The Fayetteville Mustangs were a professional indoor football team based in

Fayetteville, North Carolina Fayetteville ( , ) is a city in and the county seat of Cumberland County, North Carolina, United States. It is best known as the home of Fort Bragg, a major U.S. Army installation northwest of the city. Fayetteville has received the All-Ameri ...

, playing their home games at

Crown Coliseum The Crown Complex (originally the Cumberland County Crown Coliseum) is a multi-purpose venue in Fayetteville, North Carolina that includes the Crown Coliseum, an indoor stadium. The stadium broke ground in 1995 and opened in 1997, and is currentl ...

. The Mustangs began play as members of the

National Arena League The National Arena League (NAL) is a professional indoor football league that began play in 2017. As of the end of the 2024 season, the league consisted of five teams. A team's typical payroll budget is $600,000 per season, but as of the 2022 ...

in 2023. On August 24, 2022, the National Arena League announced the Fayetteville Mustangs as an expansion franchise for the upcoming

2023 National Arena League season The 2023 National Arena League season was the sixth season of the National Arena League (NAL). The league started the season with seven teams following the additions of the expansion team, the Fayetteville Mustangs, and the West Texas Warbirds ...

However, the team withdrew from their inaugural season after playing eight games due to financial difficulties with hopes to return in 2024.

2023 regular season

The original schedule was changed following the removal of the Albany Empire on June 15. However, the Mustangs also withdrew from the season on June 26 without playing any of the revised schedule.

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{{NAL National Arena League teams Sports in Fayetteville, North Carolina Indoor American football teams in the United States 2023 establishments in North Carolina