Budapest Cowbells
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| Founded | December 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| League | Hungarian American Football League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Based in | Budapest, Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Építők Stadium (Budapest) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colors | Dark blue, neon green and white | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |
.svg.png){kind=small} Karim Trabelsi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championships | 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cheerleaders | Diamond Cheer Dance | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Budapest Cowbells are an American football team from Budapest, Hungary. The team has been founded in 2014 by merger of Budapest Cowboys and Újbuda Rebels. The Cowbells are one-time champions of Hungarian American Football League.
Brief history
Budapest Cowboys
The Cowboys were the first Hungarian American football team. American businessman Tom Kelly established it in 1991 as Budapest Starforce and they played the first American football match in Hungary against Munich Nightmare. In 1993 they merged with the other Hungarian club Budapest Lions. In 1995 they changed their name into Budapest Cowboys. As there were no other Hungarian teams they participated the Czech and Austrian leagues but in 2000 the club stopped working.
In 2004 with the establishment of the Budapest Wolves Hungarian American football went alive. Some old Cowboys joined the new team, some started to train again, and in 2006 the Budapest Cowboys have been re-established. In 2007 they won the 2nd Division, and in 2008 they finished as runner-up in the Hungarian Bowl. In 2008 and 2009 they participated in the Central European Football League [1][2]
The Cowboys participated in the IFAF CEI Interleague in 2011 and 2012.
Újbuda Rebels
In 2004 North Pest Vipers have been established. In 2006 some of the Vipers joined the Cowboys, and in 2008 the management decided to join the Budapest Titans. Most of the players decided not to join the Titans but to continue alone, so they founded a new team under the name Újbuda Rebels. As thy were technically a new team, they had to start in the 3rd Division in 2009, and they won it without losing a single game. In 2010 they joined the 1st Division and in 2012 the Hungarian Football League.
The Rebels participated in the IFAF CEI Interleague in 2013.
Budapest Cowbells
In December 2013 the two clubs joined. In 2014 in the HFL they participated as Rebels, in the IFAF CEI Interleague they participated as Cowboys.[3] In this year they won the Hungarian Football League and finished runners-up in the Interleague.[4] In December they merged the names of the teams.
In 2016 they finished as runners-up in the HFL losing against Miskolc Steelers,[5] and they re-joined to the CEFL.[6]
See also
References
- ↑ "CEFL Standings 2008".
- ↑ "CEFL Standings 2009".
- ↑ "Egy új kezdet!" (in Hungarian).
- ↑ "HFL: "farkasverés" 6000 néző előtt, először bajnok a Rebels!" (in Hungarian).
- ↑ "Elképesztő hajrá után bajnok a Miskolc Steelers" (in Hungarian).
- ↑ "CEFL Standings 2016".
External links
- Magyarországi Amerikai Futball Csapatok Szövetsége
- Central European Football League
- Budapest Cowbells Official Homepage