The Copenhagen Towers 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 from

Gentofte Gentofte () is a district of Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Major landmarks include Gentofte Town Hall, Gentofte Hospital and Gentofte Church. Gentofte Lake with surrounding parkland and nature reserves form ...

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. The club was founded in 1990, and have since competed in the

National Ligaen Nationalligaen (NL) is the top American football league in Denmark founded in 1988. It is organized by the Danish American Football Federation. The league finale and the winning trophy is called Mermaid Bowl. The Copenhagen Towers won the 202 ...

, the highest division of American football in Denmark. The Copenhagen Towers are members of the Danish American Football Federation (DAFF), and have won the Danish Championship game (known as the Mermaid Bowl) a record eleven times, in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. In 2017 the Towers won the Northern European Football League. After a winless season in 1997, the Towers were relegated to Division 1 but were promoted again the following year. The Towers were again relegated in 2005 and spent the next season in Division 1. Since 2007, the Towers have been a regular feature in the National Ligaen, but they haven't been to the Mermaid Bowl since returning. In 2012, the Towers went undefeated (10–0) in regular season. In 2013, the Towers returned to the Mermaid Bowl, which they won 28–21 against the Triangle Razorbacks.

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the club: * SF = National Ligaen semifinals * MB = Mermaid Bowl (national final)

Youth teams

The Copenhagen Towers have youth teams for four age groups, Junior (Under-19), Development (Under-16), Kadet (Under-14), and Mini (Under-12).

Famous players

* Dustin Tervelt (2009) https://stoutbluedevils.com/news/2009/3/10/FB_0623092853.aspx *

J.R. Artozqui John Raymond "J.R." Artozqui (born April 10, 1987) is a former American football quarterback for the Copenhagen Towers in the National Ligaen of the Danish American Football Federation. Artozqui graduated from Doane College in 2009. He played h ...

(2010-2014) *

Magnus Alexander Bitsch Magnus, meaning "Great" in Latin, was used as cognomen of Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus in the first century BC. The best-known use of the name during the Roman Empire is for the fourth-century Western Roman Emperor Magnus Maximus. The name gained wid ...

(2011-)

References

External links

Official website
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Danish American Football Federation official website
American football teams in Denmark American football teams established in 1990 Sports clubs and teams in Copenhagen 1990 establishments in Denmark