Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio Almanacco Illustrato del Calcio is an annual publication, edited by Panini Group and concerning football (soccer). The first Italian football almanacs were launched in 1913 and 1938, under different names. In 1939 the book took its current form. The reported statistics and information of the 1937–38 season (in Italy and worldwide, for example third World Cup) have, in addition, colour spots. Publishing has always been annual, except during World War II., but the 1947 edition covered those seasons, as well as other seasons. Panini started publishing in 1971. The "Almanacco" combines numbers, photos and information about
Rugby union in Italy first official rules of "calcio fiorentino" were recorded in 1580, although the game had been developing around Florence for some time before that date. The game involved teams of 27 kicking and carrying a ball in a giant sandpit set up in the Piazza Santa Croce in the centre of Florence, both teams aiming for their designated point on the perimeter of the sandpit. British communities brought rugby to Genoa between 1890 and 1895, with other games in Italy around 1909. The society that organised the first games dissolved soon after them. Italian rugby's traditional heartland consists of the small