Barcelona Dragons (ELF)

The Barcelona Dragons are an American football team based in Reus, Spain, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF).

This article is about the new American football team playing in the European League of Football. For the old NFL Europe team, see Barcelona Dragons.
Barcelona Dragons
Established2021 (2021)
Based in Reus, Spain
Home stadiumEstadi Municipal
Head coachAdam Rita
LeagueEuropean League of Football (ELF)
DivisionSouth Division
Websitebarcelona-dragons.com
Current uniform

History

On 11 January 2021, it was announced that a new franchise in Barcelona will be one of the eight teams to play in the inaugural season of the European League of Football. The name chosen for the franchise was Gladiators Football, and the team will be coached by long-time CFL coach Adam Rita[1][2] After the league announced, in March 2021, it had reached an agreement with the NFL, to be able to use the team names from the days of NFL Europe, the franchise was renamed the Barcelona Dragons.[3]

Stadium

The Dragons are playing their home games at Estadi Municipal in Reus, 100 kilometers west of Barcelona.

Roster
2021 Barcelona Dragons roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Zach Edwards
  •  14 Sergio Barbero

Running backs

  •  3 AdriĂĄn JimĂ©nez
  •  17 Alejandro Herrero
  •  21 Antoni MontĂłn
  •  24 Javier Castañón

Wide receivers

  •  4 RĂ©mi Bertellin
  •  5 Jean Constant
  •  13 Samuel Anca
  •  15 Mario Flores
  •  80 Jordi Torrededia
  •  82 Juan HervĂĄs
  •  85 Jaume Llinas
  •  86 JosĂ© Antonio Amado
  •  88 IvĂĄn Iordanov

Tight ends

 Offensive linemen
  •  57 Elvys NĂșñez
  •  58 RaĂșl HernĂĄndez
  •  60 Naren Ishwani
  •  65 Jan Raus
  •  68 Nicholas MĂžller-Hansen
  •  70 Jedrzej Rudnicki
  •  75 Álvaro LĂłpez
  •  78 Axel Irigoite
  •  79 Irvin Santana
  •   Pierce Boothby

Defensive linemen

  •  2 Giacomo Prati
  •  7 Myke Tavarres
  •  46 Vicente Latorre
  •  73 Sebastian Bowen
  •  90 Alejandro FernĂĄndez
  •  91 Carlos GuillĂ©n
  •  93 Arthur Pinheiro
  •  99 Yago Rivero
  •   Javier Carrasco
  •   Adriel Costa
 Linebackers
  •  10 Cesare Brugnani
  •  33 Timon Debiez
  •  41 Daniel Monfared
  •  42 Guillermo Bahillo
  •  45 Álex GonzĂĄlez
  •  49 SebastiĂĄn Castañer
  •  53 Josep Tricas
  •  55 IvĂĄn GutiĂ©rrez
  •  59 VĂ­ctor AlbarracĂ­n

Defensive backs

  •  8 Thomas Costa
  •  11 Brandon Brooks
  •  20 Lucas Masero
  •  22 Lautaro Frecha
  •  23 Jordi Brugnani
  •  25 Niko Lester
  •  27 Andy Vera
  •  32 Jonathan Corradini
  •  36 Pablo De Diego

Special teams

 Practice squad



Rookies in italics
 Roster updated 31 July 2021

References
  1. "Gladiators from Spain newest addition to the European League of Football". 11 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  2. @Gladiators_ELF (14 February 2021). "ADAM RITA is our new HEAD COACH!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. "Shake-up to inaugural ELF line-up announced; 3 new franchises enter, 2 exit". americanfootballinternational.com. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
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