Serie a standings is the main competition in Italian football, having been established in 1898. The Coppa Campioni d’Italia and the Scudetto are given to the Serie A champion.
The Serie A has been played in a round-robin style, with each team playing the other side in a home and away match, since the 1929–30 season. The winner was determined through regional and inter-regional rounds prior to this.
The highest tier Out of the top five European leagues, the Italian league is thought to be the most defensive and tactical.
Twenty Italian teams have participated in every season of Serie A since 2004–05.
The Coppa Italia champions and the top four teams in Serie A advance straight to the UEFA Champions League, while the fifth-placed club advances to the UEFA Europa League.
At the end of the season, the three teams who finish lowest are demoted to Serie B. The top three teams from Serie B take their position.
The First World War caused the Serie A to be postponed from 1915 to 1919, and the Second World War caused the league to be canceled again from 1944 to 1945.
After finishing first in the 2023–24 Serie A standings, Inter Milan is the current champion team. Inter won their 20th Serie A championship, defeating AC Milan and Juventus, their bitter rivals.
The first Serie A winner was who?
The first-ever Serie A championship was won by Genos in 1898. After extra time, the Red and Blues overcame Internazionale Torino 3-1. There were just three Turin clubs participating in the first Serie A, which was a knockout competition. Reale Società Ginnastica di Torino and Foot-Ball Club Torinese were the other two teams who competed in the event besides Genoa.
Who is the most successful Serie A winner?
Having won the Serie A championship a record 36 times, Juventus is the most successful side in the league. The Old Lady is also the record holder for the most Serie A championships won in a row. Juventus won nine straight Serie A championships between 2011 and 2020.
List of Serie A wins
Inter Milan, 2023–2024
2022–2023: Napoli
2021–2022: 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
Inter Milan, 2009–2010
Inter Milan, 2008–2009
Inter Milan, 2007–2008
Inter Milan, 2006–2007
Inter Milan, 2005–2006
2004–2005: No prize given
Milan, 2003–2004
2002–2003: Juventus
2001–2002: Juventus
2000–2001: Roma
1999–2000: Lazio
Milan, 1998–1999
1997–1998: Juventus
Juventus, 1996–1997
Milan, 1995–1996
Juventus, 1994–1995
Milan, 1993–1994
1992–1993: Milan
1991–1992: Milan
Sampdoria, 1990–1991
1989–1990: Napoli
1988–1989: Milan Inter
1987–1988: Milan
1986–1987: Napoli
Juventus, 1985–1986
1984–1985: Verona Hellas
Juventus, 1983–1984
1982–1983: Roma
1981–1982: Juventus
1980–1981: Juventus
1979–1980: Milan Inter
1978–1979: Milan
1977–1978: Juventus
1976–1977: Juventus
1975–1976: Turino
1974–1975: Juventus
1973–1974: Lazio
1972–1973: Juventus
1971–1972: Juventus
1970–1971: Milan Inter
1969–1970: Cagliari
Florentina, 1968–1969
Milan, 1967–1968
1966–1967: Juventus
1965–1966: Milan Inter
1964–1965: Milan Inter
Bologna, 1963–1964
1962–1963: Milan Inter
1961–1962: Milan
1960–1961: Juventus
1959–1960: Juventus
1958–1959: Milan
1957–1958: Juventus
Milan, 1956–1957
Florentina, 1955–1956
1954–1955: Milan
1953–1954: Milan Inter
1952–1953: Milan Inter
1951–1952: Juventus
1950–1951: Milan
1949–1950: Juventus
1948–1949: Turino
1947–1948: Torino
1946–1947: Turino
1945–1946: Torino
1942–1945: Postponed because of World War II
Spezia Calcio (decoration) 1943–1944
1942–1943: Torino
1941–1942: Roma
1940–1941: Bologna
1939–1940: Inter-Ambrosiana
Bologna, 1938–1939
1937–1938: Inter-Ambrosiana
1936–1937: Bologna
1935–1936: Bologna
1934–1935: Juventus
1933–1934: Juventus
1932–1933: Juventus
1931–1932: Juventus
1930–31: Juventus
1929–30: Inter-Ambrosiana
1928–29: Bologna
1927–1928: Torino
1926–1927: Not given out
1925–26: Juventus
Bologna, 1924–25
1923–24: Genoa
1922–1923: Genoa
1921–1922: Vercelli Pro
1921–22: Novese
1920–21: Vercelli Pro
1919–20: Inter Milan
Postponed because of the First World War, 1915–19
1914–15: Genoa
1913–14: Casale
1912–13: Vercelli Pro
1911–12: Vercelli Pro
1910–11: Vercelli Pro
Inter Milan, 1909–10
1909: Vercelli Pro
1908: Vercelli Pro
Milan in 1907
Milan, 1906
Juventus in 1905
1904: Genoa
1903: Genoa
1902: Genoa
1901: Milan
1900: Genoa
1899: Genoa
1898: The City of Genoa
