2003 FC Barcelona Dragons season

2003 FC Barcelona Dragons season
General manager	Rafael Cervera
Head coach	Jack Bicknell
Home field	Mini Estadi
Results
Record	5–5
Division place	4th
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 2003 FC Barcelona Dragons season was the 11th and final season for the franchise in the NFL Europe League (NFLE). The team was led by head coach Jack Bicknell in his 11th year, and played its home games at Mini Estadi in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. They finished the regular season in fourth place with a record of five wins and five losses.

Offseason

Free agent draft

2003 Barcelona Dragons NFLEL free agent draft selections

Draft order		Player name	Position	College
Round	Choice
1	1	Jabari Issa	DT	Washington
2	7	J'Juan Cherry	CB	Arizona State
3	18	Anthony Sessions	LB	Tennessee
4	19	Antuan Simmons	CB	Southern California
5	30	Jerry Johnson	DT	Florida State
6	31	Marcus Smith	CB	Memphis
7	42	Terrance Dukes	LB	Grambling State
8	43	Kenny Harney	LB	South Carolina
9	54	Josh Heupel	QB	Oklahoma
10	55	John Feugill	T	Maryland
11	66	Rameel Connor	DE	Illinois
12	67	Renard Cox	CB	Maryland
13	78	Rashad Harris	LB	Louisville
14	79	Kyle Grove	CB	Norfolk State
15	90	Ryan Fisher	DT	Oklahoma
16	91	Jason Short	LB	Eastern Michigan
17	102	Ryan Deterding	T	Shadron State
18	103	Zane Gilmore	RB	Missouri
19	114	Aaron Dematteo	WR	Chattanooga
20	115	Adam Young	TE	Dartmouth

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Personnel

Staff

2003 Barcelona Dragons staff

	Front office General manager – Rafael Cervera Head coaches Head coach – Jack Bicknell Offensive coaches Offensive coordinator/offensive line – Vince Martino Quarterbacks/wide receivers – Sam Rutigliano National coach/running backs – Marcos Guirles			Defensive coaches Defensive coordinator/defensive backs – Dan Daniel Defensive line – Denauld Brown Linebackers – Rick Lantz Defensive assistant – Hugh Green Strength and conditioning Strength and conditioning – Dave Mikel

Roster

2003 Barcelona Dragons roster

	Quarterbacks 12 Seth Burford  5 Chris Finlen  8 Kyle McCann Running backs  7 Jeff Chaney 38 Tyree Foreman 22 Dameon Hunter Wide receivers 88 Dimitrius Breedlove 86 Kervin Cook 82 Sean Morey 80 Zek Parker Tight ends 87 Matt Cercone 45 Gabe Crecione		Offensive linemen 65 Troy Andrew G 74 John Feugill T 68 Shane Grice G 61 Shawn Lynch C 71 Melvin Paige T 69 Ray Redziniak C/G 79 Akil Smith T/G 64 Milford Stephenson G Defensive linemen 90 Kevin Aldridge DT 93 Marvin Coley DT 77 Kevin DeRonde DE 97 Toby Golliday DT 72 Jabari Issa DT 53 Merceda Perry DE 98 Jermaine Petty DE 50 Jason Short DE		Linebackers 44 Kenny Harney OLB 52 Rashad Harris OLB 57 Dwayne Levels OLB 55 Tito Rodriguez MLB Defensive backs 27 Larry Austin CB 25 Bruce Branch CB 33 Renard Cox S 29 Jason Olford CB 36 James Lewis S 24 Antuan Simmons CB 26 Marcus Smith CB/S 23 Jason Waters CB Special teams 16 Nick Murphy P 11 Jason Witczak K		National players 51 Oscar Acedo LB 14 Jesús Angoy K 56 Cedric Cotar LB 84 Alejandro Gamez WR  2 Samyr Hamoudi S 28 Laurent Marceline RB  1 Marco Martos WR 54 Antonio Rodriguez LB Rookies in italics

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Standings

NFL Europe League
Team	W	L	T	PCT	PF	PA	Home	Road	STK
Frankfurt Galaxy	6	4	0	.600	252	182	4–1	2–3	L1
Rhein Fire	6	4	0	.600	189	188	4–1	2–3	W1
Scottish Claymores	6	4	0	.600	303	190	3–2	3–2	W4
FC Barcelona Dragons	5	5	0	.500	150	221	2–3	3–2	L3
Amsterdam Admirals	4	6	0	.400	230	273	2–3	2–3	L1
Berlin Thunder	3	7	0	.300	248	318	2–3	1–4	W1

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References

1. "Issa boogies to Barcelona in NFLEL free agent draft". NFL Europe League. February 5, 2003. Archived from the original on February 19, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
2. "2003 Barcelona Dragons roster". SI.com. April 25, 2003. Archived from the original on June 22, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
3. "NFL Europe standings". SI.com. June 8, 2003. Archived from the original on August 4, 2003. Retrieved October 6, 2012.