Do you want to play american football?

The Göteborg Marvels U13 american football team has been coaching boys and girls between 10 and 13 years of age since 2006. Regardless of if you are big, small, fast, slow, fit or not, you can practice american football. You'll learn how to throw, catch, block and tackle in a safe way.

If you want to give it a try, the only thing you need to do is to show up on one of our training sessions. You don't need to contact us in advance if you don't want to, just make sure that there is a session on that particular day. All sessions are listed in the calendar, and if you want to get the information in English, contact the current team lead (listed as Lagledare) here!

However, a preparation that you can do, is filling out the player registration form and bring it to the practice session. You find the form here. Otherwise, you can fill it out when you arrive.

Bring a water bottle and wear suitable clothes and football shoes/cleats if you own a pair, otherwise ordinary trainers will serve. We don't have showers or a locker room.

You are expected to pay SEK 140 up front, preferrably with Swish if possible (otherwise in cash), on your first try out session. SEK 100 is the tryout fee which covers 6 sessions, SEK 40 is for a mouthguard (this is required - but if you already own one, you can bring that instead of buying a new one from us). When you have completed 6 training sessions you will have to pay the full membership fee if you wish to continue playing with the team. During the try out sessions, you may borrow equipment (helmet and shoulder pads) for free. Once you've decided to stay in the team after the try-out sessions, you can rent equipment for a full year, or until you leave the team, whichever comes first. The rental is SEK 300 for a helmet and SEK 300 for the shoulder pads.

Our training sessions are located at Kviberg, Mondays and Wednesdays. The calendar will be updated so make sure to double check specific time and place before you show up, sessions can be rescheduled or cancelled on short notice due to weather conditions, double bookings or problems with the field.
We meet up att our storage room 15 minutes before the practice starts. Note! You cannot drive all the way to the storage building. Type "Kviberg 5 konstgräs" in the Google maps serch field to find the closest parking lot.

We practice outdoors all year. The season usually starts in early February and ends in early December. Helmets and shoulder pads are used between March and November, a bit depending on the weather.

U13 is considered pewe football in Sweden and the rules differs somewhat from senior american football. The field is smaller, we don't do any kicking and there is a max weight rule for players carrying the ball, among other things. We do not have any division series in U13, instead there are usually a few cups hosted by different teams during the seasons, roughly between May and September.

One of the more popular recurring events is Skövde Dukes Tourney, which takes place in Skövde, usually the last weekend in July. This is the largest youth (american) football tournament in Sweden, where teams in U11, U13, U15 and U17 are welcome.

Players turning fourteen the upcoming year will be transferred to Göteborg Marvels U15 after the last practice of the year. That practice session usually occurrs late November or early December and is a bit special.

Welcome to a unique sport that might fit you perfectly!