Paris Musketeers

Paris Musketeers
Established	2022
Based in	Paris, France
Home stadium	Stade Jean Bouin
Head coach	Marc Mattioli
General manager	Marc-Angelo Soumah
League	European League of Football (ELF)
Division	Western Conference
Colors	Navy blue, red, grey, white
Website	parismusketeers.com
	2023 Paris Musketeers season

The Paris Musketeers are an American football team in Paris, France, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF) in the Western Conference.

History[edit]

The long awaited Paris franchise was announced on 23 September 2022 via a press statement, together with the Prague Lions for the 2023 European League of Football expansion.^[1] The team is owned and operated by the capital group named Les Mousquetaires de Paris and is based in Rosny-sous-Bois, eastern of Paris. General manager is former NFL-Player Marc-Angelo Soumah and Frantzy Dorlean is the inaugural president of the franchise.^[2] Further stakeholders are Patrick Butler, CFL Grey Cup winner Jason Johnson and John McKeon, all operating as directors. The team name Saints, logo and colors of the franchise were unveiled on 23 January 2023.^[3] In the meantime, they were known as Paris Football Team. On the 27 February 2023, the organization announced, that they have changed their official name into Musketeers.^[4]

First head coach of the franchise will be former Vanderbilt Commodores' defensive secondary coach Marc Mattioli.^[5]^[6]

The first ever recruitment camp of the team was organized on 20 November 2022 with around 240 French and international players in attendance. Shortly after the first players were announced with French nationals Mamadou Sy and Mamadou Doumbouya,^[7] both having their origins from the national league champion La Courneuve Flash.^[8] Further building blocks of the roster consists of the first ever franchise quarterback Zach Edwards,^[9] coming from the Barcelona Dragons.

Stadium[edit]

The Musketeers held their tryout at the Paris La Défense Arena with a capacity of 30,680 seats. On 13 March 2023, the franchise announced the Stade Jean Bouin in the 16th arrondissement of Paris as their home field for the 2023 season.^[10]^[11]

Roster[edit]

Reference^[12]

**Paris Musketeers roster**

	Quarterbacks 1 Zach Edwards Running backs 2 Jason Aguemon 21 Jean-Charles ‘Sanka’ Moukouri 45 Chris Voumbo Wide receivers 10 Jefferson Alexandre 5 Rémi Bertellin (+P) 13 Florian Larose 11 Anthony Mahoungou 6 Austin Mitchell 14 Cheikhou Sow 12 Hugo Tekedam Tight ends 81 Kevin Mwamba		Offensive linemen 70 Nyohor Badiane 71 Thomas Fileccia 65 Jeremy Gasparro 77 Toby Lettman 50 Nabil Marzougui 72 Wally Camara 68 Pollys Sacramento 63 Lewis Thomas Defensive linemen 90 Vincent Buffet 98 Edwin Élio 94 Valentin Gnahoua 43 Jack Loew 97 Averdié Mizius 55 Mamadou Sy 44 Stanley Zeregbe 91 Aslan Zetterberg		Linebackers 42 Dauson Dales (+LS) 8 Jordan Genmark Heath (+RB) 4 Digaan Gomis Katchanga 19 Sofiane Khezami 41 Davidson Larochel 35 Paul Véritas Defensive backs 27 Maeric Achiepi 7 Maceo Beard 26 Jean-Alphonse Edris 9 Kenny Floret 0 Chandler Jones 3 Amir Kilani 28 Vincent Lemoine 23 Khefil Osseni 29 Kevin Querido Dias 36 Maxime Roger 20 Wadjihe Said Special teams 30 Mathys Dupont K/P (+DB)				Practice squad 17 Randy Abandzounou DL 16 Ibel Ahidazan DB 15 Anthony Alix K/P 95 Christopher Attoungbre DL 89 Jordan Avissey DL 47 Yohan Bique DL 18 Yassine Bouhmidi QB 88 Francois Bremond WR 99 Willem Dendelé DL - Moustapha Diawara OL - Comblé Eldjimbaye OL 40 Djilan Eustache LB 78 Max Gaye OL 92 Ali Hayek DL 85 Sirac Kougnaglo WR 73 Elyes Saoui OL 75 Laïc Vontie OL Rookies in italics updated June 2, 2024 4 A-import, 6 E-import, 53 homegrown 46 active, 17 practice squad