Milano Seamen

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Milano Seamen
Milano Seamen Logo.png
Established1981
Based in Milan
Home stadium Velodromo Vigorelli
Head coachJim Ward
General managerMarco Mutti
League European League of Football
ColorsNavy blue, Action green, White
   
League titles5 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Website milanoseamen.it
AmericanFootball current event.svg 2023 Milano Seamen season

The Seamen Milano are an American football team based in Milan, Italy that competes in the European League of Football. Prior to that, they competed in the Italian Football League.

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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. [1] 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. After finishing the 1987 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 20–14 in the quarter- and semi-finals respectively. Under coach Dave Ritchie they lost the 1989 Super Bowl against the Frogs Legnano 24–27 after suffering a TD pass with a few seconds remaining on the game clock. They won the Under 20 National Championship in 1989. The team folded in 1990.

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. [2]

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. After the 2020 season was cancelled because of the covid pandemic, the Seamen were playing in the Italian Bowl four times in a row. They lost against the Parma Panthers with 34–40. [3] In the 2021 CEFL season, they lost their quarter-finals too.

In the Italian Bowl 2022 they lost to the Guelfi Firenze with 17–21. [4]

European League of Football

The team announced in April 2022, that they will join the for the 2023 season after negotiation talks with the national association were successful. [5] [6] [7]

The organization will no longer participate in the IFL, but will have a cooperation with the local team Legnano Frogs for developing young players. [8] After that, the stadium, headcoach and general manager of the previous club were confirmed. [9] [10]

Current roster

Reference [11]

Milano Seamen roster
Quarterbacks
  • 12 Nicholas Dalmasso Flag of Italy.svg
  •  7 Luke Zahradka Flag of the United States.svg Flag of Italy.svg

Running backs

  • 20 Luca Assemian Balotelli Flag of Italy.svg
  •  2 Ali Khalife Flag of Germany.svg
  • 32 Cristiano Mancini Flag of Italy.svg
  •  4 Modeste Pooda Flag of Italy.svg

Wide receivers

  • 13 Lorenzo Bassi Flag of Italy.svg
  • 81 Juan Flores Calderón Flag of Spain.svg
  • 89 Marion Cebotaru Flag of Moldova.svg
  •  5 Jéan Constant Flag of the United States.svg
  • 10 Andrea Fiammenghi Flag of Italy.svg
  • -- Flippo Fiammenghi Flag of Italy.svg
  • 11 Ismail Lamamra Flag of Italy.svg
  • 15 Andrea Serra Flag of Italy.svg
  • 17 Tamsir Seck Flag of Italy.svg

Tight ends

  • 88 Leonardo Franchi Flag of Italy.svg
  • 87 Daniel Marshall Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
  • 19 Gianluca Santagostino Flag of Italy.svg
Offensive linemen
  • 78 Domenico Carroli Flag of Italy.svg
  • 55 Lorenzo Cesana Flag of Italy.svg
  • 62 Marco Colombo Flag of Italy.svg
  • 71 Thomas Fileccia Flag of France.svg
  • 66 Francesco Runco Flag of Germany.svg
  • 70 Edoardo Sandonati Flag of Italy.svg
  • 57 Harry Sayer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
  • 63 Lewis Thomas Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
  • 53 Francesco Virlinzi Flag of Italy.svg

Defensive linemen

  • 93 Samuele Cavallini Flag of Italy.svg
  • 91 Giaocomo Insom Flag of Italy.svg
  • 75 Xhelian Molla Flag of Italy.svg
  • 99 Claudio Nicola Flag of Italy.svg
  • 90 Simone Perego Flag of Italy.svg
  • 92 Francesco Rivelli Flag of Italy.svg
  • 97 Marco Taddia Flag of Italy.svg
  • 69 Igor Timotijevic Flag of Italy.svg
Linebackers
  • 44 Tiberio Calbucci Flag of Italy.svg
  •  9 Nicolò Fonti Flag of Italy.svg
  • 31 Ivan Fonti Flag of Italy.svg
  • 45 Edoardo Gallo Flag of Italy.svg
  • -- Antonio Gianera Flag of France.svg
  •  6 Kevin Khay Flag of Italy.svg
  • 33 Diego Rinaldi Flag of Italy.svg
  • 47 Andrea Zini Flag of Italy.svg

Defensive backs

  •  1 Saad Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg
  • 14 Tommaso Calegari Flag of Italy.svg
  •  8 Dejvion Edwards-Steward Flag of the United States.svg
  • 21 Lorenzo Gioco Flag of Italy.svg
  • 29 Federicco Maffi Flag of Italy.svg
  • 22 Marquise Manning Flag of the United States.svg
  • 28 Lorenzo Paglicci Flag of Italy.svg
  • 36 Flavio Piccinni LB Flag of Italy.svg
  • 23 Christian Sottura Flag of Italy.svg
  • 26 Bismark Yeboah Flag of Italy.svg

Special teams


Rookies in italics
Roster updated November 22, 2023
4 A-import, 8 E-import, 43 homegrown
55 active

Current staff

Milano Seamen staff

Front office

  • Owner – Milano Seamen S.r.l.
  • General Manager – Marco Mutti
  • President – Paolo Mutti

Head coach

  • Head coach – Stefan Pokorny

Offensive coaches

  • Offensive coordinator – Dan Dodd
  • Quarterbacks – n/a
  • Running backs – n/a
  • Assistant running backs – Marco Polizzi
  • Wide receivers – Ruben Fioriti
  • Tight ends/fullbacks – n/a
  • Offensive line – Mauro "Pepè" Salvemini
 

Defensive coaches

  • Defensive coordinator – Stefan Pokorny
  • Linebacker – Riccardo Matani
  • Defensive line – Luca Bellora
  • Defensive backs – Paolo Guerini

Special teams coaches

  • Special teams coordinator – Stefano Busnaghi


Strength and conditioning

  • Corporate partner – Ultra Strength S&C


updated 28 January 2022

Season-by-season

SeasonHead coachRegular seasonPostseason
WonLostTiesWin %FinishWonLostWin %Result
2023 Stefan Pokorny(Central)

Stadium

Milano Seamen

After the renovation of the historical stadium Velodromo Vigorelli 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. The Stadium features an artificial turf and endzones in the color of the franchise

Youth team

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

Notable player and coaches

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