2007 Amsterdam Admirals season

2007 Amsterdam Admirals season
Head coach	Bart Andrus
General manager	Stefaan Eskes
Home field	Amsterdam ArenA Olympisch Stadion
Results
Record	4–6
Division place	5th
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 2007 Amsterdam Admirals season was the 13th and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europa League (NFLEL). The team was led by head coach Bart Andrus in his seventh year, and played its home games at Amsterdam ArenA and Olympisch Stadion in Amsterdam, Netherlands. They finished the regular season in fifth place with a record of four wins and six losses. The National Football League (NFL) announced the closure of its European branch on June 29, ending the Admirals' 13-year existence.^[1]

Offseason

Free agent draft

2007 Amsterdam Admirals NFLEL free agent draft selections
Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice	Player name	Position	College
1	5	Marcus West	DE	Memphis
2	11	Norman Heuer	DT	Michigan
3	14	Tim Jones	DE	South Florida
4	23	Jacob Elimimian	CB	San Diego State
5	26	Tanuvasa Moe	LB	Hawaii
6	35	Sameeh McDonald	T	Rutgers
7	38	Deandre' Eiland	S	South Carolina
8	47	Donovan Raiola	C	Wisconsin
9	50	Jordan Hicks	DE	Abilene Christian
10	59	Sam McGrew	LB	Florida State
11	62	Marko Cavka	T	Sacramento State
12	71	Larry Croom	RB	UNLV
13	74	Abraham Elimimian	CB	Hawaii
14	83	Ben Hall	TE	Clemson
15	86	Lawrence Pinson	LB	Oklahoma State
16	95	Greg Carothers	LB	Washington
17	98	Larry Dibbles	DT	Texas
18	107	Phil Hawkins	G	Houston
19	110	Wendell Hunter	LB	California
20	119	Cole Downer	TE	Clemson
21	122	Jeremy Darveau	T	Louisville

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Personnel

2007 Amsterdam Admirals team photo

Staff

2007 Amsterdam Admirals staff

Front office

General Manager – Stefaan Eskes

Head coaches

Head Coach – Bart Andrus

Offensive coaches

Offensive Coordinator/Offensive Line – Ron Heller
Running Backs – Gary Downs
Wide Receivers – Chip Beake
Tight Ends – Robert Hunt

Defensive coaches

Defensive Coordinator/Defensive Backs – Richard Kent
Defensive Line – Kanavis McGhee
National Coach/Linebackers – John Leijten
Assistant Linebackers – Doug Colman

Strength and conditioning

Strength and Conditioning – Tim Reynolds

Roster

2007 Amsterdam Admirals roster

Quarterbacks

7 Corey Bramlet
8 Drew Olson

Running backs

Wide receivers

89 Skyler Fulton
81 Justin McCullum
19 Justin Surrency
15 Harry Williams

Tight ends

86 Cole Downer
84 Ben Hall

Offensive linemen

62 Brian Barthelmes C/G
77 Marko Cavka T
79 Sameeh McDonald T
64 Tony Pape T
53 Donovan Raiola C
61 Tre' Stallings G
68 Adam Stenavich G

Defensive linemen

73 Willie Evans DE
90 Norman Heuer DT
99 Tim Jones DE
98 Lynn McGruder DT
75 Alvin Smith DT
97 Marcus West DE

Linebackers

44 Derrick Ballard OLB
43 Greg Carothers OLB
40 Wendell Hunter
55 Kurt Kahui OLB
54 Sam McGrew
45 Tanuvasa Moe
51 Lawrence Pinson OLB

Defensive backs

22 Robert Durham CB
37 Abraham Elimimian CB
42 Deandre' Eiland S
25 Kevin Garrett CB
33 Erick Harris S
26 Grant Mason DB
27 Jamie Thompson S

Special teams

17 Jaret Johnson K
9 Glenn Pakulak P

National players

34 Michael Andrew RB
50 Carl-Johan Björk MLB
38 Sergey Ivanov S
18 Noriaki Kinoshita WR
71 Patrice Majondo-Mwamba DT
76 Pascal Matla G
56 Akwasi Mensah LB
88 Yoan Schnee TE
96 Daniel Watts DE

Rookies in italics

Schedule

Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Results		Game site	Attendance
Week	Date	Kickoff ^{[n 1]}	Opponent	Final score	Team record	Game site	Attendance
1	Saturday, April 14	7:00 p.m.	at Frankfurt Galaxy	L 14–30	0–1	Commerzbank-Arena	38,125
2	Friday, April 20	8:00 p.m.	Rhein Fire	L 10–16	0–2	Amsterdam ArenA	14,611
3	Saturday, April 28	6:00 p.m.	at Berlin Thunder	W 14–10	1–2	Olympic Stadium	11,942
4	Sunday, May 6	3:00 p.m.	Frankfurt Galaxy	W 19–17	2–2	Amsterdam ArenA	10,788
5	Saturday, May 12	6:00 p.m.	at Hamburg Sea Devils	L 17–24	2–3	AOL Arena	15,271
6	Friday, May 18	8:00 p.m.	Hamburg Sea Devils	W 41–31	3–3	Amsterdam ArenA	9,384
7	Friday, May 25	8:00 p.m.	Cologne Centurions	L 7–30	3–4	Amsterdam ArenA	11,714
8	Sunday, June 3	4:00 p.m.	at Rhein Fire	L 38–41	3–5	LTU arena	20,355
9	Saturday, June 9	6:00 p.m.	at Cologne Centurions	L 13–31	3–6	RheinEnergieStadion	12,878
10	Friday, June 15	8:00 p.m.	Berlin Thunder	W 21–20	4–6	Olympisch Stadion	11,893

^[3] ^[4] ^[5] ^[6] ^[7] ^[8] ^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12] ^[13]

Standings

NFL Europa League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Hamburg Sea Devils	7	3	0	.700	231	176	4–1	3–2	W4
Frankfurt Galaxy	7	3	0	.700	254	179	5–0	2–3	W1
Cologne Centurions	6	4	0	.600	205	172	2–3	4–1	L1
Rhein Fire	4	6	0	.400	166	212	2–3	2–3	L1
Amsterdam Admirals	4	6	0	.400	194	250	3–2	1–4	W1
Berlin Thunder	2	8	0	.200	146	207	0–5	2–3	L6

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Game summaries

Week 1: at Frankfurt Galaxy

Week One: Amsterdam Admirals at Frankfurt Galaxy – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	8	6	0	0	14
Frankfurt	7	10	13	0	30

at Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 14
Game time: 7:10 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 38,125
Referee: Don Carey

Week 2: vs Rhein Fire

Week Two: Rhein Fire at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rhein	3	3	7	3	16
Amsterdam	7	0	3	0	10

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Friday, April 20
Game time: 8:05 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 14,611
Referee: Terry Brown

Week 3: at Berlin Thunder

Week Three: Amsterdam Admirals at Berlin Thunder – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	7	0	0	7	14
Berlin	0	0	10	0	10

at Olympic Stadium, Berlin, Germany

Date: Saturday, April 28
Game time: 6:06 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 11,942
Referee: John Hussey

Week 4: vs Frankfurt Galaxy

Week Four: Frankfurt Galaxy at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Frankfurt	0	0	14	3	17
Amsterdam	7	12	0	0	19

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Sunday, May 6
Game time: 3:05 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 10,788
Referee: Tom Symonette

Week 5: at Hamburg Sea Devils

Week Five: Amsterdam Admirals at Hamburg Sea Devils – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	0	0	14	3	17
Hamburg	7	10	0	7	24

at AOL Arena, Hamburg, Germany

Date: Saturday, May 12
Game time: 6:05 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 15,271
Referee: Craig Wrolstad

Week 6: vs Hamburg Sea Devils

Week Six: Hamburg Sea Devils at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hamburg	0	10	7	14	31
Amsterdam	7	20	7	7	41

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Friday, May 18
Game time: 8:04 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 9,384
Referee: Alberto Riveron

Week 7: vs Cologne Centurions

Week Seven: Cologne Centurions at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cologne	7	9	14	0	30
Amsterdam	0	0	0	7	7

at Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Friday, May 25
Game time: 8:05 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 11,714
Referee: Don Carey

Week 8: at Rhein Fire

Week Eight: Amsterdam Admirals at Rhein Fire – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	10	10	7	11	38
Rhein	14	10	7	10	41

at LTU arena, Düsseldorf, Germany

Date: Sunday, June 3
Game time: 4:06 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 20,355
Referee: Carl Cheffers

Week 9: at Cologne Centurions

Week Nine: Amsterdam Admirals at Cologne Centurions – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Amsterdam	3	7	3	0	13
Cologne	0	14	3	14	31

at RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne, Germany

Date: Saturday, June 9
Game time: 6:06 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 12,878
Referee: John Hessey

Week 10: vs Berlin Thunder

Week Ten: Berlin Thunder at Amsterdam Admirals – Game summary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Berlin	3	10	7	0	20
Amsterdam	0	7	0	14	21

at Olympic Stadium, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Date: Friday, June 15
Game time: 8:07 p.m. CEST
Game attendance: 11,893
Referee: Tom Symonette

Notes

↑ All times are Central European Summer Time (CEST).

References

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Amsterdam Admirals
Founded in 1995 Folded in 2007 Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Franchise	Franchise Coaches
Stadiums	Olympisch Stadion De Meer Stadion Amsterdam ArenA
Head coaches	Al Luginbill Bart Andrus
World Bowl appearances (3)	'95 XIII XIV
League championships (1)	2005
Seasons	1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

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