Stuttgart Giants

The Stuttgart Giants are an Australian rules football club based in the Stuttgart-Feuerbach neighborhood of Stuttgart and currently competes in the Australian Football League of Germany (AFLG). The club has both a men's and women's team. As of 2022, the club plays its home matches at the Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark in Stuttgart-Feuerbach.^[1] Their training sessions are open for all to join.

Stuttgart Giants
Names
Former name(s)	Zuffenhausen Giants
Club details
Founded	2017
Colours	Yellow   Green
Competition	AFLG
Ground(s)	Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark (capacity: 4,000)
Former ground(s)	Eberhard-Bauer-Stadion
Training ground(s)	Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark, Feuerbach
Other information
Official website	Official Website

History

The Stuttgart Giants formed in 2017 by the merger of two AFLG clubs from Baden-Württemberg, the Stuttgart Emus and Freiburg Taipans. The club began playing in the AFLG in 2018. From 2019 the club was a department of the larger SSV Zuffenhausen sports club and in 2023 switched to Sportvereinigung Feuerbach.^[2][3]

Grounds

The club's trainings grounds are located in Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark in Stuttgart-Feuerbach. Home matches were previously played at the Eberhard-Bauer-Stadion in nearby Esslingen but are now exclusively held at the Wilhelm-Braun-Sportpark.^[4]

National League

The Stuttgart Giants actively compete in the German national league. From April to October each year, they play against the other teams across Germany (currently 8) in a series of home and away games.

The Stuttgart Giants' women's team currently plays together with the Heidelberg Knights women's team as the 'Heidelberg-Stuttgart Knights'.