Straubing Spiders
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| founded = 1984
| league = German Football League
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| stadium = Städtisches Stadion
| colors = Navy and White{{Clear}} {{Color box|#04134d}} {{Color box|White}}
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| titles = GFL2 North: 2021
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| website = [https://straubing-spiders.de/ straubing-spiders.de]
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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").{{Cite web| url=https://straubing-spiders.de/our-history/| title=Unsere Geschichte| lang=de| access-date=14 July 2022}} 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. 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
Recent seasons
Recent seasons of the Spiders:{{Cite web| url=http://www.football-history.de/| title=Football History| lang=de |trans-title=Historic American football tables from Germany| access-date=15 July 2022}}{{Cite web| url=https://www.football-aktuell.de/cgi-bin/schedule.pl?rubrik=5010| title=GFL| website=football-aktuell.de| lang=de| access-date=15 July 2022}}{{Cite web| url=https://www.football-aktuell.de/cgi-bin/schedule.pl?rubrik=5011| title=GFL2| website=football-aktuell.de| lang=de| access-date=15 July 2022}}
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| Year | League
| Finish | Points | Pct.
| Games | W | D | L
| PF | PA
| Postseason |
| 2016
|rowspan="2"| Regionalliga Süd | 2nd | 14–6 | 0.700
| 10 | 7 | 0 | 3
| 317 | 263
| — | |
| 2017
| 1st | 20–4 | 0.833
| 12 | 10 | 0 | 2
| 649 | 362
|style="text-align:left"| Won PR: Pforzheim Wilddogs (54–14; 48–0) | |
| 2018
|rowspan="4"| 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
|colspan="10" style="background:#C0C0C0"| No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
| 2021
| 1st | 16–0 | 1.000
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 0
| 334 | 121
|style="text-align:left"| Won PR: Stuttgart Scorpions – withdrawal | |
| 2022
|rowspan="3"| GFL (South) | 4th | 12–8 | 0.600
| 10 | 6 | 0 | 4
| 339 | 307
|style="text-align:left"| 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
|style="text-align:left"| Lost QF @ Dresden Monarchs (6–35) |
- PR = Promotion round
- QF = Quarter finals
References
External links
- {{Official website|https://straubing-spiders.de/}} {{in lang|de}}
{{German Football League clubs}}
Category:American football teams in Germany
Category:German Football League teams
Category:American football teams established in 1984
Category:1984 establishments in West Germany