2024 German Football League

2024 German Football League
League	German Football League
Sport	American football
Duration	11 May – 12 October
Number of teams	15
Regular season
GFL North champions	Potsdam Royals
GFL South champions	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
GFL seasons
← 2023 2025 →

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

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

Adler

Rebels

Lions

Monarchs

Invaders

Baltic Hurricanes

Dolphins

Royals

Comets

Wildcats

Cowboys

Razorbacks

Hurricanes

Unicorns

Spiders

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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:

GFL North

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Potsdam Royals	12	12	0	733	136	+597	1.000	Qualification to play-offs
2	Dresden Monarchs	12	10	2	363	156	+207	.833
3	New Yorker Lions	12	7	5	252	215	+37	.583
4	Hildesheim Invaders	12	7	5	398	357	+41	.583
5	Berlin Rebels	12	6	6	301	387	−86	.500
6	Kiel Baltic Hurricanes	12	5	7	312	276	+36	.417
7	Paderborn Dolphins	12	5	7	188	355	−167	.417
8	Berlin Adler	12	0	12	0	432	−432	.000	Relegation play-offs to GFL2

Source: GFL.info, football-aktuell.de

GFL South

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	PCT	Qualification or relegation
1	Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns	12	9	3	367	319	+48	.750	Qualification to play-offs
2	Ravensburg Razorbacks	12	7	5	351	315	+36	.583
3	Straubing Spiders	12	7	5	294	238	+56	.583
4	Allgäu Comets	12	6	6	385	458	−73	.500
5	Munich Cowboys	12	5	7	254	273	−19	.417
6	Saarland Hurricanes	12	3	9	301	390	−89	.250
7	Kirchdorf Wildcats	12	1	11	173	365	−192	.083

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	Qualification or relegation
1	Düsseldorf Panther	10	9	1	339	116	+223	.900	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Rostock Griffins	10	8	2	372	212	+160	.800
3	Hamburg Pioneers	10	7	3	326	286	+40	.700
4	Langenfeld Longhorns	10	5	5	293	256	+37	.500
5	Lübeck Cougars	10	3	7	211	275	−64	.300
6	Oldenburg Knights	10	3	7	174	313	−139	.300
7	Bielefeld Bulldogs	10	3	7	224	300	−76	.300	Relegation to Regionalliga
8	Cottbus Crayfish	10	2	8	248	429	−181	.200

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	Qualification or relegation
1	Pforzheim Wilddogs	10	9	1	332	165	+167	.900	Qualification to promotion play-off
2	Montabaur Fighting Farmers	10	8	2	253	219	+34	.800
3	Regensburg Phoenix	10	6	4	199	131	+68	.600
4	Gießen Golden Dragons	10	3	7	123	261	−138	.300
5	Fursty Razorbacks	10	2	8	136	180	−44	.200
6	Albershausen Crusaders	10	2	8	114	201	−87	.200

Source: gflstats.info, football-aktuell.de
Rules for classification: 1) Winning percentage, 2) Head-to-head results

Postseason

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

GFL Bowl

N1

Potsdam Royals

84

S4

Allgäu Comets

20

Potsdam Royals

25

New Yorker Lions

6

S2

Ravensburg Razorbacks

14

N3

New Yorker Lions

45

Potsdam Royals

27

Dresden Monarchs

21

N2

Dresden Monarchs

35

S3

Straubing Spiders

6

Dresden Monarchs

27

Hildesheim Invaders

13

S1

Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns

28

N4

Hildesheim Invaders

31

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.

External links

• Official GFL website (in German)