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{{Short description|Italian football organization}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2018}}
{{About||the basketball league|Lega Basket Serie A|the volleyball league|Lega Pallavolo Serie A}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Lega Serie A
| imagelogo = File:Serie A.svg
| region_served = Italy
| founded = 2010
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The '''Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A''' (Italian for ''National Professionals League Serie A''), commonly known as '''LNPA''' or '''Lega Serie A''' (Serie A League), is the governing body that runs the major professional [[Association football|football]] competitions in Italy, most prominently the [[Serie A]].
 
It was founded on 1 July 2010. In the past the television rights of the Serie A clubs were sold separately, and "Serie A" had to financially support Serie B through divided part of the Serie A TV revenues to Serie B clubs. On 30 April 2009, Serie A announced a split from Serie B, when nineteen of the twenty clubs voted in favour of the move. Relegation-threatened Lecce voted against.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/europe/8027857.stm|title=Serie A to form breakaway league|publisher=BBC Sport|date=30 April 2009|access-date=2 July 2010}}</ref><ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/30/AR2009043002764.html Serie A clubs to set up their own league – Washington Post]{{dead link|date=JulyJune 20102021|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11854_5260115,00.html|title=Serie A set for breakaway|work=Sky Sports|date=30 April 2009|access-date=2 July 2010}}</ref><ref name="guardian">[https://www.theguardian.com/football/2009/apr/30/serie-a-b-european-football-italy Italian league splits in two after meeting ends in stalemate – Guardian]</ref>
 
The governing body took over most of the competitions formerly held by [[Lega Nazionale Professionisti|Lega Calcio]], namely [[Serie A]], [[Coppa Italia]], [[Supercoppa Italiana]], and youth competitions [[Campionato Primavera 1]], [[Coppa Italia Primavera]], and [[Supercoppa Primavera]]. [[Serie B]] is now organised by the [[Lega Serie B]], which was also created in 2010.
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=== Cup ===
{{Main|Coppa Italia}}
The Lega Serie A organizes the main Italian cup competition, the [[Coppa Italia]], which is open also to all Serie B clubs and some clubs from the [[Serie C]] and the [[Serie D]].
 
=== Super Cup ===
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== Footballs ==
The [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]] is the official match football of the Lega Serie A and is used by all 20 teams in league games. The same football is used in all [[Coppa Italia]] games and the [[Supercoppa Italiana]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.legaseriea.it/it/sala-stampa/archivio-dettaglio/-/news/PRESENTATO_IL_NIKE_SEITIRO/435998 |title=Presentato il Nike Seitiro |date=30 June 2011 |work=legaseriea.it |publisher=Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A |access-date=4 September 2011 |language=it}}</ref>
 
== List of Lega Serie A chairmen==
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*2017–18 Nike Ordem 5
*2018–19 Nike Merlin
*2019–20 Nike Merlin 2
*2020–21 Nike Flight
*2021–22 Nike Flight 2
*2022–23 Puma Orbita Serie A 2022–23
*2023–24 Puma Orbita Serie A 2023–24
 
== References ==
{{Reflist|2}}
 
== External links ==
* [http://www.legaseriea.it/ Lega Serie A official website]
 
{{Football in Italy}}