tight ends 82 Noah Jallow 🇩🇪 85 Marlon Malki 🇩🇪   Sebastian Kurrer 🇩🇪		Offensive linemen 50 Tobias Vorreiter 🇩🇪 53 Dominik Ondra 🇩🇪 55 Leander Wiegand 🇩🇪 57 Marlon Werthmann 🇩🇪 60 Marvin Biegert 🇩🇪 70 Philip Weinzierl 🇩🇪 71 Marco Fischer 🇩🇪 72 Simon Hugger 🇩🇪 75 Tassilo Wagner 🇩🇪 78 Roman Wahrheit 🇩🇪 79 Gerrit Brandt 🇩🇪 Defensive linemen 15 Johannes Zirngibl 🇩🇪 45 Tizian Vogl 🇩🇪 91 Leon Weber 🇩🇪 96 Souleymane Ba 🇩🇪 98 Etuale Lui 🇳🇿  99 Hiswill Awuah DT 🇩🇪   Mike Katschke DL 🇩🇪		Linebackers  9 Kevin Titz LB 🇩🇪 10 Tyler Vaimaona 🇳🇿  39 Enes Kaser 🇩🇪 40 Diego Emanuel 🇩🇪 41 Lukas Levin 🇩🇪 51 Jonas Schwaiger 🇩🇪 52 Wael Nasri ILB 🇫🇷  56 Patrick Engelhardt 🇩🇪 59 Nicolas Klingshirn 🇩🇪 Defensive backs  2 Christoph Nitzlnader CB 🇦🇹  22 Marcos Schlabitz 🇩🇪 23 Karim Ben El Ghali CB 🇩🇪 24 Jonas Gürntke SS 🇩🇪 27 Eric Eichhorn 🇩🇪 28 Eric Köhnke 🇩🇪 29 Nico Leiderer 🇩🇪 31 Jakob Mahler 🇩🇪 36 Vincent Müller 🇩🇪 37 Igor Bujok 🇩🇪   Deyleon Williams 🇺🇸   Manase Time 🇺🇸   Junior Nkembi 🇩🇪 Special teams  4 Robert Werner 🇩🇪				Injured reserve  5 Jon Cole 🇺🇸  0 Philip Okonkwo 🇩🇪 58 Giovanni Nanguy 🇫🇷  95 Evans Yeboah DT 🇬🇭  Names with a strikethrough = season ending Rookies in italics Roster updated August 1, 2024 4 A-import, 5 E-import, 51 homegrown 60 active, 0 practice squad

2023 Roster

2023 Munich Ravens roster

	Quarterbacks 12 Chad Jeffries QB 🇺🇸 16 Lukas von Stumpfeldt QB 🇩🇪 Running backs  7 Tomiwa Oyewo RB 🇳🇬 🇮🇪 22 Alexander Braunsperger RB 🇩🇪 33 Justin Rodney RB 🇩🇪 Wide receivers  2 Markell Castle WR 🇺🇸 11 Luca Salvo WR 🇩🇪 13 Marvin Rutsch WR 🇩🇪 14 Jason Sanders WR 🇩🇪 17 Moritz Riedinger WR 🇩🇪 23 Luis Moreno WR 🇩🇪 28 Leander Winter WR 🇩🇪 80 Lukas Anzeneder WR 🇩🇪 Tight ends 81 Sebastian Kurrer TE 🇩🇪 82 Philip Okonkwo TE 🇩🇪 85 Marlon Malki TE 🇩🇪		Offensive linemen 50 Tobias Vorreiter OL 🇩🇪 53 Dominik Ondra OL 🇩🇪 55 Nathan Kalemba Mvemba OL 🇩🇪 60 Marvin Biegert OL 🇩🇪 70 Philip Weinzierl OL 🇩🇪 71 Marco Fischer OL 🇩🇪 73 Thomas Heller OL 🇩🇪 75 Thomas Schmidt OL 🇩🇪 Defensive linemen 15 Johannes Zirngibl DL 🇩🇪 45 Tizian Vogl DL 🇩🇪 49 Maximilian Baron von Engelhardt DL 🇩🇪 90 Dominic Siegel DL 🇩🇪 91 Leon Weber DL 🇩🇪 92 Johannes Bräu DL 🇩🇪 94 José Ricco DL 🇮🇹 HG 95 Leon Schmid DL 🇩🇪 97 Bilal Mawuena DL 🇩🇪 99 Patrick Roth DL 🇩🇪		Linebackers 10 Nic Haritonenko LB 🇩🇪 35 Extree Loe LB 🇺🇸 40 Joshua Akena Marques De Pombal LB 🇸🇪 52 Michael Bausch LB 🇩🇪 58 Burak Efendioglu LB 🇩🇪 Defensive backs  3 Justin Rogers DB 🇺🇸 19 Junior Nkembi DB 🇩🇪 20 Rachid Ali-Tagba DB 🇩🇪 21 Martin Marcacci DB 🇮🇹 25 Moritz Scharr DB 🇩🇪 27 Joschka Bartz DB 🇩🇪 28 Blake King DB 🇦🇺 32 Julian Ludwig-Mayorga DB 🇩🇪 39 Enes Kaser DB 🇩🇪 Special teams  4 Robert Werner K 🇩🇪				Injured reserve 35 Tyler Vaimaona DE 🇺🇸  1 Sixten Dragan WR 🇩🇪 65 Jan Eberl OT 🇩🇪  9 Kevin Titz LB 🇩🇪 24 Jonas Gürntke SS 🇩🇪 18 Jannik Nowak WR 🇩🇪 37 Gabriel Kalus CB 🇩🇪 98 Etuale Lui 🇳🇿 Names with a strikethrough = season ending Practice squad  8 Noah Bomba WR 🇩🇪 51 Leon Nieper ILB 🇩🇪 93 Robin Rogoss DT 🇩🇪 37 Jan-Nicals Rung OLB 🇩🇪 56 Vladislav Zarkov DE 🇩🇪 Rookies in italics Roster updated 18 August 2023 4 A-import, 6 E-import, 41 homegrown 51 active, 5 practice squad

Staff

Head Coaches

Name	Tenure	Record		Titles
		W	L
John Shoop	2023	7	5	–
Kendral Ellison	2024-	9	4	–

2024 Staff

2024 Munich Ravens staff

	Front office Owner – München American Football Holding GmbH General Manager – Sebastian Stolz President – Marketing Ambassador – Joe Thomas Offensive Analyst – Chandler Bell Defensive Analyst – Leon Steiner Head coach Head coach – Kendral Ellison Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Kyle Callahan Offensive Assistant – Simon Bramberger Quarterbacks – Teejay Gordon Running backs – Tristan Müller Assistant running backs – Wide receivers – Tarik Ibrahim Tight ends/fullbacks – Max Feruga Offensive line – Joe Thomas			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Kendral Ellison Linebacker – Ryan Newell Defensive line – Malik Ademote Defensive backs – Kenneth Flanders Asst. Defensive backs – Dieter Morgenstern Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Kicking Coach – Beatrix Strade Assistant coaches Assistant DC - Kenneth Flanders Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning - Ryan Newell updated March 22, 2024

Total record

	Games	Win	Loss	Win %	P+	P-	PDiff
Munich Ravens	25	16	9	0.640	996	569	+427

Record per Season

Season	Conference	Rank	Games	Win	Loss	Win %	P+	P-	Playoffs
2023	Central	3	12	7	5	0.583	425	338
2024	Central	2	12	9	3	0.750	534	191	Wild card round @ Paris Musketeers 37-40

Record per Opponent

	Games	Win	Loss	Win %	P+	P-	PDiff
Barcelona Dragons	4	4	0	1.000	238	15	+223
Milano Seamen	4	4	0	1.000	222	103	+119
Prague Lions	2	2	0	1.000	98	21	+77
Helvetic Guards	2	2	0	1.000	74	16	+58
Helvetic Mercenaries	2	2	0	1.000	93	36	+57
Raiders Tirol	4	1	3	0.250	118	116	+2
Stuttgart Surge	4	1	3	0.250	68	123	-55
Paris Musketeers	1	0	1	0.000	37	40	-3
Rhein Fire	2	0	2	0.000	48	99	-51

Source: https://elfdata.eu/