Editing Florence (section)

== Sport ==
[[File:Soccer in Florence, Italy, 2007.jpg|thumb|[[Stadio Artemio Franchi]]]]

In [[association football]], Florence is represented by [[ACF Fiorentina]], which plays in [[Serie A]], the top league of [[Football in Italy|Italian league system]]. ACF Fiorentina has won two Italian Championships, in 1956 and 1969, and 6 Italian cups,<ref>{{cite web |title=FootballHistory.org |url=https://www.footballhistory.org/club/fiorentina.html |website=ACF Fiorentina |publisher=Martin Wahl |access-date=10 October 2019}}</ref> since their formation in 1926. They play their games at the [[Stadio Artemio Franchi]], which holds 47,282. The women's team, ACF Fiorentina Femminile, have won the women's association football Italian Championship of the 2016–17 season.

The city is home of the [[Centro Tecnico Federale di Coverciano]], in [[Coverciano, Florence]], the main training ground of the [[Italy national football team|Italian national team]], and the technical department of the [[Italian Football Federation]].

Florence was one of the host cities for cycling's [[2013 UCI Road World Championships]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12905/UCI-confirms-2013-WorldTour-calendar.aspx |title=UCI confirms 2013 WorldTour calendar |work=UCI |date=20 September 2012 |accessdate=20 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uci.ch/docs/Sports/RWC_2013_GeneralInformation.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928153629/http://www.uci.ch/docs/Sports/RWC_2013_GeneralInformation.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2013 |url-status=live |title=General Information Bulletin |work=UCI |accessdate=20 May 2021}}</ref> The city has also hosted stages of the [[Giro d'Italia]], most recently in 2017.

Since 2017 Florence is also represented in Eccellenza, the top tier of [[rugby union]] league system in Italy, by I Medicei, which is a club established in 2015 by the merging of the senior squads of I Cavalieri (of [[Prato]]) and Firenze Rugby 1931. I Medicei won the Serie A Championship in 2016–17 and were promoted to Eccellenza for the 2017–18 season.

[[RN Florentia|Rari Nantes Florentia]] is a successful [[water polo]] club based in Florence; both its male and female squads have won several Italian championships and the female squad has also European titles in their palmarès.