2024 Berlin Thunder season

2024 Berlin Thunder (ELF) season
General manager	Diana Hoge
Head coach	Johnny Schmuck
Home stadium	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
Uniform

The 2024 Berlin Thunder season is the fourth season of the Berlin Thunder team in the European League of Football and the second season in the Eastern Conference of the ELF.

Preseason

In the 2023 ELF Play-offs and the defeat against Frankfurt Galaxy, the franchise in the German capital began early to regroup the team. The team MVP 2023 and sack-leader of the 2023 European League of Football season was the first announced re-signing. Multiple other signings followed suit, with the most notable new signing of quarterback Jakeb Sullivan.

The first on field workout was held in mid December 2023 in Berlin.

Regular season

Standings

Eastern Conference
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Vienna Vikings C	12	12	0	8–0	457	179	+278	W12	Automatic playoffs (#1)
2	Panthers Wrocław E	12	6	6	5–3	356	285	+71	W2
3	Berlin Thunder E	12	5	7	5–3	378	318	+60	L1
4	Fehérvár Enthroners E	12	2	10	1–7	168	422	-254	L4
5	Prague Lions E	12	1	11	1–7	134	417	-283	L1

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Record	Venue	Att.	Recap
1	Sun, May 26	@ Panthers Wrocław	L 39-49	0-1	Olympic Stadium Wrocław	15,128
2	Sun, June 2	Prague Lions	W 48-17	1-1	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	3,758
3	Sun, June 9	Fehérvár Enthroners	W 34-3	2-1	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	3,038
4	Sat, June 15	@ Vienna Vikings	L 20-25	2-2	Hohe Warte Stadium	9,014
5	Sun, June 23	Rhein Fire	L 24-27	2-3	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	4,759
6	Sat, June 29	@ Prague Lions	W 34-7	3-3	Městský stadion, Ústí nad Labem	467
7	Sat, July 6	@ Fehérvár Enthroners	W 47-0	4-3	First Field	1,200
8	Sun, July 14	@ Paris Musketeers	L 27-35	4-4	Stade Jean-Bouin	3,200
9	Sun, July 21	Vienna Vikings	L 9-34	4-5	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	3,740
10	July 27/28	bye
11	Sun, August 4	Paris Musketeers	L 37-40	4-6	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	2,710
12	Sun, August 11	Panthers Wrocław	W 36-34	5-6	Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark	2,731
13	Sun, August 18	@ Rhein Fire	L 14-47	5-7	Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena	12,580
14	August 24/25	bye

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Berlin Thunder (ELF) roster

	Quarterbacks   Jakeb Sullivan 🇺🇸 Running backs   Ali Khalife 🇩🇪 Wide receivers  4 Aaron Jackson 🇺🇸  7 Robin Wilzeck 🇩🇪 Tight ends 85 Nicolai Schumann 🇩🇪		Offensive linemen 75 Felix Lepper 🇩🇪   Lucas Lavin 🇸🇪   Harry Sayer 🇬🇧 Defensive linemen  1 Emil Hovde 🇸🇪 45 Kyle Kitchens DE 🇺🇸 90 Ben Baierl DT 🇩🇪 99 Aaron Große Kleimann 🇩🇪   Serif Djibrilla 🇩🇪		Linebackers  8 Paul Seifert OLB 🇩🇪 11 Ludvig Myrén OLB 🇸🇪 Defensive backs 15 Moritz Thiele CB 🇩🇪 30 Alex Spillum S 🇺🇸 32 Viljo Lempinen 🇫🇮   Simon Otto 🇩🇪				Rookies in italics Roster updated January 16, 2024 4 A-import, 5 E-import, 10 homegrown 19 active, 0 practice squad

Staff

Berlin Thunder (ELF) staff

	Front office Owner – FBG Football Berlin GmbH CEO – Levon Melikian General Manager – Diana Hoge Director of football – Björn Werner Head of operations – Marcus Döbler Head coach Head coach – Johnny Schmuck Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Henry Schlegel Quarterbacks – N/A Running backs – N/A Wide receivers/tight ends/fullbacks – N/A Offensive line – Ron Bauerfeind			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Christopher Kuhfeldt Assis. DC and defensive backs – José Schmitt Defensive line – Mario Baierl Linebackers – Simon Bohlmann Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Jörg Bauerfeind Assistant coaches Offensive assistant – N/A Mental coach – N/A Strength and conditioning Head athletic coach – Christopher Kuhfeldt Staff updated 16 January 2024