Maribor Generals

The Maribor Generals are an American football team from Maribor, Slovenia. The Generals are playing in the Division II of the Austrian Football League.

Maribor Generals
Founded21 May 2008 (2008-05-21)
LeagueAustrian Football League (Division II)
Based inMaribor, Slovenia
StadiumTabor Sports Park
ColorsGreen, Gold, and Black
     
Head coachTibor Babič
ChampionshipsAFL (Division 2): 2017
AAFL: 2013, 2014, 2015
Websitewww.generals.si
Uniforms

History
Team in 2018

The Maribor Generals were founded on 21 May 2008.[1]

In October 2009, the Generals, along with the Ljubljana Silverhawks, Alp Devils, and Gold Diggers, began to organize the first Slovenian Football League. The Generals played their first official match of the Slovenian Championship against the Alp Devils, defeating them by a score of 25–13 and scoring the first touchdown of a national championship with a kickoff return.

In 2012, the Generals reached the Slovenian Bowl II, where they were defeated by the Sliverhawks, 23–10.[2] In the 2013 season, the difference in points made the Generals reached the Slovenian Bowl once again, but the Silverhawks defeated them again.[3]

In 2016, the Generals played in the Division II of the Austrian Football League, where the team finished in the first place without a single defeat after the regular part of the season,[4] but were defeated in the IX Iron Bowl against the Styrian Bears, held in Graz.[5] In the next season, the Generals once again reached the finals of the Division II; this time, the team defeated Telfs Patriots and won the X Iron Bowl, thus securing promotion to the Division I.[6][7]

Honours
Runners-up (3): 2012, 2013, 2019
Third place (3): 2009–10, 2011, 2016
Champions (1): 2017
Runners-up (1): 2016
Champions (3): 2013, 2014, 2015

References
  1. "Ekipa ameriškega nogometa Maribor Generals se predstavi". prlekija-on.net. 10 April 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  2. "DP 2013 – SLO BOWL III" (in Slovenian). Maribor Generals. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  3. "DP 2013 – SLO BOWL IV" (in Slovenian). Maribor Generals. Archived from the original on 20 August 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  4. "S tesno zmago zaključili redni del neporaženi" [With a win, we finished the regular season undefeated] (in Slovenian). Maribor Generals. 3 July 2016. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  5. "Styrian Bears gewinnen Iron Bowl IX" (in German). football-austria.com. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  6. STA (23 July 2017). "Sokoli v polfinalu priznali premoč zasedbi iz Innsbrucka" (in Slovenian). Siol. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
  7. "Maribor Generals gewinnen Iron Bowl X" (in German). football-austria.com. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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