Barcelona Dragons

Barcelona Dragons
Current team status:	Defunct
Based in	Barcelona, Spain
Stadium/Home field	Estadi Olímpic de Montjuic
League	WLAF / NFL Europa
Team colors	Dark Green, Scarlet Red, Gold, White
Head coach	Jack Bicknell
Team history
Founded	1991
Folded	2003
Championships / World Bowl wins	1: won World Bowl '97
Overall franchise record (in W-L-T):	Regular Season: 59–51–0 Postseason: 2–4
Uniform

The Barcelona Dragons were a team originally in the World League of American Football and later in the resurrected 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). From 1991–2002, Seymour "Red" Kelin was responsible for Defensive Coordinating duties. Bicknell and Kelin had been coaching together since their days at Boston College, where they helped lead the Eagles to a Cotton Bowl Classic victory in 1984.

Season-by-season

Season	League	Regular season					Postseason
		Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	Finish	Won	Lost	Win %	Result
1991	WLAF	8	2	0	.800	2nd (in European) Divison)	1	1	.500	Lost to London Monarchs in World Bowl '91
1992	WLAF	5	5	0	.500	1st (European)	0	1	.000	Lost to Sacramento Surge in semifinal
1993	WLAF suspended operations from 1993 to 1994
1994
1995	WLAF	5	5	0	.500	3rd (League)	–	–	—	—
1996	WLAF	5	5	0	.500	4th (League)	–	–	—	—
1997	WLAF	5	5	0	.500	2nd (in League)	1	0	1.000	World Bowl '97 champions
1998	NFLE	4	6	0	.400	4th (League)	–	–	—	—
1999	NFLE	7	3	0	.700	1st (League)	0	1	.000	Lost to Frankfurt Galaxy in World Bowl '99
2000	NFLE	5	5	0	.500	3rd (League)	–	–	—	—
2001	NFLE	8	2	0	.800	1st (League)	0	1	.000	Lost to Berlin Thunder in World Bowl IX
2002	NFLE	2	8	0	.200	6th (League)	–	–	—	—
2003	NFLE	5	5	0	.500	4th (League)	–	–	—	—
Total		59	51	0	.536		2	4	.333

Head coaches

#	Name	Term	Regular season					Postseason				Achievements
			GC	Won	Lost	Ties	Win %	GC	Won	Lost	Win %
1	Jack Bicknell	2003	110	59	51	0	.536	6	2	4	.333	World Bowl '97 championship NFL Europe Coach of the Year (2001)}}

Logos / Uniforms

Image gallery

External links

• Barcelona Dragons article at Wikipedia
• The Football Database

World League of American Football/NFL Europa
Teams
Teams Amsterdam Admirals (1995–2007) Barcelona Dragons (1991–1992, 1995–2003) Berlin Thunder (1999–2007) Birmingham Fire (1991–1992) Cologne Centurions (2004–2007) Frankfurt Galaxy (1991–1992, 1995–2007) Hamburg Sea Devils (2005–2007) London/England Monarchs (1991–1992, 1995–1997, 1998)	Teams (cont'd) Montreal Machine (1991–1992) New York/New Jersey Knights (1991–1992) Ohio Glory (1992) Orlando Thunder (1991–1992) Raleigh-Durham Skyhawks (1991) Rhein Fire (1995–2007) Sacramento Surge (1991–1992) San Antonio Riders (1991–1992) Scottish Claymores (1995–2004)

Seasons
1991	1992	1993 no season	1994 no season	1995	1996	1997 1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
2005	2006	2007

See also

• World Bowl
• Intercontinental Football League