Bergamo Lions

Lions
Established	1983
Based in	Bergamo
Home stadium	Stadio Comunale, Osio Sotto (BG)
Head coach	Adam Rita
General manager	Corrado Zambonelli
League	Italian Football League
League titles	12 (1 in the IFL era)
Current uniform
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The Bergamo Lions is 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 Chrysler Vikings in the finals of 2004 and 2005. In Italy, the Lions have won the Italian league championship more than any other team 12 times.

They pay for Canadian football and American football import players to play for the team alongside Italian teammates. Examples are former Kansas City Chiefs and Toronto Argonauts wide receiver Jeris McIntyre and Tyrone Rush.^[1] The Lions have also recruited American coaches, including former NFL offensive lineman Brian Baldinger as their offensive line coach.^[2]

Championships[]

12 Superbowl Italiano (Italian championship): 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.^[3]
3 Eurobowl (European championship): 2000, 2001, 2002.
1 Champions League: 2000.

References[]

^ Molinaro, John F (2008-05-05). "Playing for Pizza: How two Canadian brothers lived out their dreams of playing pro football in Italy". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2008-06-07.
^ Baldinger, Brian. "Baldi in Bergamo, Italy". Retrieved 2010-03-22.
^ In the Italian Football League

External links[]

Baldi in Bergamo, Italy Blog

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[1] Molinaro, John F (2008-05-05). "Playing for Pizza: How two Canadian brothers lived out their dreams of playing pro football in Italy". CBC Sports. Retrieved 2008-06-07.

[2] Baldinger, Brian. "Baldi in Bergamo, Italy". Retrieved 2010-03-22.

[3] In the Italian Football League

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