List of American and Canadian football leagues
This is a list of current and defunct leagues of American football and Canadian football.
Leagues in North America
Current leagues in North America
Professional outdoor leagues:
National Football League, 1920–
- Originally American Professional Football Conference, American Professional Football Association (1920–1921)
- Merged with the American Football League (1960–69)
Canadian Football League, 1909–
- Formed from Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (1907) and Western Interprovincial Football Union (1936).
- Professional arena/indoor leagues:
Arena Football League, (4 active teams and 1 on hiatus) 1987–2008, 2010– Indoor Football League, (8 teams) 2009–
- Formed from United Indoor Football and Intense Football League
Champions Indoor Football, (11 teams) 2015–
National Arena League, (6 teams) 2017– American Arena League, (12 teams and 2 affiliate teams) 2018–
- Formed from Arena Pro Football and Can-Am Indoor Football League
Semi-professional leagues:
Northern Football Conference, 1954– Empire Football League, 1969– Alberta Football League, 1984– New England Football League, 1994– Northeastern Football Alliance, 1997– Rocky Mountain Football League, 1997– Central Football League, 1999– Maritime Football League, 2002– Minor League Football Association, 2003– Big Northeast Football Federation 2007– Florida Football Alliance, 2007– Oklahoma Metro Football League, 2007– Regional American Football League 2007– Five Star Football League 2010– Gridiron Developmental Football League 2010– Atlantic Football Association, 2011– Atlantic Coast Football Alliance, 2009– [1]– Amateur to Professional Developmental Football League, 2017– The Spring League, 2017– East Coast Football Alliance, 2011– American 7s Football League, 2014[2]–
Collegiate and amateur leagues:
National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1906– National Federation of State High School Associations, 1920– California Community College Athletic Association, 1929– Collegiate Sprint Football League, 1934– National Junior College Athletic Association, 1938– National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, 1940– Intercollegiate Club Football Federation, 2010– Canadian Junior Football League, 1890– National Capital Amateur Football Association, 1955– U Sports, 1961– ONEFA: Organización Nacional Estudiantil de Fútbol Americano, 1928– CONADEIP: Comisión Nacional Deportiva Estudiantil de Instituciones Privadas, 2010–
Women's leagues:
Independent Women's Football League, 2000– Maritime Women's Football League, 2004– Football Xtremo Femenil, 2006– Legends Football League, 2009–
- Originally known as the Lingerie Football League from 2009 to 2013.
Women's Football Alliance, 2009– United States Women's Football League, 2010– Asociación de Football Femenil Equipado, 2010– Western Women's Canadian Football League, 2011– Women's Arena Football League, 2012– Liga Mexicana de Football Lingerie, 2012– Pretty Girls Football League, 2012– Liga Iberoamericana de Bikini Football, 2012– Women's Football League, 2015–[3]
Planned leagues in North America
XFL, Begins in 2020 Alliance of American Football, Begins in 2019 - National Gridiron League (indoor), proposed to begin in 2019
Historical leagues in North America
Major outdoor leagues:
- Known as the Western Pennsylvania Senior Independent Football Conference from 1920s onward.
National Football League (1902) and the World Series of Pro Football, 1902–1903 Ohio Independent Championship (Ohio League), 1903–19196 New York Pro Football League, c. 1913–19206 American Football League, 1926, 1936–1937, 1940–1941, and 1960–19692 (all unrelated, four separate leagues) All-America Football Conference, 1946–19491 World Football League, 1974–1975 United States Football League, 1983–1985 XFL, 2001 United Football League, 2009–2012
Minor outdoor leagues
Anthracite League (1924) / Eastern League of Professional Football (1926) American Football League, 1934 Midwest Football League, 1935–1937, became American Professional Football Association in 1938, American Football League in 1939 Dixie League, 1936–1947 – originally South Atlantic Football Association American Association 1936–1941/American Football League 1946–19503 American Football League, 1938–19394 Pacific Coast Professional Football League, 1940–1948 American Football League, 19445 United Football League, 1961–1964 Atlantic Coast Football League, 1962–1971, 1973 Continental Football League, 1965–1969 North American Football League, 1965–1966 Seaboard Football League, 1971–1974 American Football Association, 1978–1983 International Football League, 1984[4] Professional Spring Football League, 1992 Regional Football League, 1999 International Football Federation, 2000 Spring Football League, 2000 Southern States Football League, 2001–2009 United Football League, 2009–2012 Stars Football League, 2011–2013 Fall Experimental Football League, 2014–2015 - 1: Two teams now in NFL
- 2: Agreed to merger with the NFL in 1966, with merger completed in 1970
- 3: American Association suspended operations for duration of U.S. involvement in World War II; in 1946 the AA was renamed American Football League
- 4: Known as the American Professional Football Association in 1938; renamed American Football League in 1939; dissolution after 1939 season caused by formation of 1940–1941 AFL major league
- 5: Merged with PCPFL in 1945
- 6: Informal association of teams
Indoor leagues
Professional Indoor Football League, 1998–2000 (Bought out by Af2 in 2001) Indoor Football League, 1999–2000 (Bought out by Af2 in 2001;not related to the Indoor Football League that began play in 2009) Indoor Professional Football League, 1999–2001 Arenafootball2 (af2), 2000–2009 (assets acquired in the same transaction as that noted above for Arena Football League) National Indoor Football League, 2001–2007 American Professional Football League, 2003–2013 Intense Football League, 2004–2008 (merged into current incarnation of the Indoor Football League) United Indoor Football, 2005–2008 (merged into current incarnation of the Indoor Football League) American Indoor Football, 2005–2010, 2012–2016 Continental Indoor Football League, 2006–2014 Eastern Indoor Football League, 2007 World Indoor Football League, 2007 Southern Indoor Football League, 2008–2011 (teams divided into either the Lone Star Football League, the Professional Indoor Football League, or American Indoor Football) Ultimate Indoor Football League, 2011–2014 Lone Star Football League, 2012–2014 Professional Indoor Football League, 2012–2015 Champions Professional Indoor Football League, 2013–2014 X-League Indoor Football, 2014–2015
Collegiate and amateur leagues
Texas Sixman Football League, 1999–2012
Women's leagues
Women's Professional Football League, 1999–2007 National Women's Football Association, 2000–2008 Women's American Football League, formed 2001, became the AFWL in 2002 American Football Women's League (AFWL), 2002 Women's Football Association, 2002–2003 Women's Football League, 2002–2007
Leagues outside North America
Current American football minor and semi professional leagues outside North America
Argentina - FAA Football Americano Argentina Bahamas - CAFL Commonwealth American Football League Brazil - CBFA Brasil Futebol Americano[5] Chile - FEDFACH Federación Deportiva Nacional de Fútbol Americano de Chile[6] Chile - LCFA Liga Chilena de Football Americano[7] Uruguay - LUFA Liga Uruguaya de Football Americano Costa Rica - FCFA Federación Costarricense de Futbol Americano Costa Rica - FEFACR Federacion de Futbol Americano de Costa Rica Colombia - FECOFA Federación Colombiana de Football Americano[8] Ecuador - FFAE Federación de Football Americano - Ecuador El Salvador - SAAIF Salvadorian Association of American Intramural Football Guatemala - AGFA Asociación Guatemalteca de Football Americano Haiti - HAFF Haitian American Football Federation Honduras - FENAFAH Federación Nacional de Football Americano y Flag Football Honduras Peru - LIFA Liga Inka de Fútbol Americano
Europe - BIG6 BIG6 European Football League Europe - CL IFAF Europe Champions League Austria - AFL Austrian Football League Belgium - BFL Belgian Football League Croatia - HFL Hrvatska Football Liga Czech Republic - CLAF Česká Liga Amerického Fotbalu Denmark - NL National Ligaen Finland - VL Vaahteraliiga France - LEFA Ligue Élite de Football Américain Germany - GFL German Football League Hungary - HFL Hungarian Football League Ireland - IAFL Irish American Football League Iceland - ISAF Icelandic Organization for American Football Italy - IFL Italian Football League Moldova - AFAM Associatia de Fotbal American Montenegro - MAFA Montenegrin American Football Association Netherlands - AFBN AFBN Division One Norway - NAFF Norwegian American Football League Norway - Southside Football League Poland - PLFA Polish American Football League Poland - LFA Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego Portugal - LPFA Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Americano Romania - CNFA Campionatul Naţional de Fotbal American Russia - UAFR Russian American Football Championship Slovakia - SLAF Slovenská futbalová liga Slovenia - SNFL Slovenian Football League Serbia - NLS Nacionalna Liga Srbije Spain - LNFA Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano Sweden - Superserien Switzerland - NLA Nationalliga A Switzerland - NSFL Non Professional Swiss Romande American Football League Turkey - TAFL American Football First League of Turkey Ukraine - NFAFU National Federation of American Football of Ukraine United Kingdom - BAFANL BAFA National Leagues, 2010- United Kingdom - BUCS American Football National Championship (formerly BUAFL British Universities American Football League), 2007- / / / / / - CEFL Central European Football League / / / - NEFL Northern European Football League / / / - BSL Baltic Sea League
Asia:
Israel - IFL Israel Football League India - EFLI Elite Football League of India Japan - X-League, 1996- Japan - Tokyo Football League, 1977?-1991 (Became the UFL in 1991) Japan - Urban Football League, 1991- Japan - Japan Private Football Federation, 1978- Kazakhstan - Central Asian American Football League South Korea - Korea American Football Association South Korea - SAFA Seoul American Football Association Philippines - PTFL Philippine Tackle Football League Philippines - AFDL American Football Developmental League Thailand - FAFA Flag and American Football Association China - BFFL Beijing Flag Football League China - AFLC American Football League of China China - CityBowl Alliance China - CAFL China Arena Football League 2016- Hong Kong - HKFFA Hong Kong Flag Football Association Taiwan - TAFFA Taiwan American Flag Football Association Indonesia - IFFA Indonesian Flag Football Association Malaysia - MAFFA Malaysia Flag Football Association
Australia - Gridiron Australia Australia - ACT Gridiron Australia - NSW Gridiron Football League Australia - Gridiron Queensland Australia - South Australian Gridiron Association Australia - Gridiron Victoria Australia - Gridiron West Australia - Australian Gridiron League Australia - Ladies Gridiron League New Zealand - New Zealand American Football Association New Zealand - Gridiron New Zealand
Defunct American football minor leagues around the world
- Australian American Football League 1984–1998 - Torneio Touchdown 2009–2015 / / - Continental Football League, 1965–1969 / / / / Intercontinental Football League - Intended to begin play in 1975, folded before first game[9] - BCAFL British Collegiate American Football League, 1985–2007 - BAFL British American Football League, 1987–2010 - ISAF Icelandic Society for American Football, 1988–1991 / / / / / International League of American Football - Intended to begin play in 1990, folded before first game[10] / / / / / World League of American Football/NFL Europe/NFL Europa, 1991–1992, 1995–2007 / / / / / Football League of Europe, 1994-1995 - National Gridiron League of Australia 1991–1995
See also
- International Federation of American Football (IFAF), international governing body for American football
- European Federation of American Football (EFAF)
- British American Football Association (BAFA)
- Association of Professional Football Leagues - compact of NFL and three minor leagues, 1946–1948
- List of professional sports leagues#Football: American and Canadian
- American-style football quarterback leaderboard
References
- ↑ http://www.acfafootball.net/
- ↑ http://www.a7fl.com/about-a7fl/
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/WFLoficial/about/
- ↑ http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121180/index.htm
- ↑ CBFA official website Archived 2014-01-17 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ FEDFACH (Chile) official site
- ↑ LCFA (Chile) official site
- ↑ Pagina Oficial FECOFA
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-12-18. Retrieved 2011-05-24. , Origins of the WLAF.
- ↑ International League Delays Debut; Football: ILAF cancels season that was to open next month in Europe, blaming lack of preparation time., The Los Angeles Times, March 1, 1990.
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