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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Based in | Valencia  Spain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Estadio Municipal Jardín del Turia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach |  Stuart Franklin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team president | José Miguel Alonso | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | LNFA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division | LNFA Serie B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LNFA titles | 4 (2006, 2007, 2009, 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Valencia Firebats are a gridiron team based in Valencia, Valencian Community (Spain).
The team was established in April, 1993, as Valencia Bats, joining the defunct American Football League (AFL) for the 1994 season. The following season a new national league is created in Spain, divided in two divisions, First and Second. Valencia Bats are invited to compete in the First Division, where they have been playing ever since.
In the 2002 season, the team makes his first appearance in the EFAF Cup, in the same group with Badalona Dracs (Spain) and Ostia Marines (Italy).
2006 was a remarkable season, as the team won their first national bowl, beating L'Hospitalet Pioners and qualifying for the first time for the European Football League, where they met Bergamo Lions (Italy) and Tirol Raiders (Austria) in the 2007 season.
They won the Spanish bowl again on the next season, 2007, against Badalona Dracs this time. Once again, they qualified as national champions for the European Football League. This time, rivals were Coventry Jets (UK) and Oslo Vikings (Norway).
In the 2008 season, for third time in a row, they played the |Spanish bowl, being defeated by L'Hospitalet Pioners, but qualifying for their third European Football League, where they faced the Bolzano Giants (Italy) and the Braunschweig Lions (Germany) in 2009.
In 2009 they faced their 4th Spanish bowl, beating the Badalona Dracs in a tough game and clinched a berth again for the EFL in 2010, where they met Bergamo Lions (Italy) and the Elancourt Templiers (France) in their group, which they won. In the Quarterfinals they lost 55–13 against the title holder Swarco Raiders Tirol.
From 2014 to 2016 they made the national final three times in a row winning the title in 2015.
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The European Football League (EFL) established in 1986, was a tournament for the best European American football teams affiliated to IFAF, which replaced the European Federation of American Football (EFAF) in 2014.
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The 2011 LNFA season was the 17th season of top-tier American football in Spain. The regular season began on January 22, 2011 and ended on May 14, 2011. The playoffs began on May 15 and ended on June 18.
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The 2012 LNFA season was the 18th season of top-tier American football in Spain. The regular season was played from January 29, 2012 until the end of may, 2012.
The LNFA 2013 season was the 19th season of top-tier American football in Spain. The season began with the Spanish Cup on November 11, 2012, and finished with the LNFA final on June 2, 2013.
The LNFA 2014 season was the 20th season of top-tier American football in Spain.
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The LNFA 2015 season was the 21st season of American football in Spain. Badalona Dracs were the defending champions, but lost to Valencia Firebats in the final.
The 2015–16 LNFA season was the 22nd season of American football in Spain.
The 2016 German Football League season was the 38th edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany and seventeenth since the renaming of the American Football Bundesliga to German Football league.
The 2018 LNFA season is the 24th season of American football in Spain.
The 2019 LNFA season was the 25th season of American football in Spain. It began on 19 January 2019 and ended 25 May 2019 with the LNFA Bowl.
The 2020 LNFA season is the 26th season of American football in Spain.
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