The German Football League (GFL) is the elite league for American football in Germany.
The GFL is divided into north and south conferences, each with six teams. In each
conference, every team will play each other twice, both at home and away. Each team
also plays home and away "inter conference games" against the team from the
opposing conference that finished the previous season with the same rank, so that the
regular season covers 12 games. At the end of the regular season, the top four teams
from each conferences enter the playoffs, to determine the German championship. The
winner of each conference plays against the fourth place team from the opposing
conference and the runner-up against the third place team. The final is called the
German Bowl.
Year
Champion
Opponent
Result
1979
Frankfurter Löwen
Ansbach Grizzlies
14 - 8
1980
Frankfurter Löwen
Ansbach Grizzlies
21 - 12
1981
Ansbach Grizzlies
Frankfurter Löwen
27 - 6
1982
Ansbach Grizzlies
Cologne Crocodiles
12 - 6
1983
Düsseldorf Panther
Ansbach Grizzlies
22 - 7
1984
Düsseldorf Panther
Ansbach Grizzlies
14 - 7
1985
Ansbach Grizzlies
Düsseldorf Panther
14 - 7
1986
Düsseldorf Panther
Ansbach Grizzlies
27 - 14
1987
Berlin Adler
Badener Greifs
37 - 12
1988
Red Barons Cologne
Düsseldorf Panther
25 - 20
1989
Berlin Adler
Red Barons Cologne
30 - 23
1990
Berlin Adler
Cologne Crocodiles
50 - 38
1991
Berlin Adler
Cologne Crocodiles
22 - 21
1992
Düsseldorf Panther
Munich Cowboys
24 - 23
1993
Munich Cowboys
Cologne Crocodiles
42 - 36
1994
Düsseldorf Panther
Berlin Adler
27 - 17
1995
Düsseldorf Panther
Hamburg Blue Devils
17 - 10
1996
Hamburg Blue Devils
Düsseldorf Panther
31 - 12
1997
Braunschweig Lions
Cologne Crocodiles
26 - 23
1998
Braunschweig Lions
Hamburg Blue Devils
20 - 14
1999
Braunschweig Lions
Hamburg Blue Devils
25 - 24
2000
Cologne Crocodiles
Braunschweig Lions
31 - 29
2001
Hamburg Blue Devils
Braunschweig Lions
31 - 13
2002
Hamburg Blue Devils
Braunschweig Lions
16 - 13
2003
Hamburg Blue Devils
Braunschweig Lions
37 - 36
2004
Berlin Adler
Braunschweig Lions
10 - 7
2005
Braunschweig Lions
Hamburg Blue Devils
31 - 28
2006
Braunschweig Lions
Marburg Mercenaries
31 - 13
2007
Braunschweig Lions
Stuttgart Scorpions
27 - 6
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(north and south), each with 8 teams. The top two teams from each conference will play in a relegation game
against the last place teams from each conference in the GFL. If a 2nd Bundesliga team defeats a GFL team in
relegation play, they will move up to the GFL and the GFL team will move down to the 2nd Bundesliga.

There are also lower division leagues such as: Regionalliga, Oberliga, Oberliga NRW, Verbandliga, Verbandliga
NRW, Verbandliga Bayern, Landisliga, Landisliga NRW.
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