Pforzheim Wilddogs Explained

Team:Pforzheim Wilddogs
Pixels:200px
Stadium:Sportgelände am Riebergle
City:Pforzheim, Germany
Titles:GFL2 South: 2024
Website:wilddogs.de

The Pforzheim Wilddogs are an American Football team from Pforzheim in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. As its greatest success, the club reached the German Football League, the highest level in Germany, by having won the GFL2 South 2024.

History

The Wilddogs were formed in 1990 in Bretten a town 20 km north of Pforzheim.[1] In 2000 they moved to Pforzheim.

In the 2022 season the Wilddogs played a perfect season in the 3rd-tier Regionalliga Südwest (southwest).[2] In the promotion round, the Wilddogs won their games against the winners of the southern and the central league and hence got promoted to the GFL2.

In 2023 the Wilddogs played for the first time in the GFL2 and finished with a forth place in mid-table. One year later, Pforzheim won the championship of the GFL2 South. Since there was a vacant spot in the GFL South they got promoted without playing a play-off-game.[3]

Honours

GFL seasons

Year LeagueFinish Points Pct.Games W LPF PAPostseason
2023GFL2 (South)4th 10–10 0.50010 5 5191 169
20241st 18–2 0.90010 9 1332 165

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Geschichte der Wilddogs . wilddogs.de . 2024-09-12 . de-de . https://web.archive.org/web/20210413052837/http://wilddogs.de/verein/geschichte . 2021-04-13.
  2. Web site: 3. Liga Südwest 2022 . 2024-11-03 . de-de.
  3. Web site: Pforzheim Wilddogs schreiben Geschichte und steigen nach Kantersieg in Erste Liga auf . bnn.de . 2024-09-09 . de-de . 2024-09-12.