Association: Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC)
Founded: 1898
Joined FIFA: 1905
Confederation: UEFA
Colors: Blue, White
The Game: Calcio
The Country: Italia

Official Website: figc.it

Description:
Calcio is pronounced KAL-choe. Calcio storico (historic calcio) is an Italian ballgame dating to the Middle Ages. It is vaguely soccer-like and presumably modern calcio was given this name because of its resemblance to calcio storico. National team is called the 'Azzuri' - the Blues, a reference to their blue jerseys. Blue was the traditional color of the House of Savoy, the ruling family of Italy until World War II. The league champion earns the right to have a small shield (scudetto) on their jerseys the following season, and winning the championship is often called 'winning the scudetto'. The cup winner wears a similar, circular emblem. A team that has won 10 titles permanently wears a gold star on their jersey. The league is sponsored by TIM, an Italian telecommunications company.

Trophy Room:
* World Cup (1934, 38, 82, 2006)
* European Championship (1968)

Links:
La Grande Storia del Calcio

Leagues:
Serie A
Serie B
Serie C1 - A

Clubs:
Ascoli
Atalanta
Bologna
Brescia
Cagliari
Catania
Chievo
Empoli
Fiorentina
Genoa
Inter
Juventus
Lazio
Lecce
Livorno
Messina
Milan
Napoli
Palermo
Parma
Reggina
Roma
Sampdoria
Siena
Torino
Treviso
Udinese
Verona