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 German Football League |
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| Sport | American football |
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| Founded | 1979 |
| No. of teams | 11 |
| Country(ies) |  Germany |
| Most recent champion(s) | Berlin Adler |
| Official website | g-f-l.org |
The German football League (GFL) is the elite bundesliga for American football in Germany.
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League set-up
The GFL is partitioned into north and south conferences, each with six teams. In each conference, every team plays against every other team of the own conference, both at home and away. Each team also plays home and away interconference games against the team from the opposing conference that finished the last season on the same rank, so that the regular season covers 12 games. After the end of the regular season, four teams from both conferences enter the playoffs, to determine the German championship. The winner of a conference plays against the 4th place team of the other group, second against third of the other conference. The final is called the German Bowl. The lowest ranked team of each conference plays against the winner of the second division, and may be relegated if they lose.
GFL Teams in 2009
GFL North
Note: In 2009, the regular GFL North team Hamburg Blue Devils didn't acquire the license for starting in the GFL and instead retired to the lower league, Regionalliga. This was known only shortly before the season started such that no substitute from the GFL II was found. Thus, the 2009 season features five teams in the North conference only.
GFL South
- Marburg Mercenaries
- Munich Cowboys
- Plattling Black Hawks
- Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
- Stuttgart Scorpions
- Weinheim Longhorns
German Bowls
| Date | German Bowl Winner | Runners Up | Score | Location | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.11.1979 | Frankfurter Löwen | Ansbach Grizzlies | 14 : 8 | Frankfurt | 5 000 |
| 30.07.1980 | Frankfurter Löwen | Ansbach Grizzlies | 21 : 12 | Frankfurt | 7 000 |
| 05.08.1981 | Ansbach Grizzlies | Frankfurter Löwen | 27 : 6 | Köln | 11 000 |
| 02.11.1982 | Ansbach Grizzlies | Cologne Crocodiles | 12 : 6 | Essen | 10 000 |
| 25.09.1983 | Düsseldorf Panther | Ansbach Grizzlies | 22 : 7 | Nürnberg | 7 000 |
| 13.10.1984 | Düsseldorf Panther | Ansbach Grizzlies | 27 : 13 | Essen | 10 000 |
| 12.11.1985 | Ansbach Grizzlies | Düsseldorf Panther | 14 : 7 | Köln | 9 000 |
| 27.07.1986 | Düsseldorf Panther | Ansbach Grizzlies | 27 : 14 | Würzburg | 10.000 |
| 11.10.1987 | Berlin Adler | Badener Greifs | 37 : 12 | Berlin | 14 000 |
| 15.10.1988 | Red Barons Cologne | Düsseldorf Panther | 25 : 20 | Berlin | 11 000 |
| 21.10.1989 | Berlin Adler | Red Barons Cologne | 30 : 23 | Nürnberg | 10 500 |
| 20.10.1990 | Berlin Adler | Cologne Crocodiles | 50 : 38 | Düsseldorf | 10 000 |
| 05.10.1991 | Berlin Adler | Cologne Crocodiles | 22 : 21 | Hamburg | 13 000 |
| 03.10.1992 | Düsseldorf Panther | Munich Cowboys | 24 : 23 | Hannover | 8 750 |
| 25.09.1993 | Munich Cowboys | Cologne Crocodiles | 42 : 36 | München | 9 000 |
| 17.09.1994 | Düsseldorf Panther | Berlin Adler | 27 : 17 | Hanau | 7 862 |
| 16.09.1995 | Düsseldorf Panther | Hamburg Blue Devils | 17 : 10 | Braunschweig | 12 125 |
| 05.10.1996 | Hamburg Blue Devils | Düsseldorf Panther | 31 : 12 | Hamburg | 19 700 |
| 04.10.1997 | Braunschweig Lions | Cologne Crocodiles | 26 : 23 | Hamburg | 14 800 |
| 03.10.1998 | Braunschweig Lions | Hamburg Blue Devils | 20 : 14 | Hamburg | 22 100 |
| 09.10.1999 | Braunschweig Lions | Hamburg Blue Devils | 25 : 24 | Hamburg | 30 400 |
| 07.10.2000 | Cologne Crocodiles | Braunschweig Lions | 31 : 29 | Braunschweig | 20 312 |
| 06.10.2001 | Hamburg Blue Devils | Braunschweig Lions | 31 : 13 | Hannover | 23 193 |
| 12.10.2002 | Hamburg Blue Devils | Braunschweig Lions | 16 : 13 | Braunschweig | 21 097 |
| 11.10.2003 | Hamburg Blue Devils | Braunschweig Lions | 37 : 36 | Wolfsburg | 20 517 |
| 09.10.2004 | Berlin Adler | Braunschweig Lions | 10 : 7 | Braunschweig | 17 200 |
| 08.10.2005 | Braunschweig Lions | Hamburg Blue Devils | 31 : 28 | Hannover | 19 512 |
| 07.10.2006 | Braunschweig Lions | Marburg Mercenaries | 31 : 13 | Braunschweig | 15 897 |
| 06.10.2007 | Braunschweig Lions | Stuttgart Scorpions | 27 : 6 | Stuttgart | 8 152 |
| 29.09.2008 | Braunschweig Lions | Kiel Baltic Hurricanes | 20 : 14 | Frankfurt | 16 177 |
| 03.10.2009 | Berlin Adler | Kiel Baltic Hurricanes | 28 : 21 | Frankfurt | 14 234 |
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