Israel Football League

Israel Football League
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 Israel Football League season
SportAmerican football
Founded2005
First season2007–2008
CommissionerNimrod Pintel
No. of teams8
Country Israel
Most recent
champion(s)
Tel Aviv Pioneers
(3rd title)
Most titlesJerusalem Lions
(4 titles)
Sponsor(s)Kraft Family
Official websiteisrael-football.co.il/ifl

The Israel Football League (IFL; Hebrew: ליגת הפוטבול הישראלית), also known as the Kraft Family Israel Football League for sponsorship reasons with the Kraft Family, is an amateur American football league consisting of eight teams.[1] The IFL is the highest level of American football in Israel and each season culminates in the Israel Bowl.[2] The Tel Aviv Pioneers are the reigning Israel Bowl champions, having defeated the Ramat HaSharon Hammers in Israel Bowl XVI, a rematch from the previous year.

  1. ^ "Tackle Football: NFL's Kraft family teams up with IFL". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. Retrieved 2018-05-31.
  2. ^ IFL Channel (2018-03-22), IFL Channel Live Stream - Israel Bowl 2018 Jerusalem Lions Vs Petach Tikva Troopers, archived from the original on 2021-12-21, retrieved 2018-05-29