Stuttgart Scorpions
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| Founded | 1982 |
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| League | German Football League |
| Based in | Stuttgart, Germany |
| Stadium | Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau |
| Colors | Red and White |
| President | Markus Würtele |
| Head coach | Jemil Hamiko |
| Championships | none |
| Division titles | GFL South: 1998, 2007 |
| Website | www.stuttgart-scorpions.de/ |
The Stuttgart Scorpions are an American football team from Stuttgart, Germany.
The club's greatest success came in 2007, when it reached the German Bowl but lost to the Braunschweig Lions.
The Stuttgart Scorpions were formed in December 1982. The new club spent its first couple of seasons in the 2nd Bundesliga, now the German Football League 2, where it played until 1985.
The club, after having earned promotion, spent the 1986 and 1987 season in the central division of the American Football Bundesliga, now the German Football League, but was only able to win one game in two years and found itself relegated back to the second tier for 1988. At this league, the team once more was a top performer and won two division titles in 1990 and 1991, with the later also earning promotion to the Bundesliga once more.
The Scorpions once more struggled at top level and were immediately relegated again. After coming second in 1993 and winning its division the following year, the Scorpions were able to defeat the Franken Knights 47-0 in the promotion round and moved up for a third time in their history.
The club was now much improved at the top level and reached the quarter finals in its first two seasons back, 1995 and 1996. After a difficult 1997 season, when survival was only assured in the relegation round against the Saarland Hurricanes, the Scorpions would finally be able to deliver constant top-level performances. From 1998 onwards, the team was to reach the play-offs every season.
The Stuttgart Scorpions won the southern division of the Bundesliga in 1998 and were able to reach the semi finals of the German championship for the first time. In 2001, 2002 and 2006, this play-off performance was repeated, in between, the club was knocked out in the semi finals. The 2007 season was to be the club's best-ever, first winning the southern division of the GFL for only the second time and then progressing all the way to the German Bowl. In this game, the Scorpions were defeated 27-6 by the Braunschweig Lions, despite playing at home in Stuttgart.
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