List of IFL seasons

The Indoor Football League (IFL) is an indoor American football league in the United States and the oldest active professional indoor football league in North America. It was formed in 2008 when the Intense Football League and United Indoor Football merged after the champions of both leagues faced off in the 2008 National Indoor Bowl Championship.

Originally the teams were split into the Intense Conference and the United Conference with the champions facing in the United Bowl. In 2018, the league lost four of its ten teams, leading to the dissolution of the conferences. The top four teams made the IFL playoffs in 2018, the top six made it in 2019, and the top eight made it in 2021. Before the 2022 season, the United Bowl was rebranded to the IFL National Championship and the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference were founded. Since then the conference champions have met in the IFL National Championship.

2009–2017: Intense vs. United

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Season No. of
teams 		Regular season Playoffs United Bowl Ref.
No. of
games 		Intense Conference
top seed 		United Conference
top seed 		Postseason Intense Conference
champion 		United Conference
champion 		Game Champion
2009 19 14 Billings Outlaws Omaha Beef 2009 Billings Outlaws RiverCity Rage 2009 Billings Outlaws [1]
2010 25 14 Billings Outlaws Richmond Revolution 2010 Billings Outlaws Sioux Falls Storm 2010 Billings Outlaws [2]
2011 22 14 Colorado Ice Sioux Falls Storm 2011 Tri-Cities Fever Sioux Falls Storm 2011 Sioux Falls Storm [3]
2012 16 14 Tri-Cities Fever Sioux Falls Storm 2012 Tri-Cities Fever Sioux Falls Storm 2012 Sioux Falls Storm [4]
2013 9 14 Nebraska Danger Sioux Falls Storm 2013 Nebraska Danger Sioux Falls Storm 2013 Sioux Falls Storm [5]
2014 9 14 Colorado Ice Sioux Falls Storm 2014 Nebraska Danger Sioux Falls Storm 2014 Sioux Falls Storm [6]
2015 10 14 Nebraska Danger Sioux Falls Storm 2015 Nebraska Danger Sioux Falls Storm 2015 Sioux Falls Storm [7]
2016 10 16 Spokane Empire Sioux Falls Storm 2016 Spokane Empire Sioux Falls Storm 2016 Sioux Falls Storm [8]
2017 10 16 Arizona Rattlers Sioux Falls Storm 2017 Arizona Rattlers Sioux Falls Storm 2017 Arizona Rattlers [9]

2018–2021: IFL downsize

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Season No. of
teams 		Regular season Playoffs United Bowl Ref.
No. of
games 		Top seed Postseason Higher seed Lower seed Game Champion
2018 6 14 Iowa Barnstormers 2018 Iowa Barnstormers Sioux Falls Storm 2018 Iowa Barnstormers [10]
2019 10 14 Arizona Rattlers 2019 Arizona Rattlers Sioux Falls Storm 2019 Sioux Falls Storm [11]
2020 13 0[a] — 2020 — — 2020 — [12]
2021 12 14 Arizona Rattlers 2021 Arizona Rattlers Massachusetts Pirates 2021 Massachusetts Pirates [13]

2022–present: Eastern vs. Western

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Season No. of
teams 		Regular season Playoffs IFL National Championship Ref.
No. of
games 		Eastern Conference
top seed 		Western Conference
top seed 		Postseason Eastern Conference
champion 		Western Conference
champion 		Game Champion
2022 14 16 Frisco Fighters Arizona Rattlers 2022 Quad City Steamwheelers Northern Arizona Wranglers 2022 Northern Arizona Wranglers [14]
2023 14 15 Frisco Fighters Arizona Rattlers 2023 Sioux Falls Storm Bay Area Panthers 2023 Bay Area Panthers [15]
2024 16 16 Green Bay Blizzard Bay Area Panthers 2024 Massachusetts Pirates Arizona Rattlers 2024 Arizona Rattlers [16]
2025 14 16 — — 2025 — — 2025 — [17]

Notes

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  1. ^ The Quad City Steamwheelers, San Diego Strike Force, Bismarck Bucks, and Cedar Rapids River Kings played one game each before the league shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

References

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  1. ^ "2009 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  2. ^ "2010 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  3. ^ "2011 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  4. ^ "2012 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  5. ^ "2013 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  6. ^ "2014 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  7. ^ "2015 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  8. ^ "2016 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  9. ^ "2017 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  10. ^ "2018 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  11. ^ "2019 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  12. ^ "2020 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  13. ^ "2021 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  14. ^ "2022 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  15. ^ "2023 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  16. ^ "2024 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  17. ^ "2025 Indoor Football League Standings". Stats Crew. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
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