| Established | 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Based in | Ostend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | De Schorre, Ostend | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Belgian Football League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | Flemish American Football League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League titles | 8 (2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division titles | 6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ostend Pirates are an American football team based in Ostend. The Pirates are currently members of the Flemish American Football League (FAFL) conference in the Belgian Football League (BFL).
The original team were the Ostend Tigers. They merged with the Izegem Redskins to form the West Flanders Tribes.
The team is the continuation of the former West Flanders Tribes which split up into the Ostend Pirates and the Izegem Tribes. [1] [2]
The Pirates started off their first season very strong. Ostend won their first match-up against their former West Flanders Tribes teammates from Izegem Tribes with an 8-12 score. [3] [4] [5] They finished in the semi-finals against the Ghent Gators who would win the Belgian Bowl. [6] [7]
| FAFL 2014 Standings | |||||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Ghent Gators | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 288 | 65 | W2 | ||
| Brussels Black Angels | 7 | 1 | 0 | .875 | 226 | 66 | W7 | ||
| Ostend Pirates | 6 | 2 | 0 | .750 | 196 | 84 | W4 | ||
| Brussels Bulls | 5 | 3 | 0 | .625 | 158 | 73 | W2 | ||
| Leuven Lions | 4 | 4 | 0 | .500 | 148 | 138 | W1 | ||
| Puurs Titans | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 84 | 219 | L3 | ||
| Limburg Shotguns | 2 | 5 | 1 | .313 | 80 | 208 | L2 | ||
| Izegem Tribes | 1 | 6 | 1 | .188 | 90 | 203 | L3 | ||
| Antwerp Diamonds | 0 | 8 | 0 | .000 | 51 | 265 | L8 | ||
2014 Playoffs
| Quarterfinals June 8, 2014 @Grez-Doiceau @Anderlecht | Semifinals June 15, 2014 @Gent @Evere | Belgian Bowl XXVII June 29, 2014 @ Izegem | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Ghent Gators | 16 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Grez-Doiceau Fighting Turtles | 22 | 3 | Ostend Pirates | 14 | |||||||||
| 3 | Ostend Pirates | 30 | 1 | Ghent Gators | 38 | |||||||||
| 1 | Brussels Tigers | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Brussels Tigers | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Brussels Black Angels | 52 | 2 | Brussels Black Angels | 3 | |||||||||
| 3 | Liège Monarchs | 12 | ||||||||||||
| FAFL 2015 Standings [8] | |||||||||
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| W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | STK | |||
| Brussels Black Angels | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.00 | 295 | W7 | |||
| Ghent Gators | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0.857 | 216 | L1 | |||
| Ostend Pirates | 5 | 2 | 0 | .714 | 187 | ||||
| Izegem Tribes | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 114 | ||||
| Antwerp Diamonds | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 68 | ||||
| Leuven Lions | 2 | 5 | 0 | .167 | 84 | W | |||
| Limburg Shotguns | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 85 | L | |||
| Puurs Titans | 1 | 6 | 0 | .143 | 71 | ||||
2015 Playoffs
| Quarterfinals June 7th, 2015 | Semifinals June 14th, 2015 | Belgian Bowl XXVIII June 27th, 2015 @ Sint-Niklaas | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Brussels Black Angels | 14 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Liège Monarchs | 12 | 3 | Ostend Pirates | 6 | |||||||||
| 3 | Ostend Pirates | 22 | 1 | Brussels Tigers | 8 | |||||||||
| 1 | Brussels Black Angels | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Brussels Tigers | 56 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Ghent Gators | 22 | 3 | Waterloo Warriors | 14 | |||||||||
| 3 | Waterloo Warriors | 24 | ||||||||||||
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