Competition snapshot
Country: 🇩🇪 Germany
Season window: 2026 season starts May 9; Football-Aktuell schedule currently lists fixtures from May through the GFL Bowl path.
Status: active
Tracked teams: 16
German Football League
Germany’s top American football league. Pigskin Europe now tracks GFL games/results for 2023-2026 using Football-Aktuell schedule archives, with official GFL team profile links/logos where verified.
League overview
German Football League is one of the main American football competitions connected to Germany. Pigskin Europe tracks it as a active league for 2026 season starts May 9; Football-Aktuell schedule currently lists fixtures from May through the GFL Bowl path., with 16 listed teams, source links, standings notes and related club pages. This page is built as a static reference so fans, clubs and search engines can find the league without relying on JavaScript.
Data notes
2026 regular-season table computed from imported scores on 2026-10-12. Explicit playoff and championship fixtures are excluded. League-specific tiebreakers may differ from the official table.
Standings
| # | Team | GP | W | L | T | Pct | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 515 | 177 | 338 |
| 2 |  Dresden Monarchs | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 452 | 153 | 299 |
| 3 |  Potsdam Royals | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0.917 | 583 | 79 | 504 |
| 4 |  Hildesheim Invaders | 11 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0.727 | 325 | 252 | 73 |
| 5 |  Pforzheim Wilddogs | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | 403 | 164 | 239 |
| 6 |  Ravensburg Razorbacks | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0.667 | 428 | 238 | 190 |
| 7 |  Düsseldorf Panther | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.500 | 265 | 290 | -25 |
| 8 |  Munich Cowboys | 12 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0.500 | 288 | 343 | -55 |
| 9 |  Regensburg Phoenix | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 0.417 | 265 | 348 | -83 |
| 10 |  Braunschweig Lions | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0.333 | 270 | 421 | -151 |
| 11 |  Kiel Baltic Hurricanes | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 0.250 | 184 | 376 | -192 |
| 12 |  Berlin Rebels | 11 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0.182 | 167 | 340 | -173 |
| 13 |  Saarland Hurricanes | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.167 | 196 | 484 | -288 |
| 14 |  Allgäu Comets | 12 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0.167 | 153 | 555 | -402 |
| 15 |  Straubing Spiders | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0.000 | 206 | 480 | -274 |
2026 regular-season table computed from imported scores on 2026-10-12. Explicit playoff and championship fixtures are excluded. League-specific tiebreakers may differ from the official table.
Current teams
Berlin Rebels
Team profile, results and map data.
Braunschweig Lions
Team profile, results and map data.
Dresden Monarchs
Team profile, results and map data.
Düsseldorf Panther
Team profile, results and map data.
Hildesheim Invaders
Team profile, results and map data.
Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
Team profile, results and map data.
Potsdam Royals
Team profile, results and map data.
Paderborn Dolphins
Team profile, results and map data.
Allgäu Comets
Team profile, results and map data.
Munich Cowboys
Team profile, results and map data.
Pforzheim Wilddogs
Team profile, results and map data.
Ravensburg Razorbacks
Team profile, results and map data.
Regensburg Phoenix
Team profile, results and map data.
Saarland Hurricanes
Team profile, results and map data.
Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
Team profile, results and map data.
Straubing Spiders
Team profile, results and map data.
Latest German Football League news
October 3, 2026 GFL Bowl: Dresden Monarchs 27–19 Potsdam Royals. Official GFL result; Dresden are the 2026 champions.
GFL 2026 preview: Potsdam’s crown, Hildesheim’s noise and a reform year with teeth
German Football League has a clear early shape around Hildesheim Invaders, Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns, Dresden Monarchs, with enough schedule left for the chasing pack to make a mess of everyone’s tidy predictions.
Regensburg Phoenix send a defensive warning before GFL Week 1
Regensburg beat Augsburg 7-0 in a preseason test, giving the new GFL South season one more team to watch before the May 9 kickoff.
Statistics coverage
Seasons in Pigskin data: 2023–2026.
Recent imported results
2026
Potsdam Royals @ Dresden Monarchs19-27 GFL BowlBerlin Rebels @ Allgäu Comets36-0 Pforzheim Wilddogs @ Dresden Monarchs7-36 Potsdam Royals @ Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns39-12 Allgäu Comets @ Berlin Rebels0-36 Munich Cowboys @ Dresden Monarchs14-61 Hildesheim Invaders @ Pforzheim Wilddogs8-21 Ravensburg Razorbacks @ Potsdam Royals21-48 Düsseldorf Panther @ Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns20-23 Hildesheim Invaders @ Berlin Rebels23-20 Sources
- https://gfl.info/teams/
- https://gfl.info/spiele/
- https://www.football-aktuell.de/cgi-bin/schedule.pl?rubrik=5010
- https://www.football-aktuell.de/cgi-bin/aschedule.pl?rubrik=5010&jahr=2023
- https://www.football-aktuell.de/cgi-bin/aschedule.pl?rubrik=5010&jahr=2024
- https://www.football-aktuell.de/cgi-bin/aschedule.pl?rubrik=5010&jahr=2025