The Football League of Europe (FLE) was an Europe

Europe

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an semi-professional American football

American football

American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

 league. It was founded in 1994, renamed 1995 in American Football League of Europe (AFLE) and dissolved after the 1995 season. The trophy given annually to the FLE champions was the Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe

Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe * Gerasimo and Whiteley. pg. 28 * americaslibrary.gov, accessed April 23, 2007. was an American athlete of mixed ancestry...

 Trophy.

History

The league was founded in 1994 under the leadership of the German team Hamburg Blue Devils

Hamburg Blue Devils

The Hamburg Blue Devils are an American football team in Hamburg, Germany. The Blue Devils are one of the most successful American football clubs in Germany, having won four German Bowls as well as three Eurobowls...

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1994 season

8 European teams competing for the first season.

North Conference

• Berlin Bears
• Hamburg Blue Devils
  Hamburg Blue Devils
  The Hamburg Blue Devils are an American football team in Hamburg, Germany. The Blue Devils are one of the most successful American football clubs in Germany, having won four German Bowls as well as three Eurobowls...
  
  
• Helsinki Roosters
  Helsinki Roosters
  Helsinki Roosters is an American Football team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team plays in the Vaahteraliiga in Finland and their home field is the Helsinki Velodrome.- National Champions :...
  
  
• Stockholm Nordic Vikings

Central Conference

• Amsterdam Crusaders
  Amsterdam Crusaders
  The Amsterdam Crusaders are an American Football club from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Together with the Rotterdam Trojans and Alphen Eagles, Amsterdam Crusaders are the oldest surviving Dutch American Football club.-Beginnings:...
  
  
• Frankfurt Gamblers
• Great Britain Spartans
• Munich Thunder

The championship games was held in front of 18,000 spectators in Hamburg's Volksparkstadion. The Stockholm Nordic Vikings defeated the host Hamburg Blue Devils with 43:35.

1995 season

With the move of the Hamburg Blue Devils into the German Football League

German Football League

The German Football League is the elite league for American football in Germany. Playing rules are based on those of the American NCAA....

 after the 1994 season the league had lost their flagship team. Three other teams resign to start in the league named now American Football League of Europe.

• Amsterdam Crusaders
  Amsterdam Crusaders
  The Amsterdam Crusaders are an American Football club from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Together with the Rotterdam Trojans and Alphen Eagles, Amsterdam Crusaders are the oldest surviving Dutch American Football club.-Beginnings:...
  
  
• Bergamo Lions
  Bergamo Lions
  The Bergamo Lions is an American football team from Bergamo, Italy. They won the Eurobowl in 2000, 2001 and 2002, while losing to the Chrysler Vikings in the finals of 2004 and 2005. In Italy they have been unbeaten since 1998...
  
  
• Frankfurt Knights
• Great Britain Spartans
• Stockholm Nordic Vikings

The championship games won the Stockholm Nordic Vikings against the Bergamo Lions with 14:0.