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On 10 October 2015, Italy qualified for Euro 2016, courtesy of a 3–1 win over Azerbaijan; [108] the result meant that Italy had gone 50 games unbeaten in European qualifiers. [109] On 4 April 2016, it was announced that Antonio Conte would step down as Italy coach after Euro 2016 to become head coach of Chelsea . [ 110 ]
The Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A (Italian for National Professionals League Serie A), commonly known as LNPA or Lega Serie A (Serie A League), is the governing body that runs the major professional football competitions in Italy, most prominently the Serie A. It was founded on 1 July 2010.
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The Italian Football Federation (Italian: Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio, pronounced [federatˈtsjoːne itaˈljaːna ˈdʒwɔːko ˈkaltʃo]; FIGC [ˌfiddʒitˈtʃi]), known colloquially as Federcalcio (pronounced [federˈkaltʃo]), is the governing body of football in Italy. It is based in Rome and the technical department is in Coverciano ...
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 ...
Atalanta's Nicolo Zaniolo, right, celebrates after scoring the second goal against Roma during the Italian Series A soccer match between Roma and Atalanta, at Rome's Olympic Stadium, Monday, Dec ...
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
After beating Mexico 2–1 and Japan 4–3, Italy eventually lost their final group game against tournament hosts Brazil 4–2. Italy then faced Spain in the semi-finals, in a rematch of the Euro 2012 final. Italy lost 7–6 (0–0 after extra time) in a penalty shoot-out after Leonardo Bonucci failed to score his kick. [94]