Ghent Gators
| Established | 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Based in | Ghent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | RUSS Ghent / Blaarmeersen Ghent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Belgian Football League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Flemish American Football League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League titles | 1 (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division titles | 1 (2014) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | June 29 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Stadium | Stedelijk sportstadion Izegem, Izegem | ||||||||||||||||||
The Ghent Gators are an American footballteam situated in Ghent. The team was established in 1999 by Craig Bailey, an American living in Belgium, through his local pizza delivery business. Along with 8 other Flemish teams, they are part of the Flemish American Football League (FAFL) conference in the Belgian Football League (BFL). They managed to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in their existence on May 18, 2014 and won their first Belgian championship on 29 June 2014 by beating the Brussels Tigers in Belgian Bowl XXVII.
The 2015 season is in full swing, and so far the Ghent Gators have won all five of their games by a combined score of 196 to 6. They are currently in first place in the Flemish American Football League.
- clinched seed to the playoffs
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After their sixth win of the season - versus the Puurs Titans - the Ghent Gators qualified for the playoffs for the first time since being established in 1999. They finished the season as the first seed in the Flemish American Football League and by doing so, won the Flemish championship and earned a first round bye for the playoffs. In the playoffs they beat the Ostend Pirates - they only team that had beaten them so far this season - in a Semi Final thriller and qualified for Belgian Bowl XXVII. In their first ever Belgian Bowl, the Gators defeated the Brussels Tigers (Walloon Champions) 38-0 and became Belgian Champions.
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