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(FCF), a professional indoor football league. In the 2022 championship game, the Zappers beat the Bored Ape FC to win The People's Championship v2.0.

Background

The FCF's second season, nicknamed "Season v.2.0" by the league, was scheduled to begin in fall 2021 but was postponed to Spring 2022 to follow after the NFL's Super Bowl. The season began on April 16, thus putting FCF in direct competition with the

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that launched on the same night. The league announced they were expanding to eight teams for the 2022 season and announced a new broadcast deal with

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to broadcast every game of the 2022 season. In October 2021, the FCF announced the Ballerz Collective and two of the four expansion teams, Team KoD and Team 8oki, later to be given names by the fans. The final two expansion teams were announced on January 12, 2022, Team Gutter Cats, and Team Bored Apes, also later to be given names by the fans. The defending champion Wild Aces reorganized and rebranded as the Shoulda Been Stars following the departure of one of its co-owners. On January 12, 2022, the FCF announced a $40 million investment—led by

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and Delphi Digital—for spectator-controlled football games. Ahead of the 2022 season, the league began construction on a 1,500-seat arena at Pullman Yard in

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, Georgia.

Teams

Players

Before the start of the season, it was announced that

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, age 48, would come out of retirement to play for the Zappers. He would later be traded to the Knights of Degen. On May 20, it was reported that

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would join him in the league, but he later denied the rumors.

Regular season standings

:x – Bold indicates playoff participant

Division standings

Playoffs

References

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