2023 Milano Seamen season

2023 Milano Seamen season
General manager	Marco Mutti 🇮🇹
Head coach	Stefan Prokorny 🇦🇹
Home field	Velodromo Vigorelli

The 2023 Milano Seamen season is the first season of the Milano Seamen in the European League of Football for the 2023 season, after playing in the Italian Football League the year prior.

Preseason

After the announcement of the participation in the 2023 ELF season, the head coach of the previous season in the Italy national league was hired, again. Also, the stadium of the last season, the Velodromo Vigorelli, was confirmed.^[1]

The first signing was quarterback Luke Zahradka, native born in the United States, but also being a dual-passport citizen in Italy. He is also starting quarterback of the Italy national team, winning the silver medal in Flag football at the 2022 World Games.^[2] Further notable signings were Jéan Constant and Marquise Manning, latter playing for the Washburn Ichabods football team in the NCAA Division II.^[3]

Regular season

Standings

Central Conference v t e
Pos	Team	GP	W	L	CONF	PF	PA	DIFF	STK	Qualification
1	Stuttgart Surge	12	10	2	8–2	387	237	+150	W3	Automatic playoffs (#3)
2	Raiders Tirol	12	8	4	8–2	307	230	+77	W1
3	Munich Ravens	12	7	5	7–3	425	338	+87	W2
4	Helvetic Guards	12	3	9	3–7	174	378	–204	L4
5	Milano Seamen	12	2	10	2–8	328	497	–169	L3
6	Barcelona Dragons	12	2	10	2–8	199	396	–197	L10

Source: europeanleague.football

Roster

Reference^[4]

Milano Seamen roster

	Quarterbacks 12 Nicholas Dalmasso  7 Luke Zahradka Running backs 20 Luca Assemian Balotelli  2 Ali Khalife 32 Cristiano Mancini  4 Modeste Pooda Wide receivers 13 Lorenzo Bassi 81 Juan Flores Calderón 89 Marion Cebotaru  5 Jéan Constant 10 Andrea Fiammenghi -- Flippo Fiammenghi 11 Ismail Lamamra 15 Andrea Serra 17 Tamsir Seck Tight ends 88 Leonardo Franchi 87 Daniel Marshall 19 Gianluca Santagostino		Offensive linemen 78 Domenico Carroli 55 Lorenzo Cesana 62 Marco Colombo 71 Thomas Fileccia 66 Francesco Runco 70 Edoardo Sandonati 57 Harry Sayer 63 Lewis Thomas 53 Francesco Virlinzi Defensive linemen 93 Samuele Cavallini 91 Giaocomo Insom 75 Xhelian Molla 99 Claudio Nicola 90 Simone Perego 92 Francesco Rivelli 97 Marco Taddia 69 Igor Timotijevic		Linebackers 44 Tiberio Calbucci  9 Nicolò Fonti 31 Ivan Fonti 45 Edoardo Gallo -- Antonio Gianera  6 Kevin Khay 33 Diego Rinaldi 47 Andrea Zini Defensive backs  1 Saad Ali 14 Tommaso Calegari  8 Dejvion Edwards-Steward 21 Lorenzo Gioco 29 Federicco Maffi 22 Marquise Manning 28 Lorenzo Paglicci 36 Flavio Piccinni LB 23 Christian Sottura 26 Bismark Yeboah Special teams  3 Matteo Felli 40 Giorgio Tavecchio				Rookies in italics Roster updated November 22, 2023 4 A-import, 8 E-import, 43 homegrown 55 active

Staff

Milano Seamen staff

	Front office Owner – Milano Seamen S.r.l. General Manager – Marco Mutti President – Paolo Mutti Head coach Head coach – Stefan Pokorny Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator – Dan Dodd Quarterbacks – n/a Running backs – n/a Assistant running backs – Marco Polizzi Wide receivers – Ruben Fioriti Tight ends/fullbacks – n/a Offensive line – Mauro "Pepè" Salvemini			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator – Stefan Pokorny Linebacker – Riccardo Matani Defensive line – Luca Bellora Defensive backs – Paolo Guerini Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Stefano Busnaghi Strength and conditioning Corporate partner – Ultra Strength S&C updated 28 January 2022

Notes

References

1. Ganci, Giovanni. "I Seamen Milano e la ELF 2023". huddle.org (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
2. "World Games, football americano: l'Italia è argento contro gli Stati Uniti". ilFaroOnline.it (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
3. "Milano Seamen firma con Marquise Manning". MilanoSportiva.com (in Italian). Retrieved 28 January 2023.
4. "ELF: 2023 Milano Seamen – A Complete Roster Breakdown". American Football International.