The Löwen Frankfurt (English: ''Frankfurt Lions'') are a professional

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team based in

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, Germany. They currently play in the

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. The club is the successor of the Frankfurt Lions, formed in 1991, which experienced its greatest success in

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when it won the

. When the Lions folded in 2010 after having had their licence revoked by the DEL a new club was formed, the Löwen Frankfurt, which began play in the lower divisions of German ice hockey. The new club won promotion to the second-tier DEL2 in 2014, and to the DEL itself in 2022. The Löwen play in the ice rink on Ratsweg. This was opened in 1981 and was long considered one of the most modern halls of its kind in Germany. It consists of 6,990 spectator spots, of which approximately 3,500 are seated and 3,500 standing. Löwen Frankfurt have 41 registered fan clubs.

Home arena

The team's home arena is called Eissporthalle Frankfurt (Eissporthalle am Ratsweg), which holds 6,990 spectators. The arena has been home to Löwen Frankfurt (and earlier to the Frankfurt Lions) since 1991.

Honours

** Winners: 2003–04 ''(as Frankfurt Lions)'' * Deutsche Eishockey Liga 2 ** Winners:

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2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

** Runners-up:

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

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** Winners:

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

** Runners-up:

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

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** Winners: 2011

Players

Current roster

Updated 11 April 2025.

Retired numbers

;Notes *Retired jerseys include players who played for Eintracht Frankfurt, ESC Frankfurt and Frankfurt Lions *Trevor Erhardt’s jersey had already been unofficially retired prior to 2014

Head coaches

The following list shows all head coaches of Löwen Frankfurt. *Andrej Jaufmann, 2010–2011 * Clayton Beddoes, 2011–2012 *Frank Gentges, 2012–2013 * Tim Kehler, 2013–2015 * Rich Chernomaz, 2015–2016 *István Antal, 2016 * Paul Gardner, 2016–2018 *Matti Tiilikainen, 2018–2020 *Olli Salo, 2020 *Franz-David Fritzmeier, 2020 *Bohuslav Šubr, 2021–2022 * Gerry Fleming, 2022–2023 *Matti Tiilikainen, 2023–2024 *Franz-David Fritzmeier, 2024 * Tom Rowe, 2024–

References

External links

Official website
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