Brussels Black Angels

The Brussels Black Angels are an amateur American football team based in Brussels.The Black Angels are currently members of the Flemish American Football League (FAFL) conference in the Belgian Football League (BFL).

Brussels Black Angels

Established	1989
Based in	Brussels
Home stadium	Brussels
League	Belgian Football League
Division	Flemish American Football League
League titles	1 (2003)
Division titles	None
Current uniform
Home Away

History

• 1987: Creation of the Waterloo All Stars
• 1989: Creation of the Brussels Angels American Football Club
• 1994: The Brussels Angels become an ASBL
• 2002: The Brussels Angels become the Brussels Black Angels[1]

The American football team Brussels Angels actually originates in 1987 from the Waterloo All Stars because, at the time, they benefited from installations located in Waterloo. The team was founded by José Braga.

After a stay in Forest then in Uccle, where the team acquired its name of Brussels Angels, it finally settled in Woluwe Saint Lambert (better infrastructure, access and organisation, stadium of 9000 seats, etc.).

It is thus in 1989 that the Brussels Angels American Football Club was really created. At the time there were 17 players and the team participated in the Belgian championship organised by the Belgian Football League (BFL), itself founded in 1985 by a small group of Belgo-American amateurs. Under the impulse of coach Shariar Broumand, the sixth year of competition in second division saw the team winning the title of Champion of second division which allowed it to participate in the first division championship (2nd Division).

During the 1994 season the team officially became an ASBL. In constant progression, the Brussels Angels will finally reach the championship's final in 1996 and will reiterate this achievement in 1997 and 1998 unfortunately without ever winning the much dreamed of title of Champion of Belgium. Being semi-finalist will nevertheless allow the Angels to participate in the European competitions in 1997 and 1998. The two following years (1999 and 2000) saw the best Belgian, Dutch and Luxembourg teams compete in a Benelux championship, where the Angels took part thanks to their high level of play. Twice the team will reach the semi-finals.

2001-2003

The new millennium then sees the arrival of two new coaches, Tuck MacRae and Rob Lake, followed in 2001 by Karl Heineman and Blake Turvey. The year 2001 corresponds also to the creation of a new committee led by Alexis Forrest with the aim to boost the team and renew its players and the results will not be long to come with a title of Belgian Champions in 2003. This coincide with the arrival of two new coaches, Tom Munson and Morris Jablonka, to replace Blake Turvey and Rob Lake.

2001 BFL Division I Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PD	PCT	STK
1	Izegem Redskins	5	5	0	0	76	29	+47	1.000	W5
2	Charleroi Cougars	5	3	2	0	74	45	+29	.600
3	Liège Red Roosters	4	1	3	0	60	58	+2	.250
4	Brussels Angels	4	0	4	0	12	90	−78	.000	L4

Source:

2001 Playoffs

	Wildcard round May 13, 2001 @ Liège					Semifinals May 20, 2001 @ Waregem					Belgian Bowl XIV June 3, 2001 @ Ghent
						1	Izegem Redskins	42
	4	Brussels Angels	26			4	Brussels Angels	14
	W	Antwerp Diamonds	6								1	Izegem Redskins	22
											W	Brussels Tigers	0
						2	Charleroi Cougars	6
	3	Liège Red Roosters	0			W	Brussels Tigers	20
	W	Brussels Tigers	28

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BFL 2002 Standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
BFL West 2002 Standings
Antwerp Diamonds	8	0	0	1.00	286	24	W8
Tournai Phoenix	6	2	0	.750	184	78
West Flanders Tribes	4	3	1	.500	146	90	W1
Ghent Gators	0	8	0	.000	6	299	L8
BFL East 2002 Standings
Brussels Tigers	6	2	0	.750	158	66
Brussels Angels	4	3	1	.500	160	97
Flemalle Flames	4	4	0	.500	202	162
Charleroi Cougars	2	6	0	.250	124	194
Liège Red Roosters	1	7	0	.125	40	302

2002 Playoffs

	Semifinals May 19, 2002 @ Antwerp					Belgian Bowl XV June 2, 2002 @ Ingelmunster
	1	Antwerp Diamonds	30
	2	Brussels Angels	8
						1	Antwerp Diamonds	14
						1	Brussels Tigers	24
	1	Brussels Tigers	8
	3	West Flanders Tribes	6

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BFL 2003 Standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
BFL West 2003 Standings
Antwerp Diamonds	4	1	0	.800	118	40
West Flanders Tribes	2	2	1	.400	74	68	T1
BFL East 2003 Standings
Brussels Black Angels	4	1	0	.800	140	34
Flemalle Flames	3	2	0	.600	64	45
Charleroi Cougars	1	3	1	.200	26	86
Liège Red Roosters	0	5	0	.000	13	164	L5

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2004 season

BFL 2004 Standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Antwerp Diamonds	8	0	0	1.00	306	0	W8
Leuven Lions	7	1	0	.875	161	43
Brussels Black Angels	6	2	0	.750	143	46
Charleroi Cougars	6	3	0	.667	75	115
Liège Red Roosters	4	4	1	.444	92	161
Tournai Phoenix	3	5	0	.375	101	94
Flemalle Flames	3	5	1	.333	78	152
West Flanders Tribes	2	5	1	.250	68	70	L1
Brussels Tigers	1	8	0	.111	12	177
Ghent Gators	0	7	1	.000	32	207

2004 Playoffs

	Semifinals May 23, 2004 @ Antwerp/Leuven					Belgian Bowl XVII June 6, 2004 @ Charleroi
	1	Antwerp Diamonds	20
	4	Charleroi Cougars	10
						1	Antwerp Diamonds	12
						2	Leuven Lions	0
	2	Leuven Lions	31
	3	Brussels Black Angels	20

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2005 season

FFL 2005 Standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Antwerp Diamonds	6	0	0	1.00	90	41	W6
Brussels Black Angels	3	2	1	.500	100	58
West Flanders Tribes	2	3	1	.333	55	71	W1
Leuven Lions	0	6	0	.000	44	119	L6

2005 Playoffs

LFFAB-only playoff rounds
Date	Winner	Score	Loser	Game field
April 24	Tournai Phoenix	34 - 0	Liège Red Roosters	Tournai
	Charleroi Cougars	6 - 0	Brussels Tigers
May 1	Tournai Phoenix	40 - 0	Charleroi Cougars	Flemalle
	Liège Red Roosters	26 - 20	Brussels Tigers
May 8	Tournai Phoenix	26 - 0	Brussels Tigers	Liège
	Liège Red Roosters	30 - 10	Charleroi Cougars

	Semifinals May 22, 2005 @ Antwerp/Tournai					Belgian Bowl XVIII June 5, 2005 @ Tournai
	1	Antwerp Diamonds	55
	2	Liège Red Roosters	0
						1	Antwerp Diamonds	12
						2	Brussels Black Angels	2
	1	Tournai Phoenix	8
	2	Brussels Black Angels	9

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2006 season

FFL 2006 Standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
West Flanders Tribes	6	1	0	.857	175	75	L1
Brussels Black Angels	6	1	0	.857	199	39
Antwerp Diamonds	5	2	0	.714
Leuven Lions	3	4	0	.429	101	115
Bornem Titans	1	6	0	.143	32	177
Ghent Gators	0	7	0	.000	56	196	L7

2006 Playoffs

	LFFAB-only playoff round May 7, 2006 @ Charleroi					Semifinals May 21, 2006 @ Ostend/Tournai					Belgian Bowl XIX June 4, 2006 @ Brussels
						1	West Flanders Tribes	26
	2	Charleroi Cougars	28			2	Charleroi Cougars	0
	3	Liège Monarchs	0								1	West Flanders Tribes	23
											1	Tournai Phoenix	14
						1	Tournai Phoenix	14
	1	Tournai Phoenix	50			2	Brussels Black Angels	9
	4	Andenne Bears	0

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2007 season

FFL 2007 Standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
West Flanders Tribes	6	0	1	.857	198	34	W6
Brussels Black Angels	6	1	0	.857	148	51
Antwerp Diamonds	4	3	0	.571	74	48
Leuven Lions	2	3	1	.333
Bornem Titans	1	6	0	.143	26	176
Ghent Gators	0	6	0	.000			L6

2007 Playoffs

	LFFAB-only playoff round May 6, 2007 @ Charleroi					Semifinals May 20, 2007 @ Ostend/Tournai					Belgian Bowl XX June 2, 2007 @ Brussels
						1	West Flanders Tribes	55
	2	Charleroi Cougars	6			2	Charleroi Cougars	6
	3	Brussels Tigers	0								1	West Flanders Tribes	35
											2	Brussels Black Angels	13
						1	Tournai Phoenix	7
	1	Tournai Phoenix	50			2	Brussels Black Angels	9
	4	La Louvière Wolves	0

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2008 season

FFL 2008 Standings[2]
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
West Flanders Tribes	8	0	0	1.00	277	59	W8
Brussels Black Angels	6	2	0	.750	271	67	W1
Antwerp Diamonds	5	3	0	.625	101	76	L1
Ghent Gators	5	3	0	.625	146	122	W3
Bornem Titans	3	5	0	.375	39	190	L1
Leuven Lions	1	7	0	.125	66	175	L4
Brussels Bulls	0	8	0	.000	36	247	L8

2008 Playoffs

	Quarterfinals May 11 @ Charleroi/Brussels					Semifinals May 18, 2008 @ Ostend/Tournai					Belgian Bowl XXI May 31, 2008 @ Anderlecht
						1	West Flanders Tribes	13
	2	Charleroi Cougars	12			3	Antwerp Diamonds	6
	3	Antwerp Diamonds	43								1	West Flanders Tribes	25
											2	Brussels Black Angels	20
						1	Tournai Phoenix	6
	2	Brussels Black Angels	36			2	Brussels Black Angels	17
	3	Brussels Tigers	0

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2009 season

FFL 2009 Standings[3]
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
West Flanders Tribes	8	0	0	1.00	279	37	W8
Brussels Black Angels	7	1	0	.875	207	75	W6
Bornem Titans	4	4	0	.500	141	166	W3
Brussels Bulls	3	5	0	.375	159	194	L3
Leuven Lions	2	5	1	.313	78	168	L4
Antwerp Diamonds	2	6	0	.250	82	191	L2
Ghent Gators	1	6	1	.188	119	230	L1

2009 Playoffs

	Quarterfinals May 10 @ Charleroi/Anderlecht					Semifinals May 17, 2009 @ Ostend/Tournai					Belgian Bowl XXII May 31, 2009 @ Brussels
						1	West Flanders Tribes	53
	2	Charleroi Cougars	48			2	Charleroi Cougars	12
	3	Bornem Titans	26								1	West Flanders Tribes	12
											1	Tournai Phoenix	0
						1	Tournai Phoenix	20
	2	Brussels Black Angels	50			2	Brussels Black Angels	7
	3	Brussels Tigers	0

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2010 season

Black Angels 2010 Season[4]
Week	Date	Kickoff	Visitors	Results	Home	Game Site
1	14-02	Bye week due to bad weather: (rescheduled 04-04)
2	21-02	12.30	Brussels Black Angels	20 - 12	Antwerp Diamonds	Ghent
3	28-02	12.30	Limburg Shotguns	(02-05)	Brussels Black Angels	Izegem
4	07-03	12.30	Brussels Black Angels	20 - 12	Ghent Gators	Ostend
5	14-03	15.00	Leuven Lions	0 - 23	Brussels Black Angels	Brussels (BBA)
6	21-03	Bye
7	28-03	15.00	West Flanders Tribes	33 - 7	Brussels Black Angels	Brussels
8	04-04	15.00	Brussels Black Angels	50 - 0	Brussels Bulls	Brussels (BB)
9	11-04	15.00	Bornem Titans	6 - 13	Brussels Black Angels	Brussels (BBA)
10	18-04	Bye
11	25-04	15.00	Brussels Black Angels	13 - 3	Bornem Titans	Bornem
12	02-05	12.30	Limburg Shotguns	0 - 33	Brussels Black Angels	Izegem
Post Season
13	09-05	14.00	Dudelange Dragons	0 - 49	Brussels Black Angels	Brussels (BBA)
14	16-05	14.00	Brussels Black Angels	7 - 34	Brussels Tigers	Brussels (BT)

COLOR KEY:

•   Win -   Tie -   Loss.
• The game on week 3 was rescheduled due to a frozen underground of the gamefield.

FFL 2010 Standings[5]
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
West Flanders Tribes	8	0	0	1.00	263	77	W8
Brussels Black Angels	7	1	0	.875	179	66	W4
Bornem Titans	5	3	0	.625	192	94	L2
Ghent Gators	4	3	1	.500	127	100	T1
Antwerp Diamonds	3	5	0	.375	79	170	W1
Brussels Bulls	2	6	0	.250	95	197	L3
Leuven Lions	1	6	1	.125	46	144	T1
Limburg Shotguns	1	7	0	.125	76	208	L2

2010 Playoffs

	Quarterfinals May 9, 2010 @ Tournai/Brussels					Semifinals May 16, 2010 @ Ostend/Evere					Belgian Bowl XXIII May 29, 2010 @ Brussels
						1	West Flanders Tribes	32
	2	Tournai Phoenix	20			2	Tournai Phoenix	0
	3	Bornem Titans	13								1	West Flanders Tribes	36
											1	Brussels Tigers	6
						1	Brussels Tigers	34
	2	Brussels Black Angels	49			2	Brussels Black Angels	7
	3	Dudelange Dragons	0

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2011 season

FFL 2011 Standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
West Flanders Tribes	8	0	0	1.00	283	62	W8
Brussels Black Angels	6	1	1	.928	220	26	W5
Brussels Bulls	5	2	1	.688	253	52	W4
Bornem Titans	4	4	0	.500	114	142	L2
Antwerp Diamonds	3	5	0	.375	101	162	L2
Limburg Shotguns	2	6	0	.250	90	286	L4
Ghent Gators	2	6	0	.250	44	239	L1
Leuven Lions	1	7	0	.125	57	193	L7

2011 Playoffs

	Quarterfinals May 15 @ Charleroi/Anderlecht					Semifinals[6] May 22, 2011 @ Izegem/Evere					Belgian Bowl XXIV June 4, 2011 @ Ostend
						1	West Flanders Tribes	27
	2	Charleroi Cougars	0			3	Brussels Bulls	21
	3	Brussels Bulls	49								1	West Flanders Tribes	20
											2	Brussels Black Angels	14
						1	Brussels Tigers	10
	2	Brussels Black Angels	35			2	Brussels Black Angels	38
	3	Ottignies Fighting Turtles	0

2012 season

FFL 2012 Standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Brussels Bulls	5	1	0	.833	117	55	L1
West Flanders Tribes	4	1	1	.667	157	80	W3
Antwerp Diamonds	4	1	1	.667	78	47	W1
Brussels Black Angels	4	2	0	.667	77	37	W3
Ghent Gators	2	4	0	.333	76	114	L2
Leuven Lions	0	5	1	.000	57	95	L4
Puurs Titans	0	5	1	.000	47	183	L3
Limburg Shotguns (*)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

• (*)Limburg Shotguns gave forfait for the entire 2012 season. The games the Shotguns played became null and void, as if they were never played.

2013 season

FFL 2013 Standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Brussels Bulls	6	0	0	1.00	178	14	W6
Brussels Black Angels	5	1	0	.833	127	29	W3
Puurs Titans	3	2	0	.600	81	54	W1
Leuven Lions	2	3	1	.417	56	96	L2
Antwerp Diamonds	1	3	1	.300	49	105	T1
Ghent Gators	1	4	1	.250	46	126	L2
Izegem Tribes	0	5	1	.083	49	162	T1

2013 Playoffs

	Quarterfinals May 12, 2013 @ TBD					Semifinals May 19, 2013 @ TBD					Belgian Bowl XXVI June 2, 2013 @ Izegem
						1	Brussels Bulls	50
	2	Corbais Fighting Turtles	24			2	Corbais Fighting Turtles	14
	3	Puurs Titans	2								1	Brussels Bulls	0
											1	Brussels Tigers	9
						1	Brussels Tigers	37
	2	Brussels Black Angels				2	Brussels Black Angels	7
	3	Liege Monarchs

2014 season

FAFL 2014 Standings
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Ghent Gators	7	1	0	.875	288	65	W2
Brussels Black Angels	7	1	0	.875	226	66	W7
Ostend Pirates	6	2	0	.750	196	84	W4
Brussels Bulls	5	3	0	.625	158	73	W2
Leuven Lions	4	4	0	.500	148	138	W1
Puurs Titans	3	5	0	.375	84	219	L3
Limburg Shotguns	2	5	1	.313	80	208	L2
Izegem Tribes	1	6	1	.188	90	203	L3
Antwerp Diamonds	0	8	0	.000	51	265	L8

2014 Playoffs

	Quarterfinals June 8, 2014 @Grez-Doiceau @Anderlecht					Semifinals June 15, 2014 @Gent @Evere					Belgian Bowl XXVII June 29, 2014 @ Izegem
						1	Ghent Gators	16
	2	Grez-Doiceau Fighting Turtles	22			3	Ostend Pirates	14
	3	Ostend Pirates	30								1	Ghent Gators	38
											1	Brussels Tigers	0
						1	Brussels Tigers	7
	2	Brussels Black Angels	52			2	Brussels Black Angels	3
	3	Liège Monarchs	12

2015 season

FAFL 2015 Standings[7]
	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	STK
Brussels Black Angels	7	0	0	1.00	295		W7
Ghent Gators	6	1	0	0.857	216		L1
Ostend Pirates	5	2	0	.714	187
Izegem Tribes	4	3	0	.571	114
Antwerp Diamonds	2	5	0	.286	68
Leuven Lions	2	5	0	.167	84		W
Limburg Shotguns	1	6	0	.143	85		L
Puurs Titans	1	6	0	.143	71

2015 Playoffs

	Quarterfinals June 7th, 2015					Semifinals June 14th, 2015					Belgian Bowl XXVIII June 27th, 2015 @ Sint-Niklaas
						1	Brussels Black Angels	14
	2	Liège Monarchs	12			3	Ostend Pirates	6
	3	Ostend Pirates	22								1	Brussels Tigers	8
											1	Brussels Black Angels	13
						1	Brussels Tigers	56
	2	Ghent Gators	22			3	Waterloo Warriors	14
	3	Waterloo Warriors	24

Statistics

Performance (2000-2011)

This is an overview of the performance of the Black Angels against the teams in the FFL during the BFL regular and post seasons from 2000 until 2011.

Overview Black Angels 2000-2011 performance
Opponent	W	L	T	PCT	Last Match	Last Win	Last Loss
FFL Teams
Antwerp Diamonds	9	7	0	.563	April 17, 2011	April 17, 2011
Bornem Titans	9	0	0	1.00	March 20, 2011	March 20, 2011	None
Brussels Bulls	4	0	1	.800	March 13, 2011	April 4, 2010	None
Ghent Gators	8	0	0	1.00	April 3, 2011	April 3, 2011	None
Leuven Lions	11	1	0	.917	Februari 27, 2011	Februari 27, 2011
Limburg Shotguns	2	0	0	1.00	May 1, 2011	May 1, 2011	None
West Flanders Tribes[8]	2	14	2	.111	February 26, 2012	April 17, 2005	February 26, 2012

Achievements

• 1994: Winner of Belgian Championship 2nd Division
• 1996: Vice-Champion of Belgium (Division 1)
• 1997: Vice-Champion of Belgium (Division 1)
• 1998: Vice-Champion of Belgium (Division 1)
• 1997: participation on the Eurocup
• 1998: participation on the Eurocup
• 1999: Participation in the Benelux Championship
• 2000: Participation in the Benelux Championship
• 2003: Winner of Belgian Championship
• 2004: Semi-finaliste of Belgian Championship
• 2005: Vice Champion of Belgium
• 2006: Semi-finaliste of Belgian Championship
• 2007: Vice Champion of Belgium
• 2008: Vice Champion of Belgium[1]
• 2009: Semi-finaliste of Belgian Championship
• 2010: Semi-finaliste of Belgian Championship
• 2011: Vice-Champion of Belgium

References

1. "History of the Brussels Black Angels". Brusselsangels.com. Archived from the original on 2010-07-12. Retrieved 2010-06-29.
2. "Flemish American Football League". AmericanFootball.be. Retrieved 2011-05-26.
3. "Flemish American Football League". AmericanFootball.be. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
4. "Flemish American Football League". AmericanFootball.be. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
5. "Flemish American Football League". AmericanFootball.be. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
6. "Video: WEST-VLAANDEREN TRIBES ZIJN KAMPIOEN". WTV. Retrieved 2011-05-27.
7. "Flemish American Football League". fafl.be. Retrieved 2015-05-28.
8. "thursday mailbag". Dale Housden. Retrieved 2011-05-22.

External links

• Official Black Angels website