Regional League (American Football)

Regional league

sport	American football
Association	American Football Association Germany
League foundation	1985
Teams	47
Country countries	Germany
↑ GFL 2 ↓ Oberliga

The Regionalliga is the third highest German league for American Football , behind the GFL and the GFL 2 . It is divided into 6 divisions: North, East, West, Middle, Southwest and South.

history

The Regionalliga was founded in 1985 as an association league, where it was divided into two divisions, Middle and West. In 1991 it was divided into seven divisions, North, Middle 1, Middle 2, Bavaria 1, Bavaria 2, West 1 and West 2, and renamed the Regionalliga. In 1995 it was reduced to four divisions, South, West, Middle and Northeast. In 2004 the north-east was divided into north and east, which then resulted in five divisions. For the 2017 season, the Regionalliga Mitte was split into the Regionalliga He./RP/Saar and the Regionalliga BW. These were renamed Regionalliga Mitte and Südwest in the 2018 season. For the 2019 season, the regional leagues east and south were split into two seasons.

Teams

The following 47 teams are currently playing in the regional league (as of the 2020 season):

North	east		west
	North	south
Hamburg Blue Devils FFC Braunschweig II Hamburg Pioneers Bremerhaven Seahawks Ritterhude Badgers Oldenburg Knights Wolfsburg Blue Wings	Spandau Bulldogs Berlin Rebels II Cottbus Crayfish Berlin Bears Berlin Knights Berlin Thunderbirds	Magdeburg VG Jena Hanfrieds Erfurt Indigos Leipzig Lions Leipzig Hawks	Assindia Cardinals Paderborn Dolphins Bielefeld Bulldogs Bonn Gamecocks Cologne Falcons Aachen Vampires Gelsenkirchen Devils
center	southwest	south
		North	south
Montabaur Fighting Farmers Frankfurt Pirates Mainz Golden Eagles Bad Homburg Sentinels Kaiserslautern Pikes Trier Stampers	Albershausen Crusaders Stuttgart Silver Arrows Holzgerlingen Twister Karlsruhe Engineers Weinheim Longhorns Pforzheim Wilddogs Heilbronn Miners	Fursty Razorbacks Landsberg X-press Nuremberg Rams Würzburg Panthers	Munich Rangers Munich Cowboys II Burghausen Crusaders Passau Pirates

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Teams of the 3rd division accessed on May 2, 2019
2. ↑ Football History , accessed September 10, 2018.