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Goal records in italy
This page details football records in Italy.
Contents [hide]
[edit]8 Championships
Updated 6 January 2013
Players in bold are still active
RankNatNameYearsGoalsApps1Silvio Piola1929–19542745372Gunnar Nordahl1948–19582252913Francesco Totti1992–2215194Giuseppe Meazza1929–19472163674José Altafini1958–19762164596Roberto Baggio1985–20042054527Kurt Hamrin1956–19711904008Giuseppe Signori1991–20041883448Alessandro Del Piero1993–201218847810Gabriel Batistuta1991–200318431811Giampiero Boniperti1946–196117844412Amedeo Amadei1936–195617442313Giuseppe Savoldi1965–198216840514Guglielmo Gabetto1934–194916532214Antonio Di Natale2002–16534016Roberto Boninsegna1965–197916336617Luigi Riva1964–197615628917Filippo Inzaghi1995–201215637017Roberto Mancini1981–200015654120Luís Vinício1955–196815534820Carlo Reguzzoni1929–194815540122István Nyers1948–195615323622Hernán Crespo1996–201215334024Alberto Gilardino1999–15239625Adriano Bassetto1946–195814932926Omar Sívori1957–196914627827Christian Vieri1991–200914226427Benito Lorenzi1947–195914233027Marco Di Vaio1994–201214234227Paolo Pulici1967–1985142401Top ten goal scorers, still active (only Serie A regular-seasons)
Updated 6 January 2013
RankAll-time
RankNatNameDebut
YearCurrent
ClubGoalsApps13Francesco Totti1992Roma221519214Antonio Di Natale2002Udinese165340324Alberto Gilardino1999Bologna152396463Luca Toni2000Fiorentina107237573Fabrizio Miccoli2002Palermo100245675Edinson Cavani2006Napoli99195675Tommaso Rocchi2002Inter99311885Antonio Cassano1999Inter92312988Vincenzo Iaquinta2000Juventus892691092Giampaolo Pazzini2004Milan882631092Mirko Vučinić2000Juventus88278[edit]AppearancesTop thirty most appearances, all-time (only Serie A regular-seasons)
Updated 6 January 2013
Players in bold are still active
RankNatNameYearsAppsGoals1Paolo Maldini1984–2009647292Gianluca Pagliuca1987–2007592-3Javier Zanetti1995–588124Dino Zoff1961–1983570-5Pietro Vierchowod1980–2000562386Roberto Mancini1981–20005411567Silvio Piola1929–19545372748Enrico Albertosi1958–1980532-9Gianni Rivera1958–197952712810Francesco Totti1992–51922110Giuseppe Bergomi1980–19995192312Ciro Ferrara1984–20055002713Giovanni Galli1977–1995496-14Tarcisio Burgnich1958–1976494615Giuseppe Favalli1989–2010486716Alessandro Del Piero1993–201247818816Giancarlo De Sisti1960–19794785016Angelo Peruzzi1987–2007478-19Giacinto Facchetti1960–19784755920Gianluigi Buffon1995–473-21Franco Baresi1977–19974701222Pietro Ferraris1929–195046912323Sergio Cervato1948–19644664524Franco Causio1967–19864606625José Altafini1958–197645921626Alessandro Costacurta1987–2007458327Roberto Baggio1985–200445220528Giampiero Boniperti1946–196144417829Mario Corso1958–19744367830Sébastien Frey1998–429-Top ten most appearances, still active (only Serie A regular-seasons)
Updated 6 January 2013
RankAll-time
RankNatNameDebut
YearCurrent
ClubAppsGoals13Javier Zanetti1995Inter58812210Francesco Totti1992Roma519221320Gianluigi Buffon1995Juventus473-430Sébastien Frey1998Genoa429-531Andrea Pirlo1994Juventus42849658Alberto Gilardino1999Bologna396152765Simone Perrotta1998Roma39242885Simone Vergassola1996Siena378289106Dejan Stanković1998Inter3655110109Massimo Ambrosini1995Milan36330[edit]Oldest players
[edit]GoalkeepingThe following table shows the goalkeepers that have longest consecutive run without conceding a goal in Serie A. Length column is in minutes.
Players in bold are still active
RankNatNameClubSeasonLength1Sebastiano RossiMilan1993–949292Dino ZoffJuventus1972–739033Mario Da PozzoGenoa1963–647914Ivan PelizzoliRoma2003–047735Davide PinatoAtalanta1997–987576Luca MarchegianiLazio1997–987447Adriano ReginatoCagliari1966–677128Sebastiano RossiMilan1993–946909Fabio CudiciniMilan1971–7268710Ivano BordonInter1979–80686[edit]Top scorers (capocannonieri) by seasonMain article: Capocannoniere
All time highest bolded.
YearTallyPlayer1923–2422 goals Heinrich Schönfeld (Torino)1924–2519 goals Mario Magnozzi (Livorno)1925–2635 goals Ferenc Hirzer (Juventus)1926–2722 goals Anton Powolny (Inter)1927–2835 goals Julio Libonatti (Torino)1928–2936 goals Gino Rossetti (Torino)1929–3031 goals Giuseppe Meazza (Inter)1930–3129 goals Rodolfo Volk (Roma)1931–3225 goals Pedro Petrone (Fiorentina)
Angelo Schiavio (Bologna)1932–3329 goals Felice Borel (Juventus)1933–3431 goals Felice Borel (Juventus)1934–3528 goals Enrico Guaita (Roma)1935–3625 goals Giuseppe Meazza (Inter)1936–3721 goals Silvio Piola (Lazio)1937–3820 goals Giuseppe Meazza (Inter)1938–3919 goals Aldo Boffi (Milan)
Ettore Puricelli (Bologna)1939–4024 goals Aldo Boffi (Milan)1940–4122 goals Ettore Puricelli (Bologna)1941–4222 goals Aldo Boffi (Milan)1942–4321 goals Silvio Piola (Lazio)1945–4613 goals Eusebio Castigliano (Torino)1946–4729 goals Valentino Mazzola (Torino)1947–4827 goals Giampiero Boniperti(Juventus)1948–4926 goals Stefano Nyers (Inter)1949–5035 goals Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)1950–5134 goals Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)1951–5230 goals John Hansen (Juventus)1952–5326 goals Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)1953–5423 goals Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)1954–5526 goals Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)1955–5629 goals Gino Pivatelli (Bologna)1956–5722 goals Dino Da Costa (Roma)1957–5828 goals John Charles (Juventus)1958–5933 goals Antonio Angelillo (Inter)1959–6027 goals Omar Sívori (Juventus)1960–6127 goals Sergio Brighenti (Sampdoria)1961–6222 goals José Altafini (Milan)
Aurelio Milani (Fiorentina)1962–6319 goals Harald Nielsen (Bologna)
Pedro Manfredini (Roma)1963–6421 goals Harald Nielsen (Bologna)1964–6517 goals Alberto Orlando (Fiorentina)
Sandro Mazzola (Inter)1965–6625 goals Luís Vinício (Vicenza)1966–6718 goals Luigi Riva (Cagliari)1967–6815 goals Pierino Prati (Milan)YearTallyPlayer1968–6921 goals Luigi Riva (Cagliari)1969–7021 goals Luigi Riva (Cagliari)1970–7124 goals Roberto Boninsegna (Inter)1971–7222 goals Roberto Boninsegna (Inter)1972–7317 goals Paolo Pulici (Torino)
Gianni Rivera (Milan)
Giuseppe Savoldi (Bologna)1973–7424 goals Giorgio Chinaglia (Lazio)1974–7518 goals Paolo Pulici (Torino)1975–7621 goals Paolo Pulici (Torino)1976–7721 goals Francesco Graziani (Torino)1977–7824 goals Paolo Rossi (Vicenza)1978–7919 goals Bruno Giordano (Lazio)1979–8016 goals Roberto Bettega (Juventus)1980–8118 goals Roberto Pruzzo (Roma)1981–8215 goals Roberto Pruzzo (Roma)1982–8316 goals Michel Platini (Juventus)1983–8420 goals Michel Platini (Juventus)1984–8518 goals Michel Platini (Juventus)1985–8619 goals Roberto Pruzzo (Roma)1986–8717 goals Pietro Paolo Virdis (Milan)1987–8815 goals Diego Maradona (Napoli)1988–8922 goals Aldo Serena (Inter)1989–9019 goals Marco Van Basten (Milan)1990–9119 goals Gianluca Vialli (Sampdoria)1991–9225 goals Marco Van Basten (Milan)1992–9326 goals Giuseppe Signori (Lazio)1993–9423 goals Giuseppe Signori (Lazio)1994–9526 goals Gabriel Batistuta (Fiorentina)1995–9624 goals Giuseppe Signori (Lazio)
Igor Protti (Bari)1996–9724 goals Filippo Inzaghi (Atalanta)1997–9827 goals Oliver Bierhoff (Udinese)1998–9922 goals Márcio Amoroso (Udinese)1999–0024 goals Andriy Shevchenko (Milan)2000–0126 goals Hernán Crespo (Lazio)2001–0224 goals David Trezeguet (Juventus)
Dario Hübner (Piacenza)2002–0324 goals Christian Vieri (Inter)2003–0424 goals Andriy Shevchenko (Milan)2004–0524 goals Cristiano Lucarelli (Livorno)2005–0631 goals Luca Toni (Fiorentina)2006–0726 goals Francesco Totti (Roma)2007–0821 goals Alessandro Del Piero(Juventus)2008–0925 goals Zlatan Ibrahimović (Inter)2009–1029 goals Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)2010–1128 goals Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)2011–1228 goals Zlatan Ibrahimović (Milan)
Contents [hide]
- 1 Team records
- 2 Individual records
- 3 Top scorers (capocannonieri) by season
- 4 Most successful clubs overall (1898–present)
- 5 Footnotes
- 6 External links
- 28, Juventus
- 5, Juventus (1930–31 season to 1934–35 season)
- 5, Torino (1942–43 season and the 1945–46 season to 1948–49 season[1])
- 5, Internazionale (2005–06 season[2] to 2009–10 season)
- 81, Internazionale
- 55, Brescia
- 4, Bologna
- 14, Torino
- 65, Torino
- 17, Internazionale, 2006–07, (European Big Five League Record)
- 11, Roma, 2005–06
- 10, Juventus, 1931–32
- 10, Milan, 1950–51 and 1989–90
- 10, Bologna, 1963–64
- 30, Internazionale, 2006–07 (38 matches)
- 29, Torino, 1947–48 (40 matches)
- 28, Milan, 2005–06 (38 matches)
- 27, Internazionale, 1950–51 (38 matches)
- 1381, Juventus
- 4506, Juventus
- 58, Milan, 1990–91 to 1992–93 (26 May 1991, 0–0 v Parma; 21 March 1993, 0–1 v Parma)
- 49, Juventus, 2010–11 to 2012–13 (22 May 2011, 2–2 v Napoli; 3 November 2012, 1–3 v Internazionale)
[edit]8 Championships
- Virginio Rosetta (2 with Pro Vercelli + 6 with Juventus)
- Giovanni Ferrari (5 with Juventus + 2 with Inter + 1 with Bologna)
- Giuseppe Furino (all with Juventus)
- Roberto Bettega (all with Juventus)
- Alessandro Costacurta (all with Milan)
- Ciro Ferrara (2 with Napoli + 5 with Juventus)
- Paolo Maldini (all with Milan)
- Gaetano Scirea (all with Juventus)
- Guglielmo Gabetto (2 with Juventus + 5 with Torino)
- Guido Ara (all with Pro Vercelli)
- Edoardo Pasteur (all with Genoa)
- James Richardson Spensley (all with Genoa)
- Claudio Gentile (all with Juventus)
- Franco Baresi (all with Milan)
- Antonio Cabrini (all with Juventus)
- Franco Causio (all with Juventus)
- Dino Zoff (all with Juventus)
- Roberto Donadoni (all with Milan)
- Dejan Stanković (5 with Inter + 1 with Lazio)
- Walter Samuel (5 with Inter + 1 with Roma)
- Alessandro Del Piero (all with Juventus)
- Walter Agar (all with Genoa)
- Henri Dapples (all with Genoa)
- Giovanni Innocenti (all with Pro Vercelli)
- Pietro Leone (all with Pro Vercelli)
- Felice Milano (all with Vercelli)
- Giuseppe Milano (all with Pro Vercelli)
- Carlo Rampini (all with Pro Vercelli)
- Renato Cesarini (all with Juventus)
- Raimundo Orsi Bibiani (all with Juventus)
- Umberto Caligaris (all with Juventus)
- Mario Varglien (all with Juventus)
- Gianpiero Combi (all with Juventus)
- Giuseppe Grezar (all with Torino)
- Valentino Mazzola (all with Torino)
- Franco Ossola (all with Torino)
- Ezio Loik (all with Torino)
- Pietro Ferraris (2 with Inter + 3 with Torino)
- Lorenzo Buffon (4 with Milan + 1 with Inter)
- Sandro Salvadore (2 with Milan + 3with Juventus)
- Giampiero Boniperti (all with Juventus)
- Tarcisio Burgnich (1 with Juventus + 4 with Inter)
- Antonello Cuccureddu (all with Juventus)
- Francesco Morini (all with Juventus)
- Luciano Spinosi (all with Juventus)
- Marco Tardelli (all with Juventus)
- Pietro Fanna (3 with Juventus + 1 with Hellas Verona + 1 with Inter)
- Sebastiano Rossi (all with Milan)
- Demetrio Albertini (all with Milan)
- Mauro Tassotti (all with Milan)
- Antonio Conte (all with Juventus)
- Alessio Tacchinardi (all with Juventus)
- Júlio César (all with Inter)
- Javier Zanetti (all with Inter)
- Iván Córdoba (all with Inter)
- Marco Materazzi (all with Inter)
- Esteban Cambiasso (all with Inter)
- Paolo Orlandoni (all with Inter)
- Francesco Toldo (all with Inter)
Updated 6 January 2013
Players in bold are still active
RankNatNameYearsGoalsApps1Silvio Piola1929–19542745372Gunnar Nordahl1948–19582252913Francesco Totti1992–2215194Giuseppe Meazza1929–19472163674José Altafini1958–19762164596Roberto Baggio1985–20042054527Kurt Hamrin1956–19711904008Giuseppe Signori1991–20041883448Alessandro Del Piero1993–201218847810Gabriel Batistuta1991–200318431811Giampiero Boniperti1946–196117844412Amedeo Amadei1936–195617442313Giuseppe Savoldi1965–198216840514Guglielmo Gabetto1934–194916532214Antonio Di Natale2002–16534016Roberto Boninsegna1965–197916336617Luigi Riva1964–197615628917Filippo Inzaghi1995–201215637017Roberto Mancini1981–200015654120Luís Vinício1955–196815534820Carlo Reguzzoni1929–194815540122István Nyers1948–195615323622Hernán Crespo1996–201215334024Alberto Gilardino1999–15239625Adriano Bassetto1946–195814932926Omar Sívori1957–196914627827Christian Vieri1991–200914226427Benito Lorenzi1947–195914233027Marco Di Vaio1994–201214234227Paolo Pulici1967–1985142401Top ten goal scorers, still active (only Serie A regular-seasons)
Updated 6 January 2013
RankAll-time
RankNatNameDebut
YearCurrent
ClubGoalsApps13Francesco Totti1992Roma221519214Antonio Di Natale2002Udinese165340324Alberto Gilardino1999Bologna152396463Luca Toni2000Fiorentina107237573Fabrizio Miccoli2002Palermo100245675Edinson Cavani2006Napoli99195675Tommaso Rocchi2002Inter99311885Antonio Cassano1999Inter92312988Vincenzo Iaquinta2000Juventus892691092Giampaolo Pazzini2004Milan882631092Mirko Vučinić2000Juventus88278[edit]AppearancesTop thirty most appearances, all-time (only Serie A regular-seasons)
Updated 6 January 2013
Players in bold are still active
RankNatNameYearsAppsGoals1Paolo Maldini1984–2009647292Gianluca Pagliuca1987–2007592-3Javier Zanetti1995–588124Dino Zoff1961–1983570-5Pietro Vierchowod1980–2000562386Roberto Mancini1981–20005411567Silvio Piola1929–19545372748Enrico Albertosi1958–1980532-9Gianni Rivera1958–197952712810Francesco Totti1992–51922110Giuseppe Bergomi1980–19995192312Ciro Ferrara1984–20055002713Giovanni Galli1977–1995496-14Tarcisio Burgnich1958–1976494615Giuseppe Favalli1989–2010486716Alessandro Del Piero1993–201247818816Giancarlo De Sisti1960–19794785016Angelo Peruzzi1987–2007478-19Giacinto Facchetti1960–19784755920Gianluigi Buffon1995–473-21Franco Baresi1977–19974701222Pietro Ferraris1929–195046912323Sergio Cervato1948–19644664524Franco Causio1967–19864606625José Altafini1958–197645921626Alessandro Costacurta1987–2007458327Roberto Baggio1985–200445220528Giampiero Boniperti1946–196144417829Mario Corso1958–19744367830Sébastien Frey1998–429-Top ten most appearances, still active (only Serie A regular-seasons)
Updated 6 January 2013
RankAll-time
RankNatNameDebut
YearCurrent
ClubAppsGoals13Javier Zanetti1995Inter58812210Francesco Totti1992Roma519221320Gianluigi Buffon1995Juventus473-430Sébastien Frey1998Genoa429-531Andrea Pirlo1994Juventus42849658Alberto Gilardino1999Bologna396152765Simone Perrotta1998Roma39242885Simone Vergassola1996Siena378289106Dejan Stanković1998Inter3655110109Massimo Ambrosini1995Milan36330[edit]Oldest players
- Marco Ballotta 44 years, 38 days (Last game: 11 May 2008, Lazio)
- Francesco Antonioli 42 years, 235 days (Last game: 6 May 2012, Cesena)
- Alberto Fontana 41 years, 297 days (Last game: 15 November 2008, Palermo)
- Dino Zoff 41 years, 76 days (Last game: 15 May 1983, Juventus)
- Alessandro Costacurta 41 years, 25 days (Last game: 19 May 2007, Milan)
- Pietro Vierchowod 41 years, 10 days (Last game: 16 April 2000, Piacenza)
- Paolo Maldini 40 years, 339 days (Last game: 31 May 2009, Milan)
- Silvio Piola 40 years, 159 days (Last game: 7 March 1954, Novara)
- Enrico Albertosi 40 years, 100 days (Last game: 10 February 1980, Milan)
- Gianluca Pagliuca 40 years, 92 days (Last game: 18 February 2007, Ascoli)
- Luca Bucci 40 years, 37 days (Last game: 19 April 2009, Napoli)
- Gianluca Berti 39 years, 333 days (Last game: 18 April 2007, Sampdoria)
- Antonio Chimenti 39 years, 268 days (Last game: 25 March 2010, Juventus)
- Javier Zanetti 39 years, 149 days (Still active. Last game: 6 January 2013, Inter)
- Roberto Néstor Sensini 39 years, 102 days (Last game: 22 January 2006, Udinese)
- David Balleri 39 years, 37 days (Last game: 4 May 2008, Livorno)
- Amedeo Amadei; (Roma), 15 years, 280 days (2 May 1937)
- Gianni Rivera; (Alessandria), 15 years, 288 days (2 June 1959)
- Valeri Bojinov; (Lecce), 15 years, 341 days (22 January 2002)
- Andrea Pirlo; (Brescia) 16 years, 2 days (21 May 1995)
- Stephan El Shaarawy; (Genoa) 16 years, 55 days (21 December 2008)
- Lorenzo Tassi; (Brescia) 16 years, 99 days (22 May 2011[3])
- Stefano Okaka; (Roma) 16 years, 131 days (18 December 2005)
- Francesco Totti; (Roma) 16 years, 182 days (28 March 1993)
- Valeri Bojinov; (Lecce), 15 years, 341 days (22 January 2002)
- Goran Slavkovski; (Inter), 17 years, 29 days (7 May 2006)
- Mirko Vučinić; (Lecce), 17 years, 140 days (18 February 2001)
- Ibrahim Maaroufi; (Inter), 17 years, 270 days (25 October 2006)
[edit]GoalkeepingThe following table shows the goalkeepers that have longest consecutive run without conceding a goal in Serie A. Length column is in minutes.
Players in bold are still active
RankNatNameClubSeasonLength1Sebastiano RossiMilan1993–949292Dino ZoffJuventus1972–739033Mario Da PozzoGenoa1963–647914Ivan PelizzoliRoma2003–047735Davide PinatoAtalanta1997–987576Luca MarchegianiLazio1997–987447Adriano ReginatoCagliari1966–677128Sebastiano RossiMilan1993–946909Fabio CudiciniMilan1971–7268710Ivano BordonInter1979–80686[edit]Top scorers (capocannonieri) by seasonMain article: Capocannoniere
All time highest bolded.
YearTallyPlayer1923–2422 goals Heinrich Schönfeld (Torino)1924–2519 goals Mario Magnozzi (Livorno)1925–2635 goals Ferenc Hirzer (Juventus)1926–2722 goals Anton Powolny (Inter)1927–2835 goals Julio Libonatti (Torino)1928–2936 goals Gino Rossetti (Torino)1929–3031 goals Giuseppe Meazza (Inter)1930–3129 goals Rodolfo Volk (Roma)1931–3225 goals Pedro Petrone (Fiorentina)
Angelo Schiavio (Bologna)1932–3329 goals Felice Borel (Juventus)1933–3431 goals Felice Borel (Juventus)1934–3528 goals Enrico Guaita (Roma)1935–3625 goals Giuseppe Meazza (Inter)1936–3721 goals Silvio Piola (Lazio)1937–3820 goals Giuseppe Meazza (Inter)1938–3919 goals Aldo Boffi (Milan)
Ettore Puricelli (Bologna)1939–4024 goals Aldo Boffi (Milan)1940–4122 goals Ettore Puricelli (Bologna)1941–4222 goals Aldo Boffi (Milan)1942–4321 goals Silvio Piola (Lazio)1945–4613 goals Eusebio Castigliano (Torino)1946–4729 goals Valentino Mazzola (Torino)1947–4827 goals Giampiero Boniperti(Juventus)1948–4926 goals Stefano Nyers (Inter)1949–5035 goals Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)1950–5134 goals Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)1951–5230 goals John Hansen (Juventus)1952–5326 goals Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)1953–5423 goals Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)1954–5526 goals Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)1955–5629 goals Gino Pivatelli (Bologna)1956–5722 goals Dino Da Costa (Roma)1957–5828 goals John Charles (Juventus)1958–5933 goals Antonio Angelillo (Inter)1959–6027 goals Omar Sívori (Juventus)1960–6127 goals Sergio Brighenti (Sampdoria)1961–6222 goals José Altafini (Milan)
Aurelio Milani (Fiorentina)1962–6319 goals Harald Nielsen (Bologna)
Pedro Manfredini (Roma)1963–6421 goals Harald Nielsen (Bologna)1964–6517 goals Alberto Orlando (Fiorentina)
Sandro Mazzola (Inter)1965–6625 goals Luís Vinício (Vicenza)1966–6718 goals Luigi Riva (Cagliari)1967–6815 goals Pierino Prati (Milan)YearTallyPlayer1968–6921 goals Luigi Riva (Cagliari)1969–7021 goals Luigi Riva (Cagliari)1970–7124 goals Roberto Boninsegna (Inter)1971–7222 goals Roberto Boninsegna (Inter)1972–7317 goals Paolo Pulici (Torino)
Gianni Rivera (Milan)
Giuseppe Savoldi (Bologna)1973–7424 goals Giorgio Chinaglia (Lazio)1974–7518 goals Paolo Pulici (Torino)1975–7621 goals Paolo Pulici (Torino)1976–7721 goals Francesco Graziani (Torino)1977–7824 goals Paolo Rossi (Vicenza)1978–7919 goals Bruno Giordano (Lazio)1979–8016 goals Roberto Bettega (Juventus)1980–8118 goals Roberto Pruzzo (Roma)1981–8215 goals Roberto Pruzzo (Roma)1982–8316 goals Michel Platini (Juventus)1983–8420 goals Michel Platini (Juventus)1984–8518 goals Michel Platini (Juventus)1985–8619 goals Roberto Pruzzo (Roma)1986–8717 goals Pietro Paolo Virdis (Milan)1987–8815 goals Diego Maradona (Napoli)1988–8922 goals Aldo Serena (Inter)1989–9019 goals Marco Van Basten (Milan)1990–9119 goals Gianluca Vialli (Sampdoria)1991–9225 goals Marco Van Basten (Milan)1992–9326 goals Giuseppe Signori (Lazio)1993–9423 goals Giuseppe Signori (Lazio)1994–9526 goals Gabriel Batistuta (Fiorentina)1995–9624 goals Giuseppe Signori (Lazio)
Igor Protti (Bari)1996–9724 goals Filippo Inzaghi (Atalanta)1997–9827 goals Oliver Bierhoff (Udinese)1998–9922 goals Márcio Amoroso (Udinese)1999–0024 goals Andriy Shevchenko (Milan)2000–0126 goals Hernán Crespo (Lazio)2001–0224 goals David Trezeguet (Juventus)
Dario Hübner (Piacenza)2002–0324 goals Christian Vieri (Inter)2003–0424 goals Andriy Shevchenko (Milan)2004–0524 goals Cristiano Lucarelli (Livorno)2005–0631 goals Luca Toni (Fiorentina)2006–0726 goals Francesco Totti (Roma)2007–0821 goals Alessandro Del Piero(Juventus)2008–0925 goals Zlatan Ibrahimović (Inter)2009–1029 goals Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)2010–1128 goals Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)2011–1228 goals Zlatan Ibrahimović (Milan)
Sport
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Sport (or, primarily in North America, sports) is all forms of competitive physical activity which,[1] through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and provide entertainment to participants.[2]Hundreds of sports exist, from those requiring only two participants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals.
Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with the largest major competitions such as the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition,[3] and other organisations such as the Council of Europe using definitions precluding activities without a physical element from classification as sports.[2] However, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind sports. The International Olympic Committee (through ARISF) recognises both chess and bridge as bona fide sports, and SportAccord, the international sports federation association, recognises five non-physical sports,[4][5] although limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.[1]
Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner. Winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first, or by the determination of judges who are scoring elements of the sporting performance, including objective or subjective measures such as technical performance or artistic impression.
In organised sport, records of performance are often kept, and for popular sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. In addition, sport is a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with spectator sports drawing large crowds to venues, and reaching wider audiences through sports broadcasting.
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Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with the largest major competitions such as the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition,[3] and other organisations such as the Council of Europe using definitions precluding activities without a physical element from classification as sports.[2] However, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind sports. The International Olympic Committee (through ARISF) recognises both chess and bridge as bona fide sports, and SportAccord, the international sports federation association, recognises five non-physical sports,[4][5] although limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.[1]
Sports are usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner. Winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first, or by the determination of judges who are scoring elements of the sporting performance, including objective or subjective measures such as technical performance or artistic impression.
In organised sport, records of performance are often kept, and for popular sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. In addition, sport is a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with spectator sports drawing large crowds to venues, and reaching wider audiences through sports broadcasting.
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Etymology
"Sport" comes from the Old French desport meaning "leisure", with the oldest definition in English from around 1300 being "anything humans find amusing or entertaining".[6]
The Chinese term for sport, tiyu (体育; 體育) connotes physical training. The modern Greek term for sport is Αθλητισμός (athlitismos), directly cognate with the English terms "athlete" and "athleticism".
Other meanings include gambling and events staged for the purpose of gambling; hunting; and games and diversions, including ones that require exercise.[7] Roget's defines the noun sport as an "activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement" with synonyms including diversion and recreation.[8]
The Chinese term for sport, tiyu (体育; 體育) connotes physical training. The modern Greek term for sport is Αθλητισμός (athlitismos), directly cognate with the English terms "athlete" and "athleticism".
Other meanings include gambling and events staged for the purpose of gambling; hunting; and games and diversions, including ones that require exercise.[7] Roget's defines the noun sport as an "activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement" with synonyms including diversion and recreation.[8]
Nomenclature
The singular term 'sport' is used in most English dialects to describe the overall concept (e.g. "children taking part in sport"), with 'sports' used to describe multiple activities (e.g. "football and rugby are the most popular sports in England"). American English uses 'sports' for both terms.
Definition
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See also: Game#Definitions
Show Jumping, an equestrian sport
The precise definition of what separates a sport from other leisure activities varies between sources, with no universally agreed definition. The closest to an international agreement on a definition is provided by SportAccord, which is the association for all the largest international sports federations (including association football, athletics, cycling, tennis, equestrian sports and more), and is therefore the de factorepresentative of international sport.
SportAccord uses the following criteria, determining that a sport should:[1]
There has been an increase in the application of the term 'sport' to a wider set of non-physical challenges such as electronic sports, especially due to the large scale of participation and organised competition, but these are not widely recognised by mainstream sports organisations.
CompetitionThere are opposing views on the necessity of competition as a defining element of a sport, with almost all professional sport involving competition, and governing bodies requiring competition as a prerequisite of recognition by the IOC or SportAccord.[1]
Other bodies advocate widening the definition of sport to include all physical activity. For instance, the Council of Europe include all forms of physical exercise, including those completed just for fun.
In order to widen participation, and reduce the impact of losing on less able participants, there has been an introduction of non-competitive physical activity to traditionally competitive events such as school sports days, although moves like this are often controversial.[9][10]
Show Jumping, an equestrian sport
The precise definition of what separates a sport from other leisure activities varies between sources, with no universally agreed definition. The closest to an international agreement on a definition is provided by SportAccord, which is the association for all the largest international sports federations (including association football, athletics, cycling, tennis, equestrian sports and more), and is therefore the de factorepresentative of international sport.
SportAccord uses the following criteria, determining that a sport should:[1]
- have an element of competition
- be in no way harmful to any living creature
- not rely on equipment provided by a single supplier (excluding proprietary games such as arena football)
- not rely on any 'luck' element specifically designed in to the sport
There has been an increase in the application of the term 'sport' to a wider set of non-physical challenges such as electronic sports, especially due to the large scale of participation and organised competition, but these are not widely recognised by mainstream sports organisations.
CompetitionThere are opposing views on the necessity of competition as a defining element of a sport, with almost all professional sport involving competition, and governing bodies requiring competition as a prerequisite of recognition by the IOC or SportAccord.[1]
Other bodies advocate widening the definition of sport to include all physical activity. For instance, the Council of Europe include all forms of physical exercise, including those completed just for fun.
In order to widen participation, and reduce the impact of losing on less able participants, there has been an introduction of non-competitive physical activity to traditionally competitive events such as school sports days, although moves like this are often controversial.[9][10]
Competition
There are opposing views on the necessity of competition as a defining element of a sport, with almost all professional sport involving competition, and governing bodies requiring competition as a prerequisite of recognition by the IOC or SportAccord.[1]
Other bodies advocate widening the definition of sport to include all physical activity. For instance, the Council of Europe include all forms of physical exercise, including those completed just for fun.
In order to widen participation, and reduce the impact of losing on less able participants, there has been an introduction of non-competitive physical activity to traditionally competitive events such as school sports days, although moves like this are often controversial.[9][10]
Other bodies advocate widening the definition of sport to include all physical activity. For instance, the Council of Europe include all forms of physical exercise, including those completed just for fun.
In order to widen participation, and reduce the impact of losing on less able participants, there has been an introduction of non-competitive physical activity to traditionally competitive events such as school sports days, although moves like this are often controversial.[9][10]
History
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There are artifacts and structures that suggest that the Chinese engaged in sporting activities as early as 2000 BC.[11] Gymnastics appears to have been a popular sport in China's ancient past. Monuments to the Pharaohs indicate that a number of sports, including swimming and fishing, were well-developed and regulated several thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt.[12] Other Egyptian sports included javelin throwing, high jump, and wrestling. Ancient Persian sports such as the traditional Iranian martial art of Zourkhaneh had a close connection to the warfare skills.[13] Among other sports that originate in ancient Persia are polo and jousting.
Motorized sports have appeared since the advent of the modern age
A wide range of sports were already established by the time of Ancient Greece and the military culture and the development of sports in Greece influenced one another considerably. Sports became such a prominent part of their culture that the Greeks created the Olympic Games, which in ancient times were held every four years in a small village in the Peloponnesus called Olympia.[14]
Sports have been increasingly organised and regulated from the time of the ancient Olympics up to the present century. Industrialisation has brought increased leisure time to the citizens of developed and developing countries, leading to more time for citizens to attend and follow spectator sports, greater participation in athletic activities, and increased accessibility. These trends continued with the advent of mass media and global communication. Professionalism became prevalent, further adding to the increase in sport's popularity, as sports fans began following the exploits of professional athletes through radio, television, and the internet — all while enjoying the exercise and competition associated with amateur participation in sports.
Motorized sports have appeared since the advent of the modern age
A wide range of sports were already established by the time of Ancient Greece and the military culture and the development of sports in Greece influenced one another considerably. Sports became such a prominent part of their culture that the Greeks created the Olympic Games, which in ancient times were held every four years in a small village in the Peloponnesus called Olympia.[14]
Sports have been increasingly organised and regulated from the time of the ancient Olympics up to the present century. Industrialisation has brought increased leisure time to the citizens of developed and developing countries, leading to more time for citizens to attend and follow spectator sports, greater participation in athletic activities, and increased accessibility. These trends continued with the advent of mass media and global communication. Professionalism became prevalent, further adding to the increase in sport's popularity, as sports fans began following the exploits of professional athletes through radio, television, and the internet — all while enjoying the exercise and competition associated with amateur participation in sports.
Sportsmanship
Sportsmanship is an attitude that strives for fair play, courtesy toward teammates and opponents, ethical behaviour and integrity, and grace in victory or defeat.[15][16][17]
Sportsmanship expresses an aspiration or ethos that the activity will be enjoyed for its own sake. The well-known sentiment by sports journalist Grantland Rice, that it's “not that you won or lost but how you played the game", and the modern Olympic creed expressed by its founder Pierre de Coubertin: "The most important thing... is not winning but taking part" are typical expressions of this sentiment.
Sportsmanship expresses an aspiration or ethos that the activity will be enjoyed for its own sake. The well-known sentiment by sports journalist Grantland Rice, that it's “not that you won or lost but how you played the game", and the modern Olympic creed expressed by its founder Pierre de Coubertin: "The most important thing... is not winning but taking part" are typical expressions of this sentiment.
Cheating
Key tenets of sport include that the result should not be predetermined, and that both sides should have equal opportunity to win. Rules are in place to ensure that fair play to occur, but participants can break these rules in order to gain advantage.
Participants may choose to cheat in order to satisfy their desire to win, or in order to achieve an ulterior motive. The widespread existence of gambling on the results of sports fixtures creates the motivation for match fixing, where a participant or participants deliberately work to ensure a given outcome.
Participants may choose to cheat in order to satisfy their desire to win, or in order to achieve an ulterior motive. The widespread existence of gambling on the results of sports fixtures creates the motivation for match fixing, where a participant or participants deliberately work to ensure a given outcome.
Doping and drugs
he competitive nature of sport encourages some participants to attempt to enhance their performance through the use of medicines, or through other means such as increasing the volume of blood in their bodies through artificial means.
All sports recognised by the IOC or SportAccord are required to implement a testing programme, looking for a list of banned drugs, with suspensions or bans being placed on participants who test positive for banned substances.
All sports recognised by the IOC or SportAccord are required to implement a testing programme, looking for a list of banned drugs, with suspensions or bans being placed on participants who test positive for banned substances.
Violence
Violence in sports involves crossing the line between fair competition and intentional aggressive violence. Athletes, coaches, fans, and parents sometimes unleash violent behaviour on people or property, in misguided shows of loyalty, dominance, anger, or celebration. Rioting or hooliganism are common and ongoing problems at national and international sporting contests.
Gender participation
Female participation continues to rise alongside the opportunity for involvement and the value of sports for child development and physical fitness. Despite gains during the last three decades, a gap persists in the enrollment figures between male and female players. Female players account for 39% of the total participation in US interscholastic athletics. Gender balance has been accelerating from a 32% increase in 1973–74 to a 63% increase in 1994–95. Hessel (2000)[full citation needed].
Youth participation
Youth sports present children with opportunities for fun, socialization, forming peer relationships, physical fitness, and athletic scholarships. Activists for education and the war on drugs encourage youth sports as a means to increase educational participation and to fight the illegal drug trade. According to the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the biggest risk for youth sports is death or serious injury including concussion, with the highest risk coming from running, basketball, football, volleyball, soccer, and gymnastics.[18]
Spectator involvement
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The competition element of sport, along with the aesthetic appeal of some sports, result in the popularity of people attending to watch sport being played. This has led to the specific phenomenon of spectator sport.
Both amateur and professional sports attract spectators, both in person at the sport venue, and through broadcast mediums includingradio, television and internet broadcast. Both attendance in person and viewing remotely can incur a sometimes substantial charge, such as an entrance ticket, or pay-per-view television broadcast.
It is common for popular sports to attract large broadcast audiences, leading to rival broadcasters bidding large amounts of money for the rights to show certain fixtures. The football World Cup attracts a global television audience of hundreds of millions; the 2006 final alone attracted an estimated worldwide audience of well over 700 million and the 2007 Cricket World Cup attracted about 2.3 Billion worldwide viewers.[citation needed]
In the United States, the championship game of the NFL, the Super Bowl, has become one of the most watched television broadcasts of the year.[citation needed] Super Bowl Sunday is a de facto national holiday in America; the viewership being so great that in 2007 advertising space was reported as being sold at $2.6m for a 30 second slot.[citation
Both amateur and professional sports attract spectators, both in person at the sport venue, and through broadcast mediums includingradio, television and internet broadcast. Both attendance in person and viewing remotely can incur a sometimes substantial charge, such as an entrance ticket, or pay-per-view television broadcast.
It is common for popular sports to attract large broadcast audiences, leading to rival broadcasters bidding large amounts of money for the rights to show certain fixtures. The football World Cup attracts a global television audience of hundreds of millions; the 2006 final alone attracted an estimated worldwide audience of well over 700 million and the 2007 Cricket World Cup attracted about 2.3 Billion worldwide viewers.[citation needed]
In the United States, the championship game of the NFL, the Super Bowl, has become one of the most watched television broadcasts of the year.[citation needed] Super Bowl Sunday is a de facto national holiday in America; the viewership being so great that in 2007 advertising space was reported as being sold at $2.6m for a 30 second slot.[citation
Amateur and professional
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Sport can be undertaken on an amateur, professional or semi-professional basis, depending on whether particpants are incentivised for participation (usually through payment of a wage or salary).
The popularity of spectator sport as a recreation for non-participants has led to sport becoming a major business in its own right, and this has incentivised a high paying professional sport culture, where high performing participants are rewarded with pay far in excess of average wages, which can run in to millions of dollars.[19]
Some sports, or individual competitions within a sport, retain a policy of allowing only amateur sport. The Olympic Games started with a principle of amateur competition with those who practiced a sport professionally considered to have an unfair advantage over those who practiced it merely as a hobby.[20] Following the 1988 games, the IOC decided to make all professional athletes eligible for the Olympics, with only boxing and wrestling still competed on an "amateur" basis, although this revolves around rules, and not payment.
Grassroots sport is a popular phrase which covers the amateur participation in sport at lower levels, normally without pretension towards higher achievement, and is in line with the "sport for all" mentality, where enjoyment is the primary reason for participation.[2][21]
The popularity of spectator sport as a recreation for non-participants has led to sport becoming a major business in its own right, and this has incentivised a high paying professional sport culture, where high performing participants are rewarded with pay far in excess of average wages, which can run in to millions of dollars.[19]
Some sports, or individual competitions within a sport, retain a policy of allowing only amateur sport. The Olympic Games started with a principle of amateur competition with those who practiced a sport professionally considered to have an unfair advantage over those who practiced it merely as a hobby.[20] Following the 1988 games, the IOC decided to make all professional athletes eligible for the Olympics, with only boxing and wrestling still competed on an "amateur" basis, although this revolves around rules, and not payment.
Grassroots sport is a popular phrase which covers the amateur participation in sport at lower levels, normally without pretension towards higher achievement, and is in line with the "sport for all" mentality, where enjoyment is the primary reason for participation.[2][21]
Technology
Technology plays an important part in modern sport, with it being a necessary part of some sports (such as motorsport), and used in others to improve performance.
Sports science is a widespread academic discipline, and can be applied to areas including athlete performance, such as the use of video analysis to fine tune technique, or to equipment, such as improved running shoes or competitive swimwear.
In order to control the impact of technology on fair play, governing bodies frequently have specific rules designed to control the impact of technical advantage between participants.
Sports science is a widespread academic discipline, and can be applied to areas including athlete performance, such as the use of video analysis to fine tune technique, or to equipment, such as improved running shoes or competitive swimwear.
In order to control the impact of technology on fair play, governing bodies frequently have specific rules designed to control the impact of technical advantage between participants.
Politics
Sports and politics can influence each other greatly.
When apartheid was the official policy in South Africa, many sports people, particularly in rugby union, adopted the conscientious approach that they should not appear in competitive sports there. Some feel this was an effective contribution to the eventual demolition of the policy of apartheid, others feel that it may have prolonged and reinforced its worst effects.[22]
The 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin was an illustration, perhaps best recognised in retrospect, where an ideology was developing which used the event to strengthen its spread through propaganda.
In the history of Ireland, Gaelic sports were connected with cultural nationalism. Until the mid 20th century a person could have been banned from playing Gaelic football, hurling, or other sports administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) if she/he played or supported football, or other games seen to be of British origin. Until recently the GAA continued to ban the playing of football and rugby union at Gaelic venues. This ban is still enforced, but was modified to allow football and rugby to be played in Croke Park whileLansdowne Road was redeveloped into Aviva Stadium. Until recently, under Rule 21, the GAA also banned members of the British security forces and members of the RUC from playing Gaelic games, but the advent of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 led to the eventual removal of the ban.
Nationalism is often evident in the pursuit of sports, or in its reporting: people compete in national teams, or commentators and audiences can adopt a partisan view. On occasion, such tensions can lead to violent confrontation among players or spectators within and beyond the sporting venue, as in the Football War. These trends are seen by many as contrary to the fundamental ethos of sports being carried on for its own sake and for the enjoyment of its participants.
A very famous case when sports and politics colided was the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Masked men entered the hotel of the Israeli olympic team and killed many of their men. This was known as the Munich massacre.
When apartheid was the official policy in South Africa, many sports people, particularly in rugby union, adopted the conscientious approach that they should not appear in competitive sports there. Some feel this was an effective contribution to the eventual demolition of the policy of apartheid, others feel that it may have prolonged and reinforced its worst effects.[22]
The 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin was an illustration, perhaps best recognised in retrospect, where an ideology was developing which used the event to strengthen its spread through propaganda.
In the history of Ireland, Gaelic sports were connected with cultural nationalism. Until the mid 20th century a person could have been banned from playing Gaelic football, hurling, or other sports administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) if she/he played or supported football, or other games seen to be of British origin. Until recently the GAA continued to ban the playing of football and rugby union at Gaelic venues. This ban is still enforced, but was modified to allow football and rugby to be played in Croke Park whileLansdowne Road was redeveloped into Aviva Stadium. Until recently, under Rule 21, the GAA also banned members of the British security forces and members of the RUC from playing Gaelic games, but the advent of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 led to the eventual removal of the ban.
Nationalism is often evident in the pursuit of sports, or in its reporting: people compete in national teams, or commentators and audiences can adopt a partisan view. On occasion, such tensions can lead to violent confrontation among players or spectators within and beyond the sporting venue, as in the Football War. These trends are seen by many as contrary to the fundamental ethos of sports being carried on for its own sake and for the enjoyment of its participants.
A very famous case when sports and politics colided was the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Masked men entered the hotel of the Israeli olympic team and killed many of their men. This was known as the Munich massacre.
See also
- Outline of sports
- List of sportspeople
- List of sports attendance figures
- List of professional sports leagues
- International sports calendar
- Athletic sports
- Combat sport
- Disabled sports
- Electronic sports
- Handedness#Advantage in sports
- Mind sport
- Most popular sport by country
- Motor sports
- Multi-sport events
- National sport
- Nationalism and sports
- Olympic Games
- Paralympic Games
- Sponsorship
- Sport in film
- Sport governing bodies
- Sport Psychology
- Sports club
- Sports coaching
- Sports commentator
- Sports equipment
- Sports fan
- Sports injuries
- Sports league attendances
- Sports marketing
- Sports terms named after people
- Sports trainer
- Sportsperson
- Women's sports
- Water sports
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