The Søllerød Gold Diggers are an american football team from Rudersdal , Denmark . The club was founded in 2003.
5-776: Søllerød Gold Diggers are members of the Danish American Football Federation (DAFF) and compete in the National Ligaen , the highest division of American football in Denmark. The Gold Diggers have won the Danish championship, Mermaid Bowl, twice, in 2009 and 2010, both times against Triangle Razorbacks from Vejle . Gold Diggers had their first Mermaid Bowl-experience in 2008 where they lost to Razorback. Gold Diggers has been playing in National Ligaen since 2008. In 2009 Gold Diggers competede for
10-687: Is an American football organization in Denmark founded in 1988. Its headquarters are located in Brøndby . DAFF organizes Denmark's national American football team, which competes in the International Federation of American Football . They also govern flag football and cheerleading . Since 2000, DAFF has seen a huge increase in membership, influenced by Danish television station TV2 Zulu broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games on Sunday evenings. The sudden popularity of
15-624: 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 Coventry Jets before losing against later winners of the tournament London Blitz 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
20-449: 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 MVP . Søllerød Gold Diggers has youth teams for five age groups, Under-19, Under-16, Under-14, Under-12 and Under-10. Danish American Football Federation The Danish American Football Federation (DAFF; Danish : Dansk Amerikansk Fodbold Forbund )
25-548: The sport in Denmark has been dubbed "the Zulu effect" after the name of the TV station. As of the 2007 season, Viasat obtained the rights to broadcast the NFL in Denmark on both 3+ and TV 2 Sport (Viasat owns 49 percent of TV 2 Sport). The popularity of American football in Denmark can also be attributed to the nation's interest in the long career of Danish placekicker Morten Andersen ,
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