Lega Serie A: Difference between revisions

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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|accessdateaccess-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|accessdateaccess-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>

Serie A counts a total number of 20 clubs. In each season (that starts in August, to end in following May) every club faces the others twice (double round-robin system): once in home stadium and once in the opponents one, for 38 total games (19 for each half). Teams gain 3 points for win and a point for draw: no points are gained for lost matches. Ranking is based on total points: the top-club (with the most points) is crowned Italian champion at the end of season. If two or more teams are equal on number of points, they are ranked by following criteria: head-to-head records (results and points), [[goal difference]] in these games, goal difference overall, most goals scored, draw.<ref name="FIGC">{{cite web |url=http://213.215.145.251/Assets/contentresources_2/ContenutoGenerico/63.$plit/C_2_ContenutoGenerico_19265_StrilloComunicatoUfficiale_lstAllegati_Allegato_0_upfAllegato.pdf |title=Comunicato ufficiale n. 28/a |publisher=[[Italian Football Federation|Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio]] |date=18 July 2008 |accessdateaccess-date=3 July 2010 |language=Italianit }}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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]].

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 |accessdateaccess-date=4 September 2011 |language=Italianit}}</ref>