The Miami Dolphins are a professional football team based in the Miami, Florida metropolitan area. They play home games at Land Shark Stadium, in the suburb of Miami Gardens. They are headquartered at the Miami Dolphins Training Facility in Davie, Florida. The Dolphins belong to the Eastern Division of the American Football Conference (AFC) in the National Football League (NFL). The Dolphins were founded by Joseph Robbie, and began play in the American Football League as an expansion team in 1966, an example of that seminal league's expanding the sport to areas that were not then represented. Miami joined the NFL as part of the AFL-NFL merger. The Dolphins are the oldest continuous major-league professional sports franchise in the state of Florida. (The first Florida sports franchise was the Miami Seahawks of the AAFC in 1946.)
- Mascot: T. D.
- Owner(s): Stephen M. Ross (95%) and H. Wayne Huizenga (5%) (Unknown percentage of ownership by Gloria Estefan, Emilio Estefan, Marc Anthony, Venus Williams, Serena Williams)
- General manager: Jeff Ireland
- Head coach: Tony Sparano
- Team colors: Aqua, coral, navy blue, white
