Stuttgart Giants | |
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Former name(s) | Zuffenhausen Giants |
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Founded | 2017 |
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 |
Stuttgart Giants is an Australian rules football club based in the Stuttgart-Feuerbach neighborhood of Stuttgart that currently competes in the Australian Football League of Germany. As of the 2022 season the club plays its home matches at the Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark in Stuttgart-Feuerbach. [1]
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]
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 also held at the Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark. [4]
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