Milano Seamen
Established | 1981 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Based in | Milano | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home stadium | Velodromo Vigorelli | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Paolo Mutti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
General manager | Marco Mutti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League | Italian Football League | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
League titles | 2 (2014, 2015) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Seamen Milano are an American football team based in Milano, Italy that competes in the Italian Football League
History
80s
The Seamen Milano were founded by Sergio Galeotti, a shareholder of the "Giorgio Armani SpA" on October 27, 1981. For the 80s they were one of the most successful Italian teams collecting two Italian Super Bowl appearances in 1987 and 1989, with an overall record of 68 wins, 4 draws and 39 defeats in 111 games played. The team folded in 1990.
re-foundation
After 19 years, in 2009, the team was re established by a group of ex players, winning the Under 19 championship, a year later in 2010 with a lot of athletes from the Falcons Milano, a team disbanded in 2009, the Seamen take part at the II Division championship.
IFL
In 2010, the Seamen Milano was admitted to the Italian Football League Championship. In 2012 Joe Avezzano become the Head Coach of the Milano Seamen. In 2014 Seamen won the Italian Super Bowl for the first time in their history beating the Parma Panthers 33-3.