Columbus Lions | |||||
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Current season | |||||
Established 2006 Play in Columbus Civic Center in Columbus, Georgia ColumbusLions.net |
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League/conference affiliations | |||||
World Indoor Football League (2007)
Southern Indoor Football League (2010–2011)
Professional Indoor Football League (2012–2015)
American Indoor Football (2016)
National Arena League (2017–present) |
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Team colors | Blue, Black, Silver, White |
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Mascot | Leo the Lion | ||||
Personnel | |||||
Owner(s) | Rick Jacobson Skip Seda Duke Liberatore Jan McBarron Keith Norred John Hargrove Kike Seda |
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Head coach | Jason Gibson | ||||
Team history | |||||
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Championships | |||||
League championships (3) SIFL: 2010 PIFL: 2015 AIF: 2016 NAL: 0 |
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Conference championships (0) |
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Division championships (3) AIFA: 2009 SIFL: 2011 AIFA: 2016 NAL: 0 |
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Playoff appearances (9) | |||||
WIFL: 2007 AIFA: 2008, 2009 SIFL: 2010, 2011 PIFL: 2012, 2014, 2015 AIFA: 2016 NAL: 0 |
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Home arena(s) | |||||
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World Indoor Football League (2007)
American Indoor Football Association (2008–2009)
Southern Indoor Football League (2010–2011)
Professional Indoor Football League (2012–2015)
American Indoor Football (2016)
National Arena League (2017–present)
The Columbus Lions are a professional indoor football team based in Columbus, Georgia and 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 (SIFL). The Lions joined the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL) in 2012 when the Southern Indoor Football League (SIFL) teams split up into two new leagues. After the 2015 season, the PIFL broke apart, and the Lions joined American Indoor Football for 2016.
In their ten years of existence, the Lions have compiled a record of 83-37 with division championships in 2009, 2011 and 2016. They have made three championship appearance during the 2010 season where they defeated the Louisiana Swashbucklers in President's Cup II, in 2015 when they defeated the Richmond Raiders in PIFL Cup IV and in 2016 where they defeated the West Michigan Ironmen in the AIF Championship Game.