The Søllerød Gold Diggers are an

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team from Rudersdal,

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. The club was founded in 2003. Søllerød Gold Diggers are members of the Danish American Football Federation (DAFF) and compete in the

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, the highest division of American football in Denmark.

National competition

The Gold Diggers have won the Danish championship, Mermaid Bowl, twice, in 2009 and 2010, both times against Triangle Razorbacks from

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. Gold Diggers had their first Mermaid Bowl-experience in 2008 where they lost to Razorback. Gold Diggers has been playing in

since 2008.

International competition

In 2009 Gold Diggers competede for the first time in EFAF Cup, where they meet and lost to Carlstad Crusaders from Sweden. They played again in 2011 where they defeated Les Cougars de Saint-Ouen L'Aumone (from the outskirts of Paris) and

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before losing against later winners of the tournament

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in the semifinals. In 2012, the Gold Diggers won the EFAF Cup. During the tournament they played and defeated Wroclaw Giants (PL) and Prague Black Hawks (CZ) in the group stage, Amiens Spartiates (FR) in the semifinal and Triangle Razorbacks (DK) in the finale. The finale score being 31–21 and Danish QB Alexander Cimadon was named the games

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Honours

* Mermaid Bowl - Danish Champions ** Winners : 2009, 2010 ** Runner-up : 2008, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2022 * EFAF Cup ** Winners : 2012 * Junior Bowl - Danish U19 Champions ** Winners : 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019 ** Runner-up : 2010

Youth teams

Søllerød Gold Diggers has youth teams for five age groups, Under-19, Under-16, Under-14, Under-12 and Under-10.

Famous players

* WR Desi Barbour (2008–2009), formerly with

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* OL Mike Moffitt (2008–2009), formerly with

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, Prague Panthers * DL Ryan Shotwell (2010), formerly with

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* DL Ryan Ploesser (2011), formerly with Truman State Bulldogs * DL Robert Shapel (2012–2014), formerly with

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* QB Zach Shaw (2013), formerly with Wisconsin Lutheran College * DE

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(2014), formerly with

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* RB Robert Burton III (2017), formerly with

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* DB Desmond Cooper (2017 & 2019), formerly with

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* WR Anthony Dimarsico (2018), formerly with

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* WR Griffin Norberg (2019), formerly with

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* QB Nick Rooney (2019), formerly with

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* OL Hjalte Froholdt, formerly with

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, currently with

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sollerod Gold Diggers American football teams in Denmark American football teams established in 2003 2003 establishments in Denmark Rudersdal Municipality Sport in the Capital Region of Denmark