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 2024/25 dates

The 2024/25 Serie A season began on Saturday 17th August 2024 and will finish on Sunday 25th May 2025.

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, Frosinone, Sassuolo and Salernitana were relegated from Serie A and their places in the top-flight have been taken by Parma, Como and Venezia who were promoted from Serie B.

Inter Milan won the 2023/24 Serie A title by 19 points with AC Milan, Juventus, Atalanta and Bologna making up the top five, with those teams qualifying for the Champions League.

Roma and Lazio finished sixth and seventh respectively to secure Europa League places, while Fiorentina claimed a Europa Conference League berth courtesy of their eighth-place finish.

• AC Milan
• Atalanta
• Bologna
• Cagliari
• Como
• Empoli
• Fiorentina
• Genoa
• Hellas Verona
• Inter Milan
• Juventus
• Lazio
• Lecce
• Monza
• Napoli
• Parma
• Roma
• Torino
• Udinese
• Venezia

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
Empoli	Stadio Carlo Castellani
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
Monza	Stadio Brianteo
Napoli	Stadio Diego Armando Maradona
Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini
Roma	Stadio Olimpico
Torino	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino
Udinese	Stadio Friuli
Venezia	Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo

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 2023/24 season, a total of eight Italian sides have gained qualification for European competition.

The top five will play in the Champions League after Atalanta won the Europa League, with Gian Piero Gasperini's side joined by Italian champions Inter Milan, AC Milan, Juventus and Bologna.

Roma and Lazio will both compete in the Europa League after finishing sixth and seventh in Serie A respectively, whilst Fiorentina will participate in the Europa Conference League.