2015 German Football League | |
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![]() Logo of the German Bowl XXXVII | |
League | German Football League |
Sport | American football |
Duration | 18 April–10 October 2015 |
Number of teams | 15 |
Promoted to GFL | Frankfurt UniverseHildesheim Invaders |
Relegated to GFL 2 | Franken Knights |
Regular season | |
GFL North champions | New Yorker Lions |
GFL North runners-up | Dresden Monarchs |
GFL South champions | Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns |
GFL South runners-up | Allgäu Comets |
German Bowl XXXVII | |
Champions | New Yorker Lions |
Runners-up | Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns |
The 2015 German Football League season was the thirty seventh edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany and sixteenth since the renaming of the American football Bundesliga to German Football league.
The regular season started on 18 April and finished on 5 September 2015, followed by the play-offs. The season culminated in the German Bowl XXXVII, held on 10 October 2015 in Berlin, the fourth consecutive time and the sixth overall for the championship decider to be held in the German capital. The championship was won by the New Yorker Lions who defeated the Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns 41–31 in a repeat of the 2014 final which the Lions had won by a record margin of 38 points.[1]