Badener Greifs

Badener Greifs

Founded	1982
League	Oberliga Baden-Württemberg
Based in	Karlsruhe, Germany
Stadium	Sportzentrum Eggenstein
Colors	Red and Gold
President	Miro Stychlok
Head coach	Stefan Cyris
Championships	none
Division titles	GFL Central: 1986, 1987 GFL South: 1989, 1990
Website	www.greifs.de

The Badener Greifs (English: Baden Griffins) are an American football club from Karlsruhe, Germany.

The club's greatest success came in 1987, when it reached the German Bowl but lost to the Berlin Adler.^[1]

History

The club was formed in 1982 by a group of motor cycle enthusiasts.^[2]

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.^[2]

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 played in the German Football League 2 but was relegated again back to the Regionalliga.^[2] At this level in 2012 the team finished second in the Regionalliga Mitte and fourth in 2013. In 2014 it came seventh in the Regionalliga Mitte with only one win all season and was relegated to the Oberliga, where it finished last in 2015.

Honours

German Bowl
- Runners-up: 1987
GFL
- Central Division champions: 1986, 1987
- Southern Division champions: 1989, 1990
- Play-off qualification : (6) 1986–1991
- League membership : (8) 1986–1993

References

↑ Bowls GFL website, accessed: 1 January 2011
1 2 3 Club (German) Badener Greifs website, accessed: 11 January 2010

External links

(German) Official Homepage
(German) German Football League official website
(German) Football History Historic American football tables from Germany

Former German Football League clubs

Active	Ansbach Grizzlies Aschaffenburg Stallions Assindia Cardinals Badener Greifs Bremerhaven Seahawks Cologne Bears Cologne Crocodiles Cologne Falcons Darmstadt Diamonds Dortmund Giants Düsseldorf Bulldozer Erding Bulls Franken Knights Hamburg Blue Devils Hanau Hornets Königsbrunn Ants Lübeck Cougars Mainz Golden Eagles München Rangers Nürnberg Rams Paderborn Dolphins Plattling Black Hawks Recklinghausen Chargers Starnberg Argonauts Troisdorf Jets Weinheim Longhorns Wiesbaden Phantoms

Defunct	Bad Homburg Falken Bremen Buccaneers Red Barons Cologne Essen Eagles Frankfurter Löwen Fürth Buffalos Hamburg Dolphins Hamburg Silver Eagles Hanau Hawks Hannover Musketeers Herne Tigers Kitzingen Colts Krefeld Condors Landsberg Express Mannheim Redskins Mönchengladbach Mavericks Mönchengladbach Mustangs Monheim Sharks Neu Isenburg Adler Nürnberg Vikings Ratingen Raiders Regensburg Royals Rüsselsheim Crusaders Rüsselsheim Razorbacks Solingen Hurricanes Solingen Steelers Straubing Bisons Stuttgart Stallions Würzburg Pumas

Related: German Football League German Football League 2

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