Unione Sportiva Livorno 1915, is a semi-professional Italian football club based in Livorno, Tuscany. They compete in Serie D, the top tier of semi-professional Italian football after their promotion from the regional Eccellenza Tuscany league. The team's colours are dark red. Livorno were one of the original sides of Serie A, the top flight of Italian football, but have been relegated seven times from the top flight and have undergone two club refoundings in 1991 and 2021, necessitating a rise from the regional Eccellenza leagues. Their longest spells in the top division were from 1940 to 1949 and from 2004 to 2008. The amaranto have won Serie B on two occasions, the Lega Pro Prima Divisione and Lega Pro Seconda Divisione once each, and the Supercoppa di Serie C once as well. Livorno play their home matches at the Stadio Armando Picchi.
Unione Sportiva Triestina Calcio 1918, commonly referred to as Triestina, is an Italian football club based in Trieste, Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Originally founded in 1918, the club has been re-established several times in its history. As of the 2022–23 season, it plays in Serie C, the third tier of Italian football.
The 2004–05 Serie A was the 103rd season of top-tier Italian football, the 73rd in a round-robin tournament. It was expanded to contain 20 clubs, which played 38 matches against each other, rather than the 34 matches in previous seasons, while relegations were reduced to three. The Coppa Campioni d'Italia was presented to the winners on the pitch for the first time.
Associazione Calcio Dilettantistica Legnano, commonly referred to as Legnano, is an Italian football club based in Legnano, Lombardy. Founded in 1913, Legnano played three seasons in Serie A and a total of eleven seasons in the top tier of the Italian football league system.
Pallacanestro Treviso, named Benetton Basket due to a long running sponsorship by the Benetton Group and widely referred to as Benetton Treviso, is an Italian youth basketball club based in Treviso, Veneto.
The 2006–07 UEFA Cup was the 36th UEFA Cup, Europe's second-tier club football tournament. On 16 May 2007, at Hampden Park, Glasgow, Scotland, Sevilla won their second consecutive UEFA Cup, defeating Espanyol 3–1 on penalties after the match finished 2–2 after extra time. Sevilla became the first side to win the competition two years in a row since Real Madrid achieved this feat in 1985 and 1986.
Francesca Piccinini is an Italian volleyball player who has represented Italy four times at the Summer Olympics. She was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2002 World Championship in Germany. She made her debut for Italy on 10 June 1995 against the United States. She was inspired to become a professional volleyball player by the Japanese anime Attack No. 1, shown in Italy in the 1980s under the title Mimì e la nazionale della pallavolo.
S.S.P. Reyer Venezia Mestre, commonly known as Reyer Venezia or simply Reyer, is an Italian professional basketball club that is based in Venice, Veneto. The club currently plays in the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA), the highest tier of basketball in Italy, as well as the EuroCup. Reyer operates both men's and women's professional teams, both playing in their respective first divisions as of the 2017–18 season. The men's team has been crowned the Italian champions four times, as they won the LBA in 1942, 1943, 2017 and 2019.
Pallavolo Sirio Perugia was an Italian women's volleyball club based in Perugia. The club had success at national and international level during the years it was active.
Genoa Cricket and Football Club, commonly referred to as Genoa, is a professional football club based in Genoa, Liguria, Italy. The team competes Serie A, the top division of the Italian football system.
The Italian Women's Cup is the national women's football cup competition in Italy and was first held in 1971.
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Città di Marino Calcio or known as Città di Marino, was an Italian association football club, based in Marino, in Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Lazio region. It was founded in 1993. The club folded in 2013 after the club merged with a local side in Monterotondo, and relocated there to form A.S.D. Monterotondo Calcio. Marino had played in 2011–12 Serie D and 2012–13 Serie D seasons.
The 2010-11 Serie A was the 44th edition of the premier category of the Italian women's football championship. It was won by defending champion Torres, which won all matches except for a tie against Brescia. With this trophy Torres reached Lazio, which narrowly avoided relegation, as the most successful team in the Serie A with five titles. UPC Tavagnacco was the championship's runner-up for the first time, also qualifying for the 2011-12 Champions League.
Daniela Stracchi is an Italian football midfielder. She plays for Atalanta Mozzanica in the women's Serie A.
The Supercoppa Italiana, also called Supercoppa Italiana Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane for national sponsorship with Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, is a national women's football cup competition in Italy played between the winner of the Serie A and the winner of the Coppa Italia.
A.S. Siracusa was an Italian football club founded in 1937. In 1995 the first team of the club was withdrawn from the professional leagues. A phoenix youth academy lasted until circa 2005, as a new company A.S. Siracusa Calcio 1924 S.r.l., with an illigimate foundation year.
The 2020–21 Serie A (women) is the 54th season of the women's football top level league in Italy. It began on 23 August 2020 and is scheduled to be concluded on 23 May 2021. Juventus are the defending champions, after being crowned league winners as the previous season could not be completed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They won the competition for fourth consecutive season, equalling the feat reached by Torres in 2013. The Bianconere became the ninth in the Italian women's top flight to won the competition unbeaten, equalling the result achieved the previous season, becoming also the third to reach it in consecutive seasons and the first to accomplish a perfect season having won all their league matches, being the latter an unprecedented feat in Italian men's or women's football history. Consequently, the club holds the record for the most points in a championship with 12 teams contestants (66).
Benedetta Glionna is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Serie A club AS Roma and the Italy women's national team. She moved to Roma on 5 July 2021 and signed a contract until the summer of 2024.
Sofia Cantore is an Italian professional footballer who plays as forward for Serie A club Juventus FC and the Italy women's national team.
