The Panthers Wroclaw are an

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team in

Wrocław Wrocław is a city in southwestern Poland, and the capital of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship. It is the largest city and historical capital of the region of Silesia. It lies on the banks of the Oder River in the Silesian Lowlands of Central Eu ...

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, which was merged from Giants Wrocław and Devils Wrocław (both founded in 2005). They play in the

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since 2021. In the past, they played in domestic leagues PLFA until 2017 and in the LFA (2018–2020); and in international leagues IFAF Europe Champions League (2016) and CEFL (2017–2019). They won the Polish Bowl four times and the IFAF Europe Champions League in 2016.

History

The team was founded in 2013 by a merger of two PLFA teams, Giants Wrocław and Devils Wrocław. In 2014, the club played in the Polish Bowl for the first time, where they lost to Seahawks Gdynia. In 2016, the Panthers dominated every game and won their first Championship. The Panthers won the title by defeating Seahawks, 56–13. After the Panthers won also the 2017 Polish Bowl, the team left the Polish American Football League and joined the new Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego. In first two seasons in LFA, Panthers won every game in regular season, lost Polish Bowl XIII to Lowlanders Białystok 14–13 in 2018 and won Polish Bowl XIV to Lowlanders 28–14 (both final games were played at Wrocław Olympic Stadium). The Panthers also became the first Polish team to win the IFAF Europe Champions League.Panthers królami Europy!
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, Jakub Samel was named new head coach of the Panthers Wrocław. He is the first Polish head coach in club history. It was also announced that the club would be one of the first 8 to join the new

that is set to start in June 2021.

Uniforms

The Panthers Wrocław's Panther blue home jersey has black numbers, letter outlines and vertical stripes on opposite sides. The away kit consists of a white jersey with dark blue letters and numbers that have orange outlines. Players wear white socks, black helmets with a panther head logo, and black pants to all games.

Season-by-season records

Honours

* Polish Bowl (PLFA) **Champions: 2016, 2017 ** Runners-up: 2014, 2015 * Polish Bowl (LFA) **Champions: 2019, 2020 ** Runners-up: 2018 * IFAF Europe Champions League **Champions: 2016

The Crew Wrocław/Giants Wrocław

* Polish Bowl (PLFA) ** Champions: 2007, 2011, 2013 ** Runners-up: 2009, 2010

Devils Wrocław

* Polish Bowl (PLFA) ** Champions: 2010 ** Runners-up: 2011

References

External links

Official website
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