Giants Wrocław Explained

Giants Wrocław
Founded:	2005
Suspended:	2013
Location:	Wrocław, Poland
League:	Polish American Football League
Colours:	Red and Black
Coach:	Jacek Wallusch
League Champ Type:	Polish Bowl
League Champs:	2007, 2011
Website:	giganci.com

The Giants Wrocław (formerly The Crew Wrocław) were an American football team based in Wrocław, Poland. They played in the Polish American Football League.

History

The team was founded in 2005 as Wrocław Angels. In 2007, they won the final of the Polish American Football League against Silesia Miners.^[1] In 2008 the team makes his first appearance at the EFAF Cup. In 2009 Aki Jones joined The Crew. Jones is the first former NFL player who is playing in the Polish league. In 2012, the team changed its name from The Crew Wrocław to Giants Wrocław. In 2013, they merged with Devils Wrocław forming a new team Panthers Wrocław.

Season-by-season records

PLFA

PLFA champions (2006 - 2007) PLFA I champions (2008 - present)	PLFA II champions (2008 - present)	Championship Game appearances

Season	League	Division	Wins	Losses	Postseason results	Ref
2006	PLFA	—	1	2	Lost 3rd placed game (Fireballs) W.O.	^[2]
2007	PLFA	South	5	1	Won semi-final (Seahawks) 2–18 Won Polish Bowl (Miners) 18–0	^[3]
2008	PLFA I	—	4	3	Lost semi-final (Eagles) 7–8	^[4]
2009	PLFA I	—	6	1	Won semi-final (Kozły) 28–8 Lost Polish Bowl (Miners) 7–18	^[5]
2010	PLFA I	—	6	1	Won semi-final (Seahawks) 49–0 Lost Polish Bowl (Devils) 32–37	^[6]
2011	PLFA I	—	9	0	Won semi-final (Seahawks) 27–7 Won Polish Bowl (Devils) 27–26	^[7]

EFAF

Season	Competition	Group	Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties	Season results	Playoffs results	Ref
2008	EFAF Cup	D		0	2	0	vs Prague Panthers 0-53 at Danube Dragons 0-84	—
2012	EFAF Cup	C	—	—	—	—	at Søllerød Gold Diggers vs Prague Black Hawks	—

ČLAF

Season	Competition	Group	Finish	Wins	Losses	Ties	Playoffs results	Ref
2006	ČLAF	?	?	?	?	?	?
2012	ČLAF	A1	—	—	—	—	—	^[8] ^[9]

Honours

Polish Bowl
- Champions: 2007, 2011, 2013
- Runners-up: 2009, 2010

Notes and References

http://www.pzfa.pl/?go=start&news=262
Web site: PLFA 2006 . pzfa.pl . 14 Jul 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724191147/http://www.pzfa.pl/?go=plfa&liga=4_1 . 2011-07-24 .
Web site: PLFA 2007 . pzfa.pl . 14 Jul 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724191202/http://www.pzfa.pl/?go=plfa&liga=4_2 . 2011-07-24 .
Web site: PLFA I 2008 . pzfa.pl . 14 Jul 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724191248/http://www.pzfa.pl/?go=plfa&liga=1_3 . 2011-07-24 .
Web site: PLFA I 2009 . pzfa.pl . 14 Jul 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724191259/http://www.pzfa.pl/?go=plfa&liga=1_4 . 2011-07-24 .
Web site: PLFA I 2010 . pzfa.pl . 14 Jul 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100929231958/http://pzfa.pl/?go=plfa&liga=1_5 . 2010-09-29 .
Web site: PLFA I 2011 . pzfa.pl . 17 Jul 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318095736/http://www.pzfa.pl/?go=plfa&liga=1_8 . 2012-03-18 .
Web site: ČLAF 2012 . caaf.cz . 2 Feb 2012 .
Web site: Termínová listina ČLAF A 2012 . caaf.cz . 15 Feb 2012 . 15 Feb 2012 .