Serie A

Serie A
Country	Italy
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1898
Level	1
Number of teams	20
Relegation to	Serie B
Domestic cup	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana
International cup	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	Juventus (2016-17)
Most successful club	Juventus (33)
TV partners	SKY Italia, Mediaset Premium
Website	http://www.legaseriea.it/it
2017-18

Serie A is the highest football league in Italy.

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 6th qualify for the UEFA Europa League.

Also the winner of Coppa Italia qualify to the UEFA Europa League, but if the winner of Coppa Italia is qualified yet, the 7th goes to UEFA Europa League.

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

Serie A Clubs

2017-18

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2016–17 season
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	0.26,542	4th in Serie A
Benevento	Benevento	Stadio Ciro Vigorito	0.16,847	Serie B Play-off Winners
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara	0.38,279	15th in Serie A
Cagliari	Cagliari	Stadio Sant'Elia	0.16,233	11th in Serie A
Chievo	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	0.38,402	14th in Serie A
Crotone	Crotone	Stadio Ezio Scida	0.16,547	17th in Serie A
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	0.47,282	8th in Serie A
Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	0.36,685	16th in Serie A
Hellas Verona	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	0.38,402	Serie B Runners-up
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	0.80,018	7th in Serie A
Juventus	Turin	Allianz Stadium	0.41,507	Serie A Champions
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	0.70,634	5th in Serie A
Milan	Milan	San Siro	0.80,018	6th in Serie A
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	0.60,240	3rd in Serie A
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	0.70,634	2nd in Serie A
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	0.36,685	10th in Serie A
Sassuolo	Sassuolo	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia)	0.23,717	12th in Serie A
SPAL	Ferrara	Paolo Mazza	0.13,135	Serie B Champions
Torino	Turin	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino	0.27,994	9th in Serie A
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli-Dacia Arena	0.25,144	13th in Serie A

Seasons of Serie A

86 seasons: Internazionale 85 seasons: Juventus, Roma 84 seasons: Milan 80 seasons: Fiorentina 75 seasons: Lazio 74 seasons: Torino 72 seasons: Napoli 71 seasons: Bologna 61 seasons: Sampdoria 57 seasons: Atalanta 51 seasons: Genoa 45 seasons: Udinese 38 seasons: Cagliari 30 seasons: Bari, Vicenza 29 seasons: Palermo 28 seasons: Hellas Verona 26 seasons: Triestina 24 seasons: Parma

22 seasons: Brescia 18 seasons: Livorno 17 seasons: Catania, SPAL 16 seasons: Ascoli, Chievo, Padova 15 seasons: Lecce 13 seasons: Alessandria, Cesena, Como, Modena, Novara, Perugia 12 seasons: Empoli, Pro Patria, Venezia 11 seasons: Foggia 10 seasons: Avellino 9 seasons: Reggina, Siena 8 seasons: Lucchese, Piacenza 7 seasons: Catanzaro, Cremonese, Mantova, Pescara, Pisa, Varese 6 seasons: Pro Vercelli 5 seasons: Liguria, Messina, Sassuolo 4 seasons: Casale 3 seasons: Lecco, Legnano, Reggiana, Sampierdarenese 2 seasons: Ancona, Crotone, Salernitana, Ternana 1 season: Carpi, Benevento, Frosinone, Pistoiese, Treviso

Champions

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Championship seasons
Juventus	33	21	1905, 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
Milan	18	15	1901, 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
Internazionale	18	14	1909–10, 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
Genoa	9	4	1898, 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1914–15, 1922–23, 1923–24
Torino	7	7	1926–27, 1927–28, 1942–43, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1975–76
Bologna	7	4	1924–25, 1928–29, 1935–36, 1936–37, 1938–39, 1940–41, 1963–64
Pro Vercelli	7	1	1908, 1909, 1910–11, 1911–12, 1912–13, 1920–21, 1921–22 (C.C.I.)
Roma	3	14	1941–42, 1982–83, 2000–01
Lazio	2	6	1973–74, 1999–2000
Napoli	2	6	1986–87, 1989–90
Fiorentina	2	5	1955–56, 1968–69
Cagliari	1	1	1969–70
Casale	1	-	1913–14
Novese	1	-	1921–22 (F.I.G.C.)
Hellas Verona	1	-	1984–85
Sampdoria	1	-	1990–91

Related pages

• Serie B
• Lega Pro Prima Divisione