Bergamo Lions

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Bergamo Lions Flag of Italy.svg
City: Bergamo
Founded: 1983
Team colors: Black gold
Head coach: Marco Nessi
League (2009): IFL
Greatest successes
Eurobowl winner 2000, 2001, 2002
European Cup runner-up 1994, 2004, 2005
Italian champion 1993, 1998-2008
Stadion
Surname:

Lions Field

Address: Via delle Industrie, Bergamo
Contact
Address: via Monte Gleno
Bergamo
BG - Lombardia
Italy
24048
Internet: lionsbergamo.it
Data status
June 30, 2020

The Bergamo Lions are an Italian American football - team and one of the most successful amateur - teams in Europe . The team was founded in 1983.

history

Founded in 1983, the Lions competed in Italy's second division, Serie B, in the 1984 season. A year later they started in the highest Italian league.

In the Superbowl italiano , the final of the Italian championship, they moved in for the first time in 1992 and were subject to the Pharaones Milano . A year later they were able to prevail in their second final against the Gladiatori Roma . As Italian champions they took part in the European Football League in 1994 and only had to admit defeat to the London Olympians in the final .

The Lions team enters the pitch for the 1994 Eurobowl in Stuttgart
Offense play of the Lions (dark jerseys) during the Eurobowl 1994

The Lions won the Eurobowl in 2000, 2001 and 2002. In 2004 and 2005 they failed in the finals at the Chrysler Vikings . In Italy they are serial champions, from 1998 to 2008 they each won the title of Italian master.

The Lions participated in the Football League of Europe (FLE) in 1995 .

successes

  • Eurobowl
    • Winner: (3) 2000-2002
    • Vice: (3) 1994, 2004, 2005

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. 1984 Associazione Italiana Football Americano minor (Series B). In: Enciclopedia del football italiano. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .
  2. 1985 Associazione Italiana Football Americano. In: Enciclopedia del football italiano. Retrieved November 9, 2018 .