Deutsche Eishockey Liga

The Deutsche Eishockey Liga (German Ice Hockey League, shortname DEL) is a German professional ice hockey league, which currently has the highest number of American and Canadian players outside of North America.

Deutsche Eishockey Liga

Current season or competition: 2018–19 DEL season
Formerly	Ice hockey Bundesliga
Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	1994
No. of teams	14
Country(ies)	Germany
Most recent champion(s)	EHC München
Most championships	Eisbären Berlin (7)
TV partner(s)	Telekom Sport1
Official website	www.del.org
Related competitions	DEL2 2. Bundesliga Oberliga

Current teams

There are currently 14 teams playing in the DEL.

Augsburg

Berlin

Bremerhaven

Düsseldorf

Ingolstadt

Iserlohn

Köln

Krefeld

Mannheim

Munich

Nuremberg

Schwenningen

Straubing

Wolfsburg

Teams of the 2018–19 DEL season

Team	City/Area	Arena	Capacity	Founded
Current Teams
Augsburger Panther	Augsburg	Curt Frenzel Stadium	7,774	1878
Eisbären Berlin	Berlin, Germany	O2 World (Berlin)	14,200	1954
DEG Metro Stars	Düsseldorf	ISS Dome	13,400	1935
Hamburg Freezers	Hamburg	O2 World (Hamburg)	12,947	2002
Hannover Scorpions	Hanover	TUI Arena	10,767	1975
ERC Ingolstadt	Ingolstadt	Saturn Arena	4,815	1964
Iserlohn Roosters	Iserlohn	Eissporthalle Iserlohn	5,000	1959
Kölner Haie	Cologne	Lanxess Arena	18,500	1972
Krefeld Pinguine	Krefeld	König Palast	8,000	1936
Adler Mannheim	Mannheim	SAP Arena	13,600	1938
EHC München	Munich	Olympia Eishalle	6,256	1967
Thomas Sabo Ice Tigers	Nuremberg	Arena Nürnberger Versicherung	8,400	1980
Straubing Tigers	Straubing	Eisstadion am Pulverturm	6,000	1948
Grizzly Adams Wolfsburg	Wolfsburg	Eisarena Wolfsburg	4,660	1975
Former Teams
Füchse Duisburg	Duisburg	Scania Arena	4,800	1971
Frankfurt Lions	Frankfurt	Eissporthalle Frankfurt	6,946	1959
Hannover Indians	Hanover	Eisstadion am Pferdeturm	4,600	1948
Kassel Huskies	Kassel	Eissporthalle Kassel	6,100	1977
Landshut Cannibals	Landshut	Eisstadion am Gutenbergweg	7,000	1948
Lausitzer Füchse	Weißwasser	Eisstadion Weißwasser	3,000	1932
München Barons	Munich	Olympia-Eissportzentrum	6,300	1999

Deutsche Eishockey Liga Media

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  Former DEL logo (1997–2001)

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  Former DEL logo (2001–2011)