LIVE THE CITY
Because Empoli has 5 teams with a national profile, some of the most loyal fans will undoubtedly want to visit Empoli during some away matches. Here are our city’s leading teams and some suggestions for those who want to spend a few hours exploring what Empoli has to offer, before or after attending a sporting event!
Football (American soccer) is undoubtedly Italy’s best loved sport, so this is the place to start! The Empoli Football Club, a city football club that boasts over 100 years of history, is currently ranking in the men’s Series A. The ‘Azzurri’, as the players of the city’s most popular team are called, train and play their matches at the Carlo Castellani Stadium. The women’s football team, the Empoli Ladies, also play in the highest-level football league and have achieved great success in recent years.
In women’s Series A and men’s Series B, we find the Empoli USE Basket (USE Rosa Scotti e USE Computer Gross). Basketball has gained a real foothold in Empoli in recent years, encouraging hundreds of young people and children to play this sport. Basketball matches are played at PalaSammontana (Via R. Martini, 66).
The athletes of the Timenet Empoli Volleyball team, on the other hand, play at the PalaAramini (Via delle Olimpiadi, 17).
If you arrive a few hours before your favourite team’s match, or you want to stay for a while after the match, the centre of Empoli is a short distance from all the sports facilities. We suggest that you leave your car and walk for about a kilometre until you reach the city centre. There are often lively events and markets of all different types. Here, between Piazza Farinata degli Uberti and Piazza della Vittoria, you’ll find many bars, restaurants and taverns where you can taste the typical cuisine and excellent local wines. For lovers of art, history and culture, the city centre offers visits to the Museum of the Collegiate Church of Sant’Andrea,the Glass Museumand the Civic Museum of Palaeontology (a must for those with children)! The shops, ancient piazzas and shady gardens make it a pleasure to spend a few hours in our city.
