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Italian Football League News You Can Use #1
With the conclusion of the tackle football seasons in Italy, "News You Can Use" - the most beloved and imitated column - returns to First Down Mag, bringing you all the latest updates on Italian football.
From the first to the third division, and from North to South, here is everything you need to know about roster moves and the latest news from the world of Italian gridiron.
Here is the first batch of news from the Italian football scene. Enjoy the read.
Cameren Grodhaus
Sep 22


IFL Power Ranking - Week 3
1. Guelfi Firenze
Guelfi Firenze's forced break is over, and the match against Rhinos Milano will determine whether the reigning Italian Football League champions have lost their edge after consecutive weeks off the field.
The Guelfi Sport Center will await their favorites during Week 4 in what will be the purple's home opener.
2. Giaguari Torino
Are these Giaguari really serious? After last year's struggles, with four consecutive losses that shattered the Gialloneri's mom
Mar 17


IFL SEMIFINALS AND PLAYOUTS REVIEW!
The Italian Football League has awarded both finalists for the June 28th Championship Game in Toledo and a relegated team for next year's tournament. Guelfi Firenze and Dolphins Ancona have won against Frogs Legnano and Panthers Parma in the deciding games for the second final in the States, while the Pirates Albisola have beaten the Bergamo Lions, who have been relegated to IFL 2, the Second Division of Italian Football, at least on the field.
The stage Is almost set for th
Jun 17, 2025


Wild Card Round IFL 2025
After the end of the regular season, the Italian Football League playoffs have finally started. The second Road To Toledo sees six teams on the field competing for a ticket to the United States of America.
Dolphins Ancona (9-1) and Guelfi Firenze (10-0) are the two best teams in the league after the regular season, so they will skip the Wild Card round and will directly play in next week’s Semifinals, while Frogs Legnano (8-2), the two time defending champions Panthers Parma
Jun 9, 2025


Italian Football League - Report Card
Ancons Dolphins : A+ (9-1)
Fantastic season for the Ancona Dolphins who dominate Girone A, the change of head coach seems to have given them greater awareness. They won both the direct clashes with Parma and edged over Legnano to get the #1 seed and enter the playoffs as favorites. Their import QB Blake Eaton has shown great ability and perseverance, together with the help of one of the best defenses we've ever seen in the IFL they'll be a tough matchup for anyone. Will they
Jun 7, 2025


Italian Football League - Final Power Ranking
1st Place: Ancona Dolphins
The Dolphins have been dominant this season. An impressive 9 game win streak took them to the first place of our ranking. The last 3 games have been very convincing, especially the victory over Parma. After that win, they arrive at the playoffs as the clear leaders and favorites for the playoffs. Will they be able to finish what they started?
2nd Place: Firenze Guelfi
Guelfi finished the season the same way they started it, winning. The competiti
May 30, 2025


Italian Football League - Power Ranking Week 11
1st Place: Firenze Guelfi
The Firenze Guelfi did not play in week 11, therefore they keep their 1st place as the only undefeated team in Italy. They will be looking to avoid losing this title in their week 12 matchup versus the upcoming Ferrara Aquile.
May 9, 2025


Italian Football League - Power Ranking Week 10
1st Place: Firenze Guelfi
What a disappointing result for the Guelfi Firenze, with only 49 points scored they finished below their average of 50.4 points per game. Obviously that was a joke, the Guelfi keep on being the most dominant team in the IFL this season with a 49-17 win over the Lazio Marines, who just defeated the #2 seed Giaguari Torino. The usual suspect, and probable 2025 IFL MVP Andrea Fimiani had yet again another 3 passing - 3 rushing touchdowns performance, w
May 1, 2025


Italian Football League - Power Ranking Week 9
1st Place: Firenze Guelfi
The Guelfi Firenze are the only undefeated team left in the IFL, they are the highest scoring offense with 50.6 points per game, to put that in perspective the second team has a 35.1 average. Let’s highlight the future MVP of the 2025 season too, Andrea Fimiani, the most efficient QB in the IFL right now and he’s the best rushing player with 147 yards per game! Yes, you read that right, 147 yards rushed on average per game! He’s reached over 1000 y
Apr 24, 2025


Italian Football League - Power Ranking Week 7
The IFL has entered the second half of the season, read this ranking to see how the teams are shaping up for the 2025playoffs and playdowns!
Apr 3, 2025


Italian Football League - Power Ranking Week 5
The IFL is approaching half way through the season, teams are starting to actually fight to make the playoffs, do not miss out on the action
Mar 20, 2025


Italian Football League - Power Ranking Week 4
Week 4 of the IFL saw the first OverTime of the season and that led to the Pirates' first ever win in the league! Read this to catch up!
Mar 13, 2025


Italian Football League - Power Ranking Week 3
Week 3 was a wild one, definitely the toughest yet to rank, give this a read and find out what happened in the Italian Football League!
Mar 6, 2025


Italian Football League - Power Ranking Week2
Here is the Week 2 power ranking of the Italian Football League, checl out the ranking by division at the bottom of the article!
Feb 27, 2025


IFL Semifinal: Panthers Parma vs Varese Skorpions
One more step to the showdown. The semifinal between the Parma Panthers and Varese Skorpions is a confrontation in the name of surprise.
Jun 14, 2024


IFL Game of the Wildcard Weekend: Panthers Parma vs Frogs Legnano
The upcoming Wild Card match on Saturday, 8th, between Parma Panthers and Frogs Legnano, we are about to Break Down and Preview.
Jun 7, 2024


Spotlight on Inside Linebackers: Italian Football League's Defensive Leaders
As the real backbone of any defense, linebackers are both in charge of supporting the defensive line by making tackles, defending the runs..
May 24, 2024


CEFL QUARTER FINALS - Reviews, Previews and Game Picks!
Davide and Jamal review the round of 16 CEFL games, preview the quarterfinals. They pick their winners for each matchup and the upset alert!
May 10, 2024


Analyzing the Offensive Line & Key Figures in the Italian Football Scene
Analizing the skills an mentality of the Offensive Line together with talking about the top Offensive Lines in the Italian Football League.
May 9, 2024


Understanding the Quarterback & Current Stars of the Italian Football League
Delve into the quarterback's role in American Football, spotlighting top performers in Italy's league.
Mar 21, 2024
OTHER NEWS


Sebastian Gauthier: From the Football Field to PlayrGrid
Sebastian Gauthier is one of the most recognizable names in European American football. A Swedish international, he has enjoyed an extensive career playing for teams in Sweden, Finland, and Germany, most notably with Frankfurt Galaxy, where he won the European League of Football championship in 2021.
Now, the veteran linebacker is taking on a new challenge, this time off the field: PlayrGrid, a platform designed to connect American football players and teams from around the
4 hours ago


The man under the helmet: Diego Paz, from Spain to Foxborough in less than 5 years
Diego Paz González, one of the best DEs in Europe right now, talks about his journey from Spanish football to a tryout with the New England Patriots since his introduction to the sport in 2022
“Spain” and “NFL” are two words that usually, historically, don’t go together. That is so that in the NFL Heritage Program there is only one single player in the whole league repping the Spanish flag on his helmet, and that is Cowboys TE Jake Ferguson, whose great-grandfather, Antonio
Oct 23


“Mo, run it in, score the touchdown!”
Moritz Jadin is currently recovering from a medial collateral ligament (MCL) tear. The Vikings running back caused a stir with his touchdown in front of friends and family in the AFLE. Before this, he also played in the ACSL and even trained with Sandro Platzgummer on the Austrian national team.
Hand-off from Nico Hrouda to Moritz Jadin at the one-yard line. Standing 1.80 meters tall and weighing 95 kilograms, Jadin powers through the Paris Lights' defense and celebrates the
Oct 21


From the ACSL to the AFLE: "What the heck, no way, that's not true"
Philipp Voith has been part of the Vienna Vikings since July. Fans of the Austrian college league ACSL remember the 25-year-old as a player for the TU Robots. The wide receiver spoke exclusively with First Down Magazine about his journey to the AFLE.
On July 2, 2026, Philipp Voith's life turned upside down: the 1.88-meter-tall and 85-kilogram wide receiver was now officially part of the gameday roster for the reigning AFLE champion Vienna Vikings. Just a few months prior, t
Oct 18


Born on a Base: How FIDAF and Italian Football Began
Football’s Italian story starts more than a century ago, with a Thanksgiving Day game in Genoa between the crews of the USS Connecticut and the USS Kansas. It was a one-off game, and decades passed before the sport returned in any organized way: first with Allied troops, in the Bambino Bowl in Bari and the Spaghetti Bowl in Florence, the latter drawing a crowd of 25,000, both played between 1944 and 1945; then through U.S. bases that kept the game alive into the 1950s and 196
Oct 13


The Italian Football League Kicks Off Its 2027 Season in Bologna
On October 4th, at The Social Hub in Bologna, the Italian Football League began preparations for the upcoming 2027 season with a press conference and a league meeting that offered a preview of the league's new year.
In the presence of the press and top figures in Italian football, the new season of the country's premier league was launched, featuring numerous new developments and the announcement of several partnerships.
What new developments and challenges will the IFL fac
Oct 9


Andrew Weidinger - The Head Coach of the London Guard
Starting his coaching career at The University of Arizona in 2000, Andrew Weidinger has been everywhere, and then some, on his path to becoming EFA London’s Head Coach.
"Like every kid who has ever put the pads on, all I ever wanted to do was play in the NFL. Then I managed to crack a vertebrae when I was in high school and couldn’t play anymore, which got me interested in coaching. I was very fortunate to have a lot of great opportunities and work with a lot of great people
Oct 7


UNION JACK CLASSIC
Wembley Stadium has staged just about everything football has to offer. On Saturday, it added another chapter to its history: College Football. Kansas and Arizona State crossed the Atlantic for a Week 3 matchup that brought the sights, sounds and spectacle of a fall Saturday in America to the heart of London.
LONDON BECOMES THE CENTER OF EUROPEAN FOOTBALL
For one Saturday in September, London became the center of the College Football world.
The British capital is hardly a
Sep 24


The Pioneers: NFL Europe and the League That Dared to Cross an Ocean
Long before the NFL played regular season games in London, Munich, or Madrid, it tried something far bolder: building entire professional franchises on European soil.
In July 1989, NFL owners approved the creation of the World League of American Football, a genuinely transatlantic experiment and the first time the league had ever tried to plant a professional, developmental version of itself outside North America. When the WLAF kicked off on March 23, 1991, ten teams took th
Sep 23
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