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. The club, formed in 2007, won promotion to the German Football League 2, the second tier of league football in Germany, in 2011. The team rebranded itself as "Frankfurt Galaxy" ahead of the 2015 season and won promotion to the first division German Football League Süd (South) at the end of this season. It was renamed again as Frankfurt Universe in 2016.

History

Frankfurt Universe was formed in 2007, after the demise of the NFL Europa team Frankfurt Galaxy, by fans of the latter. Initially the club was hoping to use the Galaxy name but was prevented from this by the fact that the naming rights lay with the

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'' Hessischer Rundfunk'', published: 4 September 2014, accessed: 27 April 2015 The Universe entered the tier five Landesliga Hessen in 2008, finished runners-up in the league and was promoted to the Oberliga for 2009. In the Oberliga the team remained unbeaten all season and moved up to the third tier Regionalliga Mitte, where it played in 2010 and 2011. The first season saw it finish fifth with an even record while, in the second year, it finished runners-up and won promotion.Historical American football tables & results from Germany
football-history.de, accessed: 27 April 2015 From 2012 onwards the Universe played at national level in the southern division of the second tier German Football League 2. In its first two seasons the team finished runners-up behind the Allgäu Comets while, in 2014, it came third in the league. In late 2014 the club announced that it had purchased the rights for the Galaxy name, would separate the first team from the club and field it under the Galaxy name and play from 2015 onwards in the Frankfurter Volksbank Stadion, home ground of association football team FSV Frankfurt. In the official 2015 table of the German Football League however the team is still listed as Frankfurt Universe.2015 GFL 2 table
German Football League website, accessed: 27 April 2015 The team won the GFL2 south in 2015 with a perfect season and nearly 400 points Touchdown-point differential and earned promotion to the GFL after the eighth placed GFL team, the Franken Knights, withdrew from the promotion/relegation round. Frankfurt vs Nuremberg

In April 2016, Samsung were announced as the main sponsor of German Football League team Frankfurt Universe. Frankfurt lost the season opener to defending GFL South champion Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns in 2016.

Honours

The team's honours: * German Bowl ** Runners-up: 2018 * Eurobowl ** Runners-up: (2) 2017, 2018 * EFL Bowl ** Champions: 2016 * BIG6 European Football League ** Participations: (2) 2017, 2018 * German Football League – Southern Division ** Runners-up: (4) 2016–2019 ** League membership: (6) 2016–2022 * German Football League 2 – Southern Division ** Champions: 2015 ** Runners-up: 2012, 2013

German Bowl appearances

The club's appearances in the German Bowl: * Champions in bold.

Eurobowl appearances

The club's appearances in the Eurobowl: * Champions in bold.

Recent seasons

Recent seasons of the Universe: * RR = Relegation round * QF = Quarter finals * SF = Semi finals * GB = German Bowl

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