Italian Football League


Italian Football League is an American football league in Italy.

History

The league was founded in 2008, taking over previous league's significance. The league was born as a result of the escape of several of the best clubs of the old championship organized by the Italian federation, such as Milano Rhinos, Parma Panthers, Bologna Doves and Bolzano Giants. However some of the historic Italian clubs have not joined the new league and continue to participate in different tournaments organized by other federations. This is the case of Legnano Frogs, Torino Giaguari, etc.
In the following years a lot of teams moved to the FIDAF and most of the biggest teams are now part of the IFL that is the First Division or in the other 2 divisions.

IFL teams

† defunct

♦ due to league expansion the Napoli team can play the 2015 IFL season and is not relegated to the second division

‡ Roma Grizzlies won the second division championship and earned the right to play the 2015 IFL season

Italian Bowl

From 2008 to 2014 the championship game was named Italian Super Bowl
DateWinnerOpponentResultLocationTelevision
July 19, 2008Bergamo LionsGiants Bolzano56–54Stadio Comunale, San Giovanni in Marignano
June 29, 2009Giants BolzanoMarines Lazio35–21Stadio Dei Pini, Milano Marittima
June 29, 2010Panthers ParmaElephants Catania56–26Stadio Breda, Sesto San GiovanniRAI Sport 1, Dahlia TV, Sportitalia
July 9, 2011Panthers ParmaWarriors Bologna76–62Stadio XXV Aprile, ParmaRAI Sport 1, Dahlia TV, Sportitalia
July 7, 2012Panthers ParmaElephants Catania61–43Stadio Franco Ossola, VareseRAI Sport 1, Eurosport 2, Sportitalia
July 6, 2013Panthers ParmaMilano Seamen51–28Stadio Paolo Mazza, FerraraRAI Sport 1, Eurosport 2
July 6, 2014Milano SeamenPanthers Parma33–3Stadio Paolo Mazza, FerraraRAI Sport 1, Eurosport 2, Sportitalia, 7gold
July 4, 2015Milano SeamenPanthers Parma24–14Velodromo Vigorelli, MilanoSportitalia
July 9, 2016Rhinos MilanoGiants Bolzano44–18Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena
July 8, 2017Milano SeamenRhinos Milano37–29Stadio Romeo Menti, Vicenza
July 7, 2018Milano SeamenGiants Bolzano28–14Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi, Parma
July 6, 2019Milano SeamenFirenze Guelfi62–28Stadio Breda, Sesto San Giovanni

MVP Italian Bowl

Until 2014 the championship game was called Superbowl italiano.