SC Bietigheim Steelers
ice hockey team
The SC Bietigheim Steelers, commonly known simply as the Bietigheim Steelers, are a professional ice hockey team based in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany. They currently play in DEL2, the second highest-level league in Germany.
History
The club was created as SC Bietigheim-Bissingen-Kornwestheim e.V. in 1988. In 1991, they were renamed SC Bietigheim-Bissingen. In 2000, the club was promoted to the 2nd Bundesliga. They played the next 20 seasons in Germany's second-tiered ice hockey league, the DEL2, before they were promoted to the Deutsche Eishockey Liga for the 2021–22 season.
The Steelers enjoyed a two-year tenure in the top flight DEL before finishing last in the 2022–23 season which sealed relegation to return to the DEL2 for the 2023–24 season on 1 March 2023.
Honours and achievements
DEB-Pokal champion: 2012, 2013
2nd Bundesliga champion: 2009, 2013, 2021
2. Liga Süd champion: 1997
Season-by-season records
Players
Current roster
Updated 21 March 2023.
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