Rhein-Neckar Bandits

Rhein-Neckar Bandits
Founded 2003
League German Football League
Based in Mannheim, Germany
Arena MTG Stadion
Colors

Black and Red

         

President Walter Burkhardt
Head coach Marvin Washington
Championships none
Division titles none
Cheerleaders Six Shooters
Website www.bandits-football.de

The Rhein-Neckar Bandits are an American football team from Mannheim, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 2011, when it earned promotion to the German Football League, followed by a second-place finish in the southern division of the GFL in 2012.

History

The club was formed in 2003 in a merger of two local sides, the Hockenheim Renegades and the Heidelberg Toreros.[1] The cub is not related to the Rhein-Main Razorbacks, a team from Rüsselsheim, which folded in early 2004.

The club's first league season, in 2004, was spend in the tier four Oberliga Baden Württemberg, which it finished in first place, winning all ten season games. Four seasons in the tier three Regionalliga Mitte followed, with a second place in 2008 as its best result, a place that also allowed it to be promoted to the German Football League 2 via the promotion round, where they defeated Bavarian champions Aschaffenburg Stallions.[2]

The Bandits spend the next three seasons in the GFL 2, gradually improving their results, coming fifth, fourth and second. The second place in 2011 allowed the team to take part in the promotion round to an enlarged GFL. However, when the Plattling Black Hawks, last placed n the GFL South, declared that they would withdraw their team to the third division Regionalliga the Bandits were granted direct promotion to the highest football league in Germany.[2] The season however had been a tight affair, with the Bandits finishing on equal points with the Holzgerlingen Twister and Darmstadt Diamonds in second place behind champions Franken Knights. The final placings in the league had to be decided by the games played between the three clubs, in which the Bandits had the best record.[3]

In 2012 the club came second in the southern division of the GFL and qualified for the play-off where it was knocked out by Dresden Monarchs in the quarter finals. The side qualified for the play-offs once more in 2013 but was once again knocked out in the quarter finals, this time by the Braunschweig Lions. The 2014 and 2015 seasons saw the club finish only seventh in the southern division of the GFL and miss out on the play-offs.

Honours

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the club:[2][4][5][6]

Year Division Finish Points Pct. Games W D L PF PA Postseason
2005 Regionalliga Mitte 4th 7–13 0.350 10 3 1 6 241 295 —
2006 2nd 11–9 0.550 10 5 1 4 122 116 —
2007 3rd 13–7 0.650 10 6 1 3 181 114 —
2008 2nd 22–2 0.917 12 11 0 1 358 151 Won PR: Aschaffenburg Stallions (34–8 & 41–30)
2009 GFL 2 (South) 5th 14–14 0.500 14 7 0 7 329 301 —
2010 4th 18–10 0.643 14 9 0 5 300 225 —
2011 2nd 20–8 0.714 14 10 0 4 377 213 —
2012 GFL (South) 2nd 20–8 0.714 14 10 0 4 418 439 Lost QF: Dresden Monarchs (19–31)
2013 4th 18–10 0.643 14 9 0 5 395 389 Lost QF: Braunschweig Lions (21–28)
2014 7th 6–2 0.214 14 3 0 11 447 560 —
2015 7th 4–24 0.143 14 2 0 12 171 493 —
2016

References

  1. ↑ Rhein-Neckar Bandits website (German) accessed: 16 December 2011
  2. 1 2 3 Football History (German) Historic American football tables from Germany, accessed: 16 December 2011
  3. ↑ American Football GFL: Alles über Playoffs, Auf- und Abstieg (German) suit101.de, published: 11 September 2011, accessed: 16 December 2011
  4. ↑ GFL 2 2009 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 16 December 2011
  5. ↑ GFL 2 2010 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 16 December 2011
  6. ↑ GFL 2 2011 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 11 December 2011

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