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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.
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
The best 24 teams had asked for a reduction in clubs in the top division in accordance with a plan drawn up by Vittorio Pozzo, the Italy national team coach. Pozzo's plan was dismissed and the CCI (Italian: Confederazione Calcistica Italiana ) was founded and organised a 1921–22 CCI league ( Prima Divisione ) to run concurrently with the 1921 ...
AC Milan's Santiago Gimenez, left, speaks with AC Milan's Joao Felix during warm up before an Italian Cup quarterfinal soccer match between AC Milan and Roma at the San Siro stadium, in Milan ...
Defence is traditionally the best part of Italian teams, and Italian defence is generally considered historically the best in the world. [citation needed] A women's team, an under-21 team, an under-20 team, an under-19 team, and an under-17 team also compete. [citation needed] Their honours include: [citation needed]
Italy named an initial 26-man squad for the tournament on 18 May 2000. [1] Midfielders Dino Baggio and Diego Fuser , and defender Giuseppe Pancaro did not make the cut for the final 22, while forward Christian Vieri was ruled out through injury. [ 2 ]
Italy's Salvatore "Totò Schillaci, right, celebrates with teammate Roberto Baggio after scoring a goal during the World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay, in Rome, on June 25, 1990.
Building a team-owned soccer stadium in Italy has been the white whale for a slew of American owners—who see Italian soccer as a good business opportunity that could become even better with some ...