American Football Association of Finland (SAJL) is the national governing body of American football in Finland. It was founded in 1979 and it is founding member of both of European Federation of American Football, EFAF and International Federation of American Football, IFAF. Since 2000 American football has grown steadily. Though it can be considered to be one of Finland's smaller sports, in 2006 there were 27 clubs playing the sport with over 100 teams and over 1400 players.
President of American Football Association of Finland is Roope Noronen.
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