Potsdam Royals

Potsdam Royals
City:	Potsdam
Founded:	2005
Team colors:	Black, red, white
Head coach:	Michael Vogt
League (2017):	GFL North
Greatest successes
Eurobowl	2019
EFL bowl	2018
Promotion to the GFL	2017
Stadion
Surname:	Sportpark Luftschiffhafen
Address:	Am Luftschiffhafen 2 14471 Potsdam
Contact
Internet:	www.potsdamroyals.de
Data status
September 30, 2017

The Potsdam Royals are a German American football team from the Brandenburg state capital Potsdam . You have been playing in the German Football League , the highest German league , since 2018 . There they finished fifth in the north group and narrowly missed the play-offs.

In addition to the men's team, the club has a, 2nd men's team, an Under-19 youth team, an Under-16 youth team as well as a flag football -Jugendmannschaft.

history

The Royals were founded in 2005 and entered the league in 2006 with both the men's and a youth team. The men's team competed in the Verbandsliga-Ost, which was then the fifth and lowest league. After only one draw in ten games in nine defeats in the first season, the Royals reached the play-offs two years later as leaders, in which they fought for promotion to the league. In 2010 the promotion to the German Football League 2 succeeded for the first time by relegation against the Hamburg Blue Devils . The sponsoring club waived the starting rights and dissolved the football division. A fresh start was made in 2012 in the Landesliga-Ost. In 2014, he was promoted again to the GFL2 via the Regionalliga-Ost. At the end of the season, the promotion succeeded.

The team played in the GFL for the first time in the 2018 season. The season ended as fifth in group north with 12:16 points. As a newcomer, they also entered the European Football League . They were able to win this competition by beating the Milano Seamen in the final .

In 2019, the Royals won the Eurobowl with a 62:12 win over the Amsterdam Crusaders . Quarterback Paul Zimmermann was chosen as the MVP of the game .

title

• 2018 EFL Bowl Winner (43:42 against Seamen Milano)
• 2019 Eurobowl winner (62:12 against Amsterdam Crusaders)

Squad

Squad of the Potsdam Royals
Quarterbacks 07 Zachary Shaw QB Running backs 05 Darius Voehringer RB 20 Calvinaugh Jones RB 42 Peter Demko RB Wide receiver 02 Daniel Voehringer WR 08 Henrik Burkert WR 09 David Saul WR / P 10 Frederik Myrup Nielsen WR 11 Sven Bärwolff WR 15 Enrico Stiegemann WR 16 Max Kunze WR 21 Patrick Felber WR / K 22 Max Zander WR 80 Paul Taeger WR 82 Lenard Würpel TE 87 Christoph Helm WR 89 Henry Soysa WR		Offensive linemen 50 Jens Drygalla OL 51 Jim Haseloff OL 59 Tim Hirselandt - OL 66 Brendan Casey OL 71 Max Bull OL 74 Henning Steinke OL 75 Mathias Boehm OL 76 Sebastian Mathews OL 77 Michael Eisenstadt OL 79 Michael Krüger OL Defensive linemen 25 Daniel Gorczawski DL 55 Michael Reynolds DL 61 Roman Franzen DL 66 Falco Paris DL 67 Aron Wiesenthal DL 70 Max Bollmann DL 84 Lars Huettner DL 90 Andrej Topp DL 92 Jannis Huettner DL 95 Nick Rudloff DL 96 Tim Böttcher DL 98 Sebastian Thieme DL 99 Rabie El-Tayeb DL		Linebacker 06 Torsten Rehmer LB / LS 17 Matthew Eva LB 40 Falco Paris LB 43 Demetrius Steed LB 48 Frederik Beck LB Defensive backs 01Steffen Haubner b DB 03 John Kenyon DB 04 Justin Kaffenberger DB 13 Jan Schewitza DB 14 Kevin Hummel DB / K 19 Sven Geyer DB 24 Samer Abood DB 25 Philipp Korzenek DB 30 David Jennison DB / LS 32 Philipp Neubauer DB 33 Jago Dreyer DB 45 Dennis Rösner DB Special teams 06 Torsten Rehmer LB / LS 09 David Saul WR / RB / P 14 Kevin Hummel DB / K 19 Sven Geyer DB / K 21 Patrick Felber WR / K 30 David Jennison DB / LS potsdamroyals.de Status: May 19, 2016

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 5th leagues 2006. In: football-history.de. Retrieved March 15, 2017 . 
2. ↑ 5th League East 2008. In: football-aktuell.de. Retrieved March 15, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Stephan Henke: Superior Eurobowl Victory: Potsdam Royals dismantle Amsterdam Crusaders , June 8, 2019, accessed on June 10, 2019.