Founded in 1898, Serie A is the top-tier league in Italian football. The winner of Serie A is awarded the Scudetto and the Coppa Campioni d'Italia.
Since the 1929-30 season, the Serie A has been held in a round-robin format where each club plays the other side in a home and away fixture. Before this, regional and inter-regional rounds were held to determine the winner.
The top division Italian league is considered to be the most tactical and defence-oriented league among the top five leagues in Europe.
Since 2004-05, there have been 20 Italian clubs competing in Serie A every season.
The top-four placed teams in Serie A directly qualify for the UEFA Champions League while the fifth and Coppa Italia winners qualify for the UEFA Europa League.
Meanwhile, the bottom three teams at the end of the season are relegated to Serie B. They are replaced by the top three sides from Serie B.
From 1915 to 1919, the Serie A was postponed due to the First World War while the league was once again cancelled between 1944 and 1945 due to the Second World War.
AC Milan are the reigning champions of Serie A, having finished at the top of the 2021-22 standings. Milan secured 86 points from 38 matches, two points clear of second-placed Inter.
Who won the first Serie A?
Genos won the inaugural edition of Serie A in 1898. The Red and Blues defeated Internazionale Torino 3-1 following extra-time. The first edition of Serie A was a knock-out tournament featuring just three clubs from Turin. Apart from Genoa, Foot-Ball Club Torinese and Reale Società Ginnastica di Torino were the other two teams who participated in the tournament.
Who has won the most Serie A titles?
Juventus are the most successful team in Serie A, having won the title a record 36 times. The Old Lady also hold the record for winning the most consecutive titles in Serie A. Between 2011 and 2020, Juventus won nine Serie A titles on the trot.
Serie A winners List
2022-23: Napoli
2021-22: AC Milan
2020-21: Inter Milan
2019–2020: Juventus
2018–2019: Juventus
2017–2018: Juventus
2016–2017: Juventus
2015–2016: Juventus
2014–2015: Juventus
2013–2014: Juventus
2012–2013: Juventus
2011–2012: Juventus
2010–2011: Milan
2009–2010: Inter Milan
2008–2009: Inter Milan
2007–2008: Inter Milan
2006–2007: Inter Milan
2005–2006: Inter Milan
2004–2005: Not awarded
2003–2004: Milan
2002–2003: Juventus
2001–2002: Juventus
2000–2001: Roma
1999–2000: Lazio
1998–1999: Milan
1997–1998: Juventus
1996–1997: Juventus
1995–1996: Milan
1994–1995: Juventus
1993–1994: Milan
1992–1993: Milan
1991–1992: Milan
1990–1991: Sampdoria
1989–1990: Napoli
1988–1989: Inter Milan
1987–1988: Milan
1986–1987: Napoli
1985–1986: Juventus
1984–1985: Hellas Verona
1983–1984: Juventus
1982–1983: Roma
1981–1982: Juventus
1980–1981: Juventus
1979–1980: Inter Milan
1978–1979: Milan
1977–1978: Juventus
1976–1977: Juventus
1975–1976: Torino
1974–1975: Juventus
1973–1974: Lazio
1972–1973: Juventus
1971–1972: Juventus
1970–1971: Inter Milan
1969–1970: Cagliari
1968–1969: Florentina
1967–1968: Milan
1966–1967: Juventus
1965–1966: Inter Milan
1964–1965: Inter Milan
1963–1964: Bologna
1962–1963: Inter Milan
1961–1962: Milan
1960–1961: Juventus
1959–1960: Juventus
1958–1959: Milan
1957–1958: Juventus
1956–1957: Milan
1955–1956: Florentina
1954–1955: Milan
1953–1954: Inter Milan
1952–1953: Inter Milan
1951–1952: Juventus
1950–1951: Milan
1949–1950: Juventus
1948–1949: Torino
1947–1948: Torino
1946–1947: Torino
1945–1946: Torino
1944-1945: Cancelled due to Second World War
1943-1944: Spezia Calcio (decoration)
1942-1943: Torino
1941-1942: Roma
1940-1941: Bologna
1939-1940: Ambrosiana-Inter
1938-39: Bologna
1937-38: Ambrosiana-Inter
1936-37: Bologna
1935-36: Bologna
1934-35: Juventus
1933-34: Juventus
1932-33: Juventus
1931-32: Juventus
1930-31: Juventus
1929-30: Ambrosiana-Inter
1928-29: Bologna
1927-28: Torino
1926-27: Not awarded
1925-26: Juventus
1924-25: Bologna
1923-24: Genoa
1922-23: Genoa
1921-22: Pro Vercelli
1921-22: Novese
1920-21: Pro Vercelli
1919-20: Inter Milan
1915-19: Postponed due to First World War
1914-15: Genoa
1913-14: Casale
1912-13: Pro Vercelli
1911-12: Pro Vercelli
1910-11: Pro Vercelli
1909-10: Inter Milan
1909: Pro Vercelli
1908: Pro Vercelli
1907: Milan
1906: Milan
1905: Juventus
1904: Genoa
1903: Genoa
1902: Genoa
1901: Milan
1900: Genoa
1899: Genoa
1898: Genoa
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