Team Finland overwhelms Sweden to extend lead in annual grudge match
Team Finland wasted no time Saturday scoring on their very first play from scrimmage and then rolling to a 37-0 rout of Sweden at Grimsta IP outside of Stockholm in the Viking Line Bowl. With the win...
View ArticleFootball Specific Strength Training From Sweden
This article was originally published in January 2016 and has been updated. Johan Stål is a well known name in Swedish American football. He just finished his 18th season of playing for both his...
View ArticleThe list of the 2017 European Champions and how they won
The final European championships for 2017 were decided on the weekend with the German Bowl and Mermaid Bowl (Denmark) both finishing up . Let’s take a look back at the 25 champions from each country...
View ArticleLIVESTREAM: Great Britain @Team Sweden Sat. Oct. 14 4p CEST (10a EDT)
The Great Britain Lions head to Sweden Saturday, October 14 to take on Team Sweden in an international friendly. Sweden is coming off a 37-0 trouncing at the hands of Finland last weekend while this is...
View ArticleTeam Sweden edges the Great Britain Lions in international friendly
Team Sweden used a last second defensive stand to hold off the GB Lions for a 15-12 victory in an international friendly game played in Gothenburg, Sweden Saturday. In unusually balmy fall sunshine,...
View ArticleNew number one in AFI’s final Europe Top 20
Our final Top 20 of 2017 includes the input of some of the best coaches in Europe. With all of the European seasons wrapped up we present our last Top 20 of 2017 with a new number one team for the...
View ArticleAFI’s Top 4 International College/HS Players of the Week; from Denmark,...
In an attempt to bring more attention to the growing numbers of talented athletes from around the world who are taking their games abroad, every week, AFI will name their weekly International Players...
View ArticleSweden’s Örebro Black Knights sign top Division II QB Raleigh Yeldell
Sweden’s Örebro Black Knights have added explosive offensive firepower in signing quarterback Raleigh Yeldell for the 2018 season. Yeldell, a 6’1″, 180 lb 25 year-old native of Edgefield, South...
View ArticleCollege football’s Swedish flavor
Just a handful of years ago, Sam Vretman was a teenager honing his hockey skills in Upplands Väsby, Sweden. These days, he’s a freshman playing college football in the Big Ten. “If somebody actually...
View ArticleDelaware Valley University linebacker/safety Danny Wynne leaving Sweden for...
The Allgäu Comets in the German Football League have snagged one of the top safeties and returners in Sweden in 2017, Danny Wynne. The 23 year old 6’1″, 215 lb native of Hatfield, Pennsylvania, played...
View ArticleFrance’s Thonon Black Panthers sign Alpha Jalloh
The Thonon-les-bains Black Panthers, runners up in France in 2017, have announced the signing of wider receiver/safety Alpha Jalloh for the 2018 season. The 6’2″. 205 lb native of Anapolis, Maryland...
View ArticleSweden’s Stockholm Mean Machines sign All American WR Matt Retzlaff
The Stockholm Mean Machines have added to their offensive arsenal with the signing of NAIA All American wide receiver Matthew Retzlaff from Southern Oregon University. The 5’11”, 190 lb native of...
View ArticleTop Swedish RB Kasper Wedberg headed to Bron-Villeurbanne Falcons in France
France’s Bron-Villeurbanne Falcons have signed Sweden’s second leading rusher in 2017, Kasper Wedberg from the Örebro Black Knights. The 5’8″. 195 lb 23 year old native of Falun, Sweden, Wedberg helped...
View ArticleTeam Nordic getting set to face Team USA in International Bowl
The Nordic countries (Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark) are assembling a 45 player, U20 Team Nordic to play against the U19 Team USA in the International Bowl on January 12, 2018 at AT&T Stadium...
View ArticleNew Zealand’s Lance Tongakilo signs with Stockholm Mean Machines in Sweden
Sweden’s Stockholm Mean Machines have signed tight end/defensive end and New Zealand native Lance Tongakilo. The 10-time Swedish champion Mean Machines reached the semifinals in Sweden in 2017. Born...
View ArticleSwedish champion Carlstad Crusaders sign Swedish/French LB Teo Knight
The Carlstad Crusaders have begun the hunt for their ninth straight Swedish championship with the signing of Swedish/French linebacker and defensive end Teo Knight. The 23 year old, 5’9″, 215 lb Knight...
View ArticleAmerican Football Academy of Sweden
The American Football Academy of Sweden has been producing tremendous talent over the years with their unique structure of education and football. The academy in still young only being around for a...
View ArticleAFI Wishes Happy Holidays to All!
The best of the season to everyone. We have enjoyed the greatest gift you can give us. Your interest and readership. And for this we thank you. Thanks to you American Football International has grown...
View ArticleSweden’s 8-time champion Carlstad Crusaders sign defensive lineman Josh Hill
Earlier this month, Sweden’s defending and eight-time champion Carlstad Crusaders signed defensive lineman Josh Hill. The 6’3″, 265 lb native of Glastonbury, Connecticut was a three year starter at...
View ArticleNorthern European Football League almost set to kick off with 4 national...
The reigning champions from Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden and Norway join NEFL in 2018. The Northern European Football League – NEFL – will feature the champions of four different countries plus a...
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