Raiders Tirol

Raiders Tirol
Based in	Innsbruck, Austria
Stadium	Tivoli Stadion Tirol
Established	1992
Division	South Division
Colors	Black, silver  
Website	https://www.raiders.at/

Uniform of the Raider Tirol football team in 2024.

The Raiders Tirol are an American football team based in Innsbruck, Austria, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF) since 2022.

History

The Swarco Raiders were founded by a small number of American Football fans and volunteers back in 1992. Starting in Austria's 3rd division in the 1993 season, the team went unbeaten with an overall score of 158–11. After being promoted to the 2nd division, the team failed to continue its run of 1993, and posted a record of 2–14 in 1994 and 1995. The next two seasons, the Raiders reached the playoffs but lost their semifinals. Due to a league expansion they were promoted to Austria's top division, the AFL, in 1998.

The first two-season on the top level the Raiders lost most of their games. In the 2000 season they made it to the playoffs and played its first championship game, losing to the then Chrysler Vikings Vienna. A year later they repeated their appearance in the final, but again lost to the Vikings.

Beginning from the 2022 European League of Football season the now named Raiders Tirol compete with 11 other European teams for the ELF trophy. They start in the central conference together with long-term rival Vienna Vikings, 2021 season champion Frankfurt Galaxy and Stuttgart Surge. The Raiders finished the 2022 ELF season with an 8-4 record and reached the semi-finals of the playoffs. This they lost with 7:19 against Hamburg Sea Devils.

2022 Season

In the opening game of the ELF, the Raiders lost for the first time in years at home to the Vienna Vikings. After a loss at the Cologne Centurions, the Raiders managed their first win on the third matchday against the Berlin Thunder with 28:16. Three more wins followed before they had to go to Vienna on July 31, 2022. After the 13:29 defeat against the Vikings there, the race for first place in the Central Division was practically already lost. However, the Raiders were subsequently able to secure second place in the division and moved into the semifinals as the best runner-up. There they lost to the Hamburg Sea Devils with 7:19.

2023 Season

The Raiders ended the 2023 season with eight wins in twelve games and missed out on a place in the play-offs due to a poor points difference. The dismissal of quarterback Christian Strong, with whom the Raiders had won six out of eight games, caused a stir during the season. Wide receiver Jarvis McClam also left the Raiders with Strong, as he has a strong loyalty to Strong. After the end of the season, the Raiders announced that they would not be renewing the contract of head coach Kevin Herron and were parting ways with him.

2024 Season

On October 16, 2023, the Raiders introduced Jim Herrmann as the new head coach for the 2024 ELF season.

After a win against the Milano Seamen and a loss against the Vienna Vikings, the Raiders announced before the third game week that they were parting ways with starting quarterback D'Angelo Fulford. For the third game, the Tyroleans announced their Austrian Football League US import Kason Martin as quarterback. However, they added that this was only the solution for the game against the Barcelona Dragons and that a replacement for Fulford had already been found in N'Kosi Perry.

The Raiders finished the regular season with a record of 8-4, narrowly missing the playoffs.

2025 Season

In September 2024, the Raiders announced the extension of the contract with their Head Coach Jim Herrmann for a further 2 years.

Stadium

The Tivoli Stadion Tirol (formerly named Tivoli-Neu) is a multi-purpose stadium in Innsbruck, Austria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Bundesliga club WSG Tirol and Raiders Tirol of the European League of Football. The stadium capacity was 17,400 when it was built in 2000. For the UEFA Euro 2008 the stadium was temporarily expanded to 30,000 people.

2025 Schedule

Week	Date	Away	Home
1	18.05.2025 13:00	Raiders Tirol	Munich Ravens
2	25.05.2025 16:25	Helvetic Mercenaries	Raiders Tirol
3	31.05.2025 18:00	Raiders Tirol	Cologne Centurions
4	07.06.2025 18:00	Raiders Tirol	Vienna Vikings
5	15.06.2025 13:00	Madrid Bravos	Raiders Tirol
6	21.06.2025 13:00	Raiders Tirol	Helvetic Mercenaries
7	29.06.2025 16:25	Vienna Vikings	Raiders Tirol
8	05.07.2025 18:00	Rhein Fire	Raiders Tirol
10	19.07.2025 18:00	Munich Ravens	Raiders Tirol
11	26.07.2025 19:00	Raiders Tirol	Madrid Bravos
13	10.08.2025 16:25	Raiders Tirol	Rhein Fire
14	17.08.2025 16:25	Cologne Centurions	Raiders Tirol

Player Statistics

PassingReceivingRushingKicking

Passing

Only players who have passed for at least 1,000 career yards for their team are included in this list.

Raiders Tirol all-time passing leaders
Name	S	G	COMP	ATT	CMP%	YDS	TD	INT	SCK
Sean Shelton	1	13	274	437	62.7	3354	32	6	24
Christian Strong	1	8	185	286	64.7	2126	17	7	14
N'Kosi Perry	1	9	145	249	58.2	1719	13	10	11

Receiving

Only players who have received for at least 500 career yards for their team are included in this list.

Raiders Tirol all-time receiving leaders
Name	S	G	REC	TGT	CTCH %	YDS	TD
Philipp Haun	3	37	138	223	61.9	1741	16
Marco Schneider	3	37	113	182	62.1	1506	14
Adrian Platzgummer	3	37	87	137	63.5	1052	7
Jarvis McClam	1	8	61	86	70.9	788	8
Tobias Bonatti	3	35	59	81	72.8	523	2

Rushing

Only players who have rushed for at least 400 career yards for their team are included in this list.

Raiders Tirol all-time rushing leaders
Name	S	G	ATT	YDS	AVG	YPG	TD	TD/G	FMB	FML
Tobias Bonatti	3	35	391	2016	5.2	57.6	25	0.7	6	4
Lukas Haslwanter	3	35	272	1274	4.7	36.4	12	0.3	2	1
Sean Shelton	1	13	82	427	5.2	32.8	8	0.6	1	0

Kicking

Only players who have kicked for at least 25 points for their team are included in this list.

Raiders Tirol all-time kicking leaders
Name	S	G	FG Made	FG BLCK	FG ATT	FG PCT	FG LNG	XP MADE	XP ATT	XP PCT	PTS	ACC %
Darragh Leader	1	12	17	1	26	65.4	46	29	39	74.4	80	70.8
Arno Schwarz	2	15	9	1	16	56.2	45	29	37	78.4	56	71.7
Niklas Sanin	2	20	8	1	12	66.7	47	14	20	70	38	68.8

Rosters

2025 Raiders Tirol roster2024 Raiders Tirol roster2023 Raiders Tirol roster2022 Raiders Tirol roster

2025 Roster

2025 Raiders Tirol roster

	Quarterbacks   Conor Miller QB 🇺🇸   Emanuele Daino QB 🇮🇹 ʜɢ Running backs 22 Philipp Timmermann RB 🇩🇪 ʜɢ 24 Lukas Haslwanter RB 🇦🇹 25 Tobias Bonatti RB 🇦🇹 29 Tim Tonko RB 🇦🇹 38 Jan Wiesauer RB 🇦🇹 Wide receivers  4 Marco Schneider WR 🇦🇹  5 Felix Reitter WR 🇦🇹  6 Adrian Platzgummer WR 🇦🇹 10 Philipp Haun WR 🇦🇹 11 Toni Rabensteiner WR 🇮🇹 ʜɢ   Benedikt Radauer WR 🇦🇹   JaCorey Sullivan WR 🇺🇸   Simon Stockhammer WR 🇦🇹   Bruno Escobar WR 🇮🇹 ʜɢ Tight ends 87 Richard Weber TE 🇦🇹   Markus Schaberl TE 🇦🇹   Theo Mössinger TE 🇦🇹		Offensive linemen 61 Thomas Aronokhale OG 🇦🇹 70 Tobias Rodlauer OT 🇦🇹 70 Christopher Wild OL 🇦🇹 71 Oscar Strömstedt LT 🇸🇪  74 Isaiah Kléberg OT 🇳🇱  76 Tobias Haslehner OG 🇦🇹   Jonathan Peppler OL 🇩🇪    Tomasso Romito OL 🇮🇹 ʜɢ   William Nwankwo OL 🇮🇹 ʜɢ Defensive linemen 91 Stanley Aronokhale DT 🇦🇹 47 Dušan Novaković DE 🇷🇸  51 Philipp Loeffelberger DE 🇦🇹   Diego Paz DE 🇪🇸    Lukas Wittberger DL 🇦🇹   Francesco Rivelli DT 🇮🇹 ʜɢ   Miche Vandekerkhof DL 🇧🇪    Dobpson Hopson DL 🇳🇬 ʜɢ   Pietro Manicardi DL 🇮🇹 ʜɢ		Linebackers  1 Ruben Seeber ILB/P 🇦🇹 33 Tim Unger OLB 🇩🇪 ʜɢ 43 Osaruonamen Ogbevoen LB 🇦🇹 45 Sebastian Huber LB 🇦🇹 97 Fabian Egger DE 🇦🇹   Paul Kriener LB 🇦🇹   Lukas Lampert LB 🇦🇹   Tiberio Calbucci LB 🇮🇹 ʜɢ Defensive backs  3 Jan Mayerhofer FS 🇦🇹 14 Jessey Mensah CB 🇦🇹 21 Lukas Kalkhofer CB 🇦🇹 23 Vincent Müller SS 🇦🇹 27 Mato Beglarian CB 🇦🇹 31 Milan Faby CB 🇩🇪 ʜɢ   Aaron Maddox S 🇺🇸   Dijion Walls CB 🇺🇸 Special teams 37 Sandro Egger K 🇦🇹				Names with a strikethrough = season ending Rookies in italics Roster updated Apr 25, 2025 4 A-import, 6 E-import, 45 homegrown 55 active, 0 inactive, 0 practice squad

2024 Roster

2024 Raiders Tirol roster

	Quarterbacks 13 N'Kosi Perry QB 🇺🇸 15 Stefan Maiacher QB 🇦🇹 Running backs 24 Lukas Haslwanter RB 🇦🇹 25 Tobias Bonatti RB 🇦🇹   Jan Wiesauer RB 🇦🇹 Wide receivers  4 Marco Schneider WR 🇦🇹  5 Felix Reitter WR 🇦🇹  6 Adrian Platzgummer WR 🇦🇹 10 Philipp Haun WR 🇦🇹 11 Toni Rabensteiner WR 🇮🇹 HG 81 Simon Kalkhofer WR 🇦🇹 82 David Kanyinda WR 🇦🇹 83 Simon Pilger WR 🇦🇹   Clinque Sweeting WR 🇺🇸 Tight ends 17 Thomas Langecker TE 🇦🇹 82 David Kanyinda TE 🇦🇹 87 Richard Weber TE 🇦🇹		Offensive linemen 52 Günther Prinz OG 🇦🇹 53 Pascal Danihel OG 🇦🇹 59 Gerd Mitterdorfer C 🇮🇹 HG 61 Thomas Aronokhale OG 🇦🇹 64 David Perathoner OL 🇮🇹  65 Inderjit Singh OT 🇦🇹 69 Alberto Aducci OT 🇮🇹  70 Christopher Wild OL 🇦🇹 74 Isaiah Kléberg OT 🇳🇱  77 Felix Schulz OG 🇦🇹   Matthias Mörth OL 🇦🇹 Defensive linemen  9 Robert Lachmann DE 🇩🇪  51 Philipp Loeffelberger DE 🇦🇹 78 Tinashe Chawaguta DT 🇦🇹 90 Patrick Auer DL 🇦🇹 91 Stanley Aronokhale DT 🇦🇹 92 Alessandro Decassian DL 🇦🇹 94 Benedikt Dorner DT 🇦🇹 94 Berend Grube DE 🇩🇪  97 Fabian Egger DE 🇦🇹 99 Armin Husarevic DT 🇺🇸 HG   Elias Dorninger DL 🇦🇹   Fabian Schmid DL 🇦🇹		Linebackers  1 Ruben Seeber ILB/P 🇦🇹 20 Patrick Pilger LN 🇦🇹 33 Tim Unger OLB/K 🇩🇪 HG 43 Osaruonamen Ogbevoen LB 🇦🇹 45 Sebastian Huber LB 🇦🇹 55 Julian Perfler LB 🇦🇹   Paul Kriener LB 🇦🇹   Franz Korger LB 🇦🇹 Defensive backs  3 Jan Mayerhofer FS 🇦🇹  7 Devin Taylor CB 🇺🇸 12 Cannon Griner S 🇺🇸 19 Jonas Gacek CB 🇩🇪  21 Lukas Kalkhofer CB 🇦🇹 23 Vincent Müller SS 🇦🇹 27 Mato Beglarian CB 🇦🇹 30 Lorenz Kriwak DB 🇦🇹 31 Milan Faby CB 🇩🇪 HG 32 Jonas Fuschelberger DB 🇦🇹 35 Chaska Perron 🇫🇷 Special teams 16 Darragh Leader K/P 🇮🇪 HG 18 Emanuel Trinkl K 🇦🇹 37 Sandro Egger K 🇦🇹				Injured reserve 76 Tobias Haslehner OG 🇦🇹 28 Jack Koerner FS 🇺🇸 70 Tobias Rodlauer OT 🇦🇹 71 Oscar Strömstedt OT 🇸🇪   8 Darion Chafin WR 🇺🇸 22 Philipp Timmermann RB 🇩🇪 HG 26 Stefan Schneider RB 🇦🇹 29 Tim Tonko RB 🇦🇹 14 Jessey Mensah CB 🇦🇹 84 Juancarlos Santana WR 🇺🇸 Names with a strikethrough = season ending Practice squad   Jan Ambrozic DL 🇦🇹 Rookies in italics Roster updated July 25, 2024 4 A-import, 6 E-import, 51 homegrown 61 active, 0 inactive, 0 practice squad

2023 Roster

2023 Raiders Tirol roster

	Quarterbacks 12 Joseph Dolincheck 🇺🇸 15 Stefan Maiacher 🇦🇹 Running backs 22 Philipp Timmermann 🇩🇪 HG 24 Lukas Haslwanter 🇦🇹 25 Tobias Bonatti 🇦🇹 29 Stefan Schneider 🇦🇹 Wide receivers  4 Marco Schneider 🇦🇹  5 Trevon Sidney 🇺🇸  6 Adrian Platzgummer 🇦🇹 10 Philipp Haun 🇦🇹 11 Toni Rabensteiner 🇮🇹 HG 80 Fabian Abfalter 🇦🇹 81 Simon Pilger 🇦🇹 82 David Kanyinda 🇦🇹 83 Marco Rumetshofer 🇦🇹 84 Felix Reitter 🇦🇹 Tight ends 85 Markus Schaberl 🇦🇹 87 Richard Weber 🇦🇹		Offensive linemen 53 Jeffery Asare C 🇦🇹 59 Gerd Mitterdorfer C 🇮🇹 HG 65 Inderjit Singh 🇦🇹 74 Steven Nielsen 🇩🇰 75 David Perathoner 🇦🇹 76 Tobias Haslehner 🇦🇹 77 Dominic Spielmann 🇦🇹 78 Daniel Fankhauser RG 🇦🇹 Defensive linemen 41 Philipp Loeffelberger 🇦🇹 90 Niklas Gustav DE 🇩🇪 91 Stanley Aronokhale DT 🇦🇹 92 Laurynas Orlovičius DT 🇱🇹 93 Maximilian Wild DE 🇩🇪 94 Benedikt Dorner 🇦🇹 95 Armin Husarevic DT 🇺🇸 HG 99 Manuel Jovic DE 🇦🇹		Linebackers  1 Ruben Seeber ILB/P 🇦🇹 13 Lucky Ogbevoen OLB 🇦🇹 20 Patrick Pilger 🇦🇹 33 Tim Unger OLB/K 🇩🇪 HG 39 Sebastian Huber 🇦🇹 40 Alex Ferrari 🇮🇹 43 Precious Ogbevoen 🇦🇹 Defensive backs  3 Jan Mayerhofer FS 🇦🇹  7 Jalen Embry 🇺🇸  8 Christoph Nitzlnader CB 🇦🇹  9 Thomas Kugler FS 🇩🇪 HG 14 Jessey Mensah CB 🇦🇹 21 Divine Buckrham SS 🇺🇸 23 Vincent Müller SS 🇦🇹 28 Fabian Raunig SS 🇦🇹 32 Matthias Rebl SS 🇦🇹 35 Clemens Voit CB 🇦🇹 Special teams 16 Arno Christoph Schwarz K 🇦🇹 19 Niklas Sanin K 🇦🇹				Injured reserve 96 Denis William Butz DT 🇩🇪 HG 72 Basil Weber OG 🇨🇭 🇩🇪 97 Nicolas Melcher DE 🇦🇹   Sandro Platzgummer RB 🇦🇹 79 Robert Wittmann OT 🇦🇹 Names with a strikethrough = season ending Practice squad 55 Julian Perfler LB 🇦🇹   Tinashe Chawaguta DT 🇦🇹   Emanuel Trinkl K 🇦🇹 30 Sebastian Summerer FS 🇦🇹 Released   Christian Strong QB 🇨🇦 Rookies in italics Roster updated 18 August 2023 4 A-import, 6 E-import, 43 homegrown 53 active, 4 practice squad

2022 Roster

Raiders Tirol roster

	Quarterbacks 12 Sean Shelton 🇺🇸 Running backs 22 Logan Moragne 🇺🇸 24 Lukas Haslwanter 🇦🇹 25 Tobias Bonatti 🇦🇹 34 Filip Vlajic 🇷🇸 Wide receivers  4 Marco Schneider 🇦🇹  6 Adrian Platzgummer 🇦🇹 10 Philipp Haun 🇦🇹 14 Yannick Mayr 🇦🇹 80 Fabian Abfalter 🇦🇹 82 Jan Grischenig 🇦🇹 85 Markus Schaberl 🇦🇹 86 Lukas Fink 🇦🇹 87 Toni Rabensteiner 🇮🇹		Offensive linemen 52 Josef Fuksa 🇱🇹 🇨🇿 53 Jeffery Asare 🇦🇹 57 Dominic Spielmann 🇦🇹 59 Gerd Mitterdorfer C 🇮🇹 70 Michael Habetin 🇦🇹 72 Tony Koskinen RT 🇫🇮 73 Tobias Url LG 🇦🇹 77 Daniel Claus 🇩🇪 78 Daniel Fankhauser RG 🇦🇹 79 Manuel Lortzing 🇪🇸 Defensive linemen 90 Manuel Jovic DE 🇦🇹 91 Derrick Brumfield DE 🇺🇸 92 Laurynas Orlovicius DT 🇱🇹 93 Tinashe Jefferson Chawaguta DT 🇦🇹 94 Felix Ntwa DT 🇦🇹 96 Denis William Butz DT 🇩🇪 97 Nicolas Melcher DE 🇦🇹 98 Niklas Gustav DE/LS 🇩🇪 99 Thomas Aronokhale DT 🇦🇹		Linebackers  1 Ruben Seeber ILB/P 🇦🇹 11 Alex Ferrari ILB 🇮🇹 29 Lucky Ogbevoen OLB 🇦🇹 33 Tim Unger OLB/K 🇩🇪 48 Philipp Timmermann OLB 🇩🇪 55 Julian Perfler ILB 🇦🇹 Defensive backs  3 Jan Mayerhofer S 🇦🇹  5 Dominique Shelton CB 🇺🇸  8 Christoph Nitzlnader CB 🇦🇹  9 Thomas Kugler S 🇩🇪 16 Arno Schwarz CB 🇦🇹 20 Patrick Pilger S 🇦🇹 21 Maxime Roger S 🇫🇷 23 Vincent Müller CB 🇦🇹 31 Tony Anderson S 🇫🇷 32 Sebastian Summerer S 🇦🇹 38 Lucas Veluire CB 🇫🇷 Special teams 18 Niklas Sanin K 🇦🇹				Names with a strikethrough = season ending Rookies in italics Roster updated 05 June 2022 4 A-import, 8 E-import, 39 homegrown 51 active

Staff

Head Coaches

Name	Tenure	Record		Titles
		W	L
Kevin Herron	2022-2023	16	9	–
Jim Herrmann	2024-	8	4	–

2024 Staff

2024 Raiders Tirol staff

	Front office President – Elisabeth Swarovski General Manager – Ulz Däuber Team Manager – Paul-Philipp Lasch Head of International Recruiting – Niklas Gustav Quality Control & Analytics Specialist – Quang Pham Minh Head coach Head coach – Jim Herrmann Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Jeff Jagodzinski Quarterbacks – Jeff Jagodzinski Wide Reciever - Zac Tallent Running backs – Nick Kleinhansl Tight ends – Nick Kleinhansl Offensive line – Charlie Eger			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Jim Herrmann Linebacker – Simon Riedl Defensive line – Mike Waufle, Christian Nobile Defensive backs – Benjamin Barton Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Benjamin Barton Assistant coaches Assistant Defensive Coach – Jakub Samel Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – Andreas Pröller Staff updated May 14, 2024

Total record

	Games	Win	Loss	Win %	P+	P-	PDiff
Raiders Tirol	37	24	13	0.649	1091	705	+386

Record per Season

Season	Conference	Rank	Games	Win	Loss	Win %	P+	P-	Playoffs
2022	Central	2	12	8	4	0.667	418	229	Semi final @ Hamburg Sea Devils 7-19
2023	Central	2	12	8	4	0.667	307	230
2024	Central	3	12	8	4	0.667	359	227

Record per Opponent

	Games	Win	Loss	Win %	P+	P-	PDiff
Barcelona Dragons	4	4	0	1.000	141	23	+118
Milano Seamen	4	4	0	1.000	142	40	+102
Leipzig Kings	2	2	0	1.000	93	20	+73
Berlin Thunder	2	2	0	1.000	65	26	+39
Helvetic Mercenaries	2	2	0	1.000	75	38	+37
Helvetic Guards	2	2	0	1.000	46	21	+25
Munich Ravens	4	3	1	0.750	116	118	-2
Stuttgart Surge	6	3	3	0.500	178	119	+59
Cologne Centurions	2	1	1	0.500	91	69	+22
Frankfurt Galaxy	2	1	1	0.500	56	53	+3
Hamburg Sea Devils	1	0	1	0.000	7	19	-12
Vienna Vikings	6	0	6	0.000	81	159	-78

Source: https://elfdata.eu/