SERIE A

SERIE A


Full Name: Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A TIM
Founded: 1929 (1898)
Level: 1
Number of Teams: 20
Record Champions: Juventus, 25
Record Italian Championship Titles: Juventus, 27
Official Website: lega-calcio.it

Description:

The top tier of Italian football is known as Serie A. The official name includes the title sponsor TIM, an Italian mobile phone company.

Format:

The 20 teams of the Italian Serie A play each other twice (home and away) for a total of 38 games. The season runs from August/September to May with a short break for the holidays. The bottom three clubs are relegated to the second-tier Serie B. Serie A clubs also compete in the Coppa Italia, entering in the second or third round although the format seems to change from year to year. The league champion wins the right to wear a small shield (a scudetto in Italian) in the red, white and green colors of Italy on their jerseys the following season and therefore the league title is often referred to as the scudetto. The league champion and the Coppa Italia winner contest the Supercoppa Italiana, the traditional opener of the Italian football season.
International Tournament Qualification:

* UEFA Champions League - the top three league finishers qualify directly to the group stage of the Champions League. The fourth place team enters at the fourth qualifying round.
* UEFA Europa League - The Coppa Italia winner and the next two league finishers qualify for the Europa League. If the Coppa Italia winner qualifies for the Champions League, the Coppa Italia spot goes to the losing finalist. If both Coppa Italia finalists qualify for the Champions League then that spot goes to the next highest league finisher.

Italian National Champions:

1898 Genoa
1899 Genoa
1900 Genoa
1901 Milan
1902 Genoa
1903 Genoa
1904 Genoa
1905 Juventus
1906 Milan
1907 Milan
1908 Pro Vercelli
1909 Pro Vercelli
1910 Inter Milan
1911 Pro Vercelli
1912 Pro Vercelli
1913 Pro Vercelli
1914 Casale
1915 Genoa

1920 Inter Milan
1921 Pro Vercelli
1922 Pro Vercelli (CCI)
1922 Novese (FIGC)
1923 Genoa
1924 Genoa
1925 Bologna
1926 Juventus
1927 No title awarded - Torino had title revoked
1928 Torino
1929 Bologna
Serie A Champions:

1930 Ambrosiana-Inter
1931 Juventus
1932 Juventus
1933 Juventus
1934 Juventus
1935 Juventus
1936 Bologna
1937 Bologna
1938 Ambrosiana-Inter
1939 Bologna
1940 Ambrosiana-Inter
1941 Bologna
1942 Roma
1943 Torino

1946 Torino
1947 Torino
1948 Torino
1949 Torino
1950 Juventus
1951 Milan
1952 Juventus
1953 Inter Milan
1954 Inter Milan
1955 Milan
1956 Fiorentina
1957 Milan
1958 Juventus
1959 Milan
1960 Juventus
1961 Juventus
1962 Milan
1963 Inter Milan
1964 Bologna
1966 Inter Milan
1966 Inter Milan
1967 Juventus
1968 Milan
1969 Fiorentina
1970 Cagliari
1971 Inter Milan
1972 Juventus
1973 Juventus
1974 Lazio
1975 Juventus
1976 Torino
1977 Juventus
1978 Juventus
1979 Milan
1980 Inter Milan
1981 Juventus
1982 Juventus
1983 Roma
1984 Juventus
1985 Verona
1986 Juventus
1987 Napoli
1988 Milan
1989 Inter Milan
1990 Napoli
1991 Sampdoria
1992 Milan
1993 Milan
1994 Milan
1995 Juventus
1996 Milan
1997 Juventus
1998 Juventus
1999 Milan
2000 Lazio
2001 Roma
2002 Juventus
2003 Juventus
2004 Milan
2005 Not awarded (Juventus had title revoked)
2006 Inter Milan (Juventus had title revoked)
2007 Inter Milan
2008 Inter Milan
2009 Inter Milan

Total Serie A Titles:

25 Juventus
15 Inter Milan
14 Milan
6 Torino
5 Bologna
3 Roma
2 Fiorentina, Lazio, Napoli
1 Cagliari, Sampdoria, Verona


Total Italian Championship Titles:

27 Juventus
17 Inter Milan, Milan
9 Genoa
7 Bologna, Pro Vercelli, Torino
3 Roma
2 Fiorentina, Lazio, Napoli
1 Cagliari, Casale, Novese, Sampdoria, Verona


Total Serie A Seasons (out of 77):

77 Inter
76 Juventus, Roma
75 Milan
71 Fiorentina
68 Torino
66 Lazio
63 Bologna, Napoli
53 Sampdoria
49 Atalanta
41 Genoa
36 Udinese
30 Cagliari, Vicenza
28 Bari
26 Triestina
24 Verona
22 Palermo
21 Brescia
18 Parma
16 Ascoli, Livorno, Padova, Spal
13 Alessandria, Como, Lecce, Modena, Perugia
12 Catania, Novara, Pro Patria, Venezia
11 Foggia
10 Avellino, Cesena
9 Empoli
8 Lucchese, Piacenza, Reggina
7 Catanzaro, Chievo, Cremonese, Mantova, Pisa, Varese
6 Pro Vercelli, Siena
5 Liguria, Messina, Pescara
4 Casale, Reggiana, Sampierdarenese
3 Lecco, Legnano
2 Ancona, Salernitana, Ternana
1 Pistoise, Treviso