NFL Europe is an American football league which operates in Europe. There are presently half a dozen teams inside the league: 5 depending in Germany and one in the Netherlands.

History
NFL Europe was originally founded in the spring of 1991 as the World League of American Football. A original WLAF was an American football league partially backed per National Football League and, like the todays NFL Europe, was a spring developmental league. Originally, a ascendent to NFL Europe experienced Tenner teams: vi Our contries teams, ternary European teams, & a single American team. A top 2 teams in a Globe League of U.s. Football met at the prevent of the year in the World Bowl.

A original WLAF was to a lesser degree popular inside the United States, & exclusively marginally additional therefore around Europe, & suspended operations in 1993 prior to the year. Notwithstanding, a National Football League still liked the idethe of a spring developmental league, & fallowing revamping itself into an solely European circuit, the World League was formed. Globe League, re-launched within 1995, consisted of a Trio existent European teams from either the original format besides when 3 recently teams. Inside 1998, the World League changed its name to NFL Europe.

A NFL Europe era has been beset by instability. A England Monarchs (antecedently a London Monarchs) were close down fallowing a 1998 season, being replaced per Berlin Thunder. Around 2002, the Barcelona Dragons became an official section of FC Barcelona, adopting a title FC Barcelona Dragons, however folded when the 2003 season when Barça dropped its sponsorship. a fresh German franchise, the Cologne Centurions, took the Dragons' place inside the league in 2004. A Scottish Claymores, one of the Ternary teams added to the league inside 1995, were besides discontinued by owning their replacements (Hamburg Sea Devils) being established for the 2005 season. By using this vary, presently 5 of a sextet teams come from either either Germany, by using 1 from the Netherlands, leading occasionally of the league's depreciator to refer to that when 'NFL Deutschland' or even 'NFL Germany'. German teams besides won 7 sequentially Championships between 1998 & 2004. When a sport of American football is relatively freshly to Europe, a apparent popularity of the league & the sport within Germany is, at this point, undeniable.

Players within NFL Europe come preponderantly assigned by NFL teams world health organization desire these immature, "developmental" players for extra game personal experience & coaching job. A expenses one players & their coaches when sleep in Europe come assumed per league.

System unique to NFL Europe involved assigning increasing point value to field goals according to length, & the requirement that at least a single streaming video player of European extraction participate inside at least each more series of downs.

Teams

World League of American Football (1991-1992)

U.S.
Birmingham Fire New York/New Jersey Knights Ohio Glory (Columbus, Ohio) (1992 only) Orlando Thunder Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks (1991 only) Sacramento Surge San Antonio Riders

Canada
Montreal Machine

Europe
Barcelona Dragons Frankfurt Galaxy London Monarchs

NFL Europe (1995-present)

Current teams
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Former teams
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