List of leagues of American and Canadian football

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This is a list of current and defunct leagues of American football and Canadian football.

[edit] American football

[edit] List of current leagues in United States

Professional Major Leagues:

• National Football League, 1920-

Originally American Professional Football Conference, American Professional Football Association (1920-1921)

• United Football League, 2009-

Professional Arena/Indoor Leagues:

• American Professional Football League, 2003-
• American Indoor Football Association, 2005-
• Continental Indoor Football League, 2006-
• Indoor Football League, 2009-
• Southern Indoor Football League 2008-

Semi-Professional Leagues:

• Mid Continental Football League, 1992-
• North American Football League, 1996-
• Southern States Football League, 2001-
• Minor League Football Association, 2003-
• Rocky Mountain Football League, 1997-
• New England Football League, 1994-
• Empire Football League, 1969-
• Florida Football Alliance, 2007-
• Central Football League (US), 1999-
• Northeastern Football Alliance, 1997-
• Oklahoma Metro Football League, 2007-

Collegiate and Amateur Leagues:

• National Collegiate Athletic Association, 1906-
• National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, 1940-
• National Junior College Athletic Association, 1955?-

Women's leagues:

• Women's Professional Football League, 1999-
• National Women's Football Association, 2000-
• Independent Women's Football League, 2000-
• Women's Football League, 2002-
• Lingerie Football League, 2009-
• Women's Football Alliance, 2009-

[edit] Future leagues in the United States

Outdoor Professional Leagues:

• All-American Football League, starting spring 2010
• United National Gridiron League, starting spring 2010
• United States Football League, starting spring 2010

Indoor Professional Leagues:

• Arena Football 1, starting spring 2010

[edit] Historical leagues in United States

Major Outdoor Leagues:

• National Football League (1902) and the World Series of Pro Football, 1902-1903
• Ohio League, 1903-1919⁶
• New York Pro Football League, 1916-1920⁶
• All-America Football Conference, 1946-1949¹
• American Football League, 1926, 1936-1937, 1940-1941, and 1960-1969² (all unrelated, four separate leagues)
• World Football League, 1974-1975
• United States Football League, 1983-1985
• XFL, 2001

Minor Outdoor Leagues

• 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
• Continental Football League, 1965-1969
• Marstons Mills Football Club, 1999-2004
• North American Football League, 1965-1966
• Professional Spring Football League, 1992
• Regional Football League, 1999
• Spring Football League, 2000

• 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 league, direct predecessor to the NFL

Indoor Leagues

• Arena Football League, 1987-2008 (Might still continue)
• Arenafootball2 (af2), 2000–2009 (despite being AFL's minor league, it conducted its 2009 season; effectively disbanded when no team committed to play the 2010 season)
• Professional Indoor Football League, 1998
• Indoor Football League, 1999-2000 (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)
• United Indoor Football, 2005-2008 (merged into current incarnation of the Indoor Football League)
• Eastern Indoor Football League, 2007
• World Indoor Football League, 2007

Women's leagues

• Women's American Football League, formed 2001, became the AFWL in 2002
• American Football Women's League (AFWL), 2002
• Women's Football Association, 2002

[edit] List of current American football minor and semi professional leagues around the world

Mid and South America:

•  Argentina - FAA Football Americano Argentina
•  Bahamas - CAFL Commonwealth American Football League
•  Brazil - AFAB Associação de Futebol Americano do Brasil
•  Mexico - FMFA Federacion Mexicana de Futbol Americano
•  Mexico - ONEFA National Student Organization of American Football
•  Uruguay - UFL Uruguay Football League

Europe:

•  European Union - EFL European Football League
•  Austria - AFL Austrian Football League
•  Belgium - BFL Belgian Football League
•  Croatia - AFC American Football Croatia
•  Czech Republic - CAAF Ceske Asociace Americkeho Fotbalu
•  Denmark - DAFF Danish American Football Federation
•  Finland - VL Vaahteraliiga
•  France - Casque de diamant
•  Germany - GFL German Football League
•  Hungary - MAFL Magyarországi Amerikai Futballcsapatok Ligája
•  Ireland - IAFL Irish American Football League
•  Italy - IFL Italian Football League
•  Moldova - AFAM Associatia de Fotbal American
•  Netherlands - AFBN American Football Bond Nederland
•  Norway - NAFF Norway American Football Federation
•  Norway - Southside Football League
•  Poland - PLFA Polish American Football League
•  Portugal/ Spain - LNFA 2
•  Russia - UAFR Union of American Football of Russia
• ///// Central Europe/South-Eastern Europe - CEFL Central European Football League
•  Slovenia - ZANS Zveza za Ameriški Nogomet Slovenije
•  Serbia - SAFS Savez Americkog Fudbala Srbije
•  Spain - LNFA Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano
•  Sweden - SAFF Swedish American Football Federation
•  Switzerland - SAFV Schweizerischer American Football Verband- NSFL Non Professional Swiss Romand Americain Football League
•  Turkey - TAFL Turkish American Football League
•  Ukraine - UFAF Ukrainian Federation of American Football
•  United Kingdom - BAFL British American Football League, 1987-
•  United Kingdom - BUAFL British Universities American Football League, 2007-

Asia:

• Asia - AFAF Asian Federation of American Football
•  Israel - Israeli Football League
•  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-
•  South Korea - KAFA Korea American Football Association
•  South Korea - SAFA Seoul American Football Association
•  Thailand - FAFA Flag and American Football Association

Oceania:

•  Australia - ACT Gridiron
•  Australia - NSW Gridiron Football League
•  Australia - Gridiron Queensland
•  Australia - South Australian Gridiron Association
•  Australia - Gridiron Victoria
•  Australia - Gridiron West
•  New Zealand - New Zealand American Football Association
•  New Zealand - Gridiron New Zealand
•  New Zealand - American Football Wellington

[edit] List of defunct American football minor leagues around the world

• /// NFL Europa 1995-2007
• //// World League of American Football, 1991-1992
• Icelandic Society for American Football, 1988-1991
•  United Kingdom - BCAFL British Collegiate American Football League, 1985-2007

[edit] Canadian football

[edit] List of current leagues in Canada

Professional Outdoor Leagues:

• Canadian Football League, 1958-

Semi-pro:

• Alberta Football League, 1996-
• Maritime Football League, 1996-

Amateur:

• Canadian Interuniversity Sport
• Canadian Colleges Athletic Association
• Canadian Junior Football League
• Quebec Junior Football League
• Ontario Varsity Football League
• National Capital Amateur Football Association
• Football Canada

[edit] See also

• • IFAF International Federation of American Football, international governing body for American football
  • CFL Canadian Football League
  • EFAF European Federation of American Football
  • BAFA British American Football Association

• Association of Professional Football Leagues - compact of NFL and three minor leagues, 1946-1948

[edit] External links

• Extensive listing of Semi-Pro Football Leagues in the United States