Cagliari Calcio, commonly referred to as Cagliari, is an Italian football club based in Cagliari, Sardinia. In the 2022-23 season, they compete in Serie B. As of 2021–22, the team is temporarily playing their home games at the 16,416-seat Unipol Domus, adjacent to their future new stadium site.
Bruno Giordano is an Italian football manager and former player, who was deployed as a forward and is mostly remembered for winning the title of Serie A capocannoniere achieved with Lazio as well as for his successful time at Napoli. Giordano was a prolific striker with good technique and dribbling ability, and also possessed an accurate and powerful shot with either foot; due to his characteristics, he was regarded as the heir of Giorgio Chinaglia.
Igor Protti is an Italian former professional footballer who currently works as a general manager for Livorno.
Antonio Pietro Paolo Virdis is an Italian football manager and former player, who played as a forward. Throughout his career, he played for Nuorese, before playing in Serie A with Cagliari Calcio, Juventus, Udinese Calcio, and A.C. Milan; he ended his career with Lecce. Known for his eye for goal, with Juventus, he won two league titles and a Coppa Italia; with Milan, he was the league's top scorer in 1987, also winning a league title and the Supercoppa Italiana in 1988, and was part of the club's European Cup victory in 1989. At international level, he represented Italy at the 1988 Summer Olympics, helping the team to a fourth-place finish.
Héctor "Ettore" Puricelli was a football player and manager who played as a striker. Born in Uruguay, he represented Italy at international level. As a player, he is most famous for his time with Italian clubs Bologna and Milan. A prolific goalscorer, he was known for his ability in the air, which earned him the nickname "testina d'oro".
The Serie A, also called Serie A Femminile TIM due to sponsorship by TIM, is the highest league of women's football in Italy. Established in 1968, it has been run by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) since the 2018–19 season, and currently features 10 teams.
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica FC Sassari Torres Femminile is an Italian women's association football club based in Sassari, Sardinia. The club was formed in 1980 and competed in women's Serie A until 2015. Torres's colours were blue and red. The team won seven scudetti and eight Italian Women's Cups. They were refused a license for the 2015–16 Serie A season due to debts and now compete in Serie B.
Giovanni Cornacchini is an Italian professional football coach and former football player, who played as a forward.
The Italian Women's Cup is the national women's football cup competition in Italy and was first held in 1971.
Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Brescia Calcio Femminile, known as Brescia Calcio Femminile or simply Brescia, is an Italian women's football club from Capriolo, near Brescia. It was founded in 1985 as FCF Capriolo Arredamenti Ostilio. In 2000 it moved to Bergamo, where it played for five seasons as ACF Pro Bergamo. The team was renamed in 2005 as it returned to Capriolo. Though sharing similar colours and logos with the men's team in the city, Brescia Calcio, the women's team is not a subordinate of it; however, in 2020 a formal partnership agreement was made between them.
Società Sportiva Lazio Women 2015 a r.l. is an Italian women's football team representing professional male football club S.S. Lazio S.p.A.'s female's section. They currently play in Serie A Femminile.
Elisabetta Vignotto, nicknamed "Betty", is an Italian former footballer who played as a striker.
Società Sportiva Dilettantistica Napoli Femminile, known as Napoli Femminile or simply Napoli, is an Italian women's football club from Naples that competes in Serie B.
Elisabetta "Betty" Bavagnoli is an Italian football coach and former defender or midfielder. As a player, she represented the Italian women's national team and various clubs in 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.
Federica D'Astolfo is an Italian football coach and former midfielder. She played for Italy at the 1991 and 1999 editions of the FIFA Women's World Cup. Active at club level from 1978 to 2006, she won five women's Serie A winner's medals and one Coppa Italia winner's medal.
Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Cuneo Calcio Femminile is a women's association football club from Italy. The team competed in the top-level Serie A twice, last in 2016–17. After that season they sold their Serie A licence to Juventus, who were starting a women's professional team. The club only fielded youth teams since afterwards, as an affiliated club of Cuneo.
Unione Sportiva Sassuolo Calcio, or simply Sassuolo, is an Italian women football club based in Sassuolo.
Associazione Calcio Milan, colloquially known as Milan Women or simply Milan, is an Italian women's association football club affiliated with A.C. Milan, the professional football club in Milan. It was established in 2018 by acquiring the Serie A licence of a Capriolo, Brescia-based team Brescia Calcio Femminile. The team compete in Serie A and are based out of the Centro Sportivo Vismara.
Milena Bertolini is an Italian former footballer and current manager of the Italy women's national team. As the national team coach, she led Italy to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup following a twenty-year absence.
