Steelers
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Steelers usually refers to the Pittsburgh Steelers
, an American football team which plays in the National Football League. It may also refer to the following sports teams:
Association football
Ice hockey
Rugby codes
Other
Pittsburgh Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
, an American football team which plays in the National Football League. It may also refer to the following sports teams:
Association football
- The Pohang SteelersPohang SteelersPohang Steelers are a South Korean professional football club based in Pohang, Gyeongsangbuk-do. They were originally called POSCO, after the Pohang Iron and Steel Company that owned it...
, a South Korean association football club which plays in the K-LeagueK-LeagueThe Korea Professional Football League is South Korea's only fully professional association football league. At the top of the South Korean football league system, it is the country's highest and most prestigious level of football competition currently contested by 16 clubs.-Establishment:The...
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Ice hockey
- The SC Bietigheim-Bissingen Steelers, an ice hockey club from Germany which plays in the Second Bundesliga.
- The Selkirk SteelersSelkirk SteelersFor the American football team, see Pittsburgh Steelers. For other uses, see Steelers .The Selkirk Steelers are a Canadian Junior "A" ice hockey team from Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada...
, a Canadian junior ice hockey club which plays in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. - The Sheffield SteelersSheffield SteelersThe Sheffield Steelers are a British ice hockey club, from Sheffield, England. They were formed in 1991 and play their home games at the Sheffield Arena. They are currently members of the Elite Ice Hockey League...
, an ice hockey club from the United Kingdom which is currently part of the Elite Ice Hockey League.
Rugby codes
- The Illawarra SteelersIllawarra SteelersThe Illawarra Steelers are an Australian rugby league football club based in the city of Wollongong, New South Wales. The club competed in Australia's top-level Rugby League competition from 1982, when they, along with the Canberra Raiders, were admitted into the then New South Wales Rugby Football...
, a former Australian rugby league team which merged with the St. George Dragons to form the St George Illawarra Dragons in 1998. - The Kings Cross SteelersKings Cross SteelersThe Kings Cross Steelers are an English rugby union team, the first open membership gay and bisexual rugby club in the world.The Kings Cross Steelers are currently playing in the .-History:...
, the world's first rugby union club for gay and bisexual men, founded in 1995. - The Kobe Steel Kobelco SteelersKobe Steel Kobelco SteelersKobe Steel Kobelco Steelers are a Japanese rugby union team owned by Kobe Steel, Ltd., and based in Kobe. They were the first ever Top League champions when the League started in the 2003-4 season...
, a Japanese rugby union team that plays in the Top League.
Other
- The Crafton Heights Steelers, a street polo team that has won the Pittsburgh Street Polo League 7 times in its history.
- The Lackawanna Steelers, a high school team who plays for the city of the same name.