AFC North

The AFC North is one of the four divisions of the American Football Conference (AFC). Alongside the National Football Conference (NFC), the AFC is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL). These two conferences are geographically divided into four divisions according to the four cardinal points. The AFC and NFC are not divided according to geographic location. The New York Giants play in the NFC and the New York Jets , which even use the same home stadium as the Giants, play in the AFC.

The AFC North was founded in 1967 as the NFL Century Division as part of the division of the NFL into four divisions . However, in 1970, when the NFL was split into NFC and AFC, it was renamed AFC Central . When the NFL expanded to 32 teams in 2002, there was another team reorganization and the AFC North got its current name. It is the only AFC division that emerged from one of the 1967 NFL divisions.

Members

The following teams are currently represented in the AFC North:

team	City / region	Stadion	Founded	Joining the NFL	Head coach	owner
Baltimore Ravens	Baltimore , MD	M&T Bank Stadium	Feb 9, 1996	1996	John Harbaugh	Steve Bisciotti
Cincinnati Bengals	Cincinnati , OH	Paul Brown Stadium	May 23, 1967 (AFL)	1970	Zac Taylor	Mike Brown
Cleveland Browns	Cleveland , OH	FirstEnergy Stadium	June 4, 1944 (AAFC)	1950	Kevin Stefanski	Jimmy Haslam
Pittsburgh Steelers	Pittsburgh , PA	Heinz Field	July 8, 1933	1933	Mike Tomlin	Dan Rooney

It was founded with the Houston Oilers (now the Tennessee Titans), the Browns, Bengals and Steelers. The Steelers are the only team that has belonged to this division without interruption since 1967, because the other teams either played in other divisions in the meantime, were only founded later or, as in the case of the Browns, temporarily no longer existed.

Teams that were temporarily represented in the AFC North are: Houston Oilers / Tennessee Oilers / Tennessee Titans (1970-2002) and the Jacksonville Jaguars (1995-2002).

Play-off statistics

Statistics up to and including 2019

team	Division championships	Year (s)	Play-off participation	AFC Championships	Super Bowl victories
Pittsburgh Steelers	23	1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016, 2017	31	8th	6th
Cincinnati Bengals	9	1970, 1973, 1981, 1988, 1990, 2005, 2009, 2013, 2015	14th	2	0
Cleveland Browns	9	1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989	24	0	0
Baltimore Ravens	6th	2003, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019	12	2	2

Individual evidence

^ History: History of NFL franchises, 1920-present . Profootballhof.com. Retrieved December 20, 2010.
↑ ^a ^b During the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy in 1996, the NFL stopped the Cleveland Browns' gaming operations. In 1996 the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore. Cleveland and Baltimore have agreed that the Baltimore Ravens joined the NFL as a new team in 1996 and the Cleveland Browns are a franchise founded in 1946, which ceased operations between 1996 and 1998 and was again active in the NFL in 1999.

[1] History: History of NFL franchises, 1920-present . Profootballhof.com. Retrieved December 20, 2010.

[relocation-2] During the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy in 1996, the NFL stopped the Cleveland Browns' gaming operations. In 1996 the Cleveland Browns moved to Baltimore. Cleveland and Baltimore have agreed that the Baltimore Ravens joined the NFL as a new team in 1996 and the Cleveland Browns are a franchise founded in 1946, which ceased operations between 1996 and 1998 and was again active in the NFL in 1999.