SAFS League 2004

SAFS League 2004	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Kragujevac Wildboars (C)	4	4	0	0	102	24	1.000
Beograd Vukovi (P)	4	3	1	0	100	52	.750
Sirmium Legionaires (P)	4	2	2	0	75	66	.500
Pancevo Panthers	4	1	3	0	46	98	.250
Nis Steeds	4	0	4	0	25	108	.000

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Polufinale		Semi-Final
16.10.2004	Beograd Vukovi	24	Sirmium Legionaires	0
	Serbian Bowl I
07.11.2004	Kragujevac Wildboars	21	Beograd Vukovi	6

SAFS Cup 2005

SAFS Cup 2005	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pts
Group 1-3
Beograd Vukovi (C)	4	4	0	0	189	13	8
Kragujevac Wildboars	4	3	1	0	210	32	6
Sirmium Legionaires	4	2	2	0	26	147	4
Group 4-6
Novi Sad Dukes	4	3	1	0	82	70	6
Kraljevo Royal Crowns	4	2	2	0	15	80	4
Pancevo Panthers	4	1	3	0	57	58	2
Group 7-10
Beograd Blue Dragons	3	2	1	0	2	64	4
Nis Steeds	3	0	3	0	8	149	0
Mad Dogs #	2	0	2	0	6	44	0
Pozarevac Outlaws #	2	0	2	0	0	84	0

note: Teams divided into 3 Groups for first phase, playing two games each within group. First places went into Group 1-3 for second phase, playing 2 more games within their group; second places within first phase groups went into Group 4-6 for second phase and so on. #Mad Dogs and Pozarevac Outlaws did not take part in second phase.

SAFS 2006

SAFS League 2006	P	W	L	T	PF	PA	Pct
Sever (North)
Klek Knights (C)	4	4	0	0	124	19	1.000
Pancevo Panthers (P)	4	3	1	0	74	61	.750
Sombor Celtis (P)	4	2	2	0	72	69	.500
Sabac Sharks	4	1	3	0	46	93	.250
Kula Hunters	4	0	4	0	28	102	.000
Jug (South)
Kraljevo Royal Crowns (C)	5	5	0	0	204	8	1.000
Pozarevic Outlaws (P)	5	4	1	0	133	88	.800
Elektrikar (P)	5	3	2	0	132	96	.600
Smederovo Bedemi	5	1	3	1	19	77	.300
Obrenovac Sky Thunder	5	1	3	1	50	131	.300
Jagodina Red Celts	5	0	5	0	32	170	.000

Date	Home Team		Away Team
	Plej-Of		Playoffs
03.09.2006	Pozarevic Outlaws	13	Sombor Celtis	20
09.09.2006	Pancevo Panthers	36	Elektrikar	15
	Polufinale		Semi-Finals
16.09.2006	Klek Knights	20	Sombor Celtis	7
24.09.2006	Kraljevo Royal Crowns	12	Pancevo Panthers	0
	Serbian Bowl II
15.10.2006	Klek Knights	16	Kraljevo Royal Crowns	7

Report

The SAFSrbija – Serbian American Football League was inaugurated in 2004, playing what appears to have been unkitted contact American Football. Kragujevac Wildboars defeated Beograd Vukovi (Wolves) 21-6 in Serbian Bowl I (also possibly known as American Bowl I). The 2005 season saw an expansion to 10 teams, necessitating a two-phase league, with teams divided into three groups, followed by a second phase whereby the top team in each group played a further match against the other (Group 1-3) as did the 4 to 6 Group and 7-10 Group. The deciding match in Group 1-3 was the Final match won 20-7 by Vukovi over Wild Boars.

In 2006 the top teams Kragujevac Wild Boars, Beograd Vukovi, Sirmium Legionaires and Novi Sad Dukes all left SAFSrbija to join the Central European Football League (also known as the South East League of American Football) which was fully kitted, helmet and pads Football, featuring teams from Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia, and Romania. That year SAFSrbija played a two-division set-up with the Northern (Sever) Champions Klek Knights defeating Southern (Jug) Champions Kraljevo Royal Crowns 16-7 in Serbian Bowl II. For 2007 the SAFSrbija League was divided between a fully kitted helmets and pads league and an unkitted contact league, with a Playoff between the top two teams in the SAFSrbija League and the top two teams in SELAF (CAFL) for the National Championship of Serbia (see following years).

Of note to Irish readers is the presence of two teams named after Celts: the Jagodina Red Celts (also translated as Strawberry Celts) and Sombor Celtis. Sombor played one season in 2006 finishing with a 2-2 record, losing 20-7 in the Semi-Finals to eventual winners Klek Knights. Jagodina Red Celts played in 2005 and 2006 in the unkitted divisions, losing all games both seasons and then in 2007 joining the fully-kitted division (see following years).

References

Logos

[1] SAFS (2007) header01 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214072649im_/http://www.safsrbija.com/img/header01.jpg [Accessed 11 April 2021]

Websites

[2] SAFS (2007) Sezona 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214072649/http://www.safsrbija.com/safs-tabela04.php [Accessed 11 December 2020]

[3] SAFS (2007) Rezultati 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214072639/http://www.safsrbija.com/safs-rezultati04.php [Accessed 11 December 2020]

[4] SAFS (2007) Kup 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214072628/http://www.safsrbija.com/safs-kup05.php [Accessed 11 December 2020]

[5] SAFS (2007) Sezona 2006 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214020546/http://www.safsrbija.com/safs-tabela06.php [Accessed 11 December 2020]

[6] SAFS (2007) Rezultati 2006 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214020541/http://www.safsrbija.com/safs-rezultati06.php [Accessed 11 December 2020]

Acknowledgements

Thanks to John Kane & John Wills

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