Lübeck Cougars

Lübeck Cougars
Founded1987
LeagueGerman Football League 2
Based inLübeck
StadiumBuniamshof
ColorsRed and White
   
OwnerAmerican Sports Club Lübeck e.V.
PresidentMichael Wischendorf
Head coachPerez Mattison
Division titles4. Division 1990, 3. Division 1993 & 1999
CheerleadersCats Cheerleader
MascotCody Cougar
Websiteluebeck-cougars.de

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

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

History

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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 GFL2 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 GFL2 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

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  • GFL
    • League membership: 2012

Recent seasons

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Recent seasons of the Cougars:[2]

Year Division Finish Points Pct. Games W D L PF PA Postseason
2010 GFL2 (North) 5th 13–15 0.464 14 6 1 7 367 406
2011 3rd 11–9 0.550 10 5 1 4 213 189
2012 GFL (North) 8th 3–25 0.107 14 1 1 12 239 579 Lost RR: Cologne Falcons (42–36 & 10–37)
2013 GFL2 (North) 5th 13–15 0.464 14 6 1 7 350 314
2014 2nd 19–9 0.679 14 9 1 4 573 478
2015 2nd 19–9 0.679 14 9 1 4 547 448
2016 4th 16–12 0.571 14 8 0 6 496 303
2017 6th 9–19 0.321 14 4 1 9 275 403
2018 6th 12–16 0.429 14 6 0 8 258 330
2019 2nd 20–8 0.714 14 10 0 4 418 337
2020 No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 6th 5–15 0.250 10 2 1 7 196 266
2022 4th 14–6 0.700 10 7 0 3 292 254
2023 5th 8–12 0.400 10 4 6 288 406
2024 5th 6–14 0.300 10 3 7 211 275
  • PR/RR = Promotion/relegation round.
  • QF = Quarter finals.
  • SF = Semi finals.
  • GB = German Bowl.

References

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