Straubing Spiders

Straubing Spiders
Founded	1984
League	German Football League
Based in	Straubing, Germany
Stadium	Städtisches Stadion
Colors	Navy and White
Division titles	GFL2 North: 2021
Website	straubing-spiders.de

The Straubing Spiders are an American football team from Straubing, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 2021 when it won the southern division of the German Football League 2 and earned promotion to the German Football League.

History

The Spiders were founded in 1984. In 1987 they finished the Regionalliga Süd a German third tier league in first place and got promoted to the 2. Bundesliga (now "GFL2").^[1] From 1988 to 1992 the Spiders were members of 2. Bundesliga. Seven years later to the 1999 season the Spiders reentered the 2. Bundesliga for another four seasons.^[1] In 2017 they got promoted to the GFL2 for the third time. The 2021 season the Spiders finished the league in the first place playing a perfect season. In the succeeding promotion round their opponents Stuttgart Scorpions withdrew whereby the Spiders entered the German Football League – the greatest success in the team's history.

Honours

GFL
- Play-off qualification: 2022, 2024
- League membership: 2022–present
GFL2
- Southern Division champions: 2021

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the Spiders:^[2]^[3]^[4]

Year	League	Finish	Points	Pct.	Games	W	D	L	PF	PA	Postseason
2016	Regionalliga Süd (3rd tier)	2nd	14–6	0.700	10	7	0	3	317	263	—
2017	Regionalliga Süd (3rd tier)	1st	20–4	0.833	12	10	0	2	649	362	Won PR: Pforzheim Wilddogs (54–14; 48–0)
2018	GFL2 (South)	3rd	20–8	0.714	14	10	0	4	496	329	—
2019		3rd	18–6	0.750	12	9	0	3	431	182	—
2020		No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2021		1st	16–0	1.000	8	8	0	0	334	121	Won PR: Stuttgart Scorpions – withdrawal
2022	GFL (South)	4th	12–8	0.600	10	6	0	4	339	307	Lost QF: Potsdam Royals (25–66)
2023		6th	6–18	0.250	12	3	–	9	204	397	—
2024		3rd	14–10	0.583	12	7	–	5	294	238	Lost QF @ Dresden Monarchs (6–35)

PR = Promotion round
QF = Quarter finals

References

^ ^a ^b "Unsere Geschichte" (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2022.
^ "Football History" [Historic American football tables from Germany] (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "GFL". football-aktuell.de (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.
^ "GFL2". football-aktuell.de (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.

External links

Official website (in German)

[own-hist-1] "Unsere Geschichte" (in German). Retrieved 14 July 2022.

[Fhist-2] "Football History" [Historic American football tables from Germany] (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[FA-GFL-3] "GFL". football-aktuell.de (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.

[FA-GFL2-4] "GFL2". football-aktuell.de (in German). Retrieved 15 July 2022.

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