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The '''Allgäu Comets''' are an [[American football]] team from [[Kempten]], [[Germany]]. The club is named after the [[Allgäu]] region of [[Bavaria]], of which Kempten is the capital. |
The '''Allgäu Comets''' are an [[American football]] team from [[Kempten]], [[Germany]]. The club is named after the [[Allgäu]] region of [[Bavaria]], of which Kempten is the capital. |
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The club |
The club was originally formed as the Kempten Comets and renamed Allgäu Comets in 1993. It has played in Germany's highest football league, the American Football Bundesliga, now the [[German Football League]], from 1985 to 1994.<ref name="Fhist" /> In 2013, it won the southern division of the [[German Football League 2]] and earned the right to compete in the GFL once more in 2014. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The club was formed in |
The club was formed in 1982 as the Kempten Comets.<ref name="History" >[http://www.allgaeu-comets.de/historie/ History] {{de icon}} Allgäu Comets website, accessed: 26 November 2013</ref> |
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Th club entered competitive football in |
Th club entered competitive football in 1983 in the tier two 2nd American Football Bundesliga. It won its division in its second year there and earned the right to play in the Bundesliga from 1985, a spell that would last for ten seasons, until 1994.<ref name="Fhist" /> |
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In the Bundesliga the Comets most successful spell came from 1986 to 1988, when it finished in the top three of the southern division of the league on each occasion and qualified for the play-offs. The club reached the quarter finals in each of these three years, going out to the [[Düsseldorf Panther]] in 1986 and 1988 and the [[Berlin Adler]] in 1987. After this the Comets would not reach the play-offs again but remained a competitive side up until the 1994 season. The club's last season in the Bundesliga in 1994, now as the Allgäu Comets, proved disasterous, with the team winning only one out of the first five season games. The team was withdrawn in mid-season and did not play it's final nine games of the 1994 regular season.<ref name="Fhist" /> |
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The Comets withdrew to the sixth tier Landesliga, a local Bavarian league, for the 1995 season and began their climb back up the league pyramide by winning three consecutive league championships from 1995 to 1997. The club returned to national league level when it re-entered the 2nd Football Bundesliga in 1998 but, after only two seasons, was relegated again in 1999. It returned to the 2nd Bundesliga from 2001 to 2004, achieving good results in it's first three seasons there but suffering another relegation in 2004. The Comets once more withdrew to local Bavarian Level for the 2005 season, where they played as a strong side until 2007. The club was promoted to the third tier Regionalliga in 2007 and, after four strong seasons there, to the 2nd Bundesliga, now renamed GFL 2, in 2011.<ref name="Fhist" /> |
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The Knights spend another four seasons in the 2nd Bundesliga before their third division title in the league, in 1999, moved them up once more. The clubs most successful era was to come, with four play-off qualifications in five seasons there. While the club only missed out on the post season in 2001 in this era, it never managed to reach past the quarter finals in its four attempts in this time, being knocked out by the [[Braunschweig Lions]] (2000 and 2004), [[Hamburg Blue Devils]] (2002) and Berlin Adler (2003). At the end of the 2004 season, despite a fourth place in its division, the club decided to withdraw from the league for financial reasons.<ref name="History" /> The club returned to the second division once more.<ref name="Fhist" /> |
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The Allgäu Comets won the southern division of the GFL 2 in 2012 and earned the right to play-off with the [[Munich Cowboys]] for a place in the GFL in 2013, but lost both games. The club once more won its division in 2013 and, once more, qualified for the promotion round. This time, facing the [[Wiesbaden Phantoms]], the Comets were successful and will return to the highest level of football in germany, the GFL, for 2014, after a twenty year absence. |
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In the second tier, the Knights generally achieved good results, winning their division in 2009 and coming second in 2007 and 2008. In 2009, their division title earned them a trip to the promotion round but it lost both games against the [[Munich Cowboys]] and consequently wasn't promoted. It was however their division title in 2011 that won them their fourth promotion, to a GFL that was expanded from 14 to 16 teams.<ref name="Fhist" /> |
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In 2012 the club came fifth in the southern division of the GFL and thereby failed to qualify for the play-off. It failed again in 2013, finishing seventh this time. |
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==Honours== |
==Honours== |
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Revision as of 14:03, 26 November 2013
| Founded | 1982 |
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| League | German Football League |
| Team history | Kempten Comets (1982–1993) Allgäu Comets (1994–present) |
| Based in | Kempten |
| Stadium | Illerstadion |
| Colors | Red and Black |
| Championships | none |
| Division titles | none |
| Cheerleaders | Elements |
| Website | www.allgaeu-comets.de |
The Allgäu Comets are an American football team from Kempten, Germany. The club is named after the Allgäu region of Bavaria, of which Kempten is the capital.
The club was originally formed as the Kempten Comets and renamed Allgäu Comets in 1993. It has played in Germany's highest football league, the American Football Bundesliga, now the German Football League, from 1985 to 1994.[1] In 2013, it won the southern division of the German Football League 2 and earned the right to compete in the GFL once more in 2014.
History
The club was formed in 1982 as the Kempten Comets.[2]
Th club entered competitive football in 1983 in the tier two 2nd American Football Bundesliga. It won its division in its second year there and earned the right to play in the Bundesliga from 1985, a spell that would last for ten seasons, until 1994.[1]
In the Bundesliga the Comets most successful spell came from 1986 to 1988, when it finished in the top three of the southern division of the league on each occasion and qualified for the play-offs. The club reached the quarter finals in each of these three years, going out to the Düsseldorf Panther in 1986 and 1988 and the Berlin Adler in 1987. After this the Comets would not reach the play-offs again but remained a competitive side up until the 1994 season. The club's last season in the Bundesliga in 1994, now as the Allgäu Comets, proved disasterous, with the team winning only one out of the first five season games. The team was withdrawn in mid-season and did not play it's final nine games of the 1994 regular season.[1]
The Comets withdrew to the sixth tier Landesliga, a local Bavarian league, for the 1995 season and began their climb back up the league pyramide by winning three consecutive league championships from 1995 to 1997. The club returned to national league level when it re-entered the 2nd Football Bundesliga in 1998 but, after only two seasons, was relegated again in 1999. It returned to the 2nd Bundesliga from 2001 to 2004, achieving good results in it's first three seasons there but suffering another relegation in 2004. The Comets once more withdrew to local Bavarian Level for the 2005 season, where they played as a strong side until 2007. The club was promoted to the third tier Regionalliga in 2007 and, after four strong seasons there, to the 2nd Bundesliga, now renamed GFL 2, in 2011.[1]
The Allgäu Comets won the southern division of the GFL 2 in 2012 and earned the right to play-off with the Munich Cowboys for a place in the GFL in 2013, but lost both games. The club once more won its division in 2013 and, once more, qualified for the promotion round. This time, facing the Wiesbaden Phantoms, the Comets were successful and will return to the highest level of football in germany, the GFL, for 2014, after a twenty year absence.
Honours
- GFL
- League membership: (12) 1986–1987, 1993–1995, 2000–2004, 2012–present
- Play-off qualification: (5) 1993, 2000, 2002–2004
- GFL 2
- Southern Division champions: 1985, 1992, 1999, 2009, 2011
- Junior Bowl
- Runners-up: 2004, 2005
Recent seasons
Recent seasons of the club:[1][3][4][5][6]
| Year | Division | Finish | Points | Pct. | Games | W | D | L | PF | PA | Postseason |
| 2005 | GFL 2 (South) | 4th | 16–12 | 0.571 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 413 | 323 | — |
| 2006 | 4th | 16–12 | 0.571 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 351 | 200 | — | |
| 2007 | 2nd | 25–3 | 0.893 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 515 | 177 | — | |
| 2008 | 2nd | 24–4 | 0.857 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 560 | 224 | — | |
| 2009 | 1st | 26–2 | 0.929 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 564 | 286 | Lost PR: Munich Cowboys (24–28 & 7–19) | |
| 2010 | 3rd | 20–8 | 0.714 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 449 | 217 | — | |
| 2011 | 1st | 26–2 | 0.929 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 557 | 199 | — | |
| 2012 | GFL (South) | 5th | 12–16 | 0.429 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 438 | 579 | — |
| 2013 | 7th | 8–20 | 0.286 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 302 | 488 | — |
- RR = Relegation round
- PR = Promotion round
- QF = Quarter finals
- SF = Semi finals
- GB = German Bowl
References
- ^ a b c d e Football History Template:De icon Historic American football tables from Germany, accessed: 11 December 2011
- ^ History Template:De icon Allgäu Comets website, accessed: 26 November 2013
- ^ GFL 2 2008 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 11 December 2011
- ^ GFL 2 2009 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 11 December 2011
- ^ GFL 2 2010 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 11 December 2011
- ^ GFL 2 2011 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 11 December 2011
External links
- Template:De icon Official website
- Template:De icon German Football League official website
- Template:De icon Football History Historic American football tables from Germany
Category:American football teams in Germany Category:German Football League teams Category:Sports clubs established in 1982 Category:Sport in Bavaria Category:1982 establishments in West Germany Category:Kempten