SAFS League 2004
| SAFS League 2004 | P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct |
| Kragujevac Wildboars (C) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 102 | 24 | 1.000 |
| Beograd Vukovi (P) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 100 | 52 | .750 |
| Sirmium Legionaires (P) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 75 | 66 | .500 |
| Pancevo Panthers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 98 | .250 |
| Nis Steeds | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 25 | 108 | .000 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Polufinale | Semi-Final | |||
| 16.10.2004 | Beograd Vukovi | 24 | Sirmium Legionaires | 0 |
| Serbian Bowl I | ||||
| 07.11.2004 | Kragujevac Wildboars | 21 | Beograd Vukovi | 6 |
SAFS Cup 2005
| SAFS Cup 2005 | P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pts |
| Group 1-3 | |||||||
| Beograd Vukovi (C) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 189 | 13 | 8 |
| Kragujevac Wildboars | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 210 | 32 | 6 |
| Sirmium Legionaires | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 147 | 4 |
| Group 4-6 | |||||||
| Novi Sad Dukes | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 82 | 70 | 6 |
| Kraljevo Royal Crowns | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 80 | 4 |
| Pancevo Panthers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 57 | 58 | 2 |
| Group 7-10 | |||||||
| Beograd Blue Dragons | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 64 | 4 |
| Nis Steeds | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 149 | 0 |
| Mad Dogs # | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 44 | 0 |
| Pozarevac Outlaws # | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 0 |
note: Teams divided into 3 Groups for first phase, playing two games each within group. First places went into Group 1-3 for second phase, playing 2 more games within their group; second places within first phase groups went into Group 4-6 for second phase and so on. #Mad Dogs and Pozarevac Outlaws did not take part in second phase.
SAFS 2006
| SAFS League 2006 | P | W | L | T | PF | PA | Pct |
| Sever (North) | |||||||
| Klek Knights (C) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 124 | 19 | 1.000 |
| Pancevo Panthers (P) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 74 | 61 | .750 |
| Sombor Celtis (P) | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 69 | .500 |
| Sabac Sharks | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 46 | 93 | .250 |
| Kula Hunters | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 102 | .000 |
| Jug (South) | |||||||
| Kraljevo Royal Crowns (C) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 204 | 8 | 1.000 |
| Pozarevic Outlaws (P) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 133 | 88 | .800 |
| Elektrikar (P) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 132 | 96 | .600 |
| Smederovo Bedemi | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 77 | .300 |
| Obrenovac Sky Thunder | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 50 | 131 | .300 |
| Jagodina Red Celts | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 170 | .000 |
| Date | Home Team | Away Team | ||
| Plej-Of | Playoffs | |||
| 03.09.2006 | Pozarevic Outlaws | 13 | Sombor Celtis | 20 |
| 09.09.2006 | Pancevo Panthers | 36 | Elektrikar | 15 |
| Polufinale | Semi-Finals | |||
| 16.09.2006 | Klek Knights | 20 | Sombor Celtis | 7 |
| 24.09.2006 | Kraljevo Royal Crowns | 12 | Pancevo Panthers | 0 |
| Serbian Bowl II | ||||
| 15.10.2006 | Klek Knights | 16 | Kraljevo Royal Crowns | 7 |
Report
The SAFSrbija – Serbian American Football League was inaugurated in 2004, playing what appears to have been unkitted contact American Football. Kragujevac Wildboars defeated Beograd Vukovi (Wolves) 21-6 in Serbian Bowl I (also possibly known as American Bowl I). The 2005 season saw an expansion to 10 teams, necessitating a two-phase league, with teams divided into three groups, followed by a second phase whereby the top team in each group played a further match against the other (Group 1-3) as did the 4 to 6 Group and 7-10 Group. The deciding match in Group 1-3 was the Final match won 20-7 by Vukovi over Wild Boars.
In 2006 the top teams Kragujevac Wild Boars, Beograd Vukovi, Sirmium Legionaires and Novi Sad Dukes all left SAFSrbija to join the Central European Football League (also known as the South East League of American Football) which was fully kitted, helmet and pads Football, featuring teams from Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Serbia, and Romania. That year SAFSrbija played a two-division set-up with the Northern (Sever) Champions Klek Knights defeating Southern (Jug) Champions Kraljevo Royal Crowns 16-7 in Serbian Bowl II. For 2007 the SAFSrbija League was divided between a fully kitted helmets and pads league and an unkitted contact league, with a Playoff between the top two teams in the SAFSrbija League and the top two teams in SELAF (CAFL) for the National Championship of Serbia (see following years).
Of note to Irish readers is the presence of two teams named after Celts: the Jagodina Red Celts (also translated as Strawberry Celts) and Sombor Celtis. Sombor played one season in 2006 finishing with a 2-2 record, losing 20-7 in the Semi-Finals to eventual winners Klek Knights. Jagodina Red Celts played in 2005 and 2006 in the unkitted divisions, losing all games both seasons and then in 2007 joining the fully-kitted division (see following years).
References
Logos
[1] SAFS (2007) header01 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214072649im_/http://www.safsrbija.com/img/header01.jpg [Accessed 11 April 2021]
Websites
[2] SAFS (2007) Sezona 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214072649/http://www.safsrbija.com/safs-tabela04.php [Accessed 11 December 2020]
[3] SAFS (2007) Rezultati 2004 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214072639/http://www.safsrbija.com/safs-rezultati04.php [Accessed 11 December 2020]
[4] SAFS (2007) Kup 2005 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214072628/http://www.safsrbija.com/safs-kup05.php [Accessed 11 December 2020]
[5] SAFS (2007) Sezona 2006 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214020546/http://www.safsrbija.com/safs-tabela06.php [Accessed 11 December 2020]
[6] SAFS (2007) Rezultati 2006 [Internet] Available from: http://web.archive.org/web/20071214020541/http://www.safsrbija.com/safs-rezultati06.php [Accessed 11 December 2020]
Acknowledgements
Thanks to John Kane & John Wills
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Researched, compiled and written by Enda Mulcahy for the
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