Badener Greifs
Encyclopedia
The Badener Greifs are an American football
club from Karlsruhe
, Germany
.
The clubs greatest success came in 1987, when it reached the German Bowl
but lost to the Berlin Adler
.
The Greifs began playing league football in 1983 and were promoted to the top-level of football in Germany in 1985, the American Football Bundesliga. The club achieved its greatest success in 1987, when it lost the German Bowl to the Berlin Adler 37-12. The club experienced a golden era from 1986 to 1991, when it reached the play-offs in every season. However, after 1991, it rapidly declined, dropping out of the league in 1993.
The Badener Greifs suffered another relegation the following year and dropped to the third tier, from where it made a brief comeback in 1999 and 2000, playing in the 2nd Bundesliga. What followed were ten seasons in the tier-three Regionalliga, from which the club made a return to the second level in 2010. In 2011, the team will be playing in the German Football League 2
.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
club from Karlsruhe
Karlsruhe
The City of Karlsruhe is a city in the southwest of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg, located near the French-German border.Karlsruhe was founded in 1715 as Karlsruhe Palace, when Germany was a series of principalities and city states...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
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The clubs greatest success came in 1987, when it reached the German Bowl
German Bowl
The German Bowl is the annual national championship game in the sport of American football in Germany. It is contested by the two best teams of the German Football League....
but lost to the Berlin Adler
Berlin Adler
The Berlin Adler is an American football club based in Berlin, Germany. The club is one of the most successful clubs in the sport in Germany, having won six German Bowls as well as a ten Ladies Bowls and five Junior Bowls....
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History
The club was formed in 1982 by a group of motor cycle enthusiasts.The Greifs began playing league football in 1983 and were promoted to the top-level of football in Germany in 1985, the American Football Bundesliga. The club achieved its greatest success in 1987, when it lost the German Bowl to the Berlin Adler 37-12. The club experienced a golden era from 1986 to 1991, when it reached the play-offs in every season. However, after 1991, it rapidly declined, dropping out of the league in 1993.
The Badener Greifs suffered another relegation the following year and dropped to the third tier, from where it made a brief comeback in 1999 and 2000, playing in the 2nd Bundesliga. What followed were ten seasons in the tier-three Regionalliga, from which the club made a return to the second level in 2010. In 2011, the team will be playing in the German Football League 2
German Football League 2
The German Football League 2 is the second tier of American football in Germany, below the German Football League. Until 2007, the league was known as the 2nd Bundesliga.-League structure:...
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Honours
- German BowlGerman BowlThe German Bowl is the annual national championship game in the sport of American football in Germany. It is contested by the two best teams of the German Football League....
- Runners-up: 1987
- GFLGerman Football LeagueThe German Football League is the elite league for American football in Germany. Playing rules are based on those of the American NCAA....
- Central Division champions: 1986, 1987
- Southern Division champions: 1989, 1990
- Play-off qualification : (6) 1986–1991
- League membership : (8) 1986–1993