# 2022 Rhein Fire season

The 2022 Rhein Fire season was the inaugural season of the new Rhein Fire team in the European League of Football from Düsseldorf, Germany. For this season, the franchise played their home games in the Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena in Duisburg near to its headquarter.

## Preseason

After signing multiple coaches, the newly founded franchise announced the signing of their first player Sven Breidenbach for the 2022 season. In the following, the team planned to organise an invitational combine for December 18, 2021. In the 2022 preseason the management announced that former NFL Europe Rhein Fire head coach Jim Tomsula will also be the first head coach of the Rhein Fire in the European league of Football.

## Regular season
### Standings

Southern Conferencevte :
| Pos | Team | GP | W | L | T | CONF | PF | PA | DIFF | STK | Qualification |
| 1 | Barcelona Dragons | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 5–1 | 364 | 225 | 139 | L2 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Rhein Fire | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 4–2 | 346 | 314 | 32 | L1 | |
| 3 | Cologne Centurions | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 2–4 | 301 | 473 | −172 | W1 | |
| 4 | Istanbul Rams | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 1–5 | 210 | 499 | −289 | L5 | |
Source: europeanleague.football

### Schedule

| Week | Date | Time (CET) | Opponent | Result | Record | Venue | TV | Recap |
| 1 | June 5 | 15:00 | @ Frankfurt Galaxy | W 29 – 26 | 1 – 0 | PSD Bank Arena | ProSieben Maxx, ran.de, Arena4+ | |
| 2 | June 12 | 15:00 | @ Leipzig Kings | W 28 – 17 | 2 – 0 | Paul Greifzu Stadium | ran.de | |
| 3 | June 19 | 15:00 | Istanbul Rams | W 42 – 12 | 3 – 0 | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | S Sport, ran.de ProSieben Maxx, Arena4+ | |
| 4 | June 26 | 15:00 | Barcelona Dragons | L 13 – 17 | 3 – 1 | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | Esport3 | |
| 5 | July 3 | 15:00 | @ Hamburg Sea Devils | L 15 – 42 | 3 – 2 | Stadion Hoheluft | ProSieben MAXX | |
| 6 | July 10 | 15:00 | Cologne Centurions | W 17 – 3 | 4 – 2 | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | | |
| 7 | July 17 | bye | bye | bye | bye | bye | bye | bye |
| 8 | July 24 | 15:00 | Hamburg Sea Devils | L 16 – 40 | 4 – 3 | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | | |
| 9 | July 30 | 17:00 | @ Barcelona Dragons | L 23 – 33 | 4 – 4 | Estadi Municipal de Reus | Esport3, ran.de | |
| 10 | August 7 | bye | bye | bye | bye | bye | bye | bye |
| 11 | August 13 | 15:00 | @ Istanbul Rams | W 50 – 32 | 5 – 4 | Maltepe Hasan Polat Stadium | S Sport | |
| 12 | August 21 | 15:00 | Frankfurt Galaxy | W 23 – 21 | 6 – 4 | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | | |
| 13 | August 27 | 17:00 | @ Cologne Centurions | W 59 – 37 | 7 – 4 | Südstadion | | |
| 14 | September 4 | 15:00 | Leipzig Kings | L 31 – 34 | 7 – 5 | Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena | | |
Source: europeanleague.football

## Roster
### Transactions

From Cologne Centurions: Till Janssen (November 8, 2021), Alberto Trovato (November 14, 2021), Richard Grooten (November 17, 2021), Daniel Schuhmacher (November 26, 2021), Timo Jüngst (December 17, 2021), Patrick Poetsch (December 21, 2021), Nick Wiens (December 24, 2021), Jannik Seibel (February 4, 2022), Florian Eichhorn (February 10, 2022), Jan-Niclas Dalbeck (February 17, 2022)
From Leipzig Kings: Jason Aguemon (December 30, 2021), Timothy Knüttel (February 27, 2022)
From Stuttgart Surge: Marvin Pludra (February 23, 2022), Domenik Rofalski (February 28, 2022)