Barcelona Dragons (ELF)

Barcelona Dragons
Established	2021
Based in	Reus, Spain
Home stadium	Estadi Municipal
Head coach	Andrew Weidinger
General manager	Bartolomeo Iaccarino
League	European League of Football (ELF)
Division	South Division
Website	www.barcelona-dragons.com
Current uniform

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

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

**2022 Barcelona Dragons roster**

	Quarterbacks 1 Zach Edwards 🇺🇸 Sergio Barbero 🇪🇸 Diego Lliteras 🇪🇸 Running backs 3 Adrián Jiménez 🇪🇸 21 Antoni Montón 🇪🇸 Javier Castañón 🇪🇸 Elías Rodríguez 🇪🇸 Miguel Quince López 🇪🇸 Wide receivers 15 Mario Flores 🇪🇸 80 Jordi Torrededia 🇪🇸 88 Roque Alarcón 🇪🇸 Benjamin Plu 🇫🇷 Luis Sánchez 🇪🇸 Kyle Sweet 🇺🇸 Arnau Casamor 🇫🇷 Aarón David 🇪🇸 Marcos Molina 🇪🇸 Rubén Quintana 🇪🇸 Guillem Visent 🇪🇸 Tight ends Raúl Hernández 🇪🇸 Igor Mašlanka LS 🇸🇰 Henry Rowland 🇬🇧		Offensive linemen 57 Elvys Núñez 🇪🇸 60 Celestin Ngimbi 🇪🇸 78 Axel Irigoite 🇪🇸🇦🇷 Jose Ariza 🇪🇸 Dani Domínguez 🇪🇸 Mikel Gómez 🇪🇸 Gabriel Rodríguez 🇪🇸 Mathias Roll Hummelmose 🇩🇰 Carlos de la Rubia 🇪🇸 Eduardo Sánchez 🇪🇸 Alan Mark Sousa 🇪🇸 Defensive linemen 73 Sebastian Bowen DT 🇪🇸 90 Alejandro Fernández DT 🇪🇸 99 Yago Rivero DE 🇪🇸 Jean-Marc Ciocan DT 🇫🇷 Edwin Elio DT 🇫🇷 Daniel Franco DT 🇪🇸 Vladimir Yartsev DT 🇷🇺 Aarón Sola DE 🇪🇸 Alberto del Cerroa DE 🇪🇸 Iván Gutiérrez DE 🇪🇸 Junior Varela DE 🇪🇸 Rodrigo Sanz DE 🇪🇸		Linebackers 10 Cesare Brugnani OLB 🇪🇸 45 Álex "Posito" González ILB 🇪🇸 49 Sebastián Castañer ILB 🇪🇸 59 Víctor Albarracín ILB 🇪🇸 Curro Anglada ILB 🇪🇸 Pep Tricas ILB 🇪🇸 Adrián Novella ILB 🇪🇸 Joel Cabré OLB 🇪🇸 Jofre Cano OLB 🇪🇸 Max Nacewicz 🇺🇸 Anthony Rodrigues OLB 🇫🇷 Defensive backs 20 Lucas Masero CB 🇪🇸 22 Lautaro Frecha S 🇦🇷 23 Jordi Brugnani CB 🇪🇸 25 Niko Lester WR 🇩🇪 27 Andy Vera CB 🇪🇸 Pablo Araya S 🇪🇸 Joan Carles Bartra S 🇪🇸 Iván Canto CB 🇪🇸 Guillem Casellas CB 🇪🇸 Jonathan Corradini S 🇪🇸 Manyang Darboe CB 🇪🇸 Willem Andrés Jore-Sastre CB 🇪🇸 Jorge Félix Velasco S 🇪🇸 Shawn Wilson CB 🇺🇸 Special teams Giorgio Tavecchio K 🇮🇹 Luis Cereceda P 🇪🇸				Rookies in italics Roster updated 25 April 2022 3 A-import, 11 E-import, 57 homegrown 71 active

Staff

**2022 Barcelona Dragons staff**

	Front office Owner – Big Ten Football SL CEO/GM – Bartolomeo Iaccarino Director football operations – Jesús Sánchez Head coach Head coach – Andrew Weidinger Assistant head coach – Patrick Wennin Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks – Andrew Weidinger Assistant quarterbacks – Mónica Rafecas Running backs – Patrick Wennin Wide receivers – Victor Martin Tight ends – Xavi Gonzalo Offensive line – Giuliano Cattaneo Assistant offensive line – Gonzalo Pérez			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Gabriel "Black" Sánchez Linebacker – Raúl Saavedra Defensive line – Chase Baker Assistant defensive line – Michael Sam Special teams coaches Special teams coordinator – Patrick Wennin Strength and conditioning Head strength and conditioning – updated 25 April 2022

References

"Gladiators from Spain newest addition to the European League of Football". 11 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
@Gladiators_ELF (14 February 2021). "ADAM RITA is our new HEAD COACH!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
"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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[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.