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Birmingham Bandits |
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Birmingham Bandits represent the 2nd largest city in the UK after London. Their main rivals are the Sherwood Forest Outlaws in the Midlands. They have built a cross-divisional rivalry with the Scottish Claymores, having played them in the BFL Championship Game (2016-2018).
They play at the home of Aston Villa Football Club, who are nicknamed the Villans with a capacity of 42,573.
Birmingham hosted the 2019 Championship Game.
The team name is based on Aston Villa FC's name with their colours partly inspired by the Ohio State college football team and the USFL's Tampa Bay Bandits who played from 1983-1985, with their logo is inspired by the USFL's Arizona/Oklahoma Outlaws who played from 1984-1985.
As this league began in 2015, the Tampa Bay Bandits (USFL) had not existed since the planned 1986 season and therefore they are not to be confused with the recently relaunched Tampa Bay Bandits and are inspired by the previous incarnation of this team.
As of 2020, the Bandits are the second most successful team, having made 4 consecutive appearances in the playoffs from 2015-2018 and winning the 2015 and 2016 Championship Games. However, 2020 was their first season back in the playoffs.
LOCATION
| Birmingham, West Midlands, England | 2015-PRESENT |
AFFILIATIONS
| SOUTH DIVISION | 2015-PRESENT |
SEASONS
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| SEASON | LEAGUE | DIVISION | FINISH | W | L | T | NFL | PLAYOFFS |
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| 2015 | BFL | SOUTH | 1ST | 8 | 2 | 0 | ARZ | Won South Division Final (Pirates) 19-13 Won 2015 Championship Game (Demons) 27-17 |
| 2016 | BFL | SOUTH | 2ND | 5 | 5 | 0 | ARZ | Won South Division Final (Dragons) 19-13 Won 2016 Championship Game (Claymores) 31-20 |
| 2017 | BFL | SOUTH | 2ND | 6 | 4 | 0 | ATL | Won South Division Final (Dragons) 34-24 Lost 2017 Championship Game (Claymores) 23-9 |
| 2018 | BFL | SOUTH | 2ND | 9 | 1 | 0 | LAR | Won South Division Final (Pirates) 54-31 Lost 2018 Championship Game (Claymores) 40-30 |
| 2019 | BFL | SOUTH | 5TH | 4 | 6 | 0 | CHI | DID NOT QUALIFY |
| 2020 | BFL | SOUTH | 2ND | 9 | 3 | 0 | GB | Lost South Division Semi-Final (Dragons) 40-31 |
| 2021 | BFL | SOUTH | 6TH | 4 | 8 | 0 | CHI | DID NOT QUALIFY |
| 2022 | BFL | SOUTH | 5TH | 4 | 8 | 0 | ARZ | DID NOT QUALIFY |
| 2023 | BFL | SOUTH | 2ND | 9 | 3 | 0 | DAL | Won South Division Semi-Final (Thunder) 33-28 Lost South Division Final (Pirates) 17-10 |
| 2024 | BFL | SOUTH | - | - | - | - | DAL | - |
NFL AFFILIATES
| TEAM | # | SEASONS | PLAYOFFS | TITLES | |
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ARIZONA CARDINALS | 3 | 2015,2016,2022 | 2 | 2 |
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ATLANTA FALCONS | 1 | 2017 | 1 | 0 |
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CHICAGO BEARS | 2 | 2019,2021 | 0 | 0 |
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DALLAS COWBOYS | 2 | 2023,2024 | 1 | 0 |
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GREEN BAY PACKERS | 1 | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
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LOS ANGELES RAMS | 1 | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
BFL CHAMPIONSHIPS
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BFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCES
| # | SEASON | W/L | OPPONENT | SCORE | HOST CITY | VICTORY # | APP |
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| 1 | 2015 | W |  MANCHESTER DEMONS |
27-17 | LONDON | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 2016 | W |  SCOTTISH CLAYMORES |
31-20 | EDINBURGH | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 2017 | L | SCOTTISH CLAYMORES |
23-9 | CARDIFF | - | 3 |
| 4 | 2018 | L | SCOTTISH CLAYMORES |
40-30 | MANCHESTER | - | 4 |
DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS
| SOUTH | 4 | 2015,2016,2017,2018 |
DIVISION TITLES
| SOUTH | 1 | 2015 |
PLAYOFFS APPEARANCES
| SOUTH | 6 | 2015,2016,2017,2018,2020,2023 |
LOGOS
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HELMETS
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STADIUMS
 VILLA PARK BIRMINGHAM (2015-) |