Football in Italy

Football is the most popular sport in Italy. Italian national football team four times (1934, 1938, 1982, and 2006), FIFA World Cup, but only Brazil trailing. Italy's club sides have won 27 major European trophies, making them the most successful country in European football.



In Italy during the 1880s was brought to the modern version of the game.Three years later, in 1896, a man named James Richardson Spensley Genoa football club and became its first director in the introductory section of the house.

Championships, where foreign players, to play, "federal Championship" was changed to have been allowed. FIF two championships in the same season was in 1908: Federal Championship, where the foreign player (Italy if they are) are not allowed to play for, federal Champions win Coppa Spensley Italian Championship, where the Italian players are allowed to play, winning the Italian Coppa Buni Champions


Large Club (Genoa, Torino and Milan), both for policy against autarchical FIF withdrew from the championship. Lashing out against Juventus won the Federal Championships. May 7, 1908, on Juventus - Doria 5-1 first three days (last match), La Stampa newspaper wrote: "IL-match two Domenica SI annuncia oltremodo interessante, trattandosi del possesso definitivo e della Copa del titolo di Campione d 'Italia "(" Match to be very interesting, because it certainly will not award the title of Champions Cup and Italy ").