2024 German Football League

The 2024 German Football League season is the 45rd edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany.

2024 German Football League
LeagueGerman Football League
SportAmerican football
Duration11 May – 12 October
Number of teams15
Regular season

The regular season will start on 11 May and is expected to end on 8 September 2024, followed by the play-offs.[1] The season will be concluded with the GFL Bowl, which is planned to be held on 12 October 2024 in Essen.

Modus
Location of teams in the German Football League 2024

The league is divided in two conferences, north and south, and both conferences are divided in two divisions. During the regular season each club plays all other clubs in its division twice, home and away, and the teams of the other division of its conference once. In addition, each team plays one home and one away game against a team of the other conference, resulting in each team playing 12 regular season games.[2] Since in the southern conference there is one team missing, there are extra games.

The best four teams in each conference qualify for the play-offs where, in the quarter finals, teams from opposite conferences play each other, whereby the better placed teams have home field advantage. The first placed team plays the fourth placed from the other conference and the second placed the third placed team. From the semi-finals onwards teams from the same conference can meet again.[1]

The eighth placed team in the northern conference enters a two-leg play-off with the winner of the respective conference of the German Football League 2, the second tier of the league system in Germany. The winner of this contest qualifies for the GFL for the following season.[1]

League tables

GFL

The league tables of the two GFL divisions:

North
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT
1 Potsdam Royals 4 4 0 244 64 +180 1.000
2 Dresden Monarchs 3 3 0 81 25 +56 1.000
3 Hildesheim Invaders 5 4 1 187 178 +9 .800
4 Berlin Adler 5 3 2 139 179 −40 .600
5 Paderborn Dolphins 5 2 3 102 158 −56 .400
6 Berlin Rebels 5 2 3 129 192 −63 .400
7 Kiel Baltic Hurricanes 4 1 3 81 113 −32 .250
8 New Yorker Lions 4 1 3 52 62 −10 .250
Updated to match(es) played on 16 June 2024. Source: GFL.info, football-aktuell.de

South
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT
1 Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 3 3 0 144 95 +49 1.000
2 Allgäu Comets 3 2 1 145 116 +29 .667
3 Munich Cowboys 3 2 1 69 53 +16 .667
4 Straubing Spiders 4 2 2 82 72 +10 .500
5 Saarland Hurricanes 5 1 4 152 197 −45 .200
6 Ravensburg Razorbacks 5 1 4 125 158 −33 .200
7 Kirchdorf Wildcats 4 0 4 44 114 −70 .000
Updated to match(es) played on 15 June 2024. Source: GFL.info, football-aktuell.de

GFL2

The league tables of the two GFL2 divisions:

GFL2 North
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT
1 Rostock Griffins 3 3 0 108 35 +73 1.000
2 Langenfeld Longhorns 4 4 0 113 62 +51 1.000
3 Düsseldorf Panther 3 2 1 58 23 +35 .667
4 Hamburg Pioneers 3 2 1 111 106 +5 .667
5 Cottbus Crayfish 1 0 1 43 48 −5 .000
6 Lübeck Cougars 2 0 2 35 70 −35 .000
7 Oldenburg Knights 2 0 2 13 55 −42 .000
8 Bielefeld Bulldogs 4 0 4 58 140 −82 .000
Updated to match(es) played on 16 June 2024. Source: gflstats.info, football-aktuell.de
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage, 2) Head-to-head results

GFL2 South
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD PCT
1 Pforzheim Wilddogs 1 1 0 13 12 +1 1.000
2 Montabaur Fighting Farmers 3 2 1 91 55 +36 .667
3 Regensburg Phoenix 3 2 1 60 43 +17 .667
4 Gießen Golden Dragons 2 1 1 19 57 −38 .500
5 Fursty Razorbacks 3 1 2 48 41 +7 .333
6 Albershausen Crusaders 2 0 2 29 52 −23 .000
Updated to match(es) played on 15 June 2024. Source: gflstats.info, football-aktuell.de
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage, 2) Head-to-head results

References
  1. "GFL Spielplan – GFL". www.gfl.info (in German). Retrieved 20 March 2024.
  2. "Neuer Spielplan für die ERIMA GFL 2024" (in German). 15 February 2024. Retrieved 20 March 2024.
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