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Giovanni Bonfanti
Giovanni Bonfanti (born 17 January 2003) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Pisa, on loan from club Atalanta. Club career Born in Milan, Bonfanti joined the academy of Atalanta in 2015, aged 12, and subsequently came through the club's youth ranks; in the summer of 2021, he was sent on loan to Sampdoria, where he played for the under-19 squad, while receiving his first call-ups to the first team, under head coach Marco Giampaolo. On 14 July 2022, Bonfanti joined Serie C side Pontedera on loan until the end of the campaign. The defender made a total amount of 23 appearances (split between the league and the Coppa Italia Serie C) for the club throughout his first professional season. Having returned to Atalanta in the summer of 2023, Bonfanti started training with the first team during the pre-season, under manager Gian Piero Gasperini; at the start of the league campaign, he was initially assigned to the club's newly-formed reserve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milan
Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nearly 1.4 million, while its Metropolitan City of Milan, metropolitan city has 3.2 million residents. Within Europe, Milan is the fourth-most-populous List of urban areas in the European Union, urban area of the EU with 6.17 million inhabitants. According to national sources, the population within the wider Milan metropolitan area (also known as Greater Milan) is estimated between 7.5 million and 8.2 million, making it by far the List of metropolitan areas of Italy, largest metropolitan area in Italy and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, one of the largest in the EU.* * * * Milan is the economic capital of Italy, one of the economic capitals of Europe and a global centre for business, fashion and finance. Milan is reco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022–23 Serie C
The 2022–23 Serie C was the 64th season of the Serie C, the third tier of the Italian football league system, organized by the Lega Pro. Changes The league will be composed by 60 teams, geographically divided into three different groups. The group composition will be decided and formalized by the Serie C league committee between July and August. The following teams have changed division since the 2021–22 season: To Serie C Relegated from Serie B * Vicenza * Alessandria * Crotone * Pordenone Promoted from Serie D * Novara (Group A winners) * Sangiuliano City Nova (Group B winners) * Arzignano (Group C winners) * Rimini (Group D winners) * San Donato Tavarnelle (Group E winners) * Recanatese (Group F winners) * Giugliano (Group G winners) * Audace Cerignola (Group H winners) * Gelbison (Group I winners) * Torres (Group G play-off winners, admitted) From Serie C Promoted to Serie B * Südtirol * Modena * Bari * Palermo Relegated to Serie D * Seregno * Giana Erminio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League (UEL), usually known simply as the Europa League, is an annual association football, football club competition organised since 1971 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the second-tier competition of UEFA competitions, European club football, ranking below the UEFA Champions League and above the UEFA Conference League. Introduced in 1971 as the UEFA Cup, it replaced the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup. From the 2004–05 UEFA Cup, 2004–05 season a group stage was added before the knockout phase. The competition took on its current name in 2009–10 UEFA Europa League, 2009, following a change in format. The 2009 re-branding included a merge with the UEFA Intertoto Cup, producing an enlarged competition format, with an expanded group stage and a change in qualifying criteria. In the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League, 2024–25 season, the group stage was replaced with an expanded league phase of 36 te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sky Sport (Italy)
Sky Sport is a group of nine sports satellite TV channels in the Italian language produced and broadcast by Sky Italia. Channels The channel "Roma TV" is also included in the Sky Sport package. Sky Sport 24 Sky Sport 24 is a sports all-news channel. With 24 hour cycle, of which 14 & 1/2 hours of live content (10:00–00:30) and 9 & 1/2 hours of reruns (00:30–10:00), it broadcasts current event updates, press conferences and breaking news all related to sport. British equivalent is Sky Sports News. Beginning September 24, 2011, the channel was broadcast in high definition. Sky Sport Uno Sky Sport Uno (until July 1, 2018, Sky Sport 1) is the flagship channel of Sky Sport, dedicated to major sporting events. The British equivalent was Sky Sports 1, however it is now Sky Sports Main Event after it was renamed. Sky Sport Calcio Sky Sport Calcio (Sky Sport Serie A until July 1, 2021, available only with the Sky Calcio pack) is a TV channel created for Serie A and Serie B matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SSC Napoli
Società Sportiva Calcio Napoli (), commonly known as SSC Napoli or simply Napoli, is an Italian professional football club based in Naples, Campania that currently competes in the Serie A, the highest league of Italian football. Napoli are among the most successful clubs in the nation, having won four league titles, six Coppa Italia, two Supercoppa Italiana and one UEFA Cup. Napoli are the reigning champions of Italy, after securing their second title in the last three seasons this year. The club was formed in 1926 as Associazione Calcio Napoli following the merger of US Internazionale Napoli and Naples Foot-Ball Club. Napoli saw relatively little success in its early years, winning their first major trophy in the 1962 Coppa Italia. Napoli then saw increased success in the late 1970s (including their second Coppa Italia in 1976) and especially in the 1980s, after the club acquired Diego Maradona in 1984. During his time in Naples, Maradona helped the team win its first two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Serie A
The 2023–24 Serie A (known as the Serie A Gruppo TIM, TIM and Serie A Made in Italy for sponsorship reasons domestically and abroad, respectively) was the 122nd season of top-tier Italian association football, football, the 92nd in a round-robin tournament, and the 14th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Inter Milan won the title with five matches remaining after securing a 2–1 victory over city rivals AC Milan on 22 April 2024 in the iconic Derby della Madonnina. Inter Milan's title was their 20th league title in club history, thus granting them the right to add a second Star (sport badge), golden star to their crest, symbolizing twenty Serie A, league championships. SSC Napoli, Napoli were the defending champions, having won their third title in the 2022–23 Serie A, previous season. Napoli finished the season in 10th place — the lowest finish for a defending Serie A champion since AC Milan in the 1996-97 Serie A, 1996-97 seas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sead Kolašinac
Sead Kolašinac (; born 20 June 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Serie A club Atalanta. Born in Germany, he plays for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. Kolašinac started his professional career at Schalke 04, playing first in its reserve team, before joining Arsenal in 2017, who loaned him back to Schalke 04 in 2021. The following year, he moved to Marseille. A year later, he signed with Atalanta. A former German youth international, Kolašinac made his senior international debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2013, earning over 60 caps since. He represented the nation at their first major championship, the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Club career Schalke 04 Kolašinac started playing football at his hometown club Karlsruher SC, which he joined in 2001. In 2009, he moved to TSG Hoffenheim's youth academy. A year later, he switched to VfB Stuttgart's youth setup. In 2011, he went to Schalke 04's youth academy. In June 2012, he signed his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serie A
The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Established in the 1929–30 Serie A, 1929–30 season, it restructured the existing Italian Football Championship, which had been played since 1898 Italian Football Championship, 1898, into a national round-robin format alongside Serie B. It functions under a promotion and relegation system with Serie B and has historically served as the pinnacle of professional football in Italy. The league was organised by the Direttorio Divisioni Superiori until 1943, the Lega Nazionale Professionisti, Lega Calcio from 1946 to 2010, and the Lega Serie A ever since. The 29 championships played from 1898 to the formation of the Serie A in 1929 are officially recognised by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) as equal to later Serie A titles. Similarly the 1945� ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virtus Verona
Virtus Verona, founded as Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia in 1921, sometimes referred to as Virtus Vecomp Verona for sponsorship reasons, is an Italian association football club located in Borgo Venezia, a district of Verona, Veneto. It currently plays in Serie C. History The club was founded in 1921 as ''Unione Sportiva Virtus Borgo Venezia''. Virtus Verona, the third football club in Verona behind Chievo and Hellas Verona, is a unique case in Italy of a club whose chairman, Luigi Fresco, had also been the head coach of the first team for over 41 years, since 1982, after the other historic president Sinibaldo Nocini, who was in charge for 20 years. The club is also notable for being the only Italian professional football team to field a reserve team in the regional amateur divisions. The club was promoted into professionalism for its first time ever at the end of the 2012–13 season, after winning the national playoff tournament in which they were qualified as fourth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Serie C
The 2023–24 Serie C, officially known as Serie C Now (Sky), NOW for sponsorship, was the 65th season of the Serie C, the third tier of the Italian football league system, organized by the Lega Pro. Changes The league comprises 60 teams, geographically divided into three different groups. The Serie C league committee decided and formalized the group composition between July and August 2023. The following teams have changed divisions since the 2022–23 season: To Serie C Relegated from 2022–23 Serie B, Serie B * Benevento Calcio, Benevento * AC Perugia Calcio, Perugia * SPAL Promoted from 2022–23 Serie D, Serie D * US Sestri Levante 1919, Sestri Levante (Group A winners) * FC Lumezzane, Lumezzane (Group B winners) * FC Legnago Salus, Legnago (Group C winners) * AS Giana Erminio, Giana Erminio (Group D winners) * SS Arezzo, Arezzo (Group E winners) * AS Pineto Calcio, Pineto (Group F winners) * Sorrento Calcio 1945, Sorrento (Group G winners) * Brindisi FC, Brindisi (Group H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reserve Team
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players who are under contract to a club but who do not regularly play in matches for the club's primary team. Reserve teams usually include players who are part of the larger first-team squad but unable to command a place in the team itself as well as young players who need playing time to improve their skills before progressing to the first team. In some countries, reserve or development teams compete in entirely separate competitions from first teams, while some countries allow reserve teams or farm teams to compete in the same league system as their club's first team, although usually in separate divisions. In association football Reserve teams usually consist of a combination of emerging youth players and first-team squad players. These teams are distinct from a club's youth team, which usually consists of players under a certain age and plays in an age-specific league. In England, Argentina and the Major League Soccer, United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023–24 Atalanta BC Season
The 2023–24 season was the List of Atalanta BC seasons, 116th season in the history of Atalanta BC and the club's 13th consecutive season in the top flight. In addition to the 2023–24 Serie A, domestic league, Atalanta participated in this season's editions of the 2023–24 Coppa Italia, Coppa Italia and the 2023–24 UEFA Europa League, UEFA Europa League. On 24 April 2024, the club booked their place in the 2024 Coppa Italia final with a 4–2 aggregate win over ACF Fiorentina, Fiorentina. Juventus FC, Juventus also reached the final, ensuring that it would be a rematch of the 2021 Coppa Italia final. Atalanta would ultimately lose the match 1–0. Following a 4–1 aggregate win over Ligue 1, French side Olympique de Marseille, Marseille on 9 May, Atalanta qualified for the 2024 UEFA Europa League final, UEFA Europa League final for the first time in its history, and went on to win 3–0 against German side Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Bayer Leverkusen to claim its first trophy sinc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
