Serie B, currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is currently contested by 19 teams, however usually consists of 22 teams, and is 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.
Nils Gunnar Nordahl was a Swedish football player. A highly prolific, powerful, and physically strong striker, with an eye for goal, he is best known for his spell at A.C. Milan from 1949 to 1956, in which he won the Scudetto twice, and also the title of pluricapocannoniere, with an unprecedented five top scorer (Capocannonieri) awards, more than any other player in the history of the Italian championship. Nordahl is Milan’s all-time record goalscorer, and he long held the record for most goals for a single club in the history of Italian league, before being surpassed by Francesco Totti in January 2012. Nordahl is considered to be one of the greatest Swedish football players of all-time, and regarded as one of the best strikers in football history. In 2017, he was included in FourFourTwo magazine's list of the 100 greatest players of all time, at the 54th position.
Associazioni Calcio Riunite Messina S.S.D. a r.l. is an Italian football club based in Messina, Sicily. It currently plays in Serie D.
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.
Varese Calcio, commonly referred to as Varese, is an Italian football club based in Varese, Lombardy. It currently plays in Serie D. It was founded as Varese Football Club [sic] on 22 March 1910. It became Associazione Sportiva Varesina in 1923, Varese Sportiva in 1926, reverted to Varese F.C. from 1946 to 2004, and then Associazione Sportiva Varese 1910 from 2004 to 2015.
Italian Hockey League - Serie A, formerly known as Serie A, is the top tier of professional ice hockey in Italy, which first began play in 1925. They are conducted under the authority of the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG). As in the other top-level Italian sports leagues, the winners of the IHL - Serie A will wear the Scudetto the following season. The league's cup is known as the Rbk Hockey Cup to reflect Reebok's sponsorship of the league. The league initially merged with the Inter-National League to become the Alps Hockey League in 2016.
The Derby della Madonnina, also known as the Derby di Milano, is a derby football match between the two prominent Milanese clubs Internazionale and Milan. It is called Derby della Madonnina in honour of one of the main sights in the city of Milan, the statue of the Virgin Mary on the top of the Duomo, which is often referred to as the Madonnina.
Mauro Milanese is an Italian former footballer and manager, who played as a left back. He has also been capped for the Italy national football team. He played 2 international games for Italy national first team and 200 matches at Serie A, 100 matches at Lega Pro Prima Divisione and two seasons playing in the Championship. In 2014, he was manager of Leyton Orient.
This is the history of Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan, an Italian professional football club based in Milan, Lombardy.
Hockey Club Milano was an Italian ice hockey team based in Milano. Throughout its history, the team has changed its name twice. It was previously called Associazione Disco Ghiaccio Milano and Hockey Club Milano Inter.
Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan or simply Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons, in the top flight of Italian football, known as Serie A since 1929–30.
Davide Cattaneo is an Italian footballer who plays for Swiss 1. Liga Classic side AC Taverne.
Ernesto Matteo Poggi, known as Gino Poggi or Poggi II, was an Italian footballer and coach of the 1950s.
The 1940–41 Serie A season was the 13th season of the Serie A, the top level of ice hockey in Italy. Four teams participated in the championship, which was won by AC Milanese DG.
Futura Volley Busto Arsizio is an Italian women's volleyball club based in Busto Arsizio, in the province of Varese. The team currently plays in the Serie A1, Italy's highest professional league. The team is sponsored by Yamamay, an Italian company that produces undergarment and swimsuits.
Associazione Milanese Disco Ghiaccio Milano (AMDG) was an ice hockey team in Milan, Italy. The club was formed in 1937 by the merger of ADG Milano and HC Diavoli Rossoneri Milano.
The U.S. Palmese 1912 is a football club based in Palmi, Italy, founded in 1912. The team, whose colors are black and green, is one of the oldest in the football landscape of Calabria, and in the past has also played in the championships, the forerunner of today's Lega Pro, losing in 1935 with the Taranto and Andrea Doria finals for access to Serie B. It currently plays in Serie D.
The 2014–15 Serie A was the 113th season of top-tier Italian football, the 83rd in a round-robin tournament, and the fifth since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 30 August 2014.
Volley Milano is an Italian men's volleyball club based in Milan which plays in SuperLega.
