Calciosociale

Abstract

Calciosociale is football which aims to promote social integration organised by ANPIS (Associazione Nazionale Polisportive per l’Integrazione Sociale) in Italy. Italian People with mental health problems live in the community and enjoy participating in calciosociale. This calciosociale is “football”, however, it has different aims and rules from general football. The aims of this paper is to introduce calciosociale referring to the history of mental health promotion and social backgrounds in Italy. It also identified differences between the calciosociale and the futsal for people with mental health problems promoting in Japan. Furthermore, it explores the issues how to promote international football movement and collaborate with Italy.