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{{Short description|American football team based in Granada, Andalusia, Spain}}{{Infobox American football team
| name = Granada Lions
| bgcolor = #000080
| fontcolor = #FFA000
| helmet = Helmet granada lions.png
| logo = Granada lions logo.png
| founded = 2001
| league = LNFA
| retired =
| stadium = Complejo Deportivo Antonio Prieto Castillo
| location = [[Granada]] {{ESP}}
| colors =
{{legend|#000080|[[Blue]]}}
{{legend|#FFA000|[[Orange (colour)|Orange]]}}
| mascot =
| president = Javier Sánchez {{flagicon|ESP}}
| coach =
| W-L-T =
}}

'''Granada Lions''' is an [[American football]] team based in [[Granada]], [[Andalusia]], [[Spain]].

==History==
The team was established February 2, 2001 as '''Granada Universitarios'''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nflhispano.com/aefa/secciones/entrevista.php?ID=2263 |title=NFL Hispano 09/26/2005 |access-date=2008-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930210538/http://www.nflhispano.com/aefa/secciones/entrevista.php?ID=2263 |archive-date=2008-09-30 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The name was later changed to the actual '''Lions''', after one of the better known symbols from the [[Alhambra]], the [[Court of the Lions]], in order to represent the whole city of Granada.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nflhispano.com/aefa/noticia.php?ID=2190 |title=NFL Hispano 09/07/2005 |access-date=2008-10-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060724042013/http://www.nflhispano.com/aefa/noticia.php?ID=2190 |archive-date=2006-07-24 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

After playing in regional leagues, they joined the national league [[LNFA 2]] in 2004.

Finally, in 2006, the team was promoted to the top league in Spain, the [[LNFA]], where they keep competing.

==Notable players==
* {{flagicon|Spain}} [[Alvaro Carvajal]], Quarterback

== Notable former players ==
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Brian Wilbur]], Quarterback

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links ==
*[http://www.granadalions.com Official website]

{{LNFA}}

[[Category:American football teams in Spain]]
[[Category:Sport in Granada]]
[[Category:American football teams established in 2001]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Andalusia]]

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