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{{Short description|Women's football team}}
{{update|date=July 2019}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{USFootball team
| team          = Philadelphia Firebirds
| logo          = PhillyFirebirds.PNG
| pixels        = 200px
| founded       = 2003
| league        = [[Independent Women's Football League]]
| history       = Philadelphia Phoenix ([[National Women's Football Association|NWFA]]) (2003–2008)<br />Philadelphia Firebirds (IWFL) (2009–present)
| stadium       = [[Franklin Field]]
| city          = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
| colors        = Red, white, blue, gold
| president     = Tawana Grayson
| coach         = Lorenzo O'Branty
| gm            = Farah Dailey
| championships = 0
| titles        = 3 (2003, 2004 & 2008)
| mascot        = Firebird
}}

The '''Philadelphia Firebirds''' are a women's football team in the [[Independent Women's Football League]] based in [[Philadelphia]].  They are in the Eastern Conference, North Atlantic Division with the [[Boston Militia]], [[New York Nemesis]], and [[New York Sharks]].  The team was formerly known as the '''Philadelphia Phoenix''' and formerly played in the [[National Women's Football Association]].  Upon moving to the IWFL, they changed their name so as to avoid confusion with their fellow IWFL franchise, the [[Carolina Phoenix]].

Philadelphia's first women's tackle football team was founded in 2001 as the [[Philadelphia Liberty Belles]]. The Belles won the inaugural NWFL Championship that year. In 2002, the Belles lost in the semi-final playoff round. Heading into the 2003 season, the team split and the Philadelphia Phoenix was formed. The two teams existed simultaneously until the [[Philadelphia Liberty Belles]] eventually folded. The Liberty Belles have since reformed for the 2009 season and have joined the new WFA.

==Season-by-season==
{{Start NFL SBS}}
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | '''Philadelphia Phoenix (NWFA)'''
|-
|2003 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 1st North North || First-round bye<br />Won Eastern Conference Semifinal ([[D.C. Divas|D.C.]])<br />Lost Eastern Conference Championship ([[Detroit Demolition|Detroit]])
|-
|2004 || 7 || 1 || 0 || 1st North North || Lost Northern Conference Qualifier ([[West Michigan Mayhem|Southwest Michigan]])
|-
|2005 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 13th North Division || –
|-
|2006 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2nd North East || Lost NWFA First Round ([[Cleveland Fusion|Cleveland]])
|-
|2007 || 1 || 6 || 0 || 2nd North South || –
|-
|2008 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 1st North East || First-round bye<br />Won Northern Conference Semifinal ([[Columbus Comets|Columbus]])<br />Lost Northern Conference Championship ([[West Michigan Mayhem|West Michigan]])
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | '''Philadelphia Firebirds (IWFL)'''
|-
|2009 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 4th Tier I East North Atlantic || –
|-
|2010 || 1 || 7 || 0 || 5th Tier I East Northeast || –
|-
|2011 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 3rd East mid-Atlantic || -
|-
!Totals || 38 || 37 || 1
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)
{{s-end}}

==Season schedules==

===2009===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date
!Opponent
![[Home team|Home]]/[[Home team|Away]]
!Result
|-
|April 18
|[[Baltimore Nighthawks]]
|Home
|Lost 15–22
|-
|April 25
|[[Connecticut Crushers]]
|Home
|Won 31–12
|-
|May 2
|[[New York Sharks]]
|Home
|Lost 14–33
|-
|May 9
|[[New York Nemesis]]
|Away
|Lost 3–34
|-
|May 16
|[[Boston Militia]]
|Away
|Lost 0–60
|-
|May 30
|[[D.C. Divas]]
|Home
|Lost 0–42
|-
|June 6
|[[Pittsburgh Passion]]
|Home
|Lost 0–53
|-
|June 13
|D.C. Divas
|Away
|Lost 0–63
|}

===2010===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Date
!Opponent
![[Home team|Home]]/[[Home team|Away]]
!Result
|-
|April 3
|[[Baltimore Nighthawks]]
|Away
|Lost 0–54
|-
|April 10
|[[New York Sharks]]
|Home
|Lost 0–64
|-
|April 17
|[[Pittsburgh Passion]]
|Away
|Lost 0–49
|-
|April 24
|[[D.C. Divas]]
|Home
|Lost 0–1**
|-
|May 1
|[[New York Nemesis]]
|Away
|Lost 0–33
|-
|May 15
|[[Binghamton Tiger Cats]]
|Home
|Won 49–0
|-
|May 22
|[[Boston Militia]]
|Home
|Lost 0–1**
|-
|May 29
|D.C. Divas
|Away
|Lost 3–49
|}

<nowiki>**</nowiki> = Forfeited because of league action to reduce schedule

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.philadelphiaphoenix.org/ Philadelphia Firebirds official website]
*[http://www.iwflsports.com/ IWFL official website]

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