GFL: German Football League 2023 – Update & New Schedule

| Allgau Comets | 05/19/2023

The German Football League kicks off this weekend as 15 teams look to hit the field in what many experts say is Europe’s best domestic league.  After many players, coaches, and fans seemed to flock to the ELF, the German Football League looks to continue building with new innovations for the 2023 season, introducing several new procedures for teams, including minimum standards and inter-conference play.

Learn more about all 15 teams in our previews below:

See our GFL North Preview here: 

See our GFL South Preview here:

The GFL’s New Minimum Standards:

In December, the ERIMA GFL board met and agreed on several necessary developments for the league. These standards go across multiple areas including social media, live streaming, and other organisation must-haves.

Last season the GFL expanded its media presence partnering with Sportdeutschland.TV for live streams. Christoph Wolk, the GFL’s head of finance, has also promised significant funds for the media communication of the GFL and its livestream production subsidiaries.

Overall, the league’s new requirements included s a total of 40 different specifications and requirements in the areas of playing field structure, appearance, match day organisation, live streaming, public relations and implementation of the corporate identity that teams will have to comply to in 2023.

2023 Features Interconference Play:

After 11 years without regular season games between the North and South, the GFL will have each team play an opponent from the opposing conference twice next season. The board highlighted exciting postseason matchups such as the Potsdam Royals and Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns playing  this Saturday at 17:00 CET.

“We’re looking forward to exciting IC games that are interesting for everyone involved,” says Jörg Dreßler, who is responsible for game operations on the GFL league board. “The offer of the Erima GFL for the fans and partners is thus expanded and upgraded.”

GFL Championship Game, Oct. 8 2022 Potsdam RB Karri Pajarinen looking for running room Photo: Manfred Loffler

2023 GFL Updated Schedule
Following the departure of the Cologne Crocodiles in late April the league scrambled to create a new schedule which can be found here:

Erima German Football League 2023 Schedule
Date Time Games
5/20 5:00 p.m Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns vs. Potsdam Royals
5/20 5:00 p.m Straubing Spiders vs. New York Lions Braunschweig
5/20 5:00 p.m Berlin Adler vs. Berlin Rebels
05/21 3:00 p.m Marburg Mercenaries vs. Dresden Monarchs
05/21 3:00 p.m Paderborn Dolphins vs Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
05/21 3:00 p.m Allgau Comets vs. Saarland Hurricanes
05/21 3:00 p.m ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg vs. Ingolstadt Dukes
05/27 3:00 p.m Berlin Rebels vs. Marburg Mercenaries
05/27 6:00 p.m New York Lions Braunschweig vs. Paderborn Dolphins
05/27 6:30 p.m Ingolstadt Dukes vs Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
03.06. 4:00 p.m Kiel Baltic Hurricanes vs. New York Lions Braunschweig
03.06. 4:00 p.m Potsdam Royals vs Paderborn Dolphins
03.06. 5:00 p.m Berlin Adler vs. Straubing Spiders
04.06. 3:00 p.m Dresden Monarchs vs Berlin Rebels
04.06. 3:00 p.m ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg vs. Allgäu Comets
04.06. 3:00 p.m Marburg Mercenaries vs. Munich Cowboys
10.06. 3:00 p.m Berlin Rebels vs Potsdam Royals
10.06. 3:00 p.m Straubing Spiders vs. ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg
10.06. 4:00 p.m Munich Cowboys vs. Saarland Hurricanes
10.06. 6:00 p.m New York Lions Braunschweig vs. Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
11.06. 3:00 p.m Paderborn Dolphins vs. Berlin Adler
06/17 4:00 p.m Potsdam Royals vs Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
06/17 4:00 p.m Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns vs. Ingolstadt Dukes
06/17 5:00 p.m Saarland Hurricanes vs Straubing Spiders
06/17 6:00 p.m Dresden Monarchs vs. Berlin Adler
06/18 3:00 p.m Paderborn Dolphins vs Berlin Rebels
06/18 3:00 p.m Allgau Comets vs. Munich Cowboys
06/18 3:00 p.m ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg vs. Marburg Mercenaries
24.06. 3:00 p.m Allgau Comets vs. Berlin Adler
24.06. 4:00 p.m Kiel Baltic Hurricanes vs. ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg
24.06. 4:00 p.m Munich Cowboys vs Straubing Spiders
24.06. 5:00 p.m Potsdam Royals vs. Dresden Monarchs
24.06. 5:00 p.m Saarland Hurricanes vs. Ingolstadt Dukes
25.06. 3:00 p.m New York Lions Braunschweig vs. Berlin Rebels
01.07./
02.07.		 TBD Kiel Baltic Hurricanes vs. Berlin Rebels
01.07. 3:00 p.m Dresden Monarchs vs Saarland Hurricanes
01.07. 5:00 p.m ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg vs. Paderborn Dolphins
01.07. 5:00 p.m Berlin Adler vs. Potsdam Royals
01.07. 6:30 p.m Ingolstadt Dukes vs Munich Cowboys
02.07. 3:00 p.m Marburg Mercenaries vs. Allgau Comets
02.07. 3:00 p.m Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns vs. Straubing Spiders
08.07. 3:00 p.m Allgau Comets vs Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
08.07. 3:00 p.m Straubing Spiders vs. Ingolstadt Dukes
08.07. 4:00 p.m Potsdam Royals vs. New York Lions Braunschweig
08.07. 4:00 p.m Munich Cowboys vs. Marburg Mercenaries
08.07. 5:00 p.m Berlin Adler vs. Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
08.07. 5:00 p.m Saarland Hurricanes vs. ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg
22.07. 3:00 p.m Allgäu Comets vs. ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg
22.07. 4:00 p.m Munich Cowboys vs. New York Lions Braunschweig
23.07. 3:00 p.m Marburg Mercenaries vs. Ingolstadt Dukes
07/29 4:00 p.m Kiel Baltic Hurricanes vs. Berlin Adler
07/29 5:00 p.m ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg vs. Munich Cowboys
07/29 5:00 p.m Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns vs. Saarland Hurricanes
07/29 6:30 p.m Ingolstadt Dukes vs Straubing Spiders
07/30 3:00 p.m Paderborn Dolphins vs Dresden Monarchs
07/30 3:00 p.m Allgau Comets vs. Marburg Mercenaries
05.08./
06.08.		 Berlin Rebels vs. Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
05.08. 3:00 p.m Dresden Monarchs vs. New York Lions Braunschweig
05.08. 3:00 p.m Straubing Spiders vs Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
05.08. 5:00 p.m Saarland Hurricanes vs. Marburg Mercenaries
06.08. 3:00 p.m Paderborn Dolphins vs Potsdam Royals
12.08./
13.08.		 New York Lions Braunschweig vs. Berlin Adler
08/12 3:00 p.m Berlin Rebels vs Paderborn Dolphins
08/12 4:00 p.m Kiel Baltic Hurricanes vs. Dresden Monarchs
08/12 4:00 p.m Munich Cowboys vs. Allgau Comets
08/12 5:00 p.m ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg vs Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns
08/12 6:30 p.m Ingolstadt Dukes vs Saarland Hurricanes
19.08./
20.08.		 Potsdam Royals vs. Munich Cowboys
19.08./
20.08.		 Berlin Rebels vs. Dresden Monarchs
19.08./
20.08.		 Straubing Spiders vs. Allgau Comets
26.08./
27.08.		 New York Lions Braunschweig vs. Allgau Comets
08/26 3:00 p.m Dresden Monarchs vs Potsdam Royals
08/26 5:00 p.m Saarland Hurricanes vs Berlin Rebels
08/26 5:00 p.m Berlin Adler vs. Paderborn Dolphins
08/26 5:00 p.m Schwabisch Hall Unicorns vs. Munich Cowboys
08/26 6:30 p.m Ingolstadt Dukes vs. Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
08/27 3:00 p.m Marburg Mercenaries vs. ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg
02.09. 3:00 p.m Berlin Rebels vs. New York Lions Braunschweig
02.09. 4:00 p.m Kiel Baltic Hurricanes vs Potsdam Royals
02.09. 5:00 p.m Berlin Adler vs. Dresden Monarchs
02.09. 5:00 p.m Schwaebisch Hall Unicorns vs. Marburg Mercenaries
02.09. 6:00 p.m Straubing Spiders vs. Saarland Hurricanes
03.09. 3:00 p.m Paderborn Dolphins vs Ingolstadt Dukes
09.09./
10.09.		 Potsdam Royals vs. Berlin Adler
09.09. 3:00 p.m Dresden Monarchs vs Paderborn Dolphins
09.09. 4:00 p.m Munich Cowboys vs. ifm Razorbacks Ravensburg
09.09. 5:00 p.m Saarland Hurricanes vs Schwabisch Hall Unicorns
09.09. 6:30 p.m Ingolstadt Dukes vs. Allgau Comets
10.09. 3:00 p.m New York Lions Braunschweig vs. Kiel Baltic Hurricanes
10.09. 3:00 p.m Marburg Mercenaries vs Straubing Spiders
23.09./
24.09.		 1st North vs. 4th South
23.09./
24.09.		 1st South vs. 4th North
23.09./
24.09.		 2nd North vs. 3rd South
23.09./
24.09.		 2nd South vs. 3rd North
30.09./
01.10.		 Winner QF vs. Winner QF
30.09./
01.10.		 Winner QF vs. Winner QF
14.10. 6:00 p.m Winner semi-finals vs. Winner semi-finals

 

Alex is a former NCAA and semi-pro American football player who is now located in London, where he works in digital marketing. His goal in writing for AFI is to stay involved with the game that has given him so much. Alex enjoys covering leagues and