Sussex Pirates represent the city of Brighton & Hove and both East and West Sussex counties. Their main rivals are the London Monarchs.

They play at the home of Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club with a capacity of 30,750.

Brighton will host the 2021 Championship Game.

The team is called the 'Pirates' due to the area's rich history of smuggling which is made reference to by the local Smuggler's Rest restaurant in nearby Peacehaven. Their logo is based on the defunct Peoria Pirates of the AF2 arena football league.

As of 2020, the Pirates have appeared in the playoffs three times (2015,2018-2019) but have yet to appear in the BFL Championship Game.

LOCATION

Brighton, East Sussex, England 2015-PRESENT

AFFILIATIONS

SOUTH DIVISION 2015-PRESENT

SEASONS

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SEASON LEAGUE DIVISION FINISH W L T NFL PLAYOFFS
2015 BFL SOUTH 2ND 7 3 0 GB Lost South Division Final (Bandits) 13-19
2016 BFL SOUTH 4TH 4 6 0 GB DID NOT QUALIFY
2017 BFL SOUTH 4TH 2 8 0 NYG DID NOT QUALIFY
2018 BFL SOUTH 1ST 9 1 0 NO Lost South Division Final (Bandits) 31-54
2019 BFL SOUTH 1ST 8 2 0 NO Lost South Division Final (Dragons) 26-37
2020 BFL SOUTH 5TH 5 7 0 SF DID NOT QUALIFY
2021 BFL SOUTH 4TH 5 7 0 NO DID NOT QUALIFY
2022 BFL SOUTH 6TH 3 9 0 LAR DID NOT QUALIFY
2023 BFL SOUTH 1st 10 2 0 PHI Won South Division Final (Bandits) 17-10
Won 2023 Championship Game (1) (knights) 40-36(OT)
2024 BFL SOUTH 2nd 10 2 0 PHI Lost South Division Semi-Final (dragons) 28-22

NFL AFFILIATES

TEAM # SEASONS PLAYOFFS TITLES
GREEN BAY PACKERS 2 2015*,2016 1  
LOS ANGELES RAMS 1 2022 0 0
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS 3 2018*,2019*,2021 2  
NEW YORK GIANTS 1 2017    
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES 2 2023**,2024* 2 1
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS 1 2020    

* - Playoff Appearance
** - Championship Titles

BFL CHAMPIONSHIPS

1
2023

BFL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME APPEARANCES

# SEASON W/L OPPONENT SCORE HOST CITY VICTORY # APP
9 2023 W
CALEDONIAN
KNIGHTS
40-36(OT) NOTTINGHAM 1 1

DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS

SOUTH 1 2023

DIVISION TITLES

SOUTH 3 2018,2019,2023

PLAYOFFS APPEARANCES

SOUTH 5 2015,2018,2019,2023,2024

LOGOS

(2015-)

HELMETS

(2015-2019)
(2020-)

STADIUMS

AMEX STADIUM
BRIGHTON
(2015-)