Serie A: Dates, teams, venues, history & more

Serie A is the top professional league within the Italian football pyramid and is considered one of Europe's leading five leagues.

Alongside the Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and Ligue 1, Serie A is known worldwide as one of the most competitive leagues and is often described as the most tactical of the continent's elite domestic competitions.

Serie A 2025/26 dates

The 2024/25 Serie A season began on Saturday 23rd August 2025 and will finish on Sunday 24th May 2026.

In common with most domestic top-flight leagues across the continent, games predominantly occur at the weekend, with the majority of Serie A's matches taking place on a Sunday.

With several Italian clubs playing in the European competitions, there are also occasional midweek fixture programmes throughout the campaign.

Serie A teams

Serie A is the men's top professional football division in Italy and is contested by 20 teams.

Last season, Empoli, Venezia and Monza were relegated from Serie A and their places in the top-flight have been taken by Sassuolo, Pisa and Cremonese who were promoted from Serie B.

Napoli won the 2024/25 Serie A title with Inter Milan, Juventus and Atalanta making up the top four, with those teams qualifying for the Champions League.

Roma finished fifth to secure a Europa League place, while Fiorentina claimed a Europa Conference League berth courtesy of their sixth-place finish.

• AC Milan
• Atalanta
• Bologna
• Cagliari
• Como
• Cremonese
• Fiorentina
• Genoa
• Hellas Verona
• Inter Milan
• Juventus
• Lazio
• Lecce
• Napoli
• Parma
• Pisa
• Roma
• Sassuolo
• Torino
• Udinese

Serie A venues/stadiums

Serie A follows the usual double round-robin format, meaning each club plays every other club twice throughout the campaign, once at home and once away, for 38 matches.

Here is the list of stadiums that will be used in Serie A for the 2024/25 season.

AC Milan	San Siro
Atalanta	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall’Ara
Cagliari	Stadio Unipol Domus
Como	Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia
Cremonese	Stadio Giovanni Zini
Fiorentina	Stadio Artemio Franchi
Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris
Hellas Verona	Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
Inter Milan	Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Juventus	Juventus Stadium
Lazio	Stadio Olimpico
Lecce	Stadio Ettore Giariniero - Via del mare
Napoli	Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Pisa	Arena Garibaldi – Stadio Romeo Anconetani
Roma	Stadio Olimpico
Sassuolo	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
Torino	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Udinese	Stadio Friuli

Serie A history

Serie A was launched as it is now structured for the 1929/30 campaign after organisers abandoned the regional championships.

Since 1923/24, the championship title has been referred to as Lo Scudetto, which is the Italian word for small shield. The winning team then wears a small coat of arms with the Italian tricolour on their jersey in the following campaign.

For most of Serie A's history, there were 16 or 18 clubs, but since the 2004/05 campaign, the division has been made up of 20 clubs in total.

Since the 1994/95 campaign, teams are awarded three points for a win, one for a draw and none for a loss, but before this, teams were only given two points for a victory.

At the end of the campaign, the three lowest-placed teams are relegated to Serie B, with three then replacing them from the second tier.

Following the 2024/25 season, a total of six Italian sides have gained qualification for European competition.