The Straubing Spiders are an American football team from Straubing, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 2021 when it won the southern division of the German Football League 2 and earned promotion to the German Football League.
History The Spiders were founded in 1984. In 1987 they finished the Regionalliga Süd a German third tier league in first place and got promoted to the 2. Bundesliga (now "GFL2"). From 1988 to 1992 the Spiders were members of 2. Bundesliga. Seven years later to the 1999 season the Spiders reentered the 2. Bundesliga for another four seasons. In 2017 they got promoted to the GFL2 for the third time. The 2021 season the Spiders finished the league in the first place playing a perfect season. In the succeeding promotion round their opponents Stuttgart Scorpions withdrew whereby the Spiders entered the German Football League – the greatest success in the team's history.
Honours
GFL Play-off qualification: (2) 2022, 2024 League membership: (5) 2022–present GFL2 Southern Division champions: 2021
Recent seasons Recent seasons of the Spiders: Year League Finish Points Pct. Games W D L PF PA Postseason 2016 Regionalliga Süd(3rd tier) 2nd 14–6 0.700 10 7 0 3 317 263 — 2017 1st 20–4 0.833 12 10 0 2 649 362 Won PR: Pforzheim Wilddogs (54–14; 48–0) 2018 GFL2 (South) 3rd 20–8 0.714 14 10 0 4 496 329 — 2019 3rd 18–6 0.750 12 9 0 3 431 182 — 2020 No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 1st 16–0 1.000 8 8 0 0 334 121 Won PR: Stuttgart Scorpions – withdrawal 2022 GFL (South) 4th 12–8 0.600 10 6 0 4 339 307 Lost QF: Potsdam Royals (25–66) 2023 6th 6–18 0.250 12 3 – 9 204 397 — 2024 3rd 14–10 0.583 12 7 – 5 294 238 Lost QF @ Dresden Monarchs (6–35) 2025 6th 6–18 0.250 12 3 – 9 268 379 — 2026 8th 0–24 0.000 12 0 – 12 206 480 — PR = Promotion round QF = Quarter finals
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