Milano Seamen

The Seamen Milano are an American football team based in Milan, Italy that competes in the Italian Football League.

Seamen Milano
Established1981
Based inMilan
Home stadiumVelodromo Vigorelli
Head coachPaolo Mutti
General managerMarco Mutti
LeagueItalian Football League
League titles5 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
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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.

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.

ROSTER 2020
Player Number Position
Jordan Sebastian 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


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