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unusual facts about Italian football



A Season with Verona

It tells the story of a single season following the fortunes of Italian football club Hellas Verona, and deals especially with Parks' relationship with the infamous hard core Brigate Gialloblù who make up Verona's travelling support.

A.C. Formigine A.S.D.

Associazione Calcio Formigine Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica is an Italian football club based in Formigine, Emilia Romagna.

A.C. Marano A.S.D.

Associazione Calcio Marano Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica is an Italian football club based in Marano Vicentino, Veneto.

A.C.D. Trissino-Valdagno

Associazione Calcio Dilettantistica Trissino-Valdagno is an Italian football club based in Trissino and Valdagno, Veneto.

A.C.D. Union Ripa La Fenadora

Associazione Calcio Dilettantistica Union Ripa La Fenadora is an Italian football club based in Seren del Grappa, Veneto.

A.S.D. Vittorio Falmec San Martino Colle

A.S.D. Vittorio Falmec San Martino Colle (or simply Vittorio Falmec) is an Italian football club based in Vittorio, Veneto.

A.S.D.P. Ribera 1954

Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Polisportiva Ribera 1954 was an Italian football club based in Ribera, sicily.

Alessandro Altobelli

Alessandro Altobelli (born 28 November 1955 in Sonnino, Latina) is a former professional Italian footballer.

Basty Kyeremateng

Basty Owusu Kyeremateng (born 3 February 1987 in Kumasi) is an Italian footballer who currently playing for A.C.D. Borgopal Calcio.

Colleferro Calcio 1937

TheSports Association Football Colleferro is an Italian football club based in Colleferro (RM), which currently plays in the non-professional league Eccellenza in the Latium region.

F.C. Legnago Salus S.S.D.

Football Club Legnago Salus Società Sportiva Dilettantistica (formerly Associazione Calcio Legnago Salus) is an Italian football club located in Legnago, Veneto.

Fortitudo-Pro Roma S.G.S.

Fortitudo-Pro Roma Società di Ginnastica e Scherma was an Italian football club from the Rione Borgo area of Rome, originally founded in 1908.

Juan Barbas

Juan Alberto Barbas (born 23 August 1959 in San Martín, Buenos Aires) is a retired Argentine football defensive midfielder, He played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain, Italy and Switzerland before turning his hand to management in 2009 with Racing Club de Avellaneda.

Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A

A little less powerful than in previous games, they are still very rhythmic and stick to the atmosphere of Italian football.

U.S. Alessandria Calcio 1912

Unione Sportiva Alessandria Calcio 1912 is the professional Italian football club based in Alessandria, Piedmont.

U.S.D. San Severo

Unione Sportiva Dilettantistica San Severo is an Italian football club based in San Severo, Apulia.


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1994–95 Serie A

Super Formation Soccer 95: della Serie A, football video game licensed by Italian Football League and AIC (Associazione Italiana Calciatori) that featured all clubs from the Italian Serie A (SEASON 1994–95 Serie A)

2012–13 Coppa Italia Serie D

Coppa Italia Serie D (Italian for Serie D Italian Cup) is a straight knock-out based competition involving teams from Serie D in Italian football.

A.S. Pescina Valle del Giovenco

Following the promotions, the club started a rebranding process that included the relocation to Avezzano to accommodate their quickly advancing position on the Italian football scene.

Alberto Gallinetta

Alberto Gallinetta (born 16 April 1992 in Giussano, Italy) is an Italian football player who is currently playing for Chieti Calcio in the Italian Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, on loan from Serie A champions, Juventus

Aldo Biscardi

Aldo Biscardi, (Larino, 26 November 1930) is an Italian football TV presenter, best known for conducting the show Il Processo di Biscardi (The Monday Trial).

Alessandro Pistone

Pistone started his career at Solbiatese and Crevalcore, two small Italian teams who in recent years have slid to the lowest tier of professional Italian football, before moving to Vicenza for the duration of the 1995–96 season.

Arnaldo Sentimenti

The Sentimenti family were prominent in Italian football, several of Lucidio's relatives in the game include his brothers; Ennio, Lucidio, Vittorio and Primo, his cousins Lino and nephews Roberto and Andrea Sentimenti.

Beati

Nicola Beati (born 13 February 1983 in Perugia) is an Italian football (soccer) player.

Biagi

Carlo Biagi (1914–1986), an Italian football (soccer) player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics

Castel di Sangro

The town gained some popularity in the mid-1990s thanks to the exploits of local football club Castel di Sangro Calcio In 1996, Castel di Sangro was visited by American author Joe McGinniss who wrote The Miracle of Castel di Sangro, a book about the team that made it up through 5 leagues to get to Serie B, the second-highest league in Italian football.

Daisuke Matsui

Matsui chose Le Mans, then a second division club, over Lazio, one of the top clubs in Serie A, because he believed that the style of Italian football was too defensive.

Elio samaga hukapan kariyana turu

The first track quotes the first album by Skiantos (an Italian punk group), has Rockets "On the Road Again" song on the background (a space-rock group quite known in Italy in the 70s), and cites late Italian football player Giacinto Facchetti.

Football on 5

In 2007, his Radio 1 colleague Mark “Chappers” Chapman joined Channel 5 to cover Italian football alongside Laura Esposto.

Leandro Arpinati

Arpinati held several positions in the Italian sport world, such as the President of Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) and of the Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (Italian football federation): he led the reformation of the Serie A championship on national level, and organized the 1934 FIFA World Cup.

Lucidio Sentimenti

The Sentimenti family were prominent in Italian football, several of Lucidio's relatives in the game include his brothers; Ennio, Arnaldo, Vittorio and Primo, his cousins Lino and nephews Roberto and Andrea Sentimenti.

Mancini

Roberto Mancini, Former Italian football player and the current manager of Galatasaray

Mirko Vučinić

He quickly caught the attention of Pantaleo Corvino, the sporting director of the Italian football club Lecce and was transferred to Lecce in the summer of 2000.

Novellino

Walter Novellino (born 1953), Italian football player and team manager

Porcello

Massimilian Porcello (born 1980), German-Italian football (soccer) player

Primo Sentimenti

The Sentimenti family were prominent in Italian football, several of Lucidio's relatives in the game include his brothers; Ennio, Lucidio, Vittorio and Arnaldo, his cousins Lino and nephews Roberto and Andrea Sentimenti.

Sarti

Alessio Sarti (born 1979), Italian football (soccer) goalkeeper

Serse Cosmi

Together with Carlo Mazzone, he is considered one of the most passionate coaches in Italian football, and also became subject of a satirical imitation from comedian Maurizio Crozza.

Soccavo

Fabio Cannavaro, captain of the 2006 World Cup-winning Italian football team, was born in the district, along with his younger brother Paolo Cannavaro.

Vittorio Sentimenti

The Sentimenti family were prominent in Italian football, several of Lucidio's relatives in the game include his brothers; Ennio, Lucidio, Primo and Arnaldo, his cousins Lino and nephews Roberto and Andrea Sentimenti.