The Asahi Soft Drinks Challengers are an

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team located in

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, Hyogo, Japan. They are a member of the X-League.

Team history

*1978 Team founded as a practice team for the Momoyama Gakuin University's football team. Team was nicknamed the Silver Tigers'' due to a majority of the team being fans of the

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professional baseball team. *1979 Joined the X-League X2 division. *1985 Promoted from X2 to X1. *1989 Team name changed from Silver Tigers to Red Bears. *1993 Sponsorship agreement with

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. Team name changed from Red Bears to Wild Jo. Finished the season 5th in the division. Lost X2-X1 replacement game. Demoted to X2 for the following season. *1996 Team promoted from X2 to X1. *1998 Team name changed to Challengers. Advanced to the ''Final6'' Semifinals. *2000 Won first Tokyo Super Bowl and

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Championships. *2001 Won second Tokyo Super Bowl championship. Lost to Kwansei Gakuin 30-27 in the

. *2007 Won West division title. Lost to Kashima in the ''Final6'' Semi-finals 7-24.

Seasons

Head coaches

Current import players

Former Import players

References

External links

* (Japanese) {{X-League American football in Japan 1978 establishments in Japan American football teams established in 1978 X-League teams