2023 Helvetic Guards season

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2023 Helvetic Guards season
General managerToni Zöller
Head coachNorm Chow
Home fieldLidl Arena Wil

The 2023 Helvetic Guards season is the inaugural season of the newly founded Helvetic Guards in the European League of Football for the 2023 season.

Preseason[edit]

After the Guards were unveiled at a press conference, the franchise began to organize itself for their first season. On October 30, 2022 the front office announced that they will play their home games in the Lidl Arena in Wil, Switzerland, about 25 miles (40km) eastern of Zürich.[1]

As the first head coach of the franchise, former NFL Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Norm Chow was presented.[2][3]

With the signings of Collin Hill and 2014 Baylor Bears football team standout Silas Nacita, the franchise recruited standout players in Europe.[4] Notable homegrown signings were of Philipp Leimgruber, former Schwingen player.[5]

Regular season[edit]

Standings[edit]

Central Conference
Pos Team GP W L CONF PF PA DIFF STK Qualification
1 Germany Stuttgart Surge 12 10 2 8–2 387 237 +150 W3 Automatic playoffs (#3)
2 Austria Raiders Tirol 12 8 4 8–2 307 230 +77 W1
3 Germany Munich Ravens 12 7 5 7–3 425 338 +87 W2
4 Switzerland Helvetic Guards 12 3 9 3–7 174 378 –204 L4
5 Italy Milano Seamen 12 2 10 2–8 328 497 –169 L3
6 Spain Barcelona Dragons 12 2 10 2–8 199 396 –197 L10

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster[edit]

Reference[6]

Helvetic Guards roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

  •   Kevin Audétat Switzerland
  •   Dmitri Gfeller Switzerland
  •   Ibony Mbungu Switzerland
  •   Silas Nacita United States
  •   Moritz Stein Switzerland

Wide receivers

  •   Cayman Bailey Jr. Switzerland
  •   Xavier Baudraz Switzerland
  •   Gregorio Calonego Italy
  •   Timo Hager Switzerland
  •   Anton Jallai Sweden
  •   David Marty Germany
  •   Pascal Rüegg Switzerland

Tight ends

  •   Igor Mašlanka Slovakia
  •   Theo Stirnimann Switzerland
 Offensive linemen
  •   Federico Ferretti Switzerland
  •   Wilson Ferretti Switzerland
  •   Pascal Hollenstein Switzerland
  •   Filip Kovljenic Switzerland
  •   Amos Laoye Belgium
  •   Niels Meier Switzerland
  •   Matthias Münger Switzerland
  •   Gabriel Rodriguez Spain
  •   Timothy Schmid Switzerland
  •   Jürg Stalder Switzerland
  •   Raffael Wachter Switzerland

Defensive linemen

  •   Abdur-Rahman Elabed Switzerland
  •   Yannick Friedberg Switzerland
  •   Tim Hänni Switzerland
  •   Philipp Leimgruber Switzerland
  •   Dominik Liechti Switzerland
  •   Emmanuel Kabengele Democratic Republic of the Congo
  •   Michael Kimpiabi Switzerland
  •   Milos Panic Switzerland
  •   Michel Sousa Switzerland
  •   Luca Steiner Switzerland
  •   Dalibor Vuckovic Switzerland
 Linebackers
  •   Andreas Buri Switzerland
  •   Julien Conus Switzerland
  •   Jonathan Falk Switzerland
  •   Adrian Fiedler Germany
  •   Fabio Rothmund Switzerland
  •   Timothy Schürmann Switzerland
  •   Fabian Strahm Switzerland
  •   J. R. Tavai United States
  •   Ludovic Vincent Switzerland

Defensive backs

  •   Labinot Arapi Switzerland
  •   Macéo Beard France
  •   Fabian Bruhin Switzerland
  •   Ken Hike United States
  •   Olivier Marty Germany
  •   Dominic Mischler Switzerland
  •   Chaska Rémy Perron France
  •   Hendrik Rutishauser Switzerland
  •   Florian Ziegler Switzerland

Special teams

  •   Nils Jonkmans Switzerland


Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 14 February 2023
4 A-import, 6 E-import, 47 homegrown
57 active

Staff[edit]

Helvetic Guards staff

Front office

  • Owner – Mukadder Erdönmez
  • General Manager – Toni Zöller
  • Head of football operations – Zeki Öztürk
  • Head of administration – Ferhat Kahraman

Head coach

Offensive coaches

  

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Jim Ward
  • Defensive line – n/a
  • Linebackers – Don Clemons
  • Defensive backs – n/a
  • Defensive assistant – Khaled Bassyouny, Armin Waldherr, Chris Krattiger

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Pete Metzelaars
  • Special teams coach – Glenn Chase


Strength and conditioning

  • Athletic Director – Matt Hammer, J.C. Williams


Staff updated 14 February 2023


Notes[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "LIDL Arena Wil announced as Homefield". helveticguards.ch. 2022-10-30.
  2. ^ "Schweizer Football-Team verpflichtet ehemaligen NFL-Trainer als Headcoach". 20 Minuten (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  3. ^ Abbott, JC. "ELF: Helvetic Guards hire legendary NCAA offensive coordinator Norm Chow as head coach". AmericanFootballInternational.com. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  4. ^ "GUARDS VERPFLICHTEN TOP-SPIELER". endzone.ch (in German). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  5. ^ "Vom Sägemehl auf das American-Football-Feld". SRF (in German). 6 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  6. ^ "ELF: 2023 Helvetic Guards – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.
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