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In the 2005–06 offseason, the league changed its name to the American Indoor Football League, while nine expansion teams entered the league and a tenth (the Rome Renegades) joined from the National Indoor Football League. The 2006 season was marred by the folding of two teams, and the league used semi-pro teams to fill scheduling vacancies.
The league has operated continuously under the same name and corporate structure longer than any other current indoor football league. With the closure of the original Arena Football League in 2019, the IFL is the oldest active professional indoor football league in North America, and can trace its history to 2003 (as the Intense Football League).
The following is a list of Arena Football League (AFL) teams. The AFL was a professional indoor American football league based in the United States. The AFL started play with the 1987 season, featuring the Chicago Bruisers, the Denver Dynamite, the Pittsburgh Gladiators and the Washington Commandos.
United Indoor Football, 2005–2008 (merged into current incarnation of the Indoor Football League) American Indoor Football (AIF), 2005–2010, 2012–2016, 2024; Continental Indoor Football League, 2006–2014; World Indoor Football League, 2007; Southern Indoor Football League, 2008–2011 (teams divided into either the Lone Star Football ...
The Arena Football League (AFL) was a professional arena football league in the United States. It was founded in 1986, but played its first official games in the 1987 season, making it the third longest-running professional football league in North America after the Canadian Football League (CFL) and the National Football League (NFL) until the AFL closed in 2019.
The American Arena League (AAL) is a professional indoor football minor league that began playing in 2018. The league was initiated by a merger between Arena Pro Football (APF) and the Can-Am Indoor Football League (Can-Am), although the AAL only claimed the APF history after the former Can-Am founder left the league.
The 2024 American Indoor Football season was the twelfth season of American Indoor Football (AIF) and the first season after an eight-year hiatus. The league will play the season with six teams, including the last league champions Columbus Lions.
The American Indoor Football Alliance (AIFA) was a minor-professional American indoor football league based in the United States. [1] Teams' typical operating budget was $500,000 with a $90,000 payroll budget per season. Players were paid up to $200 per game, with a $25 bonus for participating in charity events within their local communities.