The Maribor Generals were an American football team from Maribor , Slovenia.
6-642: The Maribor Generals were founded on 21 May 2008. In October 2009, the Generals, along with the Ljubljana Silverhawks , Alp Devils and Gold Diggers, organized the first Slovenian Football League . The Generals played their first official match of the Slovenian Championship against the Alp Devils, defeating them 25–13 and scoring the first touchdown of the championship with a kickoff return. In 2012,
12-727: A group of football fans from the Slovenian capital. The team won the Slovenian Football League a record six times (2009–10, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, and 2017). They also won the Central European Football League in 2012. Before the 2019 season, Ljubljana Silverhawks merged with Domžale Tigers . The Ljubljana Silverhawks were established in April 2002, becoming the first American football team based in Slovenia. Initially,
18-753: The Generals reached the Slovenian Bowl II, where they were defeated by the Sliverhawks, 23–10. In the 2013 season, the difference in points made the Generals reached the Slovenian Bowl once again, but the Silverhawks defeated them again. In 2016, the Generals played in the Division 2 of the Austrian Football League , where the team finished in first place without a single defeat after the regular part of
24-485: The Silverhawks were not affiliated with any league. In 2006, the Silverhawks were one of the founding members of the Central European Football League (CEFL). In 2009, together with three other teams, the Silverhawks competed in the first-ever edition of the Slovenian Football League . On 26 June 2010, the Silverhawks defeated the Alp Devils 41–0 and thus became the first champions of Slovenia. The Silverhawks retained
30-629: The Slovenian Football League title in 2011, after defeating the Croatian team Zagreb Thunder , which competed as the guest team. The Silverhawks won the CEFL title in 2012, and then also won the Slovenian League title in 2012 and 2013, respectively. In 2016, the Silverhawks joined the Austrian Football League (AFL) and reached the wild card playoffs three times in a row. After the 2018 season,
36-765: The season, but were defeated by the Styrian Bears in the IX Iron Bowl, held in Graz . The next season, the Generals once again reached the finals of the Division 2. This time they defeated the Telfs Patriots to win the X Iron Bowl, securing promotion to the Austrian Division 1 (second tier). Ljubljana Silverhawks The Ljubljana Silverhawks were an American football team based in Ljubljana , Slovenia, founded in 2002 by
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