The 010 Trojans. After beginning in the second tier, the Trojans managed an undefeated championship season in 1988 and gained promotion to the Premier Division. However, this step proved too much for the Trojans who were immediately relegated. After a divisional reorganisation the Trojans moved back to the highest division, where they remain to this day. National Tulip Bowl titles were won in 1996 and 1997. Outside the NAFF, the Rotterdam Trojans also competed in the Eurobowl competitions in 1995 and reached the Eurobowl B final in 1996, losing 7-0 in the final to St. Gallen Seaside Vipers. In 1998 the Trojans joined the breakaway AFLN and won two AFLN "National" championships. In addition, participation in the Dutch-Belgian Benelux League saw Rotterdam pick up two Benelux Bowl titles in 1999 and 2000 to add to their first win in 1995. In 2001 the NAFF and AFLN put aside their differences to merge into the current organisational structure: the AFBN. A large re-building operation over the last 6 years has seen Rotterdam have intermittent success, reaching the Tulip Bowl final in 2002 and the semi-finals several times. The Trojans have been very successful in recruitment recently and look to be on their way to becoming a challenger once more for the national championship of the Netherlands. In 2006 the Rotterdam Trojans returned to wearing their original team colours of green and white after several years of red and yellow. They played their home games at the renovated "City of Troje". In 2012, the Rotterdam Trojans filed for bankruptcy, due to financial mismanagement and fraud by the then acting board. A new club was founded and called the 010 Trojans. 010 being the areacode for the city of Rotterdam. The team, led by Head coach Michel "Moose" Storm, won the Div. 3 title in their first season, and lost the semifinal a year later. When Storm stepped down after a 5-5 season in 2015, Offensive Coordinator Wouter van den Boogaard was promoted to Head coach. Playing in the highest division in the Netherlands, the Trojans upset the Alpen Eagles 14-17 in the playoffs in van den Boogaards first year and advanced to TulipBowl XXXII in which they lost to the Amsterdam Crusaders The following year saw the departure of head coach Wouter van den Boogaard and his staff and the hiring of new Head CoachPascal Matla. The team duplicated their effort of the previous year, reaching the TulipBowl once again, only to lose once more to the Amsterdam Crusaders. Head Coach Pascal Matla left for health reasons and the team had a down year that following year, not winning a game and relegating to the first division
