The Renegades play in the Nationalliga A (American football)[1][2] Formed in November 1983, the club took part in the inaugural Swiss Bowl three years later, in 1986, where it lost to Lugano Seagulls.

The two clubs met again in the 1987 Swiss Bowl and this time Zurich kept the upper hand and defended its title in 1988, now against the Bienna Jets.

National titles were won in 2001 against the Basel Gladiators, in 2002 against the Seaside Vipers St. Gallen, in 2004 and 2005 against the Winterthur Warriors and in 2008 against the Calanda Broncos.

One year later, the mission to get back to NLA started and 9 regular season wins showed the potential of the team and led them to the relegation Game against the Luzern Lions.

This time the team from Zurich was victorious, defeating Lucerne 38–27 in Utogrund Stadium in front of over 1000 visitors, paving the way to move back up to NLA the highest American Football league in Switzerland.