South Sweden Saints
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Australian rules football club in Scania, Sweden, competing in the Danish Australian Football League as a representative side on feeder teams the cities of Helsingborg, Lund and Malmö.
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[edit] History
The Helsingborg Saints were the first football club ever formed in Sweden. The club was founded in 1993 by Ingmar 'Terry' Lundquist and Joacim Aulin. The club was almost to be called the Ravens, but the nickname and playing strip of AFL club the St Kilda Saints eventually were adopted.
From 1994 until 2002, the Saints competed in the Danish Australian Football League. For the years 2003 and 2004, the Saints split their squad into three teams for the DAFL's new Scania Conference, these being the Helsingborg West Raptors, Lund Magpies and the Port Malmö Maulers. During this period, the Saints played as Scania in the DAFL's regional league, being a representative team made up of the best players from the three Scanian clubs.
In the 2005 structure for the DAFL the Saints returned, now called the South Sweden Saints and playing in the Danish Australian Football League's Premier League. This season saw the Saints reach the DAFL Grand Final for the second time, again they were soundly defeated by the Farum Cats.
In 2006, the Swedish Australian Football League was created.
[edit] Scania teams
[edit] Regional play in Sweden
The Saints compete against the Stockholm Dynamite for the E4 Cup, named after the freeway connecting Scania with Stockholm.
For the 2006 season, the Göteborg Beserkers from Gothenburg will also compete in the southern Sweden local league.
