Ostend Pirates

The Ostend Pirates are an American football team based in Ostend. The Pirates are currently members of the Flemish American Football League (FAFL) conference in the Belgian Football League (BFL).

Ostend Pirates

Established	2012
Based in	Ostend
Home stadium	De Schorre, Ostend
League	Belgian Football League
Division	Flemish American Football League
League titles	8 (2000, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Division titles	6 (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
Current uniform
Home Away

History

Ostend Tigers

The original team were the Ostend Tigers. They merged with the Izegem Redskins to form the West Flanders Tribes.

West Flanders Tribes (2001-2012)

The team is the continuation of the former West Flanders Tribes which split up into the Ostend Pirates and the Izegem Tribes.[1][2]

2014 season

The Pirates started off their first season very strong. Ostend won their first match-up against their former West Flanders Tribes teammates from Izegem Tribes with an 8-12 score.[3][4][5] They finished in the semi-finals against the Ghent Gators who would win the Belgian Bowl.[6][7]

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[8]
	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

References

1. "newsarticle". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
2. "newsarticle". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
3. "newsarticle". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
4. "newsarticle". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
5. "newsarticle". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
6. "newsarticle". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
7. "newsarticle". Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
8. "Flemish American Football League". fafl.be. Retrieved 2015-05-28.

External links

• Pirates homepage