Lega Serie A

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The Lega Calcio Serie A (English: Serie A Football League), formerly known as Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A (English: Serie A Professionals National League), commonly known as Lega Serie A (English: Serie A League), is the league that runs the major professional association football competitions in Italy, most prominently the Serie A; the top division of Italian football. 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. The league took over most of the competitions formerly held by Lega Nazionale Professionisti, namely Serie A, Coppa Italia, Supercoppa Italiana, and youth competitions Campionato Primavera 1, Coppa Italia Primavera, and Supercoppa...

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