Badalona Dracs
Encyclopedia
Badalona Dracs is an american football
team based in Badalona
, Catalonia
(Spain
).
Alfonso Genchi. The team was founded as Badalona Drags. They changed names to Badalona Dracs later on.
Just a few months later, the team was established and the first ever American football game played in Spain was set for march 19th, 1988. Badalona Dracs played Palermo Cardinals (Italy
), with a score of 18-12 for the Italians.
Later on, the first organized league in Spain was created with the Dracs joining three other teams, L'Hospitalet Pioners
, Barcelona Búfals
and the defunct Barcelona Boxers. Badalona Dracs won the competition. It was just the first of many championships. Dracs has one of the best championship records in Spain, including 5 LNFA
titles.
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
team based in Badalona
Badalona
Badalona is a city in eastern Catalonia, Spain. It is located in the comarca of the Barcelonès, near the city of Barcelona and part of its metropolitan area. It is situated on the left bank of the small Besòs River and on the Mediterranean Sea, backed by the Serra de la Marina mountain range...
, Catalonia
Catalonia
Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...
(Spain
Spain
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).
History
Three enthusiastics of American football got together in Badalona on a December of 1987's evening to found the team. They were Pere Moliner, first president of the team, Ramón Ventura and ItalianItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
Alfonso Genchi. The team was founded as Badalona Drags. They changed names to Badalona Dracs later on.
Just a few months later, the team was established and the first ever American football game played in Spain was set for march 19th, 1988. Badalona Dracs played Palermo Cardinals (Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
), with a score of 18-12 for the Italians.
Later on, the first organized league in Spain was created with the Dracs joining three other teams, L'Hospitalet Pioners
L'Hospitalet Pioners
L'Hospitalet Pioners is an American football team based in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia .-History:...
, Barcelona Búfals
Barcelona Búfals
Barcelona Búfals is an American football team based in Barcelona, Catalonia .They compete at the LNFA.-History:...
and the defunct Barcelona Boxers. Badalona Dracs won the competition. It was just the first of many championships. Dracs has one of the best championship records in Spain, including 5 LNFA
LNFA
Liga Nacional de Fútbol Americano is the name of the top American football league which operates in Spain. It was founded in 1995 after the merge of several previous Spanish competitions....
titles.