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2007 Berlin Thunder season

NFL Europa team season

Field	Value
team	Berlin Thunder
year	2007
record	2–8
division_place	6th
coach	John Allen
general manager	Joe Cealera
stadium	Olympic Stadium
playoffs	did not qualify
previous	2006
next	none
no_nextseason	true

The 2007 Berlin Thunder season was the ninth and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach John Allen in his first year, and played its home games at Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany. They finished the regular season in sixth place with a record of two wins and eight losses. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29.

Offseason

Free agent draft

Draft order	Player name	Position
Chris Thompson	CB	Nicholls State
Lauvale Sape	DT	Utah
Seante Williams	DE	Jacksonville State
Jabari Levey	T	South Carolina
Chris Harrell	CB	Penn State
Matt Henshaw	TE	Florida State
Steve Paris	S	Iowa State
Damien Rhodes	RB	Syracuse
Keon Raymond	CB	Middle Tennessee
Quartez Vickerson	DT	Grand Valley State
Steven Vieira	G	UCLA
Samario Houston	LB	Catawba
Jameel Dumas	LB	Syracuse
Jay McCareins	CB	Princeton
Robin Meadow	T	Washington
Sha-Ron Edwards	RB	Illinois State
Bernard Opoku	S	Jacksonville
Bobby Payne	DE	Middle Tennessee
Daniel Martz	C	Alabama
Jason Flowers	CB	Toledo
Tim Clarke	LB	Lenoir–Rhyne
Mike Mendenhall	DE	Temple
Scott Mitchell	WR	Kentucky

Personnel

Staff

General manager – Joe Cealera
Head coach/wide receivers – John Allen
Offensive coordinator/offensive line – Don Lawrence
Quarterbacks – Cory Sauter
National coach/running backs – Wanja Müller
Tight ends – Willard Scissum
Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Adrian White
Defensive line – Darryl Sims
Assistant defensive line – Mike Jones
Linebackers – Kurt Gouveia
National coach/special teams coordinator – Wanja Müller
Strength and conditioning – Mike Berezowski

Roster

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff	Opponent	Results	Game site	Attendance
Saturday, April 14	7:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	W 15–3	1–0	LTU arena	30,355
Sunday, April 22	4:00 p.m.	Hamburg Sea Devils	L 7–16	1–1	Olympic Stadium	30,657
Saturday, April 28	6:00 p.m.	Amsterdam Admirals	L 10–14	1–2	Olympic Stadium	11,942
Saturday, May 5	6:00 p.m.	at Cologne Centurions	W 31–28	2–2	RheinEnergieStadion	10,084
Sunday, May 13	4:00 p.m.	Cologne Centurions	L 10–24	2–3	Olympic Stadium	11,995
Sunday, May 20	5:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 7–35	2–4	Commerzbank-Arena	30,125
Saturday, May 26	6:00 p.m.	at Hamburg Sea Devils	L 7–17	2–5	AOL Arena	18,337
Saturday, June 2	6:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	L 22–25	2–6	Olympic Stadium	11,882
Friday, June 8	7:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	L 17–24	2–7	Olympic Stadium	12,114
Friday, June 15	8:00 p.m.	at Amsterdam Admirals	L 20–21	2–8	Olympic Stadium	11,893

Standings

Game summaries

Week 1: at Rhein Fire

Week 2: vs Hamburg Sea Devils

Week 3: vs Amsterdam Admirals

Week 4: at Cologne Centurions

Week 5: vs Cologne Centurions

Week 6: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week 7: at Hamburg Sea Devils

Week 8: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week 9: vs Rhein Fire

Week 10: at Amsterdam Admirals

Honors

Chris Barclay, Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 4)
Carlton Brewster, All-NFL Europa League team selection
Andrew Jacas, Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 1)
Chris Thompson, Defensive Player of the Week (Week 10)

Notes

References

Kuriloff, Aaron. (June 29, 2007). "NFL Folds European League One Week After World Bowl Title Game". [[Bloomberg L.P.]].
NFL Europa League. (February 26, 2007). "Famous names called during NFL Europa Free Agent Draft".
NFL Europa League. (April 10, 2007). "World Bowl Rematch Kicks Off 15th Season".
NFL Europa League. (April 17, 2007). "Early Start To Week Two".
NFL Europa League. (April 24, 2007). "Race for NFL Europa glory looks to be crowded".
NFL Europa League. (May 1, 2007). "Pace-setting Galaxy Visit Admirals; Centurions Lead Chasing Pack".
NFL Europa League. (May 8, 2007). "Everything To Play For As Season Approaches Halfway Mark".
NFL Europa League. (May 15, 2007). "Race To Reach World Bowl Closest In League History As All Six Teams Separated By One Game".
NFL Europa League. (May 22, 2007). "Two Break Clear Of Chasing Pack As Race To Reach World Bowl Intensifies".
NFL Europa League. (May 29, 2007). "Cologne Within Touching Distance Of World Bowl".
NFL Europa League. (June 5, 2007). "Galaxy One Win Away From Hosting World Bowl".
NFL Europa League. (June 12, 2007). "Three Teams Eye Two Title Game Spots As Race To Reach World Bowl Goes Down To Final Weekend".
(June 16, 2007). "Berlin Thunder verpasst fünften Platz". [[Rheinische Post]].
(June 25, 2007). "NFL Europa At A Glance". [[USA Today]].
(May 12, 2007). "NFL Europa: Fire schlägt Galaxy". [[Rheinische Post]].
(May 19, 2007). "NFL Europa: Frankfurt und Köln auf World-Bowl-Kurs". [[Rheinische Post]].
(May 26, 2007). "7. Spieltag der NFL Europa: Spitzenkampf zwischen Galaxy und Centurions". [[Rheinische Post]].
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(June 9, 2007). "Football: Berlin Thunder enttäuscht". [[Der Tagesspiegel]].
"World Bowl XV Media Guide".
(June 21, 2007). "Honors handed out". NFLEurope.com.

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