| 2012 German Football League | |
| League: | German Football League |
| Sport: | American football |
| Duration: | 28 April–13 October 2012 |
| No Of Teams: | 16 |
| Promote: | Köln Falcons |
| Promote From: | GFL |
| Relegate: | Lübeck Cougars |
| Relegate To: | GFL2 |
| Playoffs: | Regular season |
| Playoffs Link: | German Football League |
| Conf1: | GFL North |
| Conf1 Link: | German Football League |
| Conf1 Champ: | Kiel Baltic Hurricanes |
| Conf1 Runner-Up: | Berlin Adler |
| Conf2: | GFL South |
| Conf2 Link: | German Football League |
| Conf2 Champ: | Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns |
| Conf2 Runner-Up: | Rhein-Neckar Bandits |
| Finals: | German Bowl XXXIV |
| Finals Link: | German Bowl |
| Finals Champ: | Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Kiel Baltic Hurricanes |
| Seasonslist: | Category:German Football League seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | GFL |
| Prevseason Link: | 2011 German Football League |
| Prevseason Year: | 2011 |
| Nextseason Link: | 2013 German Football League |
| Nextseason Year: | 2013 |
The 2012 German Football League season was the thirty fourth edition of the top-level American football competition in Germany and thirteenth since the renaming of the American football Bundesliga to German Football league.[1]
The league tables of the two GFL divisions:
| GFL North | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Kiel Baltic Hurricanes | 14 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 593 | 272 | 0.929 | |
| 2 | Berlin Adler | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 412 | 294 | 0.786 | |
| 3 | Dresden Monarchs | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 481 | 297 | 0.714 | |
| 4 | Düsseldorf Panther | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 509 | 453 | 0.571 | |
| 5 | Berlin Rebels | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 371 | 258 | 0.464 | |
| 6 | Braunschweig Lions | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 374 | 497 | 0.286 | |
| 7 | Hamburg Blue Devils | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 257 | 586 | 0.143 | |
| 8 | Lübeck Cougars | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 239 | 579 | 0.107 | |
| GFL South | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | |||||||||
| 1 | Schwäbisch Hall Unicorns | 14 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 654 | 302 | 0.857 | |
| 2 | Rhein-Neckar Bandits | 14 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 418 | 439 | 0.714 | |
| 3 | Marburg Mercenaries | 14 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 473 | 339 | 0.643 | |
| 4 | Stuttgart Scorpions | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 344 | 271 | 0.643 | |
| 5 | Franken Knights | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 438 | 579 | 0.429 | |
| 6 | Wiesbaden Phantoms | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 300 | 408 | 0.286 | |
| 7 | Saarland Hurricanes | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 366 | 479 | 0.250 | |
| 8 | Munich Cowboys | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 297 | 473 | 0.179 | |
Source: football-aktuell.de,[1] GFL.info
| GFL: Qualified for play-offsGFL2: Promoted | Relegation play-offsPromotion play-offs | Relegated |