Lübeck Cougars

Lübeck Cougars
Founded 1987
League German Football League 2
Based in Lübeck
Stadium Buniamshof
Colors

Red and White

         

Owner(s) American Sports Club Lübeck e.V.
Head coach Willie J. Robinson Jr.
Division titles none
Website www.asc-luebeck.de

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

Th 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 the tier four 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

Notable players

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the Cougars:[2]

Year Division Finish Points Pct. Games W D L PF PA Postseason
2010 GFL 2 (North) 5th 1315 0.464 14 6 1 7 367 406
2011 3rd 119 0.550 10 5 1 4 213 189
2012 GFL (North) 8th 325 0.107 14 1 1 12 239 579 Lost RR: Cologne Falcons (42–36 & 10–37)
2013 GFL 2 (North) 5th 1315 0.464 14 6 1 7 350 314
2014 2nd 1410 0.679 14 9 1 4 573 478
2015 2nd 199 0.679 14 9 1 4 547 448
2016

References

  1. American Sports Club Lübeck e.V. (German) Lübeck Cougars website, accessed: 17 October 2014
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lübeck Cougars season by season results football-history.de, accessed: 17 October 2014
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