The Seahawks Gdynia are an
American football
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team based in
Gdynia
Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...
,
Poland
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. They play in the
Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego.
History
The team was founded in October 2005 as the Pomorze Seahawks. In 2006 the Seahawks was one of four founders of the
Polish American Football League
The Polish American Football League or shortly PLFA () was a structured system for the American football competitions in Poland founded in 2004 by the Polish federation PZFA. In 2012, the Topliga was created as a major league with a bid (invitati ...
and in the
first season made their first appearance in the national championship game, the
Polish Bowl
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* Polish chicken
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, in 2006, but lost the game to the
Warsaw Eagles
The Warsaw Eagles are an American football team in Warsaw, Poland. They play in the Polish Football League. Paul Kusmierz is the owner of the team.
History
The team was founded in 1999 by a group of NFL enthusiasts consisting of Jędrzej Stasze ...
. In 2008 they lost the Polish Bowl again to the Eagles. In 2009 the team makes his first appearance at the
EFAF Challenge Cup.
First two seasons Seahawks played home games in
Sopot
Sopot (; or ) is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomerania Province and has the City with powiat ri ...
, next three played in
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...
at the GOKF stadium. Since
2011 PLFA season
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Sehawks moved to
Gdynia
Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...
, changed name to the Seahawks Gdynia and played at the
National Rugby Stadium
The Narodowy Stadion Rugby () is a multi-purpose stadium in Gdynia, Poland. It is currently used for rugby union (RC Arka Gdynia and the Poland national rugby union team, Poland national team) and also for American football games (the Seahawks G ...
.
After the 2017 season, the Seahawks left the
Polish American Football League
The Polish American Football League or shortly PLFA () was a structured system for the American football competitions in Poland founded in 2004 by the Polish federation PZFA. In 2012, the Topliga was created as a major league with a bid (invitati ...
and joined the new
Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego.
Season-by-season records
Honours
*
Polish Bowl
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** Champions: 2012, 2014, 2015
*
CEFL
** 2nd place: 2018
See also
*
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 ...
*
Sports in Tricity (
Gdańsk
Gdańsk is a city on the Baltic Sea, Baltic coast of northern Poland, and the capital of the Pomeranian Voivodeship. With a population of 486,492, Data for territorial unit 2261000. it is Poland's sixth-largest city and principal seaport. Gdań ...
,
Gdynia
Gdynia is a city in northern Poland and a seaport on the Baltic Sea coast. With an estimated population of 257,000, it is the List of cities in Poland, 12th-largest city in Poland and the second-largest in the Pomeranian Voivodeship after Gdańsk ...
,
Sopot
Sopot (; or ) is a seaside resort city in Pomerelia on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea in northern Poland, with a population of approximately 40,000. It is located in Pomeranian Voivodeship, Pomerania Province and has the City with powiat ri ...
)
References
External links
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American football teams in Poland
Sports clubs and teams in Gdynia
American football teams established in 2005
2005 establishments in Poland
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