The Rhinos Milano are an American football team based in Milan, Italy. The team was founded in 1976 (first team in Italy) and won the Italian Superbowl championship in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990 and 2016. The Rhinos play in the Italian Football League (formerly called Series A) the highest level league in Italy.

Rhinos
Established1976
Based inMilan
Home stadiumVelodromo Vigorelli
Head coachNick Quartaro
General managerRendall Narciso
LeagueItalian Football League
League titles5 (1 in the IFL era)
Websitehttps://www.rhinos.it
Current uniform
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History

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The team was founded as Pantere Rosa di Piacenza. In 1978 the Rhinos were part of the first game played between two Italian teams where they defeated the Busto Arsizio Frogs.[1]

The 2016 season saw the Rhinos Milano, with Head Coach Chris Ault, winning all of their 13 games played to complete a perfect season.

Seasons

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  • 1978 June 25 Rhinos Milano-Frogs Busto Arsizio 34–0 First American Football game between two Italian teams
  • 1979–80 First team able to play at the Nato bases' tournament
  • 1981 Serie A Italian Champions (vs Frogs Gallarate 24–8)
  • 1982 Serie A Italian Champions (vs Frogs Gallarate 11–0)
  • 1983 Serie A Italian Champions (vs Warriors Bologna 20–14)
  • 1984 Serie A 4° place Division North
  • 1985 Serie A 3° place Division East Quarter finals (@ Panthers Parma 14–24)Under 20 Italian Champions
  • 1986 Serie A 2° place Division West Semifinals (@ Angels Pesaro 0–10)
  • 1987 Serie A 2° place Division B Quarter finals (@ Seamen Milano 7–29)
  • 1988 Serie A 1° place Division Center Semifinals (vs Warriors Bologna 13–20)
  • 1989 Serie A 4° place Division A Quarter finals (@ Chiefs Ravenna 13–14)
  • 1990 Serie A Italian Champions (vs Frogs Legnano 33–6)
  • 1991-93 didn't play any game
  • 1994 Serie A 1° place Division B made the Superbowl (vs Frogs Legnano 27–37)
  • 1995 Serie A 3° place Division B Quarter finals (@ Phoenix Bologna 14–32)
  • 1996 Serie A 5° place Division A
  • 1997 Serie A 3° place Division West Wild Card (@ Bergamo Lions 13–21)
  • 1998 Serie A 3° place Division B
  • 1999-2001 didn't play any game
  • 2002 Serie C (Fivemen) 5° place
  • 2003 Serie C - NWC 1° place NWC BOWL Champions (vs Chargers Novi Ligure 35–12)
  • 2004 Serie C - NWC 1° place Girone A made the NWC BOWL (vs Red Jackets Sarzana 7–22)
  • 2005 Serie B - 4° place Division North Quarter finals (@ Guelfi Firenze 0–25)
  • 2006 Serie A2 - 2° place Division NorthWestern (5° place Sauceda National Ranking) Semifinals (@ Hogs Reggio Emilia 0-42)
  • 2007 Serie A1 - 6° place (record 2–6)
  • 2008 IFL (Italian Football League) - 5° place (record 4–6)
  • 2009 IFL (Italian Football League) - 5° place (record 4–5)
  • 2010 IFL (Italian Football League) - 6° place (record 4–4)
  • 2011 IFL (Italian Football League) - 4° place (record 5–4)
  • 2012 IFL (Italian Football League) - 5° place (record 8–3)
  • 2013 IFL (Italian Football League) - 7° place (record 2–6)
  • 2014 IFL (Italian Football League) - 7° place (record 5–5)
  • 2015 IFL (Italian Football League) - 7° place (record 5–5)
  • 2016 IFL (Italian Football League) - 1° place (record 13–0) Italian Champions (vs Giants Bolzano 44–18)
  • 2017 IFL (Italian Football League) - 2° place (record 12–1) made the Superbowl (vs Seamen Milano 29–37)
  • 2018 IFL (Italian Football League) - 6° place (record 4–6)
  • 2019 II Division - 1st place (record 8-0)

Roster 2020

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Number Player Position Year
1 Raven Phoenix Ines QB 2000
2 Pietro Elmi WR 1995
3 Gabriele Goria WR 2000
3 Riccardo Restelli DB 2000
5 Gianluca Romanò LB 1998
6 Marco Capelli LB 1997
8 Riccardo De Mas LB 1996
10 Michele Vitarelli LB 1987
11 Gabriele Arioli WR 1985
13 Alessandro Faoro LB 1997
14 Pietro Silleni DB 1988
15 Luca Gravina LB 1999
16 Noah Milani CB 2001
17 Alessandro Peveraro WR 1985
18 Andres Bertazzi CB 1996
18 Jaden Myhre WR 2002
19 Francesco Roccotiello DB 1985
21 Giorgio Cefis DB 1995
22 Cristian Gerges RB 1995
23 Jim Alojado DB 1995
24 Giovanni Tatoli DB 1998
28 Luca Vanni DB 1993
31 Marcello Elmi LB 1992
36 Ariel Niccolò Natale LB 2002
42 Luca Assemian DB 1993
44 David Gogat RB 1991
53 Andrea Basso LB 1993
54 Giuseppe Garufo LB 1990
55 Filippo Ongari DL 2000
60 Davide Bersanetti OL 1998
62 Nicholas La Grassa OL 2000
64 Lorenzo Colombo QB 2002
66 Dario Todisco OL 1990
69 Simone Esposito DL 1992
72 Giacomo Folci OL 2001
73 Giorgio Mattachini DL 1999
74 Leonardo Pracchi OL 1998
77 Adel Mattia Wajid DL 2002
78 Carmelo Votta OL 1975
79 Marco Massironi OL 1986
82 Leonardo Cambrisi WR 2001
84 Ruggero Attilio Guillet WR 1978
85 Niccolò De Vecchi WR 1990
87 Simone Boni WR 2000
90 Luca Bettale DL 1996
91 Edoardo Maria Colombo DL 1991
92 Alessandro Cerbone DL 1987
93 Samuele Marotta LB 2000
97 Raffaele Tortora DL 1979
- Riccardo Alberti LB 2000
- Matteo Anfurio LB 2001
- Manuel Colaps DL 1993
- Riccardo Alberto Guillet - 2000
- Luca Maria Mattiocco WR 2001
- Manuel Nabil Halim DL 1998
- Pavlo Pisanenko - 2000
- Manfredi Re - 1992
- Thomas Botrolotti - 2000

Coaching Staff 2022

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POSITION NAME
Defensive Coordinator Pietro Marotta
Co-Defensive Coordinator/LB Coach Gianluca Spinelli
Offensive Coordinator/QB Coach Nick Quartaro
RB Coach Marcello Moretti
WR Coach Giorgio Sivocci
OL Coach Corrado Camerino
DL Coach Luciano Slavazzi
DB Coach Carlalberto Cabelli

References

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  1. ^ "La nostra storia è la storia del Football in Europa". rhinos.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 June 2020.
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