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Hamburg Huskies

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Hamburg Huskies
Founded1994
LeagueOberliga Nord
Team historyHamburg Wild Huskies
(1995–2003)
Hamburg Eagles
(2004–2009)
Hamburg Huskies
(2010–present)
Based inHamburg, Germany
StadiumHammer Park
ColorsSilver, White and Black
     
OwnerHarvesterhuder Tennis und Hockey Club
PresidentTimo Müller
Head coachKirk Heidelberg
Division titlesGFL2 North: 2007, 2014
Websitehamburghuskies.de

The Hamburg Huskies are an American football team in Hamburg, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 2014 when it won the northern division of the German Football League 2 and earned promotion to the German Football League.

History

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The club was formed in 1994 as the Hamburg Wild Huskies. The club entered competitive football in 1995, won the tier four Oberliga and earned promotion to the Regionalliga. In 1998 the club earned promotion to the 2. Bundesliga, a league later renamed to GFL2. In reference to the Hamburg Silver Eagles, a club that went defunct shortly after the formation of the Huskies and provided many of its future players, the Wild Huskies were renamed Eagles in November 2003. Under this name the club won the northern division of the GFL2 for the first time in 2007. In the following promotion round to the GFL the Eagles lost both games to the Dresden Monarchs and missed out on promotion. Also in the 2007 season the team switched from its mother club SC Victoria Hamburg to the Harvesterhuder Tennis und Hockey Club (HTHC). In 2009 the club switched its name to the current Hamburg Huskies but also suffered relegation to the third division Regionalliga. After two seasons at this level the Huskies returned to the GFL2 from 2012 onwards.[1]

After winning the northern division title of the GFL2 in 2014 the club qualified for the first time in its 20-year history for the GFL.[2] It finished fourth in the northern division of the GFL and lost to the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns in the quarter-finals of the play-offs.

Honours

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  • GFL
    • League membership: (4) 2015–2018
    • Play-off qualification: (1) 2015
  • GFL2
    • Northern Division champions: 2007, 2014
  • German Junior Bowl
    • Runners-up: 2010

Recent seasons

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Recent seasons of the Huskies:[3][4][5]

Year Division Finish Points Pct. Games W D L PF PA Postseason
2012 GFL2 (North) 4th 16–12 0.571 14 8 0 6 356 370
2013 3rd 15–13 0.536 14 7 1 6 443 363
2014 1st 23–5 0.821 14 11 1 2 461 308
2015 GFL (North) 4th 10–14 0.417 12 5 0 7 225 309 Lost QF: Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns (13–61)
2016 6th 8–20 0.286 14 4 0 10 370 629
2017 6th 8–20 0.286 14 4 0 10 196 543
2018 8th 0–28 0.000 14 0 0 14 157 499 Lost RR: Düsseldorf Panther (10–36 & 21–34)
2019 GFL2 (North) 6th 14–14 0.500 14 7 0 7 399 340
2020 No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 7th 2–18 0.111 9 1 0 8 111 309
2022 8th 0–20 0.000 10 0 0 10 153 467
2023 Oberliga Nord 4th 6–10 0.375 8 3 0 5 85 277
  • PR = Promotion round
  • RR = Relegation round
  • QF = Quarter finals

References

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  1. ^ Teaminfo Huskies Herren Archived 2015-02-10 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Hamburg Huskies website – Club history, accessed: 10 September 2014
  2. ^ Huskies qualifizieren sich für GFL (in German) football-aktuell.de, accessed: 10 September 2014
  3. ^ GFL 2 season 2012 football-aktuell.de, accessed: 10 September 2014
  4. ^ GFL 2 season 2013 football-aktuell.de, accessed: 10 September 2014
  5. ^ GFL 2 season 2014 football-aktuell.de, accessed: 10 September 2014
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