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| Founded | 1984 |
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| League | German Football League |
| Based in | Straubing, Germany |
| Stadium | Städtisches Stadion |
| Colors | Navy and White |
| Division titles | GFL 2 North: 2021 |
| Website | straubing-spiders.de |
The Straubing Spiders are an American football team from Straubing, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 2021 when it won the southern division of the German Football League 2 and earned promotion to the German Football League.
The Spiders were founded in 1984. In 1987 they finished the Regionalliga Süd a German third tier league in first place and got promoted to the 2. Bundesliga (now "GFL2"). [1] From 1988 to 1992 the Spiders were members of 2. Bundesliga. Seven years later to the 1999 season the Spiders reentered the 2. Bundesliga for another four seasons. [1] In 2017 they got promoted to the GFL2 for the third time. The 2021 season the Spiders finished the league in the first place playing a perfect season. In the succeeding promotion round their opponents Stuttgart Scorpions withdrew whereby the Spiders entered the German Football League – the greatest success in the team's history.
Recent seasons of the Spiders: [2] [3] [4]
| Year | League | Finish | Points | Pct. | Games | W | D | L | PF | PA | Postseason |
| 2016 | Regionalliga Süd (3rd tier) | 2nd | 14–6 | 0.700 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 317 | 263 | — |
| 2017 | 1st | 20–4 | 0.833 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 649 | 362 | Won PR: Pforzheim Wilddogs (54–14; 48–0) | |
| 2018 | GFL2 (South) | 3rd | 20–8 | 0.714 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 496 | 329 | — |
| 2019 | 3rd | 18–6 | 0.750 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 431 | 182 | — | |
| 2020 | No season played because of the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 1st | 16–0 | 1.000 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 334 | 121 | Won PR: Stuttgart Scorpions – withdrawal | |
| 2022 | GFL (South) | 4th | 12–8 | 0.600 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 339 | 307 | Lost QF: Potsdam Royals (25–66) |
| 2023 | 6th | 6–18 | 0.250 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 204 | 397 | — | |
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