Serie A

top Italian football league

Serie A is the highest football league in Italy.

Serie A
Organising bodyLega Serie A
Founded1898; 126 years ago (1898)
1929 (as round-robin)
CountryItaly
ConfederationUEFA
Number of teams20
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toSerie B
Domestic cup(s)Coppa Italia
Supercoppa Italiana
International cup(s)UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
UEFA Europa Conference League
Current championsInternazionale (19th title)
(2020–21)
Most championshipsJuventus (36 titles)
Most appearances
Top goalscorerSilvio Piola (274)
TV partnersSKY Italia, DAZN
Websitelegaseriea.it
Current: 2021–22 Serie A

Format

From 1929 to 2004, Serie A has got 16 or 18 teams. The Only Exception was in the years from 1946 to 1952, where in the Serie A there were 20-21 teams.

All the 20 teams play two times against all the other teams from August to May.

The top four teams in the Serie A qualify for the UEFA Champions League (from the 2017–18 season).

The 5th and the winner of Coppa Italia qualify for the UEFA Europa League tournament.

The 6th or the 7th ranked club, depending if the winner of Coppa Italia is qualified yet, joins the preliminary round of the UEFA Europa Conference League.

The three lowest-placed teams are relegated to Serie B.

Serie A Clubs

2021–2022

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacitySeason
AtalantaBergamoGewiss Stadium21,300
VeneziaVeneziaStadio Pier Luigi Penzo7,450
BolognaBolognaStadio Renato Dall'Ara38,279
CagliariCagliariUnipol Domus16,416
EmpoliEmpoliStadio Carlo Castellani16,284
SpeziaLa SpeziaStadio Alberto Picco10,336
FiorentinaFlorenceStadio Artemio Franchi47,282
GenoaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris36,685
Hellas VeronaVeronaStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi38,402
Inter MilanMilanSan Siro80,018
JuventusTurinAllianz Stadium41,507
LazioRomeStadio Olimpico70,634
MilanMilanSan Siro80,018
NapoliNaplesStadio San Paolo60,240
RomaRomeStadio Olimpico70,634
SalernitanaSalernoStadio Arechi26,000
SampdoriaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris36,685
SassuoloSassuoloMapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
(Reggio Emilia)
23,717
TorinoTurinStadio Olimpico Grande Torino27,994
UdineseUdineStadio Friuli-Dacia Arena25,144

Seasons of Serie A

  • 90 seasons: Internazionale
  • 89 seasons: Juventus, Roma
  • 88 seasons: Milan
  • 84 seasons: Fiorentina
  • 79 seasons: Lazio
  • 78 seasons: Torino
  • 76 seasons: Napoli
  • 75 seasons: Bologna
  • 65 seasons: Sampdoria
  • 61 seasons: Atalanta
  • 55 seasons: Genoa
  • 49 seasons: Udinese
  • 42 seasons: Cagliari
  • 31 seasons: Hellas Verona
  • 30 seasons: Bari, Vicenza
  • 29 seasons: Palermo
  • 27 seasons: Parma
  • 26 seasons: Triestina
  • 23 seasons: Brescia
  • 19 seasons: SPAL
  • 18 seasons: Livorno
  • 17 seasons: Catania, Chievo
  • 16 seasons: Ascoli, Lecce, Padova
  • 14 seasons: Empoli
  • 13 seasons: Alessandria, Cesena, Como, Modena, Novara, Perugia, Venezia
  • 12 seasons: Pro Patria
  • 11 seasons: Foggia
  • 10 seasons: Avellino
  • 9 seasons: Reggina, Sassuolo, Siena
  • 8 seasons: Lucchese, Piacenza
  • 7 seasons: Catanzaro, Cremonese, Mantova, Pescara, Pisa, Varese
  • 6 seasons: Pro Vercelli
  • 5 seasons: Liguria, Messina
  • 4 seasons: Casale
  • 3 seasons: Crotone, Lecco, Legnano, Reggiana, Salernitana, Sampierdarenese
  • 2 seasons: Ancona, Benevento, Frosinone, Spezia, Ternana
  • 1 season: Carpi, Pistoiese, Treviso

Champions

ClubWinnersRunners-upChampionship seasons
Juventus36211905, 1925–26, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1949–50, 1951–52, 1957–58, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1966–67, 1971–72, 1972–73, 1974–75, 1976-77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Internazionale19151909–10, 1919–20, 1929–30, 1937–38, 1939–40, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1962–63, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1970–71, 1979–80, 1988–89, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2020-21
Milan18161901, 1906, 1907, 1950–51, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1958–59, 1961–62, 1967–68, 1978–79, 1987–88, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1995–96, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2010–11
Genoa941898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1914–15, 1922–23, 1923–24
Torino781926–27, 1927–28, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1975–76
Bologna741924–25, 1928–29, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1940–41, 1963–64
Pro Vercelli711908, 1909, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1920–21, 1921–22 (C.C.I.)
Roma3141941–42, 1982–83, 2000–01
Lazio261973–74, 1999–2000
Napoli281986–87, 1989–90
Fiorentina251955–56, 1968–69
Cagliari111969–70
Casale1-1913–14
Novese1-1921–22 (F.I.G.C.)
Sampdoria1-1990–91
Hellas Verona1-1984–85

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