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2006–07 In Italian Football
The 2006–07 season was the 105th season of competitive football in Italy. Overview The look of Italian football in the first divisions took on major changes as a result of the Calciopoli scandal. It saw 29 time Serie A champions Juventus relegated from the top division to the second division Serie B for the first time in the club's history. Fiorentina and Lazio began the season in Serie A with deductions of 15 points and 3 points respectively. Milan were given an 8-point deduction, but played in the Champions League after defeating Red Star Belgrade in the third qualifying round. Catania made their first appearance in Serie A since 1984 after being promoted from Serie B. Val di Sangro play their first season of professional football in Italy, after being promoted from Serie D to Serie C2. Events * 22 July 2006 – Claudio Gentile's contract as coach of the Italian U21 national team is not renewed. * 24 July 2006 – Former Lazio and Juventus forward Pierluigi Casiraghi i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Football In Italy
Football ( ) is the most popular sport in Italy. The Italy national football team have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only Brazil (with five), runners-up in two finals both against Brazil, (1970, 1994) and reaching a third place ( 1990) and a fourth place (1978). They have also won two European Championships (1968 and 2020), also appeared in two finals (2000, 2012), finished third at the Confederations Cup (2013) and the Nations League (2021 and 2023), won one Olympic football tournament (1936) and two Central European International Cups ( 1927–30 and 1933–35). Italy's top domestic league, the Serie A, is one of the most popular professional sports leagues in the world because it is often depicted as the most tactical national football league, and is among the top five European football leagues. Italy's club sides have won 48 major European trophies, making them the second most successful nation in European football. Serie A hosts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internazionale Milano F
Football Club Internazionale Milano, commonly referred to as Internazionale () or simply Inter, and colloquially known as Inter Milan in English-speaking countries, is an Italian professional Association football, football List of football clubs in Italy, club based in Milan, Lombardy. Since 1947, Inter has shared the San Siro stadium with AC Milan—the club from which it originally split. The San Siro is the largest stadium in Italy, with a capacity of 75,817. The long-standing rivalry between the two clubs, known as the ''Derby della Madonnina'', is one of the most widely followed derbies in world football. Founded in 1908 following a schism within the Milan Foot-Ball and Cricket Club (now AC Milan), Inter won its first championship in 1910. Since its formation, the club has won 37 domestic trophies, including 20 Serie A, league titles, nine Coppa Italia, and eight Supercoppa Italiana. From 2006 to 2010, the club won five successive league titles, equaling the all-time re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pescara
Pescara (; ; ) is the capital city of the province of Pescara, in the Abruzzo Regions of Italy, region of Italy. It is the most populated city in Abruzzo, with 118,657 (January 1, 2023) residents (and approximately 350,000 including the surrounding metropolitan area). Located on the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coast at the mouth of the Aterno-Pescara, River Aterno-Pescara, the present-day municipality was formed in 1927 joining the municipalities of the old Pescara fortress, the part of the city to the south of the river, and Castellamare Adriatico, the part of the city to the north of the river. The surrounding area was formed into the province of Pescara. The main commercial street of the city is Corso Umberto I, which runs between two squares, starting from ''Piazza della Repubblica'' and reaching the seacoast in ''Piazza Primo Maggio''. The rectangle that it forms with Corso Vittorio Emanuele II and Via Nicola Fabrizi is home of the main shopping district, enclosed in a Road space ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Davide Ballardini
Davide Ballardini (born 6 January 1964) is an Italian football manager. He was most recently the head coach of Sassuolo. Playing career A former midfielder, Ballardini spent seven years as a player with Cesena under youth team coach Arrigo Sacchi and first-team coach Osvaldo Bagnoli, which he cited as his mentors. Coaching career Ballardini started his coaching career serving as youth team coach for Bologna, and successively Cesena and A.C. Milan. He then worked as Parma under-19 youth team coach from 2002 to 2004. He was then appointed by Sambenedettese as new head coach for the 2004–05 season, ended with an impressive fourth place and the consequent participation in the promotion playoffs, then lost to Napoli in the semi-final. He was subsequently chosen by Massimo Cellino as the new Cagliari boss for their 2005–06 Serie A campaign; however, he was sacked only a few weeks later, on 11 November, and replaced by Nedo Sonetti. Ballardini started the 2006–07 season at the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pescara Calcio
Delfino Pescara 1936, commonly referred to as Pescara, is a professional football in Italy, Italian football club based in Pescara, Abruzzo. The club was formed in 1936 and currently plays in Serie C, but will play in Serie B in the 2025–26 season following a win against Ternana Calcio, Ternana in promotion play-offs. Pescara has competed in seven seasons in Serie A, 1977–78 Serie A, 1977–78, 1979–80 Serie A, 1979–80, 1987–88 Serie A, 1987–88, 1988–89 Serie A, 1988–89, 1992–93 Serie A, 1992–93, 2012–13 Serie A, 2012–13 and last participated in 2016–17 Serie A, 2016–17. The team's official colors are white and light blue varied between either azure or sky blue, manifested in striped shirts with white socks and shorts. History Aside from a spell in Serie B in the 1940s, Pescara had a relatively undistinguished history until promotion to Serie B in 1974. With players like Giorgio Repetto and Bruno Nobili in the midfield, they managed to win their first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Atalanta B
Atalanta (; ) is a heroine in Greek mythology. There are two versions of the huntress Atalanta: one from Arcadia (region), Arcadia, whose parents were Iasus and Clymene (mythology), Clymene and who is primarily known from the tales of the Calydonian boar hunt and the Argonauts; and the other from Boeotia, who is the daughter of King Schoeneus and is primarily noted for her skill in the footrace. In both versions, Atalanta was a local figure allied to the goddess Artemis; in such oral traditions, minor characters were often assigned different names, resulting in minor regional variations. Mythology Early life At birth, Atalanta was taken to Mount Parthenion to be Infant exposure, exposed because her father had desired a son. A she-bear—one of the symbols of Artemis—whose cubs had been recently killed by hunters came upon Atalanta and nursed her until those same hunters discovered her and raised her themselves in the mountains. Atalanta then grew up to be a swift-footed vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moris Carrozzieri
Moris Carrozzieri (born 16 November 1980) is an Italian former Association football, football Defender (association football), defender. Club career Early career Carrozzieri started his professional career at A.S. Bari. He was loaned to A.S. Andria BAT, Andria and Giulianova Calcio, Giulianova (both at Serie C1) and then to A.C. Martina, Martina and Teramo Calcio, Teramo (both at Serie C2). He help Teramo gain promotion to Serie C1 in summer 2002, and the club bought half of the registration rights of the player. In summer 2003, Carrozzieri was sold to newly promoted team Sampdoria, by Teramo bought Bari's half and re-sold to the Genoa, Genoese club. Sampdoria First season of Carrozzieri in Serie A, he made 25 appearances and the team finished 8th. The club bought rest of the rights at the end of the season. However, he just made 3 appearances in the second season, and he was loaned to A.C. Arezzo of Serie B at the end of the season. He made 35 appearances and the team finish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francesco Flachi
Francesco Flachi (born 8 April 1975) is an Italian former professional footballer, currently playing for Promozione amateurs Praese. A striker, during an 18-year professional career in which he amassed Serie A totals of 137 games and 42 goals, he played mainly with Sampdoria. He was also suspended twice for doping. Club career Fiorentina Born in Florence, Flachi made his professional debuts with local giants ACF Fiorentina, appearing in ten Serie B games and scoring twice as the 1993–94 season ended in promotion. He made his Serie A debut on 4 September 1994, against Cagliari Calcio, in a 2–1 win. Flachi would appear rarely for the ''Viola'' in the top flight, however, facing stiff competition from the likes of Gabriel Batistuta and Luís Oliveira - only three league games in each of his three last seasons. He also served two loans whilst on contract with the club, with A.S. Bari and A.C. Ancona (both in the second division), scoring an impressive ten goals in only 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luca Pancalli
Luca Pancalli (born 16 April 1964) is an Italian sports manager and former swimmer. Early life and education Pancalli was born in Rome. He graduated in law at the Sapienza University of Rome in 1998. As lawyer, he dedicated himself to the field of civil rights and in raising public awareness regarding the issue of disability. Career After having won a national youth modern pentathlon championship, Pancalli became a quadriplegic in 1981 following a tumble from a horse during an international race in Austria. Despite this, he was still able to partially move his arms and took part in four different editions of the Paralympic Games from 1984 to 1996, winning eight gold, six silver, and one bronze medal in swimming. In 1992, Pancalla was among the founders of the Italian Sports Federation of Motoring Special Licenses (FISAPS), which he chaired until 1996, the year in which he became vice-president of the Italian Sports Federation for the Disables (FISD). In 2000, he became presi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Football Federation
The Italian Football Federation (, ; FIGC ), known colloquially as (), is the governing body of football in Italy. It is based in Rome and Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano, the technical department is in Coverciano, Florence. It manages and coordinates the Italian football league system. It is also responsible for appointing the management of the Italy national football team (men's), Italy women's national football team, women's, and youth national football teams. The Italy national futsal team also belongs to the federation. History The Federation was established in Turin on 26 March 1898 as the Federazione Italiana del Football (FIF), on the initiative of a Constituent Assembly established on 15 March by Enrico D'Ovidio. Mario Vicary was elected the first official president of the FIF on 26 March. When, in 1909, it was suggested to change the Federation's name at an annual board elections held in Milan, the few teams attending, representing less than 50% of the active c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guido Rossi
Guido Rossi (16 March 1931 – 21 August 2017) was an Italian jurist, lawyer, and politician. Biography Rossi was born in Milan on 16 March 1931. He studied at the Ghislieri College from 1948 to 1953, and graduated in law from the University of Pavia. In 1954, he obtained a Master of Laws at Harvard University. As a former professor of commercial law, comparative private law, and philosophy of law in Trieste, Venice, Pavia, and Milan at the Statale, Bocconi, and Vita-Salute San Raffaele universities, he was appointed president of Consob, Italy's equivalent of the Securities and Exchange Commission, in 1981. A member of the Senate of the Republic for the Italian Communist Party and later the Independent Left in the Legislature X of Italy from 1987 to 1992, he was the promoter of antitrust legislation in Italy. He later led Ferruzzi-Montedison, and then Telecom Italia. For a year in the 2000s, Rossi defended the Dutch bank Abn Amro. In 2003, he defended Cesare Geronzi, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Zaccheroni
Alberto Zaccheroni (; born 1 April 1953) is an Italian former association football, football manager, formerly in charge of the United Arab Emirates national football team, United Arab Emirates and Japan national football team, Japan national football teams. He has managed a number of top clubs in Serie A, the high point of his career being his stint as manager of AC Milan (1998–2001), with whom he won a scudetto, in his first season in charge (1998–99 Serie A, 1998–99). Other notable clubs coached by Zaccheroni include SS Lazio, Lazio, Inter Milan, Internazionale and Juventus FC, Juventus, all as interim coach for part of a season. He won the AFC Asian Cup, Asian Cup in 2011 as manager of Japan national football team, Japan. Zaccheroni is also renowned for his unconventional and trademark Formation (association football)#3.E2.80.934.E2.80.933, 3–4–3 tactical system. Career Zaccheroni played as a Full-back (association football), full-back on both the left and the righ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
