The Lisbon Navigators ( pt, Lisboa Navigators) is an American football team based in

Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...

, Portugal. Founded in April 2007, the Navigators compete in the

Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Americano Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Americano (LPFA) is the name of the top American football league which operates in Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is lo ...

History

The Lisbon Navigators are the third Portuguese-American Football team, established two years after the Porto Renegades and the Crusaders American Football Team (2005). The Lisbon Navigators first played as a visiting team in the

Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano (LNFA) is the name of the top Gridiron football, gridiron league which operates in Spain. It was first founded in 1988 and reorganized in 1995 after the merge of several previous Spanish competitions. The league ...

(LNFA) and joined the newly formed

(LPFA) the subsequent year. In its first season, the Navigators beat the Paredes Lumberjacks in the first Portuguese American Football Cup, becoming the first American Football champions of Portugal. In their second season, the Navigators earned another LNFA title by defeating the Lumberjacks, 37-27 in the second Portuguese American Football Cup (2011). The Navigators won again in the third Portuguese American Football Cup, beating the Maximinos Warriors, 26-7. During the 2013 – 2015 seasons, the Navigators continued dominating the field, defeating the Porto Mutts by 20-12 in 2013 and winning the next two Portuguese American Football Cups in 2014 and 2015. The Navigators have been compared to the Budapest Wolves of Hungary, the

Bucharest Warriors Bucharest Warriors is an American football team in Romania, founded in 2007 by a group of football fans from Bucharest. They started meeting in parks and other obscure places to fool around together with the Constanța Sharks, it is the first t ...

of Romania, the Bratislava Monarchs of Slovakia, and the Ljubljana Silverhawks of Slovenia.

Roster

Season Stats

Portuguese American Football Cup Finals Results

References

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External links

*{{Official website, www.lisboanavigators.pt American football teams in Europe American football teams established in 2007 Sport in Lisbon American football in Portugal 2007 establishments in Portugal