Elmshorn Fighting Pirates
Founded | 1991 |
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League | German Football League |
Based in | Elmshorn, Germany |
Stadium | Krückaustadion |
Head coach | Jörn Maier |
Division titles | GFL 2 North: 2019 |
Website | fighting-pirates.net |
The Elmshorn Fighting Pirates are an American football team from Elmshorn, Germany.
The club's greatest achievement is winning the championship in the GFL2 North in 2019 and - after winning the promotion/relegation round against the Düsseldorf Panther qualifying for the 2020 season in the top tier German Football League. However, as the 2020 season was never played due to Covid-19, and with competition from a Hamburg based team in the upstart European League of Football ("ELF") worsening the doubtful financial situation, the Fighting Pirates ultimately withdrew from the GFL without ever having played a single match in their "theoretical" year of league membership.[1] Unlike the Hildesheim Invaders and the Ingolstadt Dukes who took similar decisions after failing to move their teams to the upstart European League of Football and went on to play in their respective (third tier) Regionalliga, the Fighting Pirates ultimately played only in the sixth tier Landesliga West
History
The Fighting Pirates were formed in 1991 and entered the German league competition one year later. In 1999 the Fighting Pirates had to quit the competition due to a lack of players.
Honours
- GFL 2
- Northern Division champions: 2019
Recent seasons
Recent seasons of the club:[6] [7]
Year | Division | Finish | Points | Pct. | Games | W | D | L | PF | PA | Postseason |
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2016 | Regionalliga Nord | 2nd | 12–4 | 0.750 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 235 | 106 | — |
2017 | 1st | 22–2 | 0.917 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 444 | 164 | Lost PR: Berlin Bears (45–28)
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2018 | GFL2 (North) | 3rd | 16–12 | 0.571 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 538 | 466 | — |
2019 | 1st | 24–4 | 0.857 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 561 | 279 | Won PR: Düsseldorf Panther (47–14 & 34–21) | |
2020 | GFL (North) | No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||||
2021 | Landesliga Nord (6th level) | 1st | 8–0 | 1.000 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 198 | 28 | — |
- PR = Promotion round
References
- ^ "Fighting Pirates starten 2021 nicht in der GFL 1 | Elmshorn Fighting Pirates".
- ^ "Chronik der Pirates und der Maniacs – 1999" (in German). Retrieved 19 February 2020.
- ^ "Alter Name für neues Football-Team: Esume jubelt! Die Hamburg Sea Devils sind zurück".
- ^ "Nommensen, Paatz und Hauff gehen von Bord | Elmshorn Fighting Pirates".
- ^ "Das Elmshorner Piratenschiff ist Leck geschlagen". 5 November 2020.
- ^ Regionalliga Nord 2016 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 2 March 2020
- ^ GFL 2 Nord 2018 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 2 March 2020