page_title: Parma
section_title: Sport
hierarchical_section_title: Parma / Culture / Sport
caption_attribution_description: English: Stadio Ennio Tardini
context_page_description: Parma is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna famous for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto, cheese and surrounding countryside. It is home to the University of Parma, one of the oldest universities in the world.
  Parma is divided into two parts by the stream of the same name. The district on the far side of the river is Oltretorrente. Parma's Etruscan name was adapted by Romans to describe the round shield called Parma.
  The Italian poet Attilio Bertolucci wrote: "As a capital city it had to have a river. As a little capital it received a stream, which is often dry".
context_section_description: Parma Calcio 1913, founded in 2015, is a Serie A (first division) football club. It replaced Parma F.C., which went bankrupt in 2015. It plays in the city's Stadio Ennio Tardini, which opened in 1923 and seats up to 23,000.
  Parma's other sport team is the rugby union club Zebre which competes in Pro14, one of the top rugby competitions in the world. Parma also is home to two rugby union teams in the top national division, Overmach Rugby Parma and SKG Gran Rugby.
  Parma Panthers is the Parma American football team which provided the basis for  John Grisham's book Playing for Pizza. Stadio Sergio Lanfranchi is the ground of rugby and American football teams.
  Pallavolo Parma and Parma Baseball are also popular teams in the city. Nino Cavalli Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Parma. It is the home stadium of Parma Baseball of the Italian Baseball League.
caption: Parma F.C. fans at the Stadio Ennio Tardini, one of the oldest stadiums in Italy
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