Amsterdam Admirals

Founded	1995
Closed	2007
Based in	Amsterdam,Netherlands
Home field	Amsterdam Arena
Mascot	Albert the Albatross
League	NFL Europe
Colors	Admirals Blue, Orange, Green, White, Light Blue
Personnel
Head coach	Bart Andrus
Championships
World Bowls (1)	World Bowl XIII (2005)

TheAmsterdam Admirals were a professionalAmerican football team based inAmsterdam,Netherlands, playing in theNFL Europe.

The Admirals were formed in 1995 as part of the NFL's plan to restart theWorld League of American Football, to be based entirely inEurope. The Admirals were one of threenew teams, the others being theScottish Claymores based inEdinburgh and theRhein Fire based inDüsseldorf,Germany, to join the oldWorld League's European Division teams: theBarcelona Dragons, theFrankfurt Galaxy, and theLondon Monarchs.

The Admirals began playing their home games at the oldOlympisch Stadion, built in 1928 for theSummer Games. They played there for two years until theAmsterdam ArenA was completed in 1996. When the Admirals were forced to schedule their last home game of the2000 season against the Claymores away from the ArenA asEuro 2000 preparations were finalized, they made a return to the Olympisch Stadion in what turned out to be one of the most unusual games in American football history. Theend zone at the north end of the stadium was ruled unsafe by the officials as the surface was in poor condition, so it was decided that the teams would change ends at every change of possession and play towards the other end zone.

They qualified for the1995 World Bowl with a 9–1 regular season record, but lost to the Frankfurt Galaxy by a score of 26–22. Ten years later, in their eleventh year of existence, the Admirals won their firstWorld Bowl by defeating the defending championBerlin Thunder 27–21 in the championship game's 13th edition. The next season, they failed to defend their title against the Frankfurt Galaxy 22–7 inWorld Bowl XIV.

Under the "Player Continuity Program", the Admirals contractedlinebacker Derrick Ballard andrunning backJonathan Smith for the2007 season.

Amsterdam's second home match of1995 was played atDe Meer(1937 photo) shortly before closure in 1996 and demolition in 1998.

The club twice returned to the Olympic Stadium–restored in the Admirals' absence–after the 1997 move: once for their last home match of the2000 NFL Europe season, versusScottish Claymores; and for a2007 NFL Europa game againstBerlin Thunder that proved to be the final match in their history.

Source:Kenn.com

• Mike Evans –DE (1995–1997)
• Adam Vinatieri –K (1995)
• Jonathan Kirksey –DT (1995, 1998–2001)
• Frank Temming –RB (1995–2000)
• Silvio Diliberto –K (1997–2004)
• Kurt Warner –QB (1998)
• Derrick Levake –OL (1999–2000)
• Rafael Cooper –RB (2002)

• Mike Evans –DE (1995–1997)
• Jamie Martin –QB (1995)
• Brad Lebo –QB (1995)
• Darren Bennett –P (1995)
• Adam Vinatieri –K (1996)
• Will Furrer –QB (1995–1996)
• Mario Cristobal –OG (1995–1996)
• Jay Fiedler –QB (1997)
• Ta'ase Faumui –DE (1998)
• Kurt Warner –QB (1998)
• Jake Delhomme –QB (1998)
• Tom Nütten –OG (1998)
• Joe Douglass –WR (1998–1999)
• Dan Gonzalez –QB (1999)
• Jim Kubiak –QB (1999–2000)
• Ron Powlus –QB (2000)
• José Cortéz –K (2000)
• Francesco Biancamano –P/K (1999–2000)
• Spergon Wynn –QB (2001)
• Kevin Daft –QB (2002)
• Shaun Hill –QB (2003)
• Clint Stoerner –QB (2004)
• Gibran Hamdan –QB (2004–2006)
• Kurt Kittner –QB (2005)
• Jarrett Payton –RB (2005)
• Ruvell Martin –WR (2005)
• Cory Peoples –S (2005)
• Norman LeJeune –S (2005)
• Jeff Roehl –OL (2006)
• Jared Allen –QB (2006)
• Glenn Pakulak –P (2006–2007)
• Shawn Morgan –LB (2006)
• Derrick Ballard –LB (2005–2007) 2007 contract player
• Jonathan Smith –RB (2005 & 2007) 2007 contract player
• Chris Wing –DE/LB (1999)
• Carl-Johan Björk –LB (2005–2007)

• Note: NFLE had a 10-game season.

Source:NFLEurope.com

• Amsterdam Admirals 2006
• Amsterdam Admirals 2007

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