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BARCELONA DRAGONS


The 'Barcelona Dragons' were a team originally in the World League of American Football and later in the resurected NFL Europe. Their home field in Barcelona was the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuic, the 1992 Olympic Stadium, and later the Mini Estadi. The Dragons were successful on the field, making it to 4 World Bowls (1991, 1997, 1999, 2001) and winning World Bowl V in 1997. The team was made part of the FC Barcelona organization in 2002 as the 'FC Barcelona Dragons'. Despite these efforts, the franchise's fan support decreased and the team began to struggle financially. After the 2003 season, the Dragons were discontinued and they were replaced in the league by the Cologne Centurions.
For the entire duration of the Dragons' history they had only one head coach, "Cowboy" Jack Bicknell. His nickname was roughly translated by his adoptive city to ''El Caballero'' (meaning, literally, "The Knight" or "The Gentleman" in Spanish).

Contents
Season-by-season
Notable players

Season-by-season


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| colspan="6" align="center" | 'Barcelona Dragons (WLAF)'
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|1991 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 2nd European Division || Lost World Bowl I (Monarchs)
|-
|1992 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 1st European Division || Lost Playoffs (Surge)
|-
|1993 || colspan="5" rowspan="2" valign="middle" align="center" | '''Did Not Play'''
|-
|1994
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | 'Barcelona Dragons (World League)'
|-
|1995 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 3rd League || --
|-
|1996 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 4th League || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | 'Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe)'
|-
|1997 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 4th League || Won World Bowl V
|-
|1998 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 4th League || --
|-
|1999 || 7 || 3 || 0 || 1st League || Lost World Bowl VII (Galaxy)
|-
|2000 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 3rd League || --
|-
|2001 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 1st League || Lost World Bowl IX (Thunder)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | 'FC Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe)'
|-
|2002 || 2 || 8 || 0 || 6th League || --
|-
|2003 || 5 || 5 || 0 || 4th League || --
|-
!Totals || 61 || 55 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)

Notable players



Scott Erney (1991-1992)

Jesus Angoy (1997-2003)

Bruce Clark (1991)

Brian Finneran (1999)

Tony Graziani(2000)

Kelly Holcomb (1996)

Jon Kitna (1997)

Sean Morey (2000-2001,2003)

Marco Martos (1997-2003)

Mike Maslowski (1999)

Nick Murphy (2003)

Lawrence Phillips (1999)

Casey Weldon (1995)

Brad Trout (1999)

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