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Which league do the Atlanta Falcons play in?

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The Atlanta Falcons are an American professional football team that play in the National Football Conference (NFC) of the National Football League (NFL). They began playing in 1966 as an expansion team. The Falcons have won two NFC championships, in 1999 and 2017. The NFL is made up of 32 teams, divided into the NFC and the American Football Conference (AFC). The Falcons are in the NFC South division.