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| Most recent season or competition: 2024 American Arena League 2 season | |
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| Sport | Indoor football |
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| Founded | 2017 |
| Founder | Tony Zefiretto, Jack Bowman, Tim Viens |
| First season | 2018 |
| Owner(s) | AJ Roque and Jermaine Sanders |
| Commissioner | Kevin O'Hanlon |
| No. of teams | 9 (2024 season) |
| Country | United States |
| Most recent champion(s) | North Texas Bulls (2021)[1] |
| Related competitions | American Indoor Football |
| Official website | https://www.americanarenaleague.com/ |
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. Teams from both leagues, new teams, and later teams from Supreme Indoor Football and National Arena League constituted the new league for its inaugural season.[2] Since 2023, the league has operated as American Arena League 2 (AAL2), which was originally conceived as the AAL's minor league but has since effectively taken its parent league's place.
- ^ League initially announced there would be no 2021 league champion, but the Bulls and Charlotte Thunder decided to play for one on their own and was later approved by the league.
- ^ "WEEKLY SPORTS LEAGUE & FRANCHISE REPORT". OurSports Central. April 17, 2017. Archived from the original on June 6, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2017.