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in 1998 and were able to reach the semi-finals of the German championship for the first time. In 2001, 2002 and 2006, this play-off performance was repeated, in between, the club was knocked out in the semi-finals. The 2007 season was to be the club's best-ever, first winning the southern division of
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1648:Hanau Hawks
1379:(in German)
1371:(in German)
1363:(in German)
1296:(in German)
1268:(in German)
457:Postseason
369:Attendance
326:Junior Bowl
254:German Bowl
210:German Bowl
185:once more.
148:German Bowl
1784:Categories
1230:References
1117:withdrawal
360:Runners-Up
332:Runners-up
260:Runners-up
205:Bundesliga
183:Bundesliga
177:, now the
166:, now the
138:team from
114:1998, 2007
112:GFL South:
1111:Lost RR:
1055:Lost QF:
859:Lost QF:
744:Lost QF:
666:Lost QF:
500:Lost QF:
427:Division
394:Stuttgart
357:Champions
140:Stuttgart
90:President
56:Stuttgart
1760:Related:
1347:GFL 2010
1335:GFL 2009
1323:GFL 2008
1311:GFL 2011
1249:Archived
863:(28–33)
748:(17–43)
550:(17–36)
366:Location
52:Based in
1600:Defunct
1133:(South)
1059:(3–70)
670:(6–20)
504:(0–30)
469:(South)
247:Honours
158:History
144:Germany
134:are an
119:Website
66:Stadium
60:Germany
34:Founded
1427:Active
1180:0.100
1143:0.300
1090:0.100
1034:0.429
990:0.143
953:0.286
916:0.500
879:0.714
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801:0.321
764:0.643
723:0.577
686:0.333
645:0.458
610:0.667
564:0.833
518:0.708
479:0.500
433:Points
430:Finish
398:8,152
363:Score
277:: 2008
262:: 2007
84:
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76:Colors
42:League
1246:Bowls
1206:2024
1031:12–16
913:14–14
761:18–10
720:15–11
683:8–16
642:11–13
636:2009
601:2008
555:2007
509:2006
476:10–10
439:Games
436:Pct.
354:Date
1198:331
1177:2–18
1170:2023
1161:261
1140:6–14
1130:GFL2
1125:2022
1108:457
1087:2–18
1080:2021
1065:2020
1052:473
1024:2019
1014:RR:
1008:486
987:4–24
980:2018
971:403
950:8–20
943:2017
934:387
906:2016
897:342
876:20–8
869:2015
856:477
835:24–4
828:2014
819:430
798:9–19
791:2013
782:271
754:2012
741:335
713:2011
704:280
676:2010
663:302
628:195
607:16–8
592:SF:
582:144
561:20–4
542:QF:
536:190
515:17–7
497:343
462:2005
424:Year
407:bold
390:27–6
375:XXIX
351:Bowl
311:GFL2
130:The
102:none
37:1982
1174:8th
1158:136
1137:6th
1105:128
1084:8th
1049:328
1028:4th
1012:Won
1005:226
1002:12
984:8th
968:227
965:10
947:6th
931:474
910:5th
894:429
873:3rd
853:560
832:2nd
816:272
795:6th
779:344
758:4th
738:316
717:3rd
701:228
680:4th
660:331
639:3rd
625:302
604:2nd
590:Won
586:Won
579:390
558:1st
540:Won
533:407
512:2nd
494:353
473:3rd
466:GFL
454:PA
284:GFL
269:EFL
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