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German Football League
The German Football League (GFL) is an American football league in Germany and was formed in 1979. Playing rules are based on those of the American NCAA. In 1999, the league switched its name from ''American-Football-Bundesliga'' to ''German Football League''.Geschichte AFVD website, accessed: 29 December 2010 In terms of attendance figures, cumulative salaries paid by teams, performance in international exhibition games and competitions and ability to draw foreign talent, the GFL is arguably the strongest national league in Europe. League set-up 
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Dresden Monarchs
The Dresden Monarchs are an American football team from Dresden, Germany. They have been a member of the first tier German Football League since 2002 and play in its Northern Division. They are the reigning champion after having won German Bowl XLII. The club reached the German Bowl for the first time in 2013, where it lost to the Braunschweig Lions by a single point. The 2021 season saw their first division title in the first tier German Football League when they placed first in the North Division with a record of nine victories, one defeat in the regular season. In German Bowl XLII the Monarchs defeated the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 28–19 to claim their first ever title. History Starting out The Dresden Monarchs were formed in January 1992 and entered in the ''Aufbauliga Ost'' the following year, the lowest possible league in the region. The ''Monarchs'', in the following years, gradually worked their way up through the league system, winning the league they played in every ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Football Association Of Germany
The American Football Association of Germany (german: American Football Verband Deutschland; AFVD) is the governing body of the sport of American football in Germany and the German Football League. Formed in 1982,Gründung des AFVD AFVD website- Formation of the association, accessed: 20 January 2011 the association oversees the German league system, the various s and the national selections. History The history of American football in Germany, outside the bases in the country, began in 1977, when the[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf Panther
The Düsseldorf Panther are an American football team from Düsseldorf, Germany. The club is the oldest extant American football club in Europe, having been formed on 1 May 1978.History Panthers website, accessed: 10 January 2010 The Panthers are one of the most successful American football clubs in Germany, having won six s as well as becoming the first-ever German team to win the in 1995. Having won its 15th '' Junior Bowl'' in 2010, the club has the most successful youth department in the sport in G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marburg Mercenaries
The Marburg Mercenaries are an American football team from Marburg, Germany. Internationally, the club's greatest success came in 2005, when it won the EFAF Cup, followed by a losing appearance in the Eurobowl in 2007. Domestically, the team's greatest achievement was to reach the 2006 German Bowl, where the team lost to the Braunschweig Lions. History The Marburg Mercenaries were formed in 1991 under the official name of AFV Marburg Mercenaries e.V..Geschichte Marburg Mercenaries website - Club history, accessed: 16 January 2011 The club entered competitive league football in the following year, playing in the tier-five ''Verbandsliga Hessen'', a regional league in its home state of . The ''Mercenaries'' gradual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braunschweig Lions
The New Yorker Lions are an American Football team from Braunschweig, Germany. Until late 2010, the team was known as the Braunschweig Lions.NEW YORKER wird neuer Namensgeber der Lions www.newyorker-lions.de, published: 20 March 2011, accessed: 31 March 2011 Under this name, the Lions became the most successful American football club in Germany, winning seven s as well as two s. From 1997 to 2008, the team played in twelve consecutive German Bowls. After a number of less successful years the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is to score more goals than the opposition by moving the ball beyond the goal line into a rectangular framed goal defended by the opposing side. Traditionally, the game has been played over two 45 minute halves, for a total match time of 90 minutes. With an estimated 250 million players active in over 200 countries, it is considered the world's most popular sport. The game of association football is played in accordance with the Laws of the Game, a set of rules that has been in effect since 1863 with the International Football Association Board (IFAB) maintaining them since 1886. The game is played with a football that is in circumference. The two teams compete to get the ball into the other team's goal (between the posts and under ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Language
English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots, and then closest related to the Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is genealogically West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by dialects of France (about 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvaeonic) dialects brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century and further mutated by Norse-speaking Viking settlers starting in the 8 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne
Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 million people in the urban region. Centered on the left (west) bank of the Rhine, Cologne is about southeast of NRW's state capital Düsseldorf and northwest of Bonn, the former capital of West Germany. The city's medieval Catholic Cologne Cathedral (), the third-tallest church and tallest cathedral in the world, constructed to house the Shrine of the Three Kings, is a globally recognized landmark and one of the most visited sights and pilgrimage destinations in Europe. The cityscape is further shaped by the Twelve Romanesque churches of Cologne, and Cologne is famous for Eau de Cologne, that has been produced in the city since 1709, and "cologne" has since come to be a generic term. Cologne was founded and established in Germanic Ubii ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Barons Cologne
The Red Barons Cologne were an American football team from Cologne, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 1988, when it won its sole German Bowl, followed by a losing appearance in the game in 1989. In 1991, the club disappeared from the German football scene, having been dissolved that year. History The Red Barons Cologne made their first appearance on the German football scene in 1982, having been formed on 16 April 1981 by seven studentsFalcons trauern um ihr erstes Ehrenmitglied Cologne Falcons website, published: 6 January 2009, accessed: 23 January 2011 when they joined the tier-two ''2nd Bundesliga''. The following year, the club entered the elite league of German football, the '' |
Badener Greifs
The Badener Greifs ( en, Baden Griffins) are an American football club from Karlsruhe, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 1987, when it reached the German Bowl but lost to the Berlin Adler.Bowls GFL website, accessed: 1 January 2011 History The club was formed in 1982 by a group of motor cycle enthusiasts.ClubBadener Greifs website, accessed: 11 January 2010 The Greifs began playing league football in 1983 and were promoted to the top-level of football in Germany in 1985, the ''American Football Bundesliga''. The club achieved its greatest success in 1987, when it lost the German Bowl to the Berlin Adler 37–12. The club experienced a golden era from 1986 to 1991, when it reached ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Düsseldorf
Düsseldorf ( , , ; often in English sources; Low Franconian and Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: ''Düsseldörp'' ; archaic nl, Dusseldorp ) is the capital city of North Rhine-Westphalia, the most populous state of Germany. It is the second-largest city in the state and the List of cities in Germany with more than 100,000 inhabitants, seventh-largest city in Germany, with a population of 617,280. Düsseldorf is located at the confluence of two rivers: the Rhine and the Düssel, a small tributary. The ''-dorf'' suffix means "village" in German (English cognate: ''thorp''); its use is unusual for a settlement as large as Düsseldorf. Most of the city lies on the right bank of the Rhine. Düsseldorf lies in the centre of both the Rhine-Ruhr and the Rhineland Metropolitan Region. It neighbours the Cologne Bonn Region to the south and the Ruhr to the north. It is the largest city in the German Low Franconian dialect area (closely related to Dutch language, Dutch). World's Most Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cologne Crocodiles
The Cologne Crocodiles are an American football team from Cologne, Germany. The club's greatest success came in 2000, when it won the German Bowl for the first and, so far, only time. Prior to this, the club had made five losing appearances in the championship game, stretching from 1982 to 1997. The club, a long-term member of the German Football League, became insolvent in 2003, folded and reformed. For a number of years after that it operated a youth department before fielding a senior team once more beginning in 2009.30 Jahre Cologne Crocodiles football-aktuell.de, published: 26 April 2010, accessed: 22 January 2011 History Early years The Cologne Crocodiles were formed in 1980, making it one of the oldest American football clubs i ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
