The Örebro Black Knights are a Swedish

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team based in Örebro, Sweden. The team plays in the

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in Sweden and their home field is the

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. In 2014, the team competed in the IFAF Champions League in the Northern group together with Carlstad Crusaders, Copenhagen Towers and

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. They have competed in the Swedish league, Swedish Superserien since 2011 which currently has 4 Swedish teams competing for the title. They reached the semi final in the 2019 season being knocked out by Stockholm Mean Machines. The current head coach is Aaron Fiddler who joined in 2016.

History

Black Knights were founded in 1989 by Niklas Karlsson and Trond Groth. The first meeting was held with the working name Örebro Eagles, and it was then decided that the team would be called Örebro Black Knights. The first players were trained at GIH, to later get Mark Hesse as coach for the 1991 season. The team went through the 3-2 unbeaten divisions. The women's team won the SM finals in 2016 and 2017, but lost in the finals 2018 against Carlstad Crusaders. The men's team was in the SM final in 1998 and 1999, but both lost to Stockholm Mean Machines, and in 2013, 2014 and 2015 they lost to Carlstad Crusaders.

References

*''The information in this article is based on that in its Swedish equivalent''.

External links

* * American football teams in Sweden 1989 establishments in Sweden American football teams established in 1989 Sport in Örebro {{Sweden-sport-team-stub