Zurich Renegades

AFC Zurich Renegades
Founded 17 November 1983
League Nationalliga A
Team history

Zurich Renegades

(1983present)

Based in Zürich, Switzerland
Ballpark Sportplatz Looren, Zürich-Witikon
Colors

Blue and White

         

Championships Swiss Bowl: 1987, 1988, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008
Website www.renegades.ch

The Zurich Renegades are an American football team from Zürich, Switzerland. The club, formed in 1983, is the oldest still existing American football club in Switzerland. With seven Swiss Bowl victories it is also the most successful club in the country.[1][2]

History

Formed in November 1983, the club took part in the inaugural Swiss Bowl three years later, in 1983, where it lost to Lugano Seagulls. The two clubs met again in the 1987 Swiss Bowl and this time Zurich kept the upper hand and defended its title in 1988, now against the Bienna Jets. After this, the club briefly dropped out of the Nationalliga A, the highest league of American football in Switzerland. The club returned to the Nationalliga in 1990 but it took another decade for the Renegades to reach another Swiss Bowl.[1]

From 2000 onwards the Renegades played in eight of the next ten Swiss Bowls, winning five of those and losing three. National titles were won in 2001 against the Basel Gladiators, in 2002 against the Seaside Vipers St. Gallen, in 2004 and 2005 against the Winterthur Warriors and in 2008 against the Landquart Broncos. The clubs last appearance in the Swiss Bowl to date came in 2009 when it lost 23–35 to the Broncos. From 2010 to 2015 the club has played in the Nationalliga A without quite making it to the national championship game again. The 2016 season saw the club come last in the league without a win all season and lose the relegation play-off against Nationalliga B champions Geneva Seahawks as well.[1]

Honours

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the club:[3][4][5][6][7][8]

Year Division Finish Points Pct. Games W D L PF PA Postseason
2008 Nationalliga A 1st 142 0.875 8 7 0 1 258 129 Won SB: Landquart Broncos (5227)
2009 2nd 124 0.750 8 6 0 2 243 146 Won SF: Winterthur Warriors (5146)
Lost SB: Calanda Broncos (2335)
2010 5th 416 0.200 10 2 0 8 126 187
2011 5th 614 0.300 10 3 0 7 221 303
2012 2nd 144 0.778 9 7 0 2 388 117 Lost SF: Basel Gladiators (1315)
2013 5th 416 0.200 10 2 0 8 152 359
2014 4th 812 0.400 10 4 0 6 273 405 Lost SF: Basel Gladiators (2044)
2015 5th 416 0.400 10 4 0 6 223 282
2016 6th 020 0.000 10 0 0 10 128 311 Lost RR: Geneva Seahawks (737)

References

  1. 1 2 3 Team Vorstellung Zurich Renegades (German) Swiss Bowl website - Team history, accessed: 9 December 2013
  2. Geschichte (German) Zurich Renegades website, accessed: 9 December 2013
  3. Nationalliga A 2008 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013
  4. Nationalliga A 2009 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013
  5. Nationalliga A 2010 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013
  6. Nationalliga A 2011 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013
  7. Nationalliga A 2012 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013
  8. Nationalliga A 2013 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: 17 December 2013
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