query: sport nevio scala
supports: A midfielder is an association football position. Midfielders are generally positioned on the field between their team's defenders and forwards. Some midfielders play a disciplined defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are otherwise known as defensive midfielders. Others blur the boundaries, being more mobile and efficient in passing: they are commonly referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box, or holding midfielders. The number of midfielders on a team and their assigned roles depends on the team's formation; the collective group of these players on the field is sometimes referred to as the midfield. 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 192930 season. It had been organized by Lega Calcio until 2010, but a new league, the Lega Serie A, was created for the 201011 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 and the Premier League, 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. Nevio Scala ( Italian pronunciation : ( nvjo skala ) ; born 22 November 1947 ) is an Italian football coach and former player , who played as a midfielder for several Italian clubs , and who won several titles during his time with A.C. Milan . He is mostly known for his role as head coach of Parma during the club 's golden age of the 1990s , leading them from Serie B to several European triumphs . Associazione Calcio Milan, commonly referred to as A.C. Milan, is a professional football club in Milan, Italy, founded in 1899. The club has spent its entire history, with the exception of the 198081 and 198283 seasons, in the top flight of Italian football, known as Serie A since 192930. 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.
candidates: association football football
answer: association football