The Fredrikstad Eagles is an American football

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...

 team based in Fredrikstad

Fredrikstad

is a city and municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad....

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. They are former members of the Norway American Football Federation

Norway American Football Federation

The Norway American Football Federation is the largest American football league in Norway, consisting of eleven teams from Norwegian cities and universities. The league is divided into two levels of competition and four age categories: Senior, Under 19, Under 16, and Under 13...

 (NoAFF).

First season

The Eagles played their first season in 1992 in the 1st division. They set a new league record with the biggest loss, losing 99-0 to Westside Vikings (Now Oslo Vikings). They also managed to get the smallest loss possible, losing 2-0 on a safety against the Larvik Lions

Larvik Lions

Larvik Lions is the name of an American football team located in Larvik, Norway and a former affiliate of the Norway American Football Federation....

.

Later seasons

In the 1993 season they played in the 2nd division. That year they played the first competitive game on gravel (grus) against the Kristiandsand Raiders, who were not aware of the fact that grass or Astroturf is the preferred playing surface. The Fredrikstad Eagles still managed to win the game 6-66 after the Raiders had a 6-0 lead.

Other results that year were a 28-22 loss to the Sandnes Oilers

Sandnes Oilers

The Sandnes Oilers are an American football team based in Sandnes, Norway. They are currently members of the Norway American Football Federation . The team was founded in 1991 and was based in Stavanger before moving to Sandnes in 1992. The team played its first season in 1993, winning all games in...

, and a 28-0 loss to the Nidaros Domers.

Players

Famous players: Jan Vidar Jacobsen (born September 6, 1970), who played Inside Linebacker, Defensive Line and Center.
Played two seasons for Fredrikstad Eagles.

Had one tryout game for Barcelona Dragons against Stuttgart

Made comeback February 2010 for the Oslo Vikings playing as a Defensive Tackle, but suffered season-ending injuries in a pre-season trainingsession, where he broke his left collarbone and two ribs on the right side.