Lübeck Cougars
The Lübeck Cougars are an American football team from Lübeck, Germany.
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| Founded | 1987 |
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| League | German Football League 2 |
| Based in | Lübeck |
| Stadium | Buniamshof |
| Colors | Red and White |
| Owner | American Sports Club Lübeck e.V. |
| President | Michael Wischendorf |
| Head coach | Mark Holtze |
| Division titles | 4. Division 1990, 3. Division 1993 & 1999 |
| Cheerleaders | Cats Cheerleader |
| Mascot | Cody Cougar |
| Website | www.usc-luebeck.de |
The 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 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
- GFL
- League membership: 2012
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 | 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 | GFL 2 (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 | ||||||||||
- PR/RR = Promotion/Relegation round.
- QF = Quarter finals.
- SF = Semi finals.
- GB = German Bowl.
References
- American Sports Club Lübeck e.V. (in German) Lübeck Cougars website, accessed: 17 October 2014
- Lübeck Cougars season by season results football-history.de, accessed: 17 October 2014
External links
- (in German) Official Website
- (in German) German Football League official website
- (in German) Football History Historic American football tables from Germany