Örebro Black Knights
The Örebro Black Knights are a Swedish American football team based in Örebro, Sweden. The team plays in the Örebro in Sweden and their home field is the Behrn Arena. In 2014, the team competed in the IFAF Champions League in the Northern group together with Carlstad Crusaders, Copenhagen Towers and Helsinki Roosters. They have competed in the Swedish league, Swedish Superserien since 2011 which currently has 4 Swedish teams competing for the title.[1] They reached the semi-final in the 2019 season being knocked out by Stockholm Mean Machines. [2] The current head coach is Aaron Fiddler who joined in 2016.[3]
| Established | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Based in | Örebro, Sweden |
| Home stadium | Behrn Arena |
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| Nickname(s) | Black Knights |
| Website | https://blackknights.eu/ (in swedish) |
History
Black Knights were founded in 1989 by Niklas Karlsson and Trond Groth.[4] The first meeting was held with the working name Örebro Eagles, and it was then decided that the team would be called Örebro Black Knights. The first players were trained at GIH, to later get Mark Hesse as coach for the 1991 season. The team went through the 3-2 unbeaten divisions.
The women's team won the SM finals in 2016 and 2017, but lost in the finals 2018 against Carlstad Crusaders. The men's team was in the SM final in 1998 and 1999, but both lost to Stockholm Mean Machines, and in 2013, 2014 and 2015 they lost to Carlstad Crusaders.
References
- The information in this article is based on that in its Swedish equivalent.
- "Sweden's Superserien gets underway". American Football International. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- "Örebro Black Knights". Euro Players. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- "Örebro skriver 5-års kontrakt med sin nya HC". Swedish Football Network (in Swedish).
- "Historia". Örebro Black Knights (in Swedish). 20 August 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
External links
- Official website (in Swedish)
- Örebro Black Knights on Facebook