The Belfast Knights is an

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team and Ireland's longest running American Football club, formerly Carrickfergus Knights. Founded in 1993, the team has won the national championships three times, in 1997, 1998 and 2002. The Knights have competed in 9 of 15 championship games.

Season by season IAFL records

, - , colspan="6" align="center" , IAFL , - , 1994 , , ? , , ? , , ? , , ?? , , Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl IX , - , 1995 , , ? , , ? , , ? , , ?? , , Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl X , - , 1996 , , ? , , ? , , ? , , ?? , , ?? , - , 1997 , , ? , , ? , , ? , , IAFL League Champions, , Champions – Shamrock Bowl XII , - , 1998 , , 6 , , 0 , , 2 , , IAFL League Champions, , Champions – Shamrock Bowl XIII , - , 1999 , , ? , , ? , , ? , , ?? , , Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl XIV , - , 2000 , , 0 , , 0 , , 0 , , No League Play , , N/A , - , 2001 , , 5 , , 1 , , 0 , , IAFL League Champions, , Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl XV , - , 2002 , , 4 , , 2 , , 0 , , 2nd IAFL, , Champions – Shamrock Bowl XVI , - , 2003 , , 5 , , 1 , , 0 , , IAFL League Champions, , Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl XVII , - , 2004 , , 6 , , 1 , , 1 , , 2nd IAFL, , Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl XVIII , - , 2005 , , 5 , , 2 , , 1 , , 3rd IAFL, , Beaten Semi-finalists , - , 2006 , , 6 , , 2 , , 0 , , 2nd IAFL , , Beaten Semi-finalists , - , 2007 , , 3 , , 4 , , 1 , , 3rd IAFL North, , – , - , 2008 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , 2nd IAFL North, , – , - , 2009 , , 6 , , 2 , , 0 , , 3rd IAFL, , Beaten Semi-finalists , - , 2010 , , 6 , , 2 , , 0 , , 3rd IAFL, , Beaten Semi-finalists , - , 2011 , , 6 , , 2 , , 0 , , 2nd IAFL, , Beaten Semi-finalists , - , 2012 , , 2 , , 6 , , 0 , , 3rd IAFL North, , Beaten Semi-finalists , - , 2013 , , 3 , , 4 , , 1 , , IAFL North SBC , , Beaten Quarter-Finalists , - , 2014 , , 3 , , 5 , , 0 , , IAFL North SBC , , Beaten Quarter-Finalists , - , 2015 , , 2 , , 6 , , 0 , , IAFL North SBC , , – , - , 2016 , , 5 , , 3 , , 0 , , IAFL North SBC , , Beaten Quarter-Finalists , - , 2017 , , 5 , , 3 , , 0 , , IAFL North SBC Champions , , Runner-up – Shamrock Bowl XXXI , - , Totals , , 81 , , 51 , , 6 , colspan="2",

References

External links

Official website

IAFL official website
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