Current season, competition or edition: 2024 | |
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| Formerly | Southeast European League of American Football (SELAF) |
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| Sport | American Football |
| Founded | 2005 |
| First season | 2006 |
| No. of teams | 13 |
| Country |  EuropeFormerly:  Serbia Slovenia Hungary Austria Slovakia Turkey Croatia Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Most recent champion(s) | Danube Dragons (2024) |
| Most titles | Belgrade Vukovi (6 titles) |
| TV partner(s) | Sport Klub |
| Official website | european-league.com |
The Central European Football League (CEFL) is a European organization of American football which hosts two international competitions, CEFL Championship and CEFL Cup. The final game of the CEFL Championship playoffs is dubbed CEFL Bowl.
Until the formation of the CEFL Cup in 2017 the name of the organization was synonymous with its flagship competition – CEFL Championship, or simply "the league". Initially named Southeast European League of American Football (SELAF) it featured teams from Serbia and Slovenia in its introductory 2006 season. The following year teams from other countries joined ranks and the name was changed to the current one before the 2008 season. First 4 seasons of the league were played during the spring and autumn, with a month-and-a-half to a three-month summer break. Starting from 2010 season the competition takes place during the spring. Over its existence, the league was played intermittently by teams from: Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czechia, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.