Elmshorn Fighting Pirates
The Elmshorn Fighting Pirates are an American football team from Elmshorn, Germany.
The club's greatest achievement is winning the championship in the GFL2 North and entering the German Football League, the top tier American Football league in Germany, in the 2020 season.
History
The Fighting Pirates were formed in 1991 and entered the German league competition one year later. In 1999 the Fighting Pirates had to quit the competition due to a lack of players. 2001 they re-entered the competition in the fifth tier. In 2004 the Fighting Pirates reached the Regionalliga, the third level. After being relegated and promoted again, Elmshorn reached the GFL2 for the first time in 2014. They finished 2014 and 2015 on the last place and got relegated after the second season. In 2018 the team returned to the GFL2 North and this time more successful. After finishing third in the 2018 season, the Fighting Pirates won the league title in 2019. In the following promotion game, they defeated Düsseldorf Panther and qualified for the German Football League.Honours
- GFL 2
- * Northern Division champions: 2019
Recent seasons
| Year | Division | Finish | Points | Pct. | Games | W | D | L | PF | PA | Postseason |
| 2016 | Regionalliga Nord | 2nd | 12–4 | 0.750 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 235 | 106 | — |
| 2017 | Regionalliga Nord | 1st | 22–2 | 0.917 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 444 | 164 | Lost PR: Solingen Paladins Won PR: Berlin Bears |
| 2018 | GFL 2 | 3rd | 16–12 | 0.571 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 538 | 466 | — |
| 2019 | GFL 2 | 1st | 24–4 | 0.857 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 561 | 279 | Won PR: Düsseldorf Panther |