Heidenheim Heideköpfe
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Heidenheim Heideköpfe is a German baseball and softball club from Heidenheim an der Brenz, Baden-Württemberg. The club was established in 1992 as the baseball arm of Heidenheimer Sportbund (SB), a parent organization that contains several clubs in different sports, and played its first season in 1993 in the Baden-Württemberg District League. The first men's team was promoted to the first division of the Baseball Bundesliga for the 2001 season and has played there in every season since, winning championships in 2009, 2015, 2017 and 2019.[1]
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League | Baseball-Bundesliga (Bundesliga Süd) |
Location | Heidenheim an der Brenz |
Ballpark | New Heideköpfe Ballpark |
Founded | 1992 |
League championships | 2009, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 |
Colors | burgundy / navy blue / white |
Manager | Troy Williams |
General Manager | Klaus Eckle |
Website | www |
The team's name means "heathland's head," a reference to Heidenheim's coat of arms. The team mascot is Heiko, a life-sized teddy bear made by the Margarete-Steiff-Company.[2]
The club participated in the European Champion Cup Final Four in 2010, losing 4-1 in the semifinals to Serie A1 club Telemarket Rimini.[3] In 2019 the CEB Cup was won ahead of the Czech club Draci Brno and the French club Montigny Cougars.