| Colombo Lions | |
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| Founded | 2011 |
| League | ELFI |
| Based in | Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| Team colors |
Burgundy, Gold, Black |
The Colombo Lions are a men's professional American football team from Colombo, Sri Lanka. The Lions will be one of the ten proposed teams playing in the Elite Football League of India's inaugural season.[1]
Leading the team will be Dilroy Fernando, a one-time rugby union player and COO of EFLI's Sri Lankan efforts. As of December 2011, EFLI has yet to be officially recognized by the Sri Lankan government's sporting authorities, but documents are pending.[2] The team's management have selected their 45-man roster, formed a company for operations and expect that the salaries paid to players will surpass that of Sri Lankan rugby players while rivaling contracts offered by cricket teams.[3]
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