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Serie B, currently named Serie B ConTe.it due to sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It is contested by 22 teams and organized by the Lega Serie B since July 2010, after the split of Lega Calcio that previously took care of both the Serie A and Serie B.

Common nicknames for the league are campionato cadetto and cadetteria, as cadetto is the Italian for junior or cadet.

Football Italia was a television programme in the United Kingdom showing Italian football that ran from 1992 to 2002 on Channel 4, and continued until 2008 on other channels.

It was known as Football Italiano in its final season.

Serie A, also called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and has been operating for over eighty years since the 1929–30 season.

It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new league, the Lega Serie A, was created for the 2010–11 season.

Serie A is regarded as one of the best football leagues in the world and it is often depicted as the most tactical national league.

Serie A is the world's second-strongest national league according to IFFHS and has produced the highest number of European Cup finalists: Italian clubs have reached the final of the competition on a record 27 different occasions, winning the title 12 times.

Serie A is ranked fourth among European leagues according to UEFA's league coefficient, behind La Liga, the Bundesliga, the Premier League and ahead of Ligue 1, which is based on the performance of Italian clubs in the Champions League and the Europa League during the last five years.

Serie A led the UEFA ranking from 1986 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1999.

Football (calcio in Italian) is the most popular sport in Italy.

The Italian national football team is considered to be one of the best national teams in the world.

They have won the FIFA World Cup four times (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006), trailing only Brazil (with 5), runners-up in two finals (1970, 1994) and reaching a third place (1990).

They have also won one European championship (1968), also appearing in two finals (2000, 2012), one Olympic football tournament (1936) and two Central European International Cups (1927–30 and 1933–35).

The Italian national football team represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), the governing body for football in Italy.