Calcio Padova plays in Italy 's Lega Pro .
Padua is the home of Calcio Padova , an association football team that plays in Italy 's Serie B , and who played 16 Serie A championships ( last 2 in 1995 and 1996 , but the previous 14 between 1929 and 1962 ) ; the Petrarca Padova rugby union team , winner of 12 national championships ( all between 1970 and 2011 ) and 2 national cups , and now plays in the Top12 league ; and the Pallavolo Padova volleyball club , once called Petrarca Padova as well , which plays in the Italian second division ( A2 ) and who won a CEV cup in 1994 .