Raiders Tirol
American football team based in Innsbruck, Austria / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Raiders Tirol (for the AFL-Teams SWARCO Raiders Tirol, formerly Papa Joe's Tyrolean Raiders) are an American football team based in Innsbruck, Austria. Founded in 1992, the Raiders since have become one of Austria's and Europe's most dominant American football teams, winning the Eurobowl title three times (2008, 2009, and 2011) and the CEFL also three times (2017–2019). Competing in the Austrian Football League (AFL), the team has won the league championship eight times, most recently in 2021. In 2022, the Raiders joined the European League of Football (ELF).
Founded | 1992; 32 years ago (1992) |
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Based in | Innsbruck, Austria |
Home stadium | Tivoli Stadion Tirol |
Head coach | Jim Herrmann |
General manager | Claudia Nuener |
Team president | Elisabeth Swarovski |
League | European League of Football Austrian Football League |
Division | Central Conference |
Colors | Black, silver |
Mascot(s) | Birdie |
Website | raiders.at |
Current uniform | |
2023 Raiders Tirol season |
In 2019, the Swarco Raiders Tirol completed their first perfect season with a record of 16–0 and won Austrian Bowl XXV, as well as the CEFL and ECTC Bowls.
The Raiders employ the most full-time coaches and staff out of all European teams, combined with their special cooperation with the Las Vegas Raiders, many teams, coaches and players regard the Raiders as one of the most well-run organizations in Europe. In 2021 they announced their intention to join the European League of Football for the upcoming 2022 season together with their league rival Vienna Vikings.[1][2][3]