The Oakland Banshees are a women's semi-professional

Semi-professional

A semi-professional athlete is one who is paid to play and thus is not an amateur, but for whom sport is not a full-time occupation, generally because the level of pay is too low to make a reasonable living based solely upon that source, thus making the athlete not a full professional...

 American football

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 based in Oakland, California

Oakland, California

Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...

. A member of the Independent Women's Football League

Independent Women's Football League

The Independent Women's Football League was founded in 2000, and began play in 2001.IWFL founders began with the goal to establish a quality women's football league that would be respected as the top level of women's tackle football in the world....

, the Banshees play their home games at Chabot College

Chabot College

Chabot College is a community college located in Hayward, California.-Campus:The campus has a 200-seat theatre, a 1,432-seat performing arts center, a full-size planetarium, four major athletic fields, an HD television studio, and an Olympic-class swimming pool.-History:Chabot College was the first...

 in nearby Hayward

Hayward, California

Hayward is a city located in the East Bay in Alameda County, California. With a population of 144,186, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area and the third largest in Alameda County. Hayward was ranked as the 37th most populous municipality in California. It is included in...

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Season-By-Season

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| colspan="6" align="center" | Oakland Banshees (WAFL)
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|2001 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 2nd Pacific Central Division || --
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| colspan="6" align="center" | Oakland Banshees (WAFC)
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|2002 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 4th League || Lost WAFC Semifinal (Sacramento

Sacramento Sirens

The Sacramento Sirens are a women's semi-professional American football team, located in Sacramento, California. The team has compiled one of the most successful records in women’s full tackle football.-History:...

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| colspan="6" align="center" | Oakland Banshees (IWFL)
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|2003 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 2nd West Pacific SouthWest || --
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|2004 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1st West Pacific SouthWest || Lost Western Conference Semifinal (Corvallis

Corvallis Pride

The Corvallis Pride is a team of the Independent Women's Football League , and the team is based in Corvallis, Oregon. Home games are played at Corvallis High School.For the 2009 season, the Pride have merged with fellow IWFL team the Redding Rage....

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|2005 || 5 || 4 || 1 || 4th West Pacific Southwest || --
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|2006 || 0 || 2 || 0 || X-Team || --
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|2007 || colspan="6" rowspan="1" align="center" | Did Not Play
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|2008 || 0 || 4 || 0 || X-Team || --
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|2009 || -- || -- || -- || -- || --
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!Totals || 23 || 25 || 0
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2009 season schedule

Date	Opponent	Home Home team In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans... /Away Home team In team sports, the term home advantage describes the advantage–usually a psychological advantage–that the home team is said to have over the visiting team as a result of playing in familiar facilities and in front of supportive fans...	Result
April 11	Sacramento Sirens Sacramento Sirens The Sacramento Sirens are a women's semi-professional American football team, located in Sacramento, California. The team has compiled one of the most successful records in women’s full tackle football.-History:...	Home
April 18	California Quake California Quake The California Quake is a women's semi-professional tackle football team based in Los Angeles County, California. The Quake currently play in the Western Conference, Tier 1 Pacific Southwest Division of the Independent Women's Football League. Home games are played at Downey High School's Allen...	Home
May 2	Portland Shockwave Portland Shockwave The Portland Shockwave is a Tier I team in the Western Conference of the Independent Women's Football League based in Portland, Oregon. Known as the Oregon Thunder during their inaugural season of 2002, home games are played at the Kiggins Bowl in nearby Vancouver, Washington.During their fifth...	Away
May 9	Modesto Maniax	Home
May 16	Modesto Maniax	Away
May 23	Portland Shockwave	Away
May 30	California Quake	Home
June 6	Los Angeles Amazons Los Angeles Amazons The Los Angeles Amazons are a women's semi-professional American football team based in Los Angeles, California. A member of the Women's Football Alliance, the Amazons play their home games at Miguel Contreras Learning Complex....	Away

External links

• Oakland Banshees official website