Italian football organization
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. In the past the television rights of the Serie A clubs were sold separately, and "Serie A" had to financially support Serie B through divided part of the Serie A TV revenues to Serie B clubs. On 30 April 2009, Serie A announced a split from Serie B, when nineteen of the twenty clubs voted in favour of the move. Relegation-threatened Lecce voted against.
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The governing body took over most of the competitions formerly held by
Lega Calcio
, namely
Serie A
,
Coppa Italia
,
Supercoppa Italiana
, and youth competitions
Campionato Primavera 1
,
Coppa Italia Primavera
, and
Supercoppa Primavera
.
Serie B
is now organised by the
Lega Serie B
, which was also created in 2010.
Competitions
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League
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Serie A counts a total number of 20 clubs. In each season (that starts in August, to end in following May) every club faces the others twice (double round-robin system): once in home stadium and once in the opponents one, for 38 total games (19 for each half). Teams gain 3 points for win and a point for draw: no points are gained for lost matches. Ranking is based on total points: the top-club (with the most points) is crowned Italian champion at the end of season. If two or more teams are equal on number of points, they are ranked by following criteria: head-to-head records (results and points),
goal difference
in these games, goal difference overall, most goals scored, draw.
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The three lowest placed teams are
relegated
in
Serie B
, as three other sides (two top-teams and play-off winner) are promoted in order to replace them.
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The Lega Serie A organizes the main Italian cup competition, the
Coppa Italia
, which is open also to all Serie B clubs and some clubs from the
Serie C
.
Super Cup
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The Lega Serie A also organizes the
Supercoppa Italiana
, a yearly match between the champions of the Serie A and the winners of the Coppa Italia.
Youth competitions
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Youth teams of Lega Serie A clubs play in the
Campionato Primavera 1
, as well as competing in their own cup competitions, such as the
Coppa Italia Primavera
and the
Supercoppa Primavera
.
Nike
is the official match football of the Lega Serie A and is used by all 20 teams in league games. The same football is used in all
Coppa Italia
games and the
Supercoppa Italiana
.
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List of Lega Serie A chairmen
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- Maurizio Beretta 2010?2017
- Carlo Tavecchio
2017?2018 (interim commissioner)
- Giovanni Malago
2018 (interim commissioner)
- Gaetano Miccicche (2018?2019)
- Mario Cicala (2019) (interim commissioner)
- Giancarlo Abete (2019?2020) (interim commissioner)
- Paolo Dal Pino (2020?)
Official Match Ball
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- 2010?11 Nike T90 Tracer
- 2011?12 Nike Seitiro
- 2012?13 Nike Maxim
- 2013?14 Nike Incyte
- 2014?15 Nike Ordem 2
- 2015?16 Nike Ordem 3
- 2016?17 Nike Ordem 4
- 2017?18 Nike Ordem 5
- 2018?19 Nike Merlin
- 2019?20 Nike Merlin 2
- 2020?21 Nike Flight
- 2021?22 Nike Flight 2
- 2022?23 Puma Orbita Serie A 2022?23
- 2023?24 Puma Orbita Serie A 2023?24
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