2021 Barcelona Dragons (ELF) season
Head coachUnited States Adam Rita
Home fieldEstadi Municipal
Results
Record3–7
Uniform

The 2021 Barcelona Dragons season was the first season of the new Barcelona Dragons team in the inaugural season of the European League of Football.[1] Initially called Gladiators Football, the Barcelona franchise was renamed after the league announced it had reached an agreement with the NFL, to be able to use the team names from the days of NFL Europe.[2]

Regular season

Standings

Pos Team GP W L PF PA Div Qualification
1Germany Frankfurt Galaxy10913571326–0Advance to playoffs
2Germany Cologne Centurions10553103653–3
3Spain Barcelona Dragons10372372772–4
4Germany Stuttgart Surge10281573551–5

Source: europeanleague.football

Schedule

Week Date Time (CET) Opponent Result Record Venue TV[upper-alpha 1] Recap
1 June 19 19:00 Stuttgart Surge L 17–21 0–1 Estadi Municipal Esport3, ran.de Recap
2 June 27 15:00 at Cologne Centurions L 12–40 0–2 Südstadion Esport3, ProSieben Maxx Recap
3 July 3 19:00 Hamburg Sea Devils L 14–32 0–3 Estadi Municipal Esport3, ran.de Recap
4 July 17 18:00 at Frankfurt Galaxy L 22–42 0–4 PSD Bank Arena Esport3, ran.de Recap
5 July 24 19:00 Berlin Thunder W 48–16 1–4 Estadi Municipal Esport3, ran.de Recap
6 July 31 18:00 at Hamburg Sea Devils L 17–22 1–5 Stadion Hoheluft Esport3, ran.de Recap
7 August 7 19:00 Cologne Centurions W 60–51 2–5 Estadi Municipal Esport3, ran.de Recap
8 August 15 15:00 at Stuttgart Surge W 30–12 3–5 Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau Esport3 Recap
9 August 22 15:00 at Berlin Thunder L 3–19 3–6 Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark Esport3, More Than Sports TV Recap
10 August 28 19:00 Frankfurt Galaxy L 14–22 3–7 Estadi Municipal Esport3, ran.de Recap

Source: europeanleague.football

Attendance

Rank Team GP Total High Low Average
7Barcelona Dragons55,8151,3867751,163
 Total3868,5044,5003331,803

Roster

Barcelona Dragons (ELF) roster
Quarterbacks
  •  1 Zach Edwards United States
  •  14 Sergio Barbero

Running backs

  •  3 Adrián Jiménez
  •  17 Alejandro Herrero
  •  21 Antoni Montón
  •  24 Javier Castañón
  •  34 Elias Rodriguez

Wide receivers

  •  4 Rémi Bertellin France
  •  5 Jean Constant United States
  •  13 Samuel Anca
  •  15 Mario Flores
  •  80 Jordi Torrededia
  •  82 Juan Hervás
  •  85 Jaume Llinas
  •  86 Martin Emos Belgium
  •  88 Roque Alarcon
  •  83 Javier Barrena


Offensive linemen
  •  57 Elvys Núñez
  •  58 Raúl Hernández
  •  60 Naren Ishwani
  •  65 Jan Raus Czech Republic
  •  68 Nicholas Møller-Hansen Denmark
  •  70 Jedrzej Rudnicki Poland
  •  75 Álvaro López
  •  78 Axel Irigoite Argentina
  •  79 Irvin Santana
  •  70 Pierce Boothby Wales
  •  60 Celestin Ngimbi
  •  62 Carlos Carrasco-Sanz

Defensive linemen

  •  2 Giacomo Prati Italy
  •  7 Myke Tavarres United States
  •  46 Vicente Latorre
  •  73 Sebastian Bowen
  •  90 Alejandro Fernández
  •  91 Carlos Guillén
  •  93 Arthur Pinheiro Portugal
  •  99 Yago Rivero
  •  98 Kevin Ribeiro France
Linebackers
  •  10 Cesare Brugnani
  •  33 Timon Debiez France
  •  41 Daniel Monfared
  •  42 Guillermo Bahillo
  •  45 Álex "Posito" González
  •  49 Sebastián Castañer
  •  53 Josep Tricas
  •  55 Iván Gutiérrez
  •  59 Víctor Albarracín

Defensive backs

  •  11 Brandon Brooks United States
  •  20 Lucas Masero
  •  22 Lautaro Frecha Argentina
  •  23 Jordi Brugnani
  •  25 Niko Lester Germany
  •  27 Andy Vera
  •  32 Jonathan Corradini GermanyItaly
  •  6 Javier Carrasco-Sanz

Special teams


Rookies in italics
Roster updated 5 November 2023

Awards

ELF All Stars Invitees

Player Position Award
Remi Bartellin FranceWRInvited
Andy Vera SpainDBInvited
Niko Lester GermanyDBInvited
Nicholas Møller-Hansen DenmarkOLReserve

ELF Honors 2021. Nominees

Player Position Award
Patrick Wennin United StatesOCOffensive Coordinator of the year
Jean Constant United StatesWROffensive Player of the year
Myke Tavarres United StatesDEDefensive Player of the year

MVP of the Week

Week Player Position Team Stat
6Jean Constant United StatesWRBarcelona Dragons10 Rec, 164 Yds, 3 TD
8Zach Edwards United StatesQBBarcelona Dragons4 TD, 0 Int, 454 Yds passing, 2 Rush TD

Staff

  • Head Coach - Adam Rita
  • Offensive Coordinator - Patrick Wennin
  • Defensive Coordinator - Doug Semones
  • Special Teams Coordinator - PJ Gremaud

  • OL Coach - Ron Smeltzer
  • WR Coach - Devin Bullock
  • RB Coach - Patrick Wennin

  • DL Coach - Marcell Frazier
  • LB Coach - Raul Saavedra

Notes

  1. All games can also be watched live on ELF Gamepass

References

  1. "Shake-up to inaugural ELF line-up announced; 3 new franchises enter, 2 exit". americanfootballinternational.com. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  2. "Gladiators from Spain newest addition to the European League of Football". 11 January 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
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