The Charleston Sandsharks were a professional
indoor football team based in
North Charleston, South Carolina
North Charleston is the third-largest city in the state of South Carolina.City Planning Department (2008-07)City of North Charleston boundary map. City of North Charleston. Retrieved January 21, 2011. On June 12, 1972, the city of North Charlest ...
, a suburb of the
metropolitan area of
Charleston, South Carolina, with home games at the
North Charleston Coliseum
The North Charleston Coliseum is a multi-purpose arena in North Charleston, South Carolina. It is part of the North Charleston Convention Center Complex, which also includes a performing arts center and convention center. It is owned by the City ...
. The team played in the
National Indoor Football League
The National Indoor Football League (NIFL) was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, ...
(NIFL) for 2006. The team left the NIFL and announced they were joining the
World Indoor Football League
The World Indoor Football League was an indoor football league that was to begin in 1988 to compete with the Arena Football League, which was playing its second season in 1988. Some of the teams in the league ran into financial trouble before th ...
for 2007 before withdrawing from the start-up league. They then were announced as members of the
American Indoor Football Association
American Indoor Football (AIF) was a professional indoor football league, one of the several regional professional indoor football leagues in North America.
The AIFL began as a regional league with six franchises on the East Coast of the United ...
as the Carolina Sandsharks, but the owners decided to not play for financial reasons.
The Charleston Sandsharks qualified for the NIFL playoffs in 2006, but ownership opted not to participate due to financial struggles.
Season-by-season records
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External links
Sandsharks Homepage
Sports in Charleston, South Carolina
American football teams in South Carolina
2006 establishments in South Carolina
American football teams established in 2006
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