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History The team was founded as Pantere Rosa di Piacenza in 1975. In 1978, the Rhinos played in the first game between two Italian teams, where they defeated the Busto Arsizio Frogs. The 2016 season saw the Rhinos win all of their 13 games to complete a perfect season.
On 10 August 2026, the Rhinos announced their merger with the Milano Seamen, a complete unification of both their senior, youth, and flag-football programs. Spearheaded by Justin Pugh, the clubs' names were retired, while the new Milano team's colors and jerseys will be revealed in the near future.
Seasons 1978 June 25 Rhinos Milano-Frogs Busto Arsizio 34–0 First American football game between two Italian teams 1979–80 First team able to play at the Nato bases' tournament 1981 Serie A Italian Champions (record 9-0) (vs Frogs Gallarate 24–8) 1982 Serie A Italian Champions Division Center (record 11-1) (vs Frogs Gallarate 11–0) 1983 Serie A Italian Champions Division West (record 13-0) (vs Warriors Bologna 20–14) 1984 Serie A 4° place Division North (record 4-2-4) 1985 Serie A 3° place Division East (record 8-1-5) Quarter finals (@ Panthers Parma 14–24) Under 20 Italian Champions 1986 Serie A 2° place Division West (record 9-1-3) Semifinals (@ Angels Pesaro 0–10) 1987 Serie A 2° place Division B (record 11-3) Quarter finals (@ Seamen Milano 7–29) 1988 Serie A 1° place Division Center (record 13-2) Semifinals (vs Warriors Bologna 13–20) 1989 Serie A 4° place Division A (record 10-4) Quarter finals (@ Chiefs Ravenna 13–14) 1990 Serie A Italian Champions (record 14-1) (vs Frogs Legnano 33–6) 1991-93 didn't play any game 1994 Serie A 1° place Division B (record 9-1-2) made the (vs Frogs Legnano 27–37) 1995 Serie A 3° place Division B (record 6-1-6) Quarter finals (@ Phoenix Bologna 14–32) 1996 Serie A 5° place Division A (record 3-9) 1997 Serie A 3° place Division West (record 4-7) Wild Card (@ Bergamo Lions 13–21) 1998 Serie A 3° place Division B (record 2-8) 1999-2001 didn't play any game 2002 Serie C (Fivemen) 5° place (record 0-8) 2003 Serie C - NWC 1° place (record 8-1) NWC BOWL Champions (vs Chargers Novi Ligure 35–12) 2004 Serie C - NWC 1° place Girone A (record 5-3) made the NWC BOWL (vs Red Jackets Sarzana 7–22) 2005 Serie B - 4° place Division North (record 3-5) Quarter finals (@ Guelfi Firenze 0–25) 2006 Serie A2 - 2° place Division NorthWestern (record 8-2) (5° place Sauceda National Ranking) Semifinals (@ Hogs Reggio Emilia 0-42) 2007 Serie A1 - 6° place (record 2–6) 2008 IFL (Italian Football League) - 5° place (record 4–6) 2009 IFL (Italian Football League) - 5° place (record 4–5) 2010 IFL (Italian Football League) - 6° place (record 4–4) 2011 IFL (Italian Football League) - 4° place (record 5–4) 2012 IFL (Italian Football League) - 5° place (record 8–3) 2013 IFL (Italian Football League) - 7° place (record 2–6) 2014 IFL (Italian Football League) - 7° place (record 5–5) 2015 IFL (Italian Football League) - 7° place (record 5–5) 2016 IFL (Italian Football League) - 1° place (record 13–0) Italian Champions (vs Giants Bolzano 44–18) 2017 IFL (Italian Football League) - 2° place (record 12–1) made the (vs Seamen Milano 29–37) 2018 IFL (Italian Football League) - 6° place (record 4–6) 2019 II Division (IFL2) - 1st place (record 10-0) Silver Bowl Champions (vs Pretoriani Roma 24-21) 2020 IFL (Italian Football League) - Championship not played due to covid 2021 IFL (Italian Football League) - 7° place (record 1–7) 2022 IFL (Italian Football League) - 8° place (record 2–6) 2023 IFL (Italian Football League) - 4° place (record 4–4) 2024 IFL (Italian Football League) - 7° place (record 2–6) 2025 IFL (Italian Football League) - 4° place group A (record 4–6)
Roster 2025 Number Player Position Year2McCray MarquezQB20002Sinfi JacopoS20044Modeste PodaRB19976Facino LorenzoRB19927Faoro AlessandroDL19979Schina SebastianWR200310Cambrisi LeonardoCB200111Escobar BrunoWR/P200012Malinverno AscanioWR200313Boni SimoneWR200014Seck TamsirWR199615Brambilla RiccardoWR199216Myhre JadenWR200218Segrini AlessioWR200219Bertocchi LucaWR199821Bertazzi AndreaS199625Ricco LorenzoCB199226Olivas MarcoLB200027Franzosi MarcoCB200428Clarke MorrisCB200029Paganini GabrieleWR200130Piazzoli SimoneLB200331Restelli RiccardoCB200033Villa FedericoCB200444Nsowah RendyLB200045Di Paolo FabrizioLB199647Sarra GiacomoK200153Mauro SachaOL199755Suppa NikolasLB199556Guillet RiccardoOL200061Caiazzo GiorgioOL200562Balestra NicolayOL200564Proietti DinoOL200566Todisco DarioOL199067Khayati DavideDL199368Simeoni JacopoOL200269Minaudo LuigiDL198773Mosconi GiorgioOL200674Yamashita LucaOL200775Barbotti FedericoOL200079Matombe JudeOL200182Bouah JordanWR199584Guillet RuggeroTE199892Ongari FilippoDL200096Minelli RiccardoLB200597Giuliani DestinyDL199699Mauri GuglielmoDL1999
Coaching Staff 2025 POSITIONNAMEHead Coach/Offensive CoordinatorLuca LorandiDefensive CoordinatorChuck HowthorneOL CoachMarco MassironiRB CoachFrancesco RighettiWR CoachAntonio MonzaDB CoachAvi BarthLB CoachCarlalberto CapelliDL/ST CoachJack Gibson LB CoachMassimo Coculo
References
External links Rhinos.it Official Milano Rhinos website