Lübeck Cougars Explained

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.

History

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]

Honours

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the Cougars:[2]

Year Division FinishPoints Pct.Games W D LPF PAPostseason
2010GFL2 (North)5th13–150.46414 6 1 7367 406
20113rd11–9 0.55010 5 1 4213 189
2012GFL (North)8th3–250.10714 1 1 12239 579Lost RR: Cologne Falcons (42–36 & 10–37)
2013GFL2 (North)5th13–15 0.46414 6 1 7350 314
20142nd19–9 0.67914 9 1 4573 478
20152nd19–9 0.67914 9 1 4547 448
20164th16–12 0.57114 8 0 6496 303
20176th9–19 0.32114 4 1 9275 403
20186th12–16 0.42914 6 0 8258 330
20192nd20–8 0.71414 10 0 4418 337
2020No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic
20216th5–15 0.25010 2 1 7196 266
20224th 14–6 0.70010 7 0 3292 254
20235th 8–12 0.40010 4 0 6288 406
2024

Notes and References

  1. http://www.asc-luebeck.de/verein.html American Sports Club Lübeck e.V.
  2. http://www.football-history.de Lübeck Cougars season by season results