Rhinos Milano

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

Established	1976
Based in	Milan
Home stadium	Velodromo Vigorelli
Head coach	Nick Quartaro
General manager	Rendall Narciso
League	Italian Football League
League titles	5 (1 in the IFL era)
Website	https://www.rhinos.it
Current uniform
Home Away

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 Frogs.

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

• 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

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

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

External links

• Rhinos.it Official Milano Rhinos website