Carlstad Crusaders is a Swedish American football team, based in Karlstad , Sweden . The team plays at Tingvalla IP in Karlstad.
6-560: The club was founded in 1991. It played its first game in 1992 against the Uddevalla Ravens. Sweden Superserien championships The Crusaders are ten-time Swedish champions having won the championship in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020 and 2024. Sweden Superserien finals appearances The team has been to nineteen national finals in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2024. The Crusaders won
12-465: A home game and an away game. The winners of these groups qualify directly for the semi-final phase. Should more teams qualify for and enter the EFAF Cup competition, more groups are created and a quarter-final phase introduced. Participating teams must submit a roster of at most 60 players to EFAF by March 31 of the competition year. These players, and no others, are permitted to play for the club within
18-685: The EFAF Cup in 2003. The Crusaders were IFAF Europe Champions League champions in 2015. The Crusaders won the Scandinavian Cup in 2023. EFAF Cup The EFAF Cup was an international competition for European American Football clubs. It was the second highest level of club competition in the European Federation of American Football (EFAF), behind the European Football League (EFL),. Organised by EFAF , this competition
24-576: The "smaller" American Football nations, and those finishing just behind EFL qualification places in the "bigger" American Football leagues. The competition was folded after the 2013 edition. The reason was, in 2014 the Big6 European Football League was established as the new top tier competition. So in fact, the EFL took the place of the EFAF Cup. In the group phase, four groups consist each of three teams. Each team plays each other once and has
30-404: The competition that year. No changes can be made to the list. On each game day, the roster must be reduced to 45 players who will actually participate in the game. This number must include no more than 3 "American" players. In EFAF rules an "American" is defined as a player with an American , Canadian , Mexican , or Japanese passport. There is no restriction on how many of these 3 can be on
36-474: Was comparable to football's Europa League . American Football teams from the strongest leagues in Europe competed annually to achieve results good enough to qualify them for the EFAF Cup competition. The format dated from 2002 and offers top-division European clubs who have not qualified for the highest level of competition ( EFL ) a chance to play internationally. Participants were Champions and Vice-Champions of
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