Cologne Falcons

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Cologne Falcons Flag of Germany.svg
City: Cologne
Founded: 1994
Head coach: David Drane
League (2017): Regionalliga West
Greatest successes
Semi-final participant GFL 2014
Champion 2nd Bundesliga North / promotion to GFL 2004, 2012
Quarterfinal participation GFL 2006
Stadion
Surname:

Müngersdorf sports park, Ostkampfbahn

Address: Olympiaweg 7, 50933 Cologne
Owner: Cologne sports facilities GmbH
Play surface: artificial grass
Capacity: 1000 seats
Contact
Address: ASCC Cologne eV
Kendenicher Str.
87 50969 Cologne
Internet: cologne-falcons.de
Data status
29th September 2019
Logo from 1994 to 2011

The Cologne Falcons are an American football team from Cologne . From 1994 to the end of 2011 the team was part of the ASC Cologne Falcons e. V. is at home. With effect from January 1, 2012, the entire American football department moved to AFC Köln e. V. From then on, the team called itself AFC Köln Falcons and under this name achieved promotion to the 1st Bundesliga . Due to trademark disputes with the former chairman of the AFC Köln e. V. the logo and the name of the Falcons were changed at the beginning of the GFL season 2013 . Since then, the team has been running under the original name "Cologne Falcons". Due to the loss of the main sponsor, the Falcons had to leave the GFL and are now playing in the regional league.

history

In 1994 the Cologne Falcons were founded by former members of the Red Barons Cologne . Initially playing in the association league, the steep rise from the upper league to the highest German league, the German Football League , began in 2002 . There the Falcons experienced a tailor-made start in the 2005 season , with three wins in a row. In the end, however, they narrowly missed the play-offs and had to be satisfied with fifth place. In the 2006 season , the Falcons reached fourth place in the table and moved into the play-offs for the first time, but failed there in the quarter-finals with 0:62 at the southern champions Marburg Mercenaries . The 2007 season ended with another fifth place in the north table. In the 2008 season , the Falcons were last in the group north and had to go to the relegation , in which they met the Assindia Cardinals from Essen . Although rated as favorites, the Falcons lost both games (17:24 and 23:28) and were relegated to GFL 2 North.

In 2009 the A1 youth of the Cologne Falcons became German runner-up under head coach David Odenthal. In the same year, the men's team was runner-up in the GFL-2 group north. In 2010, however, the men's team was unable to build on this performance and ended the season in sixth place in the group north. It was not until 2012 that the Falcons made it back to the GFL in the relegation against the Lübeck Cougars . After a weak season with only two wins, the team had to go into relegation against the Bielefeld Bulldogs in autumn 2013 . There the team narrowly secured relegation in two games.

In 2014 we were able to build on our old successes again. Head coach Martin Hanselmann, who was signed for the Cologne Falcons in the middle of the 2013 season, was back on board. The Cologne Falcons achieved third place in the GFL Nord and thus the play-offs with victories over the Düsseldorf Panthers, which were still superior in the previous year, and the favored Baltic Hurricanes from Kiel. In the semi-finals, the Cologne team had to admit defeat to the New York Lions from Braunschweig, who later became German champions. In keeping with the most successful season in the history of the Cologne Falcons, the 25th anniversary was also celebrated this year. The Cologne Falcons are thus in sixth place in the European ranking.

According to media reports, the Falcons withdrew their team from the GFL's game operations in March 2015 due to internal problems of the main sponsor and a resulting financial shortfall in the budget. Newly arrived in the regional league, AFC Cologne dropped out and they were taken over by ASCC Cologne eV. This is where they are now based and aim to be promoted to GFL 2 in 2020.

The team is currently playing in the Regionalliga NRW.

title

  • 2004: Champion of the 2nd Bundesliga North / promotion to GFL North
  • 2012: Champion of the 2nd Bundesliga North / promotion to GFL North
  • 2011: German Junior A-Youth Champion GFL Juniors
  • 2012: German Junior Champion A-Jugend GFL Juniors

Season since 2005

The following table shows the positions at the end of the season since the 2005 season:

year league finish Points Pct. Games S. U N PF PA Postseason
2005 GFL (North) 5th 10-14 0.417 12 5 0 7th 178 324 -
2006 4th 11-13 0.458 12 5 1 6th 248 333 Lost QF: Marburg Mercenaries (0-62)
2007 5th 6-18 0.250 12 3 0 9 210 377 -
2008 6th 5-19 0.208 12 2 1 9 206 286 Lost RR: Assindia Cardinals (17-24 & 23-28)
2009 GFL 2 (North) 2nd 18-10 0.643 14th 9 0 5 295 253 -
2010 6th 7-21 0.250 14th 3 1 10 303 498 -
2011 6th 3-17 0.150 10 1 1 8th 47 216 -
2012 1st 22-6 0.786 14th 11 0 3 480 262 Won RR: Lübeck Cougars (36–42 & 37–10)
2013 GFL (North) 8th 4-20 0.143 14th 2 0 12 209 503 Won RR: Bielefeld Bulldogs (42–30 & 6–17)
2014 3rd 14-10 0.583 12 7th 0 5 345 352 Won QF: Stuttgart Scorpions (33–28)
Lost SF: New Yorker Lions (3–52)
2015
  • RR = Relegation round
  • PR = Promotion round
  • QF = quarter finals
  • SF = semi finals
  • GB = German Bowl

More teams

  • GentlemenII
  • U19
  • U16
  • U13
  • Falconets (women's team)
  • cheerleader

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Approval of a change of club. Retrieved May 23, 2013 .
  2. ↑ GFL-2-Nord table 2009. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2013 ; accessed on February 26, 2019 .
  3. ↑ GFL 2 Nord table 2010. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 5, 2016 ; accessed on March 17, 2019 .
  4. ↑ AFC Cologne Falcons storm into the first division. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 21, 2013 ; accessed on February 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ The best defeat of the season. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 6, 2014 ; accessed on February 26, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Cologne Falcons withdraw team. Retrieved March 18, 2015 .
  7. ^ Goodbye Cologne Falcons. Retrieved May 23, 2013 .
  8. ↑ Cologne Falcons Homepage. Retrieved February 26, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Football History Historic American football tables from Germany, accessed: December 16, 2011
  10. ↑ GFL 2008 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: Feb. 24, 2015
  11. ↑ GFL 2 2009 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: Feb. 24, 2015
  12. ↑ GFL 2 2010 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: Feb. 24, 2015
  13. ↑ GFL 2 2011 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: Feb. 24, 2015
  14. ↑ GFL 2 2012 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: Feb. 24, 2015
  15. ↑ GFL 2013 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: Feb. 24, 2015
  16. ↑ GFL 2014 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: Feb. 24, 2015
  17. ↑ GFL 2015 www.football-aktuell.de, accessed: Feb. 24, 2015