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.
Italy is one of the most successful national teams in the history of the World Cup, having won four titles and appearing in two finals , reaching a third place and a fourth place. In 1938, they became the first team to defend their previous World Cup tournament victory and due to the outbreak of World War II retained the title for a record 16 years. They have also won a European Championship , as well as appearing in two other finals , one Olympic football tournament and two Central European International Cups. Italy's highest finish at the FIFA Confederations Cup was in 2013, when the squad achieved a third-place finish.
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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 third among European leagues according to UEFA's league coefficient, behind La Liga, the Premier League and ahead of the Bundesliga and the 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
The league hosts three of the world's most famous clubs as Juventus, Milan and Internazionale, all founding members of the G-14, a group which represented the largest and most prestigious European football clubs since 2000 to 2008, being the first two cited also founding members of its successive organisation, European Club Association(ECA). More players have won the coveted Ballon d'Or award while playing at a Serie A club than any other league in the world although Spain's La Liga has the highest total number of Ballon d'Or winners including the FIFA Ballon d'Or. Juventus, Italy's most successful club of the 20th century and the most successful Italian team,is tied for fourth in Europe and eighth in the world with the most official international titles.
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