Albany Empire (AFL)
The Albany Empire was a professional arena football team based in Albany, New York, that began play in the Arena Football League (AFL) in 2018. Home games were played at MVP Arena located in downtown Albany.
| Albany Empire | |
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| Established 2018 Folded 2019 Played in MVP Arena in Albany, New York TheAlbanyEmpire.com | |
| League/conference affiliations | |
| Arena Football League (2018–2019) | |
Current uniform | |
| Team colors | Fiery reddish orange, dark navy blue, grey |
| Personnel | |
| Owner(s) | Trifecta Sports and Entertainment Main owners: George Randolph Hearst III Dan Nolan Ed Swyer Partner owners (with Philadelphia Soul): Ron Jaworski Craig Spencer Pete Ciarrocchi Cosmo DeNicola Martin E. Judge Dick Vermeil Marques Colston Jahri Evans Nicholas Giuffre Philip Jaurigue Stewart Anmuth Gil Peter Hal Brunson |
| President | John Adams |
| Head coach | Rob Keefe |
| Team history | |
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| Championships | |
League championships (1)
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| Conference championships (0) | |
| Division championships (0) | |
| Playoff appearances (2) | |
| Home arena(s) | |
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The Empire was Albany's third arena football team and second AFL team; it succeeded the original Albany Firebirds who began AFL play in 1990 and enjoyed great success, most notably winning ArenaBowl XIII, before moving to Indianapolis following the 2000 season, and later the Albany Conquest who played in the af2 developmental league from 2002 until that league folded after the 2009 season (and was known as the Firebirds for that last season).
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