The Austrian Football League is back in action this weekend as the AFL will kick off 2023 with ten teams competing for 10 regular season games.
All games can be watched live here on a PPV basis, as the league has put together an AFL game pass available for all games throughout the 2023 season.
Let’s take a look at all 10 teams and their key additions and returning pieces for this season.
Graz Giants 2022 Record: 3-7
Key additions: HC Michael Mattingly, OC Cody Kent, QB Wyatt Smith (Linfield University NCAA DIII, DB MJ Hampton (JMU NCAA DI) LB Pete Haffner (Lehigh University NCAA DI), DB Eero Vaija (Kuopio Steelers) OL Robert Macaj (Italy)
Key returners: OL Elias Ortauf, LB Max Vartesa, OL Mattias Mörth, Konstantin Kerngast
Danube Dragons 2022 Record: 12-0 Austrian Bowl Champions
Key additions: HC Fred Armstrong, DC Daniel Docal, WR Mario Flores (Barcelona Dragons) QB Tyquell Fields (Stony Brook NCAA DI)
Key returners: DL Destiny Idiahi
Tells Patriots 2022 Record: 6-5
Key additions: HC Daniel Levy, DC Lex Braga (Swarco Raiders), DB Fabrizio Nanni (Brazil)
Key returners: QB Aaron Ellis WR Ravon Johnson
Traun Steelsharks 2022 Record: 3-7
Key additions: QB Slade Jarman (FCF, Wroclaw Panthers), Tobias Boregaard (Denmark) OL Anze Sever (Slovenia) OL Nejc Marolt (Slovenia), OL Maj Kimovec (Slovenia)
Key returners: HC Jure Bezica, DL WR Kenzo Mandl, DL Mike Taylor (Georgetown University NCAA DI) LB Andreas Aufreiter, WR Simon Stockhammer, Max Campregher
Swarco Raiders Tirol 2022 Record: 0-10
HC Florian Grein: Head coach Grein also runs the Raiders junior programs and will certainly have a strong core of young Austrian players suiting up for him in the AFL this summer. Many of these prospects could also be key contributors to the ELF Raiders team later this summer.
Key additions: QB CJ Fowler (Mid America Nazerene University NAIA, Tychy Falcons (Poland)
Prague Black Panthers: 2022 Record 8-3
Key additions: QB Tyler Jarnagin (Benedictine NAIA) WR Pete Anderson (Kotka Eagles), DB Keondre Ko (Virgina Tech NCAA DI)
Key returners: HC Spencer Ford, Filip Ondrsek, Thomas Svoboda
Salzburg Ducks: 2022 Record 4-6
Key additions: LB Patrick Kenney (Bryant NCAA DI ) WR Cory Jones (Stetson NCAA DIII)
Key returners: HC Nick Johansson, QB Kris Denton, DL Fillip Loffellberger, LB Manuel Jovic, WR Noah Touré, RB Noel Bernsteiner
Mödling Rangers: 2022 Record 5-5
Key additions: LB Christopher Zimmer Christensen (Denmark)
Key returners: QB Benjamin Brauer, WR Alexander Bare, DL Benedikt Dorner, DB Max Sekirnjak
Graz Styrian Bears 2022 Record: AFL2 Champions
Key additions: HC Martin Kocian
Key returners: QB Bastian Steinmair, WR Florian Wolf, WR David Brito, OL Michael Eibl, DL Promis Kabogoza DL
Dacia Vienna Vikings 2022 Record: 8-4 Austrian Bowl Runner-Ups
