Stuttgart Giants

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Stuttgart Giants
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Names
Former name(s)Zuffenhausen Giants
Club details
Founded2017
Colours  Yellow   Green
Competition AFLG
Ground(s)Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark (capacity: 4,000)
Former ground(s)Eberhard-Bauer-Stadion
Training ground(s)Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark, Feuerbach
Other information
Official website Official Website

The Stuttgart Giants are an Australian rules football club based in the Stuttgart-Feuerbach neighborhood of Stuttgart and currently competes in the Australian Football League of Germany (AFLG). The club has both a men's and women's team. As of 2022, the club plays its home matches at the Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark in Stuttgart-Feuerbach. [1] Their training sessions are open for all to join.

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History

The Stuttgart Giants formed in 2017 by the merger of two AFLG clubs from Baden-Württemberg, the Stuttgart Emus and Freiburg Taipans. The club began playing in the AFLG in 2018. From 2019 the club was a department of the larger SSV Zuffenhausen sports club and in 2023 switched to Sportvereinigung Feuerbach. [2] [3]

Grounds

The club's trainings grounds are located in Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark in Stuttgart-Feuerbach. Home matches were previously played at the Eberhard-Bauer-Stadion in nearby Esslingen but are now exclusively held at the Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark. [4]

National League

The Stuttgart Giants actively compete in the German national league. From April to October each year, they play against the other teams across Germany (currently 8) in a series of home and away games.

The Stuttgart Giants' women's team currently plays together with the Heidelberg Knights women's team as the 'Heidelberg-Stuttgart Knights'.

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References

  1. "SPORTVERANSTALTUNGEN IN DIESER WOCHE" (in German). sportregion-stuttgart.de. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  2. "Unsere Mannschaften". Stuttgart Giants. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  3. "AFLG profile" (in German). AFLG. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
  4. "Unser Spielfeld". Stuttgart Giants. Retrieved 20 November 2024.

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