Lübeck_Cougars

Lübeck Cougars

Lübeck Cougars

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The Lübeck Cougars are an American football team from Lübeck, Germany.

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The club had its greatest success in 2012 when it played in the German Football League for a season.

History

The club was formed in 1987 out of the members of an earlier American football club in Lübeck, the Outlaws, which went defunct the year before.[1]

The Cougars entered league football in 1990, playing in Landesliga Nord for a season before earning promotion to the Regionalliga Nord. After three seasons in the Regionalliga the club was promoted to the 2. American football Bundesliga, now the German Football League 2 but lasted for only one season before returning to the Regionalliga.[2]

The next seven seasons the Cougars played either in the Regionalliga or the Oberliga below before making a return to the 2. Bundesliga in 2001. The club played nine seasons in this league, renamed to GFL 2 at the end of the 2007 season and was finally promoted to the German Football League in 2011 when the Mönchengladbach Mavericks folded in the off-season and an additional place in the league became available.[2]

The Cougars lasted for only one season at the highest level, coming last in the league and losing in the promotion/relegation round to the Cologne Falcons. Back in the GFL 2 the club came only fifth in 2013 but improved in 2014, finishing second, its best-ever finish in the league. It repeated this result in 2015.[2]

Honours

  • GFL
    • League membership: 2012

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the Cougars:[2]

YearDivisionFinish PointsPct. GamesWDL PFPA Postseason
2010 GFL2 (North) 5th 13–15 0.464 14617 367406 —
2011 3rd 11–90.550 10514 213189 —
2012 GFL (North) 8th 3–25 0.107 141112 239579 Lost RR: Cologne Falcons (42–36 & 10–37)
2013 GFL2 (North) 5th 13–150.464 14617 350314 —
2014 2nd 19–90.679 14914 573478 —
2015 2nd 19–90.679 14914 547448 —
2016 4th 16–120.571 14806 496303 —
2017 6th 9–190.321 14419 275403 —
2018 6th 12–160.429 14608 258330 —
2019 2nd 20–80.714 141004 418337 —
2020 No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 6th 5–150.250 10217 196266 —
2022 4th14–60.700 10703 292254 —
2023 5th8–120.400 10406 288406 —
  • PR/RR = Promotion/relegation round.
  • QF = Quarter finals.
  • SF = Semi finals.
  • GB = German Bowl.

References

  1. [1]
    American Sports Club Lübeck e.V. (in German) Lübeck Cougars website, accessed: 17 October 2014
  2. [2]
    Lübeck Cougars season by season results football-history.de, accessed: 17 October 2014
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