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Italian football league system

Index Italian football league system

The Italian football league system, also known as the Italian football pyramid, refers to the hierarchically interconnected league system for the association football in Italy, that consists of 594 divisions having 3332 teams (excluding Seconda and Terza Categoria), in which all divisions are bound together by the principle of promotion and relegation, with one team from San Marino also competing. [1]

47 relations: A.C. Milan, Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti, Campionato Nazionale Primavera, Eccellenza, England, F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892, FIFA, FIFA World Cup, Football in Italy, Genoa, Genoa C.F.C., Goal (sport), Goal difference, Inter Milan, Italian Football Federation, Italian Football League, Italy, Juventus F.C., League system, Lega B, Lega Nazionale Dilettanti, Lega Pro Prima Divisione, Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, Lega Serie A, List of football clubs in Italy, List of Italian football champions, Prima Categoria, Professional, Promotion and relegation, Promozione, Provinces of Italy, Regions of Italy, San Marino, Seconda Categoria, Serie A, Serie A (women's football), Serie B, Serie C, Serie D, Terza Categoria, Torino F.C., Torneo di Viareggio, Turin, U.S.D. Novese, World War I, World War II, 2016–17 Serie A.

A.C. Milan

Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899.

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Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti

Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti (or simply Campionato Berretti) is an Italian football competition played by youth teams (under 19) of Lega Pro clubs, organized by the Professional League.

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Campionato Nazionale Primavera

The Campionato Nazionale Primavera – Trofeo Giacinto Facchetti, was an Italian football youth competition.

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Eccellenza

Eccellenza (Italian for "excellence") is the fifth level (since 2014–15) of Italian football.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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F.C. Pro Vercelli 1892

Football Club Pro Vercelli, commonly known as Pro Vercelli, is an Italian association football club based in Vercelli, Piedmont.

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FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA; French for "International Federation of Association Football") is an association which describes itself as an international governing body of association football, futsal, and beach soccer.

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FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.

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Football in Italy

Football (calcio in Italian) is the most popular sport in Italy.

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Genoa

Genoa (Genova,; Zêna; English, historically, and Genua) is the capital of the Italian region of Liguria and the sixth-largest city in Italy.

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Genoa C.F.C.

Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Genoa, is a professional Italian football and cricket club based in the city of Genoa, Liguria.

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Goal (sport)

In sports, a goal is a physical structure or area where an attacking team must send the ball or puck in order to score points.

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Goal difference

Goal difference or points difference is a form of tiebreaker used to rank sport teams which finish on equal points in a league competition.

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Inter Milan

Football Club Internazionale Milano S.p.A., commonly referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter and colloquially known as Inter Milan outside Italy, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy.

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Italian Football Federation

The Italian Football Federation (Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio; FIGC), also known as Federcalcio, is the governing body of football in Italy and is a founding member of UEFA and a member of FIFA.

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Italian Football League

Italian Football League (IFL) is an American football league in Italy.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Juventus F.C.

Juventus Football Club S.p.A. (from iuventūs, "youth"), colloquially known as Juve, is a professional Italian football club in Turin, Piedmont.

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League system

A league system is a hierarchy of leagues in a sport between consecutive levels of the hierarchy.

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Lega B

The Lega Nazionale Professionisti B (Italian for National League of Professionals B), commonly known as LNPB or Lega B (B League), is the governing body that runs the second tier of professional football competitions in Italy, the Serie B. It was previously known as Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie B or just Lega Serie B. It was founded on 7 July 2010, following a split between Serie A and Serie B clubs, which led to the dissolution of the Lega Calcio and creation of two new leagues, the Lega Serie A and Lega Serie B respectively.

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Lega Nazionale Dilettanti

The Lega Nazionale Dilettanti (National Amateur League) is the giant league which rules amateur football of FIGC in Italy.

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Lega Pro Prima Divisione

Lega Pro Prima Divisione was the third highest football league in Italy.

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Lega Pro Seconda Divisione

Lega Pro Seconda Divisione was the fourth highest football league in Italy, the lowest with a professional status.

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Lega Serie A

The Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A (Italian for National League of Professionals Serie A), commonly known as 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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List of football clubs in Italy

This is a list of football clubs located in Italy, sorted by division, then alphabetically, and including geographical locations, home stadium information and club positions in the prior season.

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List of Italian football champions

The Italian football champions (scudetto, "little shield", plural: scudetti) are the annual winners of Serie A, Italy's premier football league competition.

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Prima Categoria

Prima Categoria is a level of football in Italy.

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Professional

A professional is a member of a profession or any person who earns their living from a specified professional activity.

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Promotion and relegation

In sports leagues, promotion and relegation is a process where teams are transferred between multiple divisions based on their performance for the completed season.

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Promozione

Promozione is a level of football in Italy.

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Provinces of Italy

In Italy, a province (provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between a municipality (comune) and a region (regione).

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Regions of Italy

The regions of Italy (Italian: regioni) are the first-level administrative divisions of Italy, constituting its second NUTS administrative level.

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San Marino

San Marino, officially the Republic of San Marino (Repubblica di San Marino), also known as the Most Serene Republic of San Marino (Serenissima Repubblica di San Marino), is an enclaved microstate surrounded by Italy, situated on the Italian Peninsula on the northeastern side of the Apennine Mountains.

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Seconda Categoria

Seconda Categoria is a level of football in Italy.

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Serie A

Serie A, also called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Coppa Campioni d'Italia.

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Serie A (women's football)

The women's football Serie A is the highest-level league competition for women's football clubs in Italian football.

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Serie B

Serie B, currently named Serie B ConTe.it due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the Serie A and Serie B. Common nicknames for the league are campionato cadetto and cadetteria, as cadetto is the Italian for junior or cadet.

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Serie C

Lega Italiana Calcio Professionistico (Lega Pro) is the governing body that runs Serie C, the third highest football division in Italy.

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Serie D

Serie D is the top level of the Italian non-professional football association called Lega Nazionale Dilettanti.

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Terza Categoria

Terza Categoria is the lowest level of "amateur" football in Italy.

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Torino F.C.

Torino Football Club, commonly referred to as Torino or simply Toro, is a professional Italian football club based in Turin, Piedmont, that plays in Serie A. Founded as Foot-Ball Club Torino in 1906, Torino are among the most successful clubs in Italy with seven league titles, including five consecutive league titles at the time of the Grande Torino, widely recognised as one of the strongest teams of the 1940s.

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Torneo di Viareggio

The Torneo di Viareggio (Viareggio Tournament), official name Viareggio Cup World Football Tournament Coppa Carnevale, is one of the most important youth football tournaments in the world.

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Turin

Turin (Torino; Turin) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy.

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U.S.D. Novese

Unione Sportiva Dilettantistica Novese is an Italian football club from Novi Ligure, Piedmont.

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World War I

World War I (often abbreviated as WWI or WW1), also known as the First World War, the Great War, or the War to End All Wars, was a global war originating in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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2016–17 Serie A

The 2016–17 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 115th season of top-tier Italian football, the 85th in a round-robin tournament, and the 7th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the defending champions.

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Redirects here:

Association football league system in Italy, Italian association football league system, Italian football league, Italian football system.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_football_league_system

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