National Football League (United States)

The National Football League (NFL) is the largest professional American football League of the United States. The competition consists of 32 teams spread across American cities and regions.

The NFL consists of two leagues, namely the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). Each League is further subdivided into four divisions (East, North, West and South), each of which are represented by four teams. During the regular season, usually from september to december, each team plays 16 games. At the end of the season playing the best six teams of each League against each other, in the form of a tournament, namely the play-offs. By Division, there is one winner. The best two teams also go outside of these four to the playoffs on a wild-card. First there is the wild-card weekend. Then play the wild-card winners against the numbers three and four of the League. The winners of this contest play against the numbers one and two of the competition.

The winner of the AFC then plays against the winner of the NFC in the NFL Championship game: the Super Bowl. This match will be played on a particular location, usually a city where an NFL team is housed. The week before, plays some from the AFC and NFC Pro Bowlplayers selected, which since 1979 in Honolulu, Hawaii is played.

Also in Europe there was a NFL League: NFL Europa. In this League played the European American football clubs, including the Amsterdam Admirals. On 29 June 2007, the NFL announced that NFL Europe was raised immediately.



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[hide] *1 Teams  ==Teams[ Edit] == Geographical location of the 32 NFL teamsBillsDolphinsPatriotsJetsRavensBengalsBrownsSteelersTexansColtsTitansBroncosChiefsRaidersChargersCowboysGiantsEaglesRedskinsBearsLionsPackersVikingsFalconsPanthersSaintsBuccaneersJaguarsCardinalsRams49ersSeahawksThere are 32 NFL teams. Each club is limited to 53 players during the regular season. Unlike Major League Baseball, Major League Soccer, National Basketball Associationand the National Hockey League, the League no Canadian teams because this country with the Canadian Football League has its own League.
 * 2 Rules
 * 3 see also
 * 4 external links

Most major cities in the us are home to an NFL team. The main exception is the second largest city of the country Los Angeles. TheWashington Redskins are the most lucrative NFL team and the most profitable sports team of the United States in General with an estimated value of $ 1.4 billion.

Since 2002 the following teams in the NFL coming from: ==Rules[ Edit] == The rules in the NFL are different than the rules in NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) or CFL (Canadian Football League). In Netherlands and Belgium is played according to the NCAA rules.