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The Rhinos Milano are an
American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team wi ...
team based in
Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city ...
,
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. The team was founded in 1976 (first team in Italy) and won the Italian championship in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1990 and 2016. The Rhinos play in the
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
(formerly called Series A) the highest level league in Italy.


History

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 Busto Arsizio (; lmo, label= Bustocco, Büsti Grandi) is an Italian city and '' comune'' in the south-easternmost part of the Province of Varese, in the region of Lombardy, in Northern Italy, north of Milan. The economy of Busto Arsizio is ma ...
Frogs. The 2016 season saw the Rhinos Milano, with Head Coach
Chris Ault Christopher Thomas Ault (born November 8, 1946) is a former American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served three stints at the head football coach at the University of Nevada, Reno (1976–1992, 1994–1995 and 20 ...
, winning all of their 13 games played to complete a perfect season.


Seasons

*1978 June 25 Rhinos Milano- Frogs Busto Arsizio 34–0 First
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game between two
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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 A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste. History Warriors seem to have been ...
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
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13–20) *1989 Serie A 4° place Division A Quarter finals (@ Chiefs Ravenna 13–14) *1990 Serie A Italian Champions (vs
Frogs Legnano The Legnano Frogs established in 1977, are an American football team from the city of Legnano, in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in Lombardy, Italy. It has black and silver as its social colors, while it has a frog as a symbol, hence the name o ...
33–6) *1991-93 didn't play any game *1994 Serie A 1° place Division B made the (vs
Frogs Legnano The Legnano Frogs established in 1977, are an American football team from the city of Legnano, in the Metropolitan City of Milan, in Lombardy, Italy. It has black and silver as its social colors, while it has a frog as a symbol, hence the name o ...
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 (@
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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
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7–22) *2005 Serie B - 4° place Division North Quarter finals (@
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0–25) *2006 Serie A2 - 2° place Division NorthWestern (5° place Sauceda National Ranking) Semifinals (@
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0-42) *2007 Serie A1 - 6° place (record 2–6) *2008 IFL (
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
) - 5° place (record 4–6) *2009 IFL (
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
) - 5° place (record 4–5) *2010 IFL (
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
) - 6° place (record 4–4) *2011 IFL (
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
) - 4° place (record 5–4) *2012 IFL (
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
) - 5° place (record 8–3) *2013 IFL (
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
) - 7° place (record 2–6) *2014 IFL (
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
) - 7° place (record 5–5) *2015 IFL (
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
) - 7° place (record 5–5) *2016 IFL (
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
) - 1° place (record 13–0) Italian Champions (vs Giants Bolzano 44–18) *2017 IFL (
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
) - 2° place (record 12–1) made the (vs Seamen Milano 29–37) *2018 IFL (
Italian Football League Italian Football League (IFL) is the top level American football league in Italy established in 1980. History In the 1970's teams formed and played in Italy. In 1980 the first official American football league in Italy was established and cro ...
) - 6° place (record 4–6) *2019 II Division - 1st place (record 8-0)


Roster 2020


Coaching Staff 2022


References


External links


Rhinos.it
Official Milano Rhinos website American football teams in Italy Sport in Milan American football teams established in 1976 1976 establishments in Italy {{Italy-stub