Back دوري ليجندز لكرة القدم Arabic Cynghrair Bêl-droed Legends Welsh Legends Football League Danish Legends Football League German Legends Football League Spanish لیگ فوتبال اسطورهها Persian Legends Football League Finnish Extreme Football League French Lingerie Football League Hungarian X League Italian
| Most recent season or competition: 2025 X League season | |
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| Formerly | Lingerie Football League (2009–2012) Legends Football League (2013–2019) |
|---|---|
| Sport | Women's American football |
| Founded | 2009 |
| First season | 2009 |
| Owner(s) | Mike Ditka |
| CEO | Mitch Mortaza |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Countries | United States |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
| Most recent champion(s) | Chicago Blitz (2022; 1st title) |
| Most titles | Chicago Bliss (4 titles) |
| Official website | xleague |
The Extreme Football League (X League) is a women's semi-professional indoor American football league operating in the United States. The league was originally founded in 2009 as the Lingerie Football League (LFL), and later rebranded as the Legends Football League in 2013.[1]
On December 13, 2019, the league announced that it would not be holding a 2020 season[2] and that it had instead restructured under its current name, placing new teams mostly in the same locations as the 2019 LFL season.[3] The league also did not operate during 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The X League's eight-team 2022 season spanned June to September, concluding with the restructured league's inaugural championship, the X Cup, won by the Chicago Blitz.
Since 2021, the league is owned by Mike Ditka,[4] a former National Football League (NFL) player and an inductee of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.[5] Samantha Gordon was also named an owner in May 2022.[6]
The league is scheduled for return in 2025, in a hybrid format of tackle and flag football.
- ^ Mitchell, Houston (January 11, 2013). "Lingerie Football League changes name; players to wear uniforms". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 11, 2013.
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X2020was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Football Icon and Hall of Famer Mike Ditka Takes on Ownership and Named Chairman of X League". xleague.live (Press release). July 14, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
- ^ "Mike Ditka becomes owner of X League, a women's tackle football league". NBC Sports. July 15, 2020.
- ^ "Women's Football Pioneer Sam Gordon Takes Ownership of X League". xleague.live (Press release). May 3, 2022. Retrieved February 26, 2023.