Munich Cowboys

Munich Cowboys
Founded1979
LeagueGerman Football League
Based inMunich, Germany
StadiumDantestadion
ColorsBlack and Gold
   
PresidentWerner L. Maier
Head coachChristos Lambropoulos
ChampionshipsGerman Bowl: 1993
Ladies Bowl: 2005, 2006
Division titlesGFL South: 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001
GFL2 South: 2004, 2007
CheerleadersMunich Cowboys Cheerleader
MascotLucky Muc
Websitemunich-cowboys.de

The Munich Cowboys are an American football team based in Munich, Germany. The club, together with the Düsseldorf Panther and the Ansbach Grizzlies, is one of the oldest in Germany.[1] The team refers to itself as The Grand Old Team of the South.[2]

The club has one national championship to its name, winning the German Bowl in 1993.[3] As of 2015, the club has played more GFL games than any other team, 405, followed by the Berlin Adler with 378, one of only three other teams with more than 300 league games. The Cowboys have played 35 out of a possible 38 seasons at the highest level of the game in Germany, more than any other club.[4]

  1. ^ Vereinsgeschichte Archived 2011-07-07 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Ansbach Grizzlies website, accessed: 1 January 2011
  2. ^ Vereinsgeschichte (in German) Club history, Munich Cowboys website, accessed: 1 January 2011
  3. ^ Bowls Archived 2015-09-29 at the Wayback Machine GFL website, accessed: 1 January 2011
  4. ^ Ewige Bundesligatabelle (in German) Historic tables of American football in Germany, accessed: 3 January 2011