GCFL History: The GCFL is proud in 2008 to present the 13th
season in a row of quality football in Northern California. The GCFL fields the top teams on
the West Coast year after year. The following is a brief summary of the great history of the GCFL:
In 1996 four independent teams, the
Alameda County Lawmen, the Sacramento Stray Dogs, the Mendocino Loggers and the
Rocklin Massacre banded together to form the beginnings of the Golden Coast Football
League (GCFL), playing their games in the 1996 Winter season. The next year, 1997,
the Alameda County Lawmen and the Rocklin Massacre folded, but the NorCal Lawmen,
Oakland Vipers and a team from Rio Linda all joined the leaue. In its third season, 1998,
the Central Valley Raiders, Sacramento Heat and Bay Area Bandits all joined to make a total of
eight teams.
In 2000, the league changed its name to the Golden Coast Amateur
Football League (GCAFL). By the 2001 season, there were 12 teams playing in the
GCAFL and the league still played its games in the winter season. In 2002 the GCAFL
and the other major Northern Califorina football league, the United
States Amateur Football Federation (USAFF - Spring League), merged to form the Golden
State Amateur Football League (GSAFL). In 2002, the GSAFL had over 20 teams all playing
in the spring season. The GSAFL ran for four seasons from 2002 through
2005 including as many as 24 teams in a season, and crowned four different AAA champions during those
four years.
Following the 2005 season, the GSAFL closed it's doors and officially folded. Several of
the top teams from the GSAFL have now banded together again, officially re-forming the GCFL
in 2006, allowing the 'Golden' history of Minor League Football in Northern California
to contine onward for the 11th straight season in 2006.
LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 1996-2006:
| YEAR |
CHAMPION |
LEAGUE |
| 2007 |
Sacramento Wolverines |
GCFL |
| 2006 |
NorCal Lawmen |
GCFL |
| 2005 |
Daily City Renegades |
GSAFL - AAA |
| 2004 |
Sacramento Wolverines |
GSAFL - AAA |
| 2003 |
Capitol City Fury |
GSAFL |
| 2002 |
NorCal Lawmen |
GSAFL |
| 2001 |
Capitol City Fury |
GCAFL |
| 2000 |
NorCal Lawmen |
GCAFL |
| 1999 |
NorCal Lawmen |
GCFL |
| 1998 |
Sacramento Stray Dogs |
GCFL |
| 1997 |
Sacramento Stray Dogs |
GCFL |
| 1996 |
* Sacramento Stray Dogs |
GCFL |
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