| Jacksonville Sharks | |
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| Established 2009 Play in Jacksonville, Florida at the VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena JAXSharks.com | |
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Current uniform | |
| Team colors | Blood red, midnight black, white |
| Mascot | Chum |
| Personnel | |
| Owner(s) | Steve Curran Diva Nagula Rob Storm Jason Green Kevin Wezniak Nick Furris[1] |
| Head coach | Jason Gibson |
| Team history | |
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| Championships | |
League championships (4)
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| Conference championships (2) | |
| Division championships (4) | |
| Playoff appearances (11) | |
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The Jacksonville Sharks are a professional indoor football team based in Jacksonville, Florida, playing their home games at VyStar Veterans Memorial Arena. As of 2024, they are members of the Indoor Football League (IFL).[2]
They were members of the Arena Football League (AFL) from 2010 to 2016 and won the championship of their division in the first four seasons of their existence. The Sharks joined the AFL for the 2010 season, following the league's complete reorganization the previous year. In their inaugural season, they set the league record for most regular season wins by an expansion team, winning twelve of their sixteen games, and ranked third in the league in ticket sales and average attendance. They advanced to the 2010 AFL playoffs, claiming the South Division title. In their second year in the league, they advanced to the ArenaBowl XXIV, defeating the Arizona Rattlers 73–70, for the first AFL Championship in franchise history.[3][4] The Sharks left the AFL after the 2016 season and became charter members of the National Arena League (NAL). They left the NAL after the 2023 season and plan to join the Indoor Football League for the 2024 season.
- ^ "Ownership". Jacksonville Sharks. Retrieved August 17, 2018.
- ^ "IFL ADDS JACKSONSVILLE SHARKS". Indoor Football League. August 22, 2023.
- ^ Don Coble (August 12, 2011). "Sharks win ArenaBowl on final play". The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on September 21, 2011. Retrieved September 2, 2011.
- ^ Don Coble (August 16, 2011). "Jacksonville to celebrate Sharks' championship with a parade". The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on October 9, 2012. Retrieved September 2, 2011.