Copenhagen Towers
Encyclopedia
The Copenhagen Towers are an American football
team from Gentofte
, Denmark
. The club was founded in 1990.
Copenhagen Towers are members of the Danish American Football Federation (DAFF) and compete in the Nationalliga, the highest division of american football in Denmark.
Copenhagen Towers has won the Danish Chmpionshipgame, known as the Mermaid Bowl, four times, in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995. Towers reached the Mermaid Bowl for a fifth time in 1996, but lost the game to Roskilde Kings.
After a winless season in 1997, Towers were relegated to Division 1, but were promoted again the following year. Towers were again relegated in 2005 and spend the next season in the Division 1. Since 2007 Towers has been a regular feature in Nationalligaen but they haven't been to the Mermaid Bowl since returning.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team from Gentofte
Gentofte
Gentofte Kommune is a municipality in the Capital Region of Denmark on the east coast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 68,913...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. The club was founded in 1990.
Copenhagen Towers are members of the Danish American Football Federation (DAFF) and compete in the Nationalliga, the highest division of american football in Denmark.
Copenhagen Towers has won the Danish Chmpionshipgame, known as the Mermaid Bowl, four times, in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1995. Towers reached the Mermaid Bowl for a fifth time in 1996, but lost the game to Roskilde Kings.
After a winless season in 1997, Towers were relegated to Division 1, but were promoted again the following year. Towers were again relegated in 2005 and spend the next season in the Division 1. Since 2007 Towers has been a regular feature in Nationalligaen but they haven't been to the Mermaid Bowl since returning.
Recent seasons
Recent seasons of the club:| Year | Division | Finish | Games | W | D | L | Pct. | PF | PA | Postseason |
| 2008 | Nationalligaen | 2nf | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0.80 | 265 | 117 | SF: Lost: Søllerød Gold Diggers Søllerød Gold Diggers The Søllerød Gold Diggers are an american football team from Rudersdal, Denmark. The club was founded in 2003. They are reigning Dansish champions after winning the Danish championship game, Mermaid Bowl in 2010.... (0-13) |
| 2009 | 3rd | 8 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0.40 | 141 | 212 | ||
| 2010 | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0.70 | 232 | 238 | SF: Lost: Triangle Razorbacks (7-42) | |
| 2011 | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0.70 | 412 | 168 | SF: Lost: Triangle Razorbacks (13-23) | |
| 2012 |
- SF = Nationalligaen semifinals.