Rhein Fire

The Rhein Fire is a franchise in NFL Europe, formerly the World League of American Football. Established in Germany in 1995, depending on your view the franchise either was the resurrected and relocated Birmingham Fire of the 1991-1992 WLAF seasons, or was a new and separate franchise.

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The team is based in D?sseldorf, returning there for the 2005 season having played its home games in the Arena AufSchalke in the nearby city of Gelsenkirchen for two years while the LTU Arena (the stadium it shares with the football (soccer) club Fortuna D?sseldorf) was being built on the site of the Rheinstadion, torn down in 2002. The Fire also hosted the 2005 World Bowl, where the Amsterdam Admirals upset the Berlin Thunder.

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Rhein Fire has arguably been one of NFL Europe's most successful teams with regard to both fan appeal and competitively on the field, where it has played for five World Bowl championships, winning in 1998 (over the Frankfurt Galaxy) and 2000 (over the Scottish Claymores).

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As with all teams in NFL Europe, the roster of players is predominantly comprised of American "developmental" players assigned by the member teams of the National Football League. These players live in Europe during the springtime season, as do their coaches, with their living expenses paid by the NFL in addition to their salaries, which are meager by professional sports standards. There are a small, but growing, number of "position players" of European extraction as well, and also European kicking specialists.

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NFL Europe: NFL Europe is an American football league which operates in Europe. There are currently six teams in the league: five based in Germany and one in the Netherlands....

1995: 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. It was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995-2005): http://www.unesco.org/culture/indigenous/...

Birmingham Fire: The Birmingham Fire was a professional American football team that played in the World League of American Football in 1991 and 1992. The team played at Legion Field, and it made the playoffs in both seasons....

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