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, 1958–

Formed from Interprovincial Rugby Football Union and Western Interprovincial Football Union.

• Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional,LFA, México 2016

Professional arena/indoor leagues:

• Arena Football League, 1987–2008, 2010–
• American Indoor Football, 2005–2010, 2012–
• Indoor Football League, 2009–
• Champions Indoor Football, 2015–

Semi-professional leagues:

• Northern Football Conference, 1954–
• Empire Football League, 1969–
• Alberta Football League, 1984–
• Mid Continental Football League, 1992–
• 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–
• East Coast Football Alliance, 2011–

Collegiate and amateur leagues:

• Canadian Junior Football League, 1890–
• National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1906–
• Collegiate Sprint Football League, 1934–
• National Junior College Athletic Association, 1938–
• National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, 1940–
• National Capital Amateur Football Association, 1955–
• Canadian Interuniversity Sport, 1961–
• Quebec Junior Football League, 1970–
• Canadian Colleges Athletic Association, 1974–
• ONEFA: Organización Nacional Estudiantil de Fútbol Americano, 1928–
• CONADEIP: Comisión Nacional Deportiva Estudiantil de Instituciones Privadas, 2010–
• Intercollegiate Club Football Federation, 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–
• Women's Spring 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–

Historical leagues in North America

Major outdoor leagues:

• Western Pennsylvania Professional Football Circuit, 1892–1940⁶

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

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^[1]
• 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, 2011–13
• 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

• Champions Professional Indoor Football League, 2013–2014
• Lone Star Football League, 2012–2014
• Arenafootball2 (af2), 2000–2009 (assets acquired in the same transaction as that noted above for Arena Football League)
• American Professional Football League, 2003–2013
• Professional Indoor Football League, 2012–2015
• 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
• National Indoor Football League, 2001–2007
• Intense Football League, 2004–2008 (merged into current incarnation of the Indoor Football League)
• American Indoor Football Association, 2005–2010 (partially merged into Southern Indoor Football League and now formed into the American Indoor Football 2012)
• United Indoor Football, 2005-2008 (merged into current incarnation of the Indoor Football League)
• 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 current Professional Indoor Football League, or the American Indoor Football)
• Ultimate Indoor Football League, 2011–14
• Continental Indoor Football League, 2006–14
• X-League Indoor Football, 2014–15

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 of North America

Central and South America:

•  Argentina - FAA Football Americano Argentina
•  Bahamas - CAFL Commonwealth American Football League
•  Brazil - Torneio Touchdown^[2]
•  Brazil - CBFA Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Americano^[3]
•  Chile - FEDFACH Federación Deportiva Nacional de Fútbol Americano de Chile^[4]
•  Chile - LCFA Liga Chilena de Football Americano^[5]
•  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 - IFAF Member^[6]
•  Colombia - FECOFA Federación Colombiana de Football Americano^[7]
•  El Salvador - SAAIF Salvadorian Association of American Intramural Football - IFAF Member^[8]
•  Guatemala - AGFA Asociación Guatemalteca de Football Americano - IFAF Member
•  Honduras - FENAFAH Federación Nacional de Football Americano y Flag Football Honduras

Europe:

•  Europe - BIG6 BIG6 European Football League
•  Europe - EFL European Football League
•  Europe - CL IFAF Europe Champions League
•  Austria - AFL Austrian Football League
•  Belgium - BFL Belgian Football League
•  Croatia - CFL Croatian Football League
•  Czech Republic - CLAF Česká Liga Amerického Fotbalu
•  Denmark - DAFF Danish American Football Federation
•  Finland - VL Vaahteraliiga
•  France - LEFA Ligue Élite de Football Américain
•  Germany - GFL German Football League
•  Hungary - MAFL Magyarországi Amerikai Futballcsapatok Ligája
•  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
•  Portugal - LPFA Liga Portuguesa de Futebol Americano (Portuguese American Football League)
•  Romania - Romanian Championship of American Football
•  Russia - UAFR Russian American Football Championship
•  Slovakia - SLAF Slovenská futbalová liga
•  Slovenia - SNFL Slovenian National Football League
•  Serbia - NLS Nacionalna Liga Srbije
•  Spain - LNFA Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano
•  Sweden - Superserien
•   Switzerland - NLA Nationalliga A - 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-
•  Austria/ Serbia/ Slovenia - CEFL Central European Football League
•  Latvia/ Estonia/ Belarus - BSL Baltic Sea League

Asia:

•  Israel - IFL Israeli 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 - CAFL China American 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

Oceania:

•  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
•  New Zealand - American Football Wellington

Defunct American football minor leagues around the world

• - Australian American Football League 1984- May 1998
• // - 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, 1995-2006, 2007
• ///// Football League of Europe, 1994-1995
• - National Gridiron League of Australia January 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

1. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1121180/index.htm
2. Torneio Touchdown official website
3. CBFA official website
4. FEDFACH (Chile) official site
5. LCFA (Chile) official site
6. FEFACR Official Site
7. Pagina Oficial FECOFA
8. SAAIF Official Site
9. , Origins of the WLAF.
10. 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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