Belgrade Blue Dragons
Founded:	2003
Head coach:	Jovan Bulatovic
League (2011):	SAAF
Accomplishments
4 City Cup Runners-up:	2004
SAFS Group A winners:	2007
NLS Runners-up:	2009
Placing in last year
2009	SAFS Runners-up
Team
Logo

The Belgrade Blue Dragons are an American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 team from Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

.

History

Blue Dragons, American Football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 Club, was formed on July 2003. in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

, and was one of the seven teams that formed Serbian Association of American Football (SAFS). First game this team played in early November, 2003. and first victory came in December of the same year. But, as almost as all teams in Serbia

Serbia

Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...

, they played football without necessary pads and helmets until 2007. Season. The year before that Blue Dragons merged with only University team in Serbia „Elektrichar“, as they tried to help that team pass problems that it had. All the players were glad that they will have opportunity to play for Blue Dragons, as they said. In season 2007, Blue Dragons were the first team in its division, and in the end they reached to the semifinals in Serbian National League, eventually losing after three overtimes against its town rivals. They had 7 players in the tryout for the national team that played in Euro 2007. Until now, this team had more than 300 players attended their football school, and in 3 teams that they have ( A team, B team – Elektrichar, Junior team) there are around 70 active players. The Club set the goal for the next season, and it is to qualify for the Euro competitions.

Years history

• 2003 (1 W - 1 L)
• 2004 4 City Cup Runners-up (3 W - 2 L)
• 2005 SAFS Cup - 7th place ( 1 W - 1 L)
• 2006 (1 W - 1 L)
• 2007 SAFS National league Runners-up, SAFS Super National league semi-final, 4th team in Serbia
  Serbia
  Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
  
   ( 6 W-5 L)
• 2008 (3 W - 4 L)
• 2009 (6 W - 5 L)SAFS NLS Runners-up, EFAF Cup Contenders

Interesting

• Blue Dragons have 4 teams
• There are around 110 active players in the team
• Played 4 years without pads and helmets, in their first season with equipment they were 4th in Serbia
  Serbia
  Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...