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The Italy national football team (Italian: Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in men's international football since its first match in 1910. The national team is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy, which is a co-founder and member of UEFA.
In honour of Italy winning the FIFA World Cup for a fourth time, all members of the World Cup-winning squad were awarded the Italian Order of Merit of Cavaliere Ufficiale. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Main article: 2006 FIFA World Cup
The following teams are presently participants in Serie D (or lower) but have formerly played in Serie A, the top level of Italian professional football: Livorno - 18 seasons in Serie A plus 27 seasons in Serie B; Alessandria - 13 seasons in Serie A plus 21 seasons in Serie B; Reggina - 9 seasons in Serie A plus 25 seasons in Serie B
Serie A, as it is structured today, began during the 1929–30 season.From 1898 to 1922, the competition was organised into regional groups. Because of ever growing teams attending regional championships, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) split the CCI (Italian Football Confederation) in 1921, which founded in Milan the Lega Nord (Northern Football League), ancestor of present-day Lega ...
The Italy national football team represents the country of Italy in international association football. It is fielded by the Italian Football Federation, the governing body of football in Italy, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. Italy competed in their ...
The national football team of Italy before the UEFA Euro 2012 final, Olympic Stadium, Kyiv, 1 July 2012. This article lists various football records and statistics of the Italy national football team.
It is the home of the Italy national football team as well as of both local teams Lazio and Roma. It was opened in 1937 and after its latest renovation in 2008, [ 66 ] the stadium has a capacity of 70,634 seats. [ 1 ]
Monza, meanwhile, were promoted to Serie A for the first time in the club's history. They became the 67th team to play in the top flight of Italian football. This was the first season since the 2003–04 campaign without any teams from the archipelagos of Italy (teams located on the Sardinia and Sicily) in the top flight, as Cagliari were ...