The Hamburg Crocodiles are an ice hockey team based in Hamburg, Germany. They currently are members of the North division of the Oberliga, the third level of ice hockey in Germany. The team plays its home games at Eisland Farmsen, located in the district of Farmsen-Berne. The club colors are red and black, supplemented by white and green. History 1990–1996 The ice hockey division of the Farmenser Turnverein Hamburg was founded in 1990 as "FTV Crocodiles", and was direct successor of the 1. EHC Hamburg. The players of all teams of the EHC changed into the Farmsener TV, which in 1990 would play in the Landesliga. The Crocodiles won the first home game in Farmsen 2–0 against the Altonaer SV, both goals in the last third by Hans Sulzgruber, who developed in the following years to one of the most important players of the club. The average attendance in that first season was about 80 spectators, unless a guest club brought along a large number of spectators. In the mid-1990s, Hamburg-based entrepreneur Klaus-Peter Jebens decided to build a multifunctional arena in the east part of the city. It should stand on its site at the Höltigbaum and have a capacity of 8,500 to 10,000 spectators. Jebens wanted to build the hall with its own financial resources, but the Hamburg Senate prevented the project on the matter that the infrastructure on the outskirts of Hamburg is not enough for the hall, and there would be no station nearby. However, the city also considered the construction of a new arena to be unavoidable since the old sports halls in Alsterdorf had become about 4,000 seats and in Wandsbek with a capacity of about 2,000 seats too small. To underline the location of his hall, Klaus-Peter Jebens was looking for an ice hockey team from the east of the city, which he could present as a hive of his planned hall at Höltigbaum. 1996–2000 Jebens became an all-time shareholder of the Crocodiles, which have now been separated from the FTV. A new association emblem, which is still used today in slightly modified form, was introduced. In addition, construction work on the old ice sports hall began, which involved the exchange of wooden benches in shingle seats, the renewal of the sanitary facilities, the installation of a player-friendly press room and the construction of a VIP area. Since the Crocodiles were able to implement