| 2003 FC Barcelona Dragons season | |
|---|---|
| General manager | Rafael Cervera |
| Head coach | Jack Bicknell |
| Home field | Mini Estadi |
| Results | |
| Record | 5–5 |
| Division place | 4th |
| Playoff finish | Did not qualify |
The 2003 FC Barcelona Dragons season was the 11th and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLE). The team was led by head coach Jack Bicknell in his 11th year, and played its home games at Mini Estadi in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of five wins and five losses.
| Draft order | Player name | Position | College | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Choice | |||
| 1 | 1 | Jabari Issa | DT | Washington |
| 2 | 7 | J'Juan Cherry | CB | Arizona State |
| 3 | 18 | Anthony Sessions | LB | Tennessee |
| 4 | 19 | Antuan Simmons | CB | Southern California |
| 5 | 30 | Jerry Johnson | DT | Florida State |
| 6 | 31 | Marcus Smith | CB | Memphis |
| 7 | 42 | Terrance Dukes | LB | Grambling State |
| 8 | 43 | Kenny Harney | LB | South Carolina |
| 9 | 54 | Josh Heupel | QB | Oklahoma |
| 10 | 55 | John Feugill | T | Maryland |
| 11 | 66 | Rameel Connor | DE | Illinois |
| 12 | 67 | Renard Cox | CB | Maryland |
| 13 | 78 | Rashad Harris | LB | Louisville |
| 14 | 79 | Kyle Grove | CB | Norfolk State |
| 15 | 90 | Ryan Fisher | DT | Oklahoma |
| 16 | 91 | Jason Short | LB | Eastern Michigan |
| 17 | 102 | Ryan Deterding | T | Shadron State |
| 18 | 103 | Zane Gilmore | RB | Missouri |
| 19 | 114 | Aaron Dematteo | WR | Chattanooga |
| 20 | 115 | Adam Young | TE | Dartmouth |
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| Team | W | L | T | PCT | PF | PA | Home | Road | STK |
| Frankfurt Galaxy | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 252 | 182 | 4–1 | 2–3 | L1 |
| Rhein Fire | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 189 | 188 | 4–1 | 2–3 | W1 |
| Scottish Claymores | 6 | 4 | 0 | .600 | 303 | 190 | 3–2 | 3–2 | W4 |
| FC Barcelona Dragons | 5 | 5 | 0 | .500 | 150 | 221 | 2–3 | 3–2 | L3 |
| Amsterdam Admirals | 4 | 6 | 0 | .400 | 230 | 273 | 2–3 | 2–3 | L1 |
| Berlin Thunder | 3 | 7 | 0 | .300 | 248 | 318 | 2–3 | 1–4 | W1 |
NFL Europe League was a professional American football league that functioned as the developmental minor league of the National Football League (NFL). Originally founded in 1989 as the World League of American Football, the league was envisioned as a transatlantic league encompassing teams from both North America and Europe. Initially, the WLAF consisted of seven teams in North America and three in Europe. It began play in 1991 and lasted for two seasons before suspending operations; while the league had been "wildly popular" in Europe, it failed to achieve success in North America. After a two-year hiatus, it returned as a six-team European league, with teams based in England, Germany, the Netherlands, Scotland, and Spain. NFL Europa was dissolved in 2007 due to its continued unprofitability and the NFL's decision to shift its focus towards hosting regular-season games in Europe; at the time of its closure, the league consisted of five German teams and one team based in the Netherlands.
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