- Bergamo Lions
The Bergamo Lions are an
American football team fromBergamo Italy and one of the most successful amateur football teams in Europe.They won the
Eurobowl in2000 ,2001 and2002 , while losing to theChrysler Vikings in the finals of2004 and2005 . InItaly they have been unbeaten since1998 .In
1995 the Lions were a part of theEuropean Football League .They have occasionally paid for
Canadian football andAmerican football players to play for the team but most Italian-born players are unpaid. One example is formerKansas City Chiefs andToronto Argonauts wide receiver Jeris McIntyre . [cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/feature-football-agros.html|title=Playing for Pizza: How two Canadian brothers lived out their dreams of playing pro football in Italy|last=Molinaro|first=John F|date=2008-05-05|publisher=CBC Sports|accessdate=2008-06-07]Championships
* 12 Superbowl Italiano (Italian championship): 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.
* 3Eurobowl (European championship): 2000, 2001, 2002.
* 1 Champions League: 2000.References
External links
* [http://www.bergamolions.it/ Lions official website]
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