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'Sfumature di Azzurro' on display at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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'Sfumature di Azzurro' on display at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Memorabilia from the Museo del Calcio being exhibited. Gravina: “The Azzurri jersey represents memory, pride and the future”...

10 December 2024

An icon of world football at Coverciano: Sparwasser, East Germany hero

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An icon of world football at Coverciano: Sparwasser, East Germany hero

His goal a the 1974 World Cup is one of the most iconic and significant in the history of football. Jurgen Sparwasser is a name that means something to all football fans; he scored the only goal in the unrepeatable fixture between East and West Germa…

09 December 2024

The evening of stars at Coverciano

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The evening of stars at Coverciano

Gravina: ‘The Hall of Fame preserves the memory of the great stars of Italian football and shares their example with the younger generation...

11 November 2024

Giga Riva was born 80 years ago today: the Roar of Thunder, European Champion in 1968

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Giga Riva was born 80 years ago today: the Roar of Thunder, European Champion in 1968

The story of the 'Doctor' Fini, who helped the forward recover from injury, just in time for the final against Yugoslavia...

07 November 2024

Six new stars in the 'Italian Football Hall of Fame': Spalletti, De Rossi and Shevchenko among the winners

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Six new stars in the 'Italian Football Hall of Fame': Spalletti, De Rossi and Shevchenko among the winners

On Monday at Coverciano the annual ceremony to celebrate key people in Italian football: there will be awards for Giacinti, Boninsegna and Braida. Memorial prizes for Di Bartolomei, D'Amico and Scopigno. Santo Rullo receives the 'Davide Astori' award for Crazy for Football...

06 November 2024

Museo del Calcio to display original shirt in memory of Totò Schillaci, Italy’s hero in the 1990 FIFA World Cup

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Museo del Calcio to display original shirt in memory of Totò Schillaci, Italy’s hero in the 1990 FIFA World Cup

The shirt was worn by Totò in a friendly against the Netherlands in his birthplace Palermo in the aftermath of the World Cup

18 September 2024

Conserving nine shirts from the Football Museum

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Conserving nine shirts from the Football Museum

The initiative was possible thanks to the collaboration of the Egyptian Museum in Turin and the Textile Museum in Prato...

11 July 2024

The Museo del Calcio open on 24 June, Florence's patron saint day

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The Museo del Calcio open on 24 June, Florence's patron saint day

The museum will be open from 10:00 until 18:00 CEST. Inside, there is also a shop with the original adidas material worn by the Azzurri and the Azzurre...

21 June 2024

Sfumature di Azzurro, the Museo del Calcio's travelling exhibition, in Iserlohn at Casa Azzurri

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Sfumature di Azzurro, the Museo del Calcio's travelling exhibition, in Iserlohn at Casa Azzurri

Numerous pieces of memorabilia on display to visitors: from those relating to the 1968 triumph to Donnarumma's shirt as EURO 2020's player of the tournament. There is also a virtual reality experience to relive the 1982 World Cup final...

12 June 2024

Inaugurated in Bologna ‘Sfumature di Azzurro’, the Itinerant exhibition by the Coverciano Museum

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Inaugurated in Bologna ‘Sfumature di Azzurro’, the Itinerant exhibition by the Coverciano Museum

The exhibition is free and will last until 4 June, the day of the friendly match between Italy and Türkiye scheduled in the capital of Emilia.

01 June 2024

The square in front of the Football Museum named after Fino Fini

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The square in front of the Football Museum named after Fino Fini

Antognoni was also present at the moment of the unveiling of the plaque: "Every time we come to this place, we think of the Doctor"...

30 May 2024

Remembering the Heysel tragedy

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Remembering the Heysel tragedy

In addition to the president of the Football Museum Foundation, Matteo Marani, the president of the Association of the Relatives of the Heysel Victims, Andrea Lorentini, was also present…

29 May 2024

Euros trophy won by the National beach soccer team added to the Museo del Calcio collection

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Euros trophy won by the National beach soccer team added to the Museo del Calcio collection

The Azzurri of Italbeach lifted the cup in July 2023 on the sand in Alghero

20 May 2024

Museo del Calcio to close at 17:00 on Sunday 12 May for maintenance work

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Museo del Calcio to close at 17:00 on Sunday 12 May for maintenance work

Italy's national team football museum is normally open every day from 10:00 to 18:00...

06 May 2024

A spring of history and football: Museo del Calcio will be open on 25 April and 1 May

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A spring of history and football: Museo del Calcio will be open on 25 April and 1 May

The museum will be open continuously from 10:00 to 18:00 CEST...

22 April 2024

The Museo del Calcio also open on Easter Sunday and Monday

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The Museo del Calcio also open on Easter Sunday and Monday

Opening times are as normal, from 10:00 until 18:00 CEST...

25 March 2024

'Sfumature di Azzurro' exhibition moves on to Ferrara

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'Sfumature di Azzurro' exhibition moves on to Ferrara

After a big success in Cesena, with over 1,000 visits, the Museo del Calcio's travelling exhibition now moves to the city that will host Italy vs. Türkiye on Tuesday, an Under-21 European Championships qualifier...

23 March 2024

The Museo del Calcio's condolences for the death of Joe Barone

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The Museo del Calcio's condolences for the death of Joe Barone

Only two years ago, Barone came to the museum in Coverciano for the award ceremony of two Coppa Carnivale to the Viola...

19 March 2024

Free entry to the football museum's Sfumature di Azzurro exhibition in Cesena

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Free entry to the football museum's Sfumature di Azzurro exhibition in Cesena

For the Under-21 side's game with Latvia (Friday 22 March at the stadio Dino Manuzzi), the exhibition...

14 March 2024

1962 World Cup and 'the battle of Santiago': photos donated to the Museo del Calcio

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1962 World Cup and 'the battle of Santiago': photos donated to the Museo del Calcio

In 2018, over a thousand negatives from the 1962 World Cup were found in Chile: a record that will be turned into a documentary and which will enrichen the museum's collection...

06 March 2024