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1222:Archived
1089:Archived
1067:Archived
222:WĂĽrzburg
187:WĂĽrzburg
153:Princess
87:WĂĽrzburg
77:Based in
1444:Defunct
1113:History
789:(South)
628:(South)
369:(South)
330:Finish
256:Honours
204:History
183:Germany
173:are an
158:Website
100:Stadium
42: (
34:Founded
1271:Active
990:0.875
950:1.000
910:0.900
875:0.600
837:0.083
799:0.214
756:0.071
712:0.000
675:0.286
638:0.429
593:0.929
558:0.714
519:0.929
484:0.857
449:0.893
414:0.571
379:0.571
333:Points
116:
113:
108:Colors
52:League
981:2022
941:2021
901:2019
787:GFL2
635:12–16
584:2011
549:2010
510:2009
475:2008
440:2007
411:16–12
405:2006
376:16–12
362:2005
339:Games
336:Pct.
324:Year
284:GFL 2
1008:113
987:14–2
947:12–0
907:18–2
893:144
872:12–8
863:2018
855:458
834:2–22
825:2017
817:455
796:6–22
783:2016
774:618
753:2–26
746:2015
736:RR:
730:716
709:0–28
702:2014
693:488
672:8–20
665:2013
656:579
620:2012
611:199
590:26–2
587:1st
576:217
555:20–8
552:2nd
537:286
516:26–2
513:1st
502:224
481:24–4
478:2nd
467:177
446:25–3
443:2nd
432:200
408:4th
397:323
373:4th
366:GFL2
169:The
144:none
134:none
44:1983
37:1983
1017:Won
1012:Won
1005:300
984:1st
972:Won
968:77
965:156
944:1st
932:Won
928:95
925:272
904:2nd
890:270
869:3rd
852:277
849:11
831:7th
814:296
811:11
793:7th
771:126
768:13
750:8th
734:Won
727:388
724:14
706:8th
690:302
687:10
669:7th
653:438
632:5th
625:GFL
608:557
573:449
534:564
499:560
464:515
429:351
394:413
354:PA
263:GFL
1630::
1103:^
1048:^
1002:1
962:0
922:1
913:10
896:—
887:4
878:10
858:—
840:12
820:—
802:14
777:—
759:14
715:14
696:—
678:14
659:—
650:8
641:14
614:—
605:1
599:13
596:14
579:—
570:4
564:10
561:14
531:1
525:13
522:14
505:—
496:2
490:12
487:14
470:—
461:1
455:12
452:14
435:—
426:6
417:14
400:—
391:6
382:14
351:PF
348:L
181:,
1255:e
1248:t
1241:v
999:0
996:7
993:8
959:0
956:6
953:6
919:0
916:9
884:0
881:6
846:0
843:1
808:0
805:3
765:0
762:1
721:0
718:0
684:0
681:4
647:0
644:6
602:0
567:0
528:0
493:0
458:1
423:0
420:8
388:0
385:8
345:D
342:W
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