| Team: | Lübeck Cougars |
| Pixels: | 230px |
| Founded: | 1987 |
| League: | German Football League 2 |
| Stadium: | Buniamshof |
| Colors: | Red and White |
| Owner: | American Sports Club Lübeck e.V. |
| President: | Michael Wischendorf |
| Coach: | Perez Mattison |
| Titles: | 4. Division 1990, 3. Division 1993 & 1999 |
| Cheerleaders: | Cats Cheerleader |
| Mascot: | Cody Cougar |
| Website: | luebeck-cougars.de |
The Lübeck Cougars are an American football team from Lübeck, Germany.
The club had its greatest success in 2012 when it played in the German Football League for a season.
The club was formed in 1987 out of the members of an earlier American football club in Lübeck, the Outlaws, which went defunct the year before.[1]
The Cougars entered league football in 1990, playing in Landesliga Nord for a season before earning promotion to the Regionalliga Nord. After three seasons in the Regionalliga the club was promoted to the 2. American football Bundesliga, now the German Football League 2 but lasted for only one season before returning to the Regionalliga.[2]
The next seven seasons the Cougars played either in the Regionalliga or the Oberliga below before making a return to the 2. Bundesliga in 2001. The club played nine seasons in this league, renamed to GFL 2 at the end of the 2007 season and was finally promoted to the German Football League in 2011 when the Mönchengladbach Mavericks folded in the off-season and an additional place in the league became available.[2]
The Cougars lasted for only one season at the highest level, coming last in the league and losing in the promotion/relegation round to the Cologne Falcons. Back in the GFL 2 the club came only fifth in 2013 but improved in 2014, finishing second, its best-ever finish in the league. It repeated this result in 2015.[2]
Recent seasons of the Cougars:[2]
| Year | Division | Finish | Points | Pct. | Games | W | D | L | PF | PA | Postseason |
| 2010 | GFL2 (North) | 5th | 13–15 | 0.464 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 367 | 406 | — |
| 2011 | 3rd | 11–9 | 0.550 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 213 | 189 | — | |
| 2012 | GFL (North) | 8th | 3–25 | 0.107 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 239 | 579 | Lost RR: Cologne Falcons (42–36 & 10–37) |
| 2013 | GFL2 (North) | 5th | 13–15 | 0.464 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 350 | 314 | — |
| 2014 | 2nd | 19–9 | 0.679 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 573 | 478 | — | |
| 2015 | 2nd | 19–9 | 0.679 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 547 | 448 | — | |
| 2016 | 4th | 16–12 | 0.571 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 496 | 303 | — | |
| 2017 | 6th | 9–19 | 0.321 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 275 | 403 | — | |
| 2018 | 6th | 12–16 | 0.429 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 258 | 330 | — | |
| 2019 | 2nd | 20–8 | 0.714 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 418 | 337 | — | |
| 2020 | No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 6th | 5–15 | 0.250 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 196 | 266 | — | |
| 2022 | 4th | 14–6 | 0.700 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 292 | 254 | — | |
| 2023 | 5th | 8–12 | 0.400 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 288 | 406 | — | |
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