Columbus Lions

The Columbus Lions are a professional indoor football team based in

Columbus, Georgia Columbus is a consolidated city-county located on the west-central border of the U.S. state of Georgia. Columbus lies on the Chattahoochee River directly across from Phenix City, Alabama. It is the county seat of Muscogee County, with which it o ...

and are a member of the

American Indoor Football Alliance The American Indoor Football Alliance (AIFA) is a minor-professional American indoor football league based in the United States. Teams' typical operating budget is $500,000 with a $90,000 payroll budget per season. Players are paid up to $200 ...

. The were a founding member of the National Arena League (NAL) for the 2017 season. The Lions were founded in 2006 as an expansion team of the World Indoor Football League (WIFL). After the WIFL went under in 2007, the Lions joined the American Indoor Football Association (AIFA) where they played for two seasons. When the AIFA broke apart, the Lions joined the

Southern Indoor Football League The Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) was an indoor football league based in the Southern and Eastern United States. The most recent incarnation of the league was a consolidation of an earlier league of the same name that was formed by Thom ...

(SIFL). The Lions joined the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 2012 when the

(SIFL) teams split up into two new leagues. After the 2015 season, the PIFL broke apart, and the Lions joined

American Indoor Football American Indoor Football (AIF) was a professional indoor football league, one of the several regional professional indoor football leagues in North America. The AIFL began as a regional league with six franchises on the East Coast of the United ...

for 2016. In their first 12 seasons, the Lions have compiled a regular season record of 100–47 with division championships in 2009, 2011 and 201