Back Амерыканская футбольная канферэнцыя Byelorussian Американска футболна конференция Bulgarian American Football Conference BS Conferència americana (NFL) Catalan کۆڕی تۆپی پێی ئەمریکی CKB American Football Conference Czech American Football Conference Danish American Football Conference German Αμέρικαν Φούτμπολ Κόνφερενς Greek American Football Conference Esperanto
 American Football Conference logo (2010–present) | |
| Formerly | American Football League (AFL) |
|---|---|
| League | National Football League |
| Sport | American football |
| Founded | 1970 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Most recent champion(s) | Kansas City Chiefs (4th title) |
| Most titles | New England Patriots (11 titles) |
The American Football Conference (AFC) is one of the two conferences of the National Football League (NFL), the highest professional level of American football in the United States. The AFC and its counterpart, the National Football Conference (NFC), each contain 16 teams with 4 divisions. Both conferences were created as part of the 1970 merger between the National Football League, and the American Football League (AFL). All ten of the AFL teams, and three NFL teams, became members of the new AFC, with the remaining thirteen NFL teams forming the NFC. A series of league expansions and division realignments have occurred since the merger, thus making the current total of 16 teams in each conference. The current AFC champions are the Kansas City Chiefs, who defeated the Baltimore Ravens in the 2023 season's AFC Championship Game for their fourth conference championship and went on to win Super Bowl LVIII against the San Francisco 49ers.