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for the first time in 2014. They finished 2014 and 2015 on the last place and got relegated after the second season. In 2018 the team returned to the GFL2 North and this time more successful. After finishing third in the 2018 season, the
Fighting Pirates won the league title in 2019. In the following
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Fighting Pirates were formed in 1991 and entered the German league competition one year later. In 1999 the Fighting Pirates had to quit the competition due to a lack of players. 2001 they re-entered the competition in the fifth tier. In 2004 the Fighting Pirates reached the Regionalliga, the
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season as planned and thus what would have been their first season in the top tier of their sport never took place. Having taken a financial and emotional hit from Covid, the still unclear situation going into 2021 and coaches like
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and the threat of many players following them ultimately led to the decision being taken that
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third level. After being relegated and promoted again, Elmshorn reached the
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in 2019 and - after winning the promotion/relegation round against the
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The club's greatest achievement is winning the championship in the
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241:Recent seasons of the club:
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1071:Sport in Schleswig-Holstein
228:Northern Division champions
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176:. Unfortunately for them
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17:Elmshorn Fighting Pirates
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954:Mönchengladbach Mustangs
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1030:German Football League
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634:Regionalliga Nord 2016
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172:and qualified for the
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34:German Football League
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539:PR = Promotion round
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711:Assindia Cardinals
623:. 5 November 2020.
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170:DĂĽsseldorf Panther
129:Hamburg based team
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577:19 February
573:(in German)
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280:Postseason
199:of the new
189:as well as
121:2020 season
1050:Categories
544:References
113:GFL2 North
100:team from
65:Jörn Maier
62:Head coach
361:Lost PR:
1026:Related:
373:(45–28)
365:(7–21)
250:Division
178:Covid-19
139:and the
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44:Elmshorn
40:Based in
866:Defunct
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387:(North)
215:Honours
158:History
106:Germany
96:are an
81:Website
54:Stadium
48:Germany
22:Founded
693:Active
511:1.000
437:0.857
397:0.571
340:0.917
302:0.750
256:Points
253:Finish
230:: 2019
30:League
394:16–12
328:2017
262:Games
222:GFL 2
579:2020
493:2021
471:2020
461:PR:
455:279
431:24–4
424:2019
415:466
384:GFL2
379:2018
369:PR:
358:164
334:22–2
320:106
296:12–4
285:2016
259:Pct.
247:Year
165:GFL2
92:The
76:2019
25:1991
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505:8–0
502:1st
476:GFL
459:Won
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428:1st
412:538
391:3rd
367:Won
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293:2nd
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