The Sidewinders are an
American football
American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular American football field, field with goalposts at e ...
team located in the
Nishinomiya
270px, Nishinomiya City Hall
270px, Aerial view of Nishinomiya city center 1985
270px, Hirota Shrine
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 484,368 in 218,948 households and a population density ...
,
Hyogo,
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea ...
. They are a member of the
X-League X2 division.
Team history
*1970 Team founded by former
Kyoto University
, or , is a National university, national research university in Kyoto, Japan. Founded in 1897, it is one of the former Imperial Universities and the second oldest university in Japan.
The university has ten undergraduate faculties, eighteen gra ...
players and staff.
*1988 New sponsorship with the Iwatani International Corporation. Team renamed the Iwatani Sidewinders.
*1990 Join the X-League
*1998 Finished 4th in the West division (1 win, 4 losses)
*2003 Finished 6th in the West division (0 wins, 5 losses). Lost X2-X1 replacement match against the
Finies Football Club. Demoted to X2 for the following season.
*2004 Finished 1st in X2 West division (5 wins, 0 losses). Won X2-X1 promotion match against the
Hankyu Bruins 24-15. Promoted to X1 for the following season.
*2006 Finished 6th in the West division (1 win, 4 losses). Lost X1-X2 replacement match against the
Nagoya Cyclones) 0-7. Demoted to X2 for the following season.
*2007 Iwatani International Corporation ends team sponsorship. Team renamed the Sidewinders.
*2009 Finished 5th in the X2 West division (1 win, 4 losses). Lost X2-X3 against N.A.C.L. Demoted to X3 for the following season.
*2010 Finished 1st in the X3 West division. Won X3-X2 promotion match against N.A.C.L. Promoted to X2 for the following season.
*2015 Finished 1st in the X2 West division (5 wins, 0 losses). Won X2-X1 promotion match against the
Fuji Xerox J-Stars 17-10. Promoted to X1 for the following season.
Seasons
References
External links
* (Japanese)
American football in Japan
1970 establishments in Japan
American football teams established in 1970
X-League teams
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