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Spaghetti Bowl, American football bowl game played in Florence, Italy, on 1 January 1945. In Italy, the first American football game took place in Genoa on 27 November 1913 when the teams of the USS Connecticut and USS Kansas faced each other, two of the 14 ships of the American Great White Fleet temporarily docked in the Ligurian port during an exercise cruise in the Mediterranean Sea.
Among the most successful American football teams in Italy, they were European Football League champions in 1989 (with two participations in the Eurobowl final), won six Italian Football League titles (with 11 participations in the Italian Bowl) and a Coppa Italia Bowl (1993). The youth team has won two Youngbowls (1991, 1992).
Since the beginning of the Italian football league in 1980, the American import rule has changed periodically. Many seasons the rule in the Italian Football League (highest level league) has allowed five American passport players on the roster and only three on the field at the same time. In 2012, the number of Americans imports on the field at ...
Jul. 16—When Ahmaad Tanner wrapped up his time playing running back for Austin Peay State University last November, he had no idea there was an American football league in Italy. The Italian ...
The Lazio Marines established in 2000, are an American football team that plays in Italian Football League. The Marines are located in Rome the capital of Lazio region. The Lazio football was founded in 1991, under the name of Marines Ostia, by the current president Fabio Pacelli. [1] On October 31, 2021, the Ducks won the IFAF Winter ...
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 ...
The Bergamo Lions are an American football team from Bergamo, Italy established in 1983 and playing in the Italian Football League. They won the Eurobowl in 2000, 2001 and 2002, while losing to the Vienna Vikings in the finals of 2004 and 2005 Eurobowl. In Italy, the Lions have won the Italian league championship more than any other team 12 times.
Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football (football americano in Italian) league in Italy established in 1980. [100] The annual final play-off game to determine the league champion is called the Italian Bowl , that awards the title of "champion of Italy" and the scudetto . [ 101 ]