Milano Seamen
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| Established | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Based in | Milan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Velodromo Vigorelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Paolo Mutti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| General manager | Marco Mutti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League | Italian Football League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| League titles | 5 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Seamen Milano are an American football team based in Milan, Italy that competes in the Italian Football League. The team will join the European league of football for the 2023 season.[1]
History
80s
The Seamen Milano were founded by Sergio Galeotti, a shareholder of the "Giorgio Armani SpA" on October 27, 1981. In the 1980s they were one of the most successful Italian teams collecting two Italian Super Bowl appearances in 1987 and 1989, with an overall record of 68 wins, 4 draws and 39 defeats in 111 games played. The team folded in 1990. They won the Under 20 National Championship in 1989.
1987 season
After finishing the regular season with a record of 11–1, the Milano Seamen defeated the Giaguari Torino 49–3 in the eight-finals. Their winning streak continued after defeating the Rhinos 29-6 and the Doves 20 to 14 in the quarter- and semi-finals respectively. They lost the Super Bowl against the Frogs Legnano 24 to 27 after suffering a TD pass with a few seconds remaining on the game clock.
Re-foundation
After 19 years, in 2009, the team was reestablished by a group of former players, winning the Under 19 championship a year later in 2010 with a lot of athletes from the Falcons Milano, a team disbanded in 2009, the Seamen took part at the II Division championship.[clarification needed]
IFL
In 2010, the Seamen Milano were admitted to the Italian Football League Championship.
In 2012 Joe Avezzano became the Head Coach of the Milano Seamen.
In 2014 the Seamen won the Italian Super Bowl for the first time in their history, beating the Parma Panthers 33–3.
DIVISION 1
In 2019 the Milano Seamen won the Italian Bowl, beating the Guelfi Firenze.
| Player | Number | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Jordan Bouah | 1 | WR |
| Edoardo Gallo | 2 | LB |
| Lorenzo Vezzoli | 3 | WR |
| Joshua Croppenstedt | 4 | QB |
| Andrea Zini | 5 | DL |
| Kevin Khay | 6 | LB |
| Luke Zahradka | 7 | QB |
| Davide Toracca | 8 | WR |
| Nicolò Fonti | 9 | LB |
| Claudio Buccellato | 10 | DL |
| Ismail Lamamra | 11 | WR |
| Carlo Tassan | 12 | WR |
| Lorenzo Facino | 13 | DB |
| Tommaso Calegari | 14 | DB |
| Daniele Colombo | 15 | DB |
| Nicolas Naar | 16 | WR |
| Pietro Previtali | 17 | WR |
| Alessandro Zerbo | 18 | QB |
| Gianluca Santagostino | 19 | WR |
| Niccolò Dal Corso | 20 | RB |
| Nicholas Principi | 21 | DB |
| Andrea Fiammenghi | 22 | WR |
| Christian Sottura | 23 | DB |
| Pierre Courageux | 24 | DB |
| Lorenzo Ricco | 25 | DB |
| Marco Aletti | 26 | DB |
| Antonio Delaria | 27 | DB |
| Lorenzo Paglicci | 28 | DB |
| Alberto Carlo Garlaschelli | 29 | DB |
| Giacomo Querzola | 30 | RB |
| Ivan Fonti | 31 | LB |
| Justus Moreland | 32 | LB |
| Pietro Stillitano | 33 | RB |
| Lorenzo Gioco | 34 | DB/K |
| Federico Sbarra | 35 | DB |
| Flavio Piccinni | 36 | DB |
| Davide Polizi | 43 | DL |
| Niko Suppa | 44 | LB |
| Luca Banfo | 49 | RB |
| Andrea Scola | 51 | OL |
| Lorenzo Dalle Piagge | 52 | DL |
| Mauro Sacha | 53 | OL |
| Carlo Grassi | 54 | OL |
| Giacomo Silvestri | 55 | LB |
| Simone fortunato Colescia | 56 | LB |
| Alessandro Tosoni | 58 | LB |
| Igor Timotijevic | 59 | DL |
| Marco Colombo | 62 | OL |
| Enrico Barretta | 67 | OL |
| Riccardo Previtali | 68 | OL |
| Edoardo Andrea Sandonati | 70 | OL |
| Lorenzo Cesana | 71 | OL |
| Francesco Tognon | 73 | OL |
| Xhelian Molla | 75 | DL |
| Domenico Carrioli | 78 | OL |
| Aldo Carulli | 79 | OL |
| Oliver Segre | 80 | WR |
| Juan Flores Calderon Lovaco | 81 | WR |
| Antonio Raffaele | 83 | RB |
| Stefano Di Tunisi | 84 | WR/K |
| Filippo Tamburrino | 85 | TE |
| Filippo Fiammenghi | 87 | WR |
| Lorenzo Freschi | 89 | WR |
| Simone Perego | 90 | DL |
| Matteo Buran | 94 | DL |
| Emanuele De Bernardi | 95 | DL |
| Claudio Nicola | 99 | DL |
Velodromo Vigorelli
After the renovation of the historical stadium ended up in 2018, the Milano Seamen were able to play again their home games there, after the brief experience at the Stadio Breda in Sesto San Giovanni, Milan.
U19
Seamen's Youth Sector, is one of the best of the country;in fact during the 2019–2020 season the Under 19 team reached the national final, in which they beat the Giaguari Torino 8–6. That game was played in Velodromo Vigorelli one of the best frames for American Football in Italy.
Honours
- Italian Bowl
- Champions: (5) 2014, 2015, 2017–2019
References
- ^ "ELF adds Milano Seamen, Fehérvár Enthroners, and Zurich for 2023". American Football International. 2022-05-13. Retrieved 2022-06-11.
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