The Berlin Adler (English: Berlin Eagles) is an American football club based in Berlin, Germany. The club is one of the most successful clubs in the sport in Germany, having won six German Bowls as well as a ten Ladies Bowls and five Junior Bowls.
Internationally, the club has participated in the European Football League (EFL) on a number of occasions and has won the Eurobowl in 2010.
As of 2010, the club is second only to the Munich Cowboys (335) in German Football League (GFL) games played, with 312, the only two teams with more than 300 league games. The Cowboys have played 29 out of a possible 32 seasons at the highest level of the game in Germany, the Adler one less, 28.
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