Carlstad Crusaders is a Swedish

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

team, based in

Karlstad Karlstad (, ) is the 20th-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Karlstad Municipality, the capital of Värmland County, and the largest city in the province Värmland in Sweden. The city proper had 65,856 inhabitants in 2020 with 95,167 inhabitants ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom of SwedenUNGEGN World Geographical Names, Sweden./ref> is a Nordic country located on ...

. The team plays at

Tingvalla IP Tingvalla Idrottsplats, Tingvalla IP, is a stadium in Karlstad, Sweden and is the home ground of the football team Carlstad United and the American football team Carlstad Crusaders. It is also used for athletic events and other sports and gatheri ...

in Karlstad.

History

The club was founded in 1991. It played its first game in 1992 against the Uddevalla Ravens.

Championships

Sweden Superserien

Sweden Superserien championships
The Crusaders are eight-time Swedish champions having won the championship in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2020. Sweden Superserien finals appearances
The team has been to eighteen national finals in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020.

EFAF Cup

The Crusaders won the

EFAF Cup The EFAF Cup was an international competition for European American Football clubs. It was the second highest level of club competition in the European Federation of American Football (EFAF), behind the European Football League (EFL),. EFAF Cup ...

in 2003.

IFAF Europe Champions League

The Crusaders were IFAF Europe Champions League champions in 2015.

References

{{Reflist

External links

Official website
American football teams in Sweden Sport in Karlstad American football teams established in 1991 1991 establishments in Sweden