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{{Infobox Sports league
|title          = Professional Indoor Football League
|current_season = 2012 PIFL season
|logo           = ProfessionalIndoorFootballLeague.PNG
|pixels         = 200px
|caption        = 
|sport          = [[Indoor American football|Indoor football]]
|founded        =  2011
|inaugural      = 2012
|ceo            = Jeff Gonos
|teams          = 8
|country        = {{USA}}
|champion       = [[Albany Panthers]]
|most_champs    = [[Albany Panthers]] (1)
|TV             = 
|website        = [http://www.proifl.com/ ProIFL.com]
|related_comps  = [[American Indoor Football]]<br>[[Ultimate Indoor Football League]]<br>[[Indoor Football League]]
|Founder        = 
}}

The '''Professional Indoor Football League''' (PIFL) is a regional professional [[indoor American football|indoor football]] league set to begin its inaugural season in 2012.  Like the [[Lone Star Football League]], the PIFL is mainly composed of teams formerly from [[Southern Indoor Football League]] (five former SIFL teams and one expansion team in total).<ref>{{cite news|last=Benson|first=Reggie|title=Alabama Hammers join PIFL for upcoming season|url=http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/09/alabama_hammers_join_pifl_for.html|accessdate=20 January 2012|newspaper=[[The Huntsville Times]]|date=21 September 2011|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/64pUqEa7T|archivedate=20 January 2012|deadurl=no}}</ref>

Despite the name, this PIFL has no connections to the original [[Professional Indoor Football League]].

On June 30th, 2012, PIFL Cup I was played in [[Albany, Georgia]] between the [[Albany Panthers]] and the [[Richmond Raiders]]. It was played at the [[James H. Gray Civic Center]] in front of 6,194 people. Albany won the game 60-56.

== Expansion ==
Following a successful 2012, the PIFL added two new teams for the 2013 season. The [[Lehigh Valley Steelhawks]] of the [[Indoor Football League]], as well as the [[Charlotte Speed]], who had previously committed to play in the IFL as well. This increased the number of teams from six to eight, as well as opening up the possibility of divisional play.

==Teams==
{| class=wikitable
! Team
! Location
! Arena ''(Capacity)''
|-
|[[Alabama Hammers]]
|[[Huntsville, Alabama|Huntsville]], [[Alabama]]
|[[Von Braun Center]] ''(6,602)''
|-
|[[Albany Panthers]]
|[[Albany, Georgia|Albany]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|[[Gray Civic Center]] ''(8,436)''
|- 
|[[Charlotte Speed]]
|[[Charlotte, North Carolina]]
|[[Bojangles' Coliseum]] ''(9,605)''
|-
|[[Columbus Lions]]
|[[Columbus, Georgia|Columbus]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]]
|[[Columbus Civic Center]] ''(6,557)''
|-
|[[Knoxville NightHawks]]
|[[Knoxville, Tennessee|Knoxville]], [[Tennessee]]
|[[Knoxville Civic Auditorium and Coliseum]] ''(5,583)''
|-
|[[Lehigh Valley Steelhawks]]
|[[Bethlehem, Pennsylvania|Bethlehem]], [[Pennsylvania]]
|[[Stabler Arena]] ''(6,000)''
|-
|[[Louisiana Swashbucklers]]
|[[Lake Charles, Louisiana|Lake Charles]], [[Louisiana]]
|[[Sudduth Coliseum]] ''(7,450)''
|-
|[[Richmond Raiders]]
|[[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], [[Virginia]]
|[[Richmond Coliseum]] ''(11,088)''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.proifl.com/ Official Site]

{{Professional gridiron football leagues in North America}}

[[Category:Professional Indoor Football League]]
[[Category:Indoor American football leagues in the United States]]

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