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Serie A
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'''Serie A''' is the top division of the
Italian Football League, the highest
football (soccer) football league in
Italy. Italian mobile phone company
Telecom Italia Mobile TIM is the main sponsor, so the official name is Serie A TIM. The division consists of 20 clubs from the
2004-
2005 05 season, with each team competing against each other team twice, round-robin style, for a total of 38 matches per season. The bottom three clubs in the league table are
relegation relegated to
Serie B. The top two clubs from Serie B are promoted automatically, while the third- through sixth-place clubs enter a promotion playoff for the final place in Serie A. The promotion playoff, similar to that used for years in
England's
The Football League Football League, was first employed in 2004-05.
Serie A, as it is structured today, began in
1929. From
1898 to 1929 the competition was organised into regional groups. No title was awarded in
1927 after
Torino Calcio Torino were stripped of the championship by the
Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Torino were declared champions in the
1948-
1949 49 season following
Superga air disaster a plane crash near the end of the season in which the entire team was killed.
The Serie A Championship title is often referred to as the '''Scudetto''' (small shield) because the winning team will bear a small coat of arms with the
flag of Italy Italian tricolour on their uniform in the following season. The most successful league club is
Juventus with 28 championships, followed by
A.C. Milan (17),
Internazionale Milano F.C. Internazionale (13) and
Genoa 1893 Genoa C&FC (9). For every ten titles won, clubs are allowed to wear a golden star above their club badge; so Juventus has two stars, while Milan and Internazionale have one star each.
Teams 2005-06
Twenty clubs compete in Serie A in the 2005-06 season. The first two teams qualify for the
UEFA Champions League automatically, while the third and fourth enter the qualifying rounds. The fifth and sixth teams, as well as the winner of the
Coppa Italia, enter the
UEFA Cup. For the season 2005-06, the Italian teams playing Champions League are Juventus, Milan, Internazionale, and Udinese – the last two entered through qualification matches; Sampdoria, Palermo and Roma (as runner-up in Coppa Italia) will play in the UEFA Cup.
*'''
Ascoli Calcio 1898''' (
Ascoli Piceno)
*'''
Cagliari Calcio''' (
Cagliari)
*'''
A.C. ChievoVerona''' (
Verona)
*'''
Empoli F.C.''' (
Empoli)
*'''
ACF Fiorentina''' (
Florence)
*'''
Internazionale Milano F.C.''' (
Milan)
*'''
Juventus F.C.''' (
Turin)
*'''
S.S. Lazio''' (
Rome)
*'''
U.S. Lecce''' (
Lecce)
*'''
A.S. Livorno Calcio''' (
Livorno)
*'''
F.C. Messina Peloro''' (
Messina)
*'''
A.C. Milan''' (
Milan)
*'''
U.S. Città di Palermo''' (
Palermo)
*'''
Parma F.C.''' (
Parma)
*'''
Reggina Calcio''' (
Reggio Calabria)
*'''
A.S. Roma''' (
Rome)
*'''
U.C. Sampdoria''' (
Genoa)
*'''
A.C. Siena''' (
Siena)
*'''
Treviso F.B.C. 1993''' (
Treviso)
*'''
Udinese Calcio''' (
Udine)
Champions
{|
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* 1898 -
Genoa Cricket & Football Club Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club
* 1899 - Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club
* 1900 -
Genoa Cricket & Football Club
* 1901 -
A.C. Milan Milan Cricket & FC
* 1902 - Genoa C&FC
* 1903 - Genoa C&FC
* 1904 - Genoa C&FC
* 1905 -
Juventus F.C. Juventus FC
* 1906 -
A.C. Milan Milan FC
* 1907 - Milan FC
* 1908 -
U.S. Pro Vercelli Calcio Pro Vercelli
* 1909 - Pro Vercelli
* 1910 -
Internazionale Milano F.C. Internazionale
* 1911 - Pro Vercelli
* 1912 - Pro Vercelli
* 1913 - Pro Vercelli
* 1914 -
A.S. Casale Calcio Casale
* 1915 - Genoa C&FC (title awarded by the FIGC)
* 1916-19 - ''league suspended due to
World War I''
* 1920 - Internazionale
* 1921 - Pro Vercelli
* 1922 - ''CCI:'' Pro Vercelli; ''FIGC:''
U.S. Novese US Novese
* 1923 - Genoa C&FC
* 1924 - Genoa C&FC
* 1925 -
Bologna F.C. 1909 Bologna FC
* 1926 - Juventus FC
* 1927 -
Torino F.C. FC Torino (removed by the FIGC)
* 1928 - FC Torino
* 1929 - Bologna
* 1929-30 -
Internazionale Milano F.C. Ambrosiana SS
* 1930-31 - Juventus FC
* 1931-32 - Juventus FC
* 1932-33 - Juventus FC
* 1933-34 - Juventus FC
* 1934-35 - Juventus FC
* 1935-36 - Bologna
* 1936-37 - Bologna
* 1937-38 -
Internazionale Milano F.C. Ambrosiana-Internazionale
* 1938-39 - Bologna
* 1939-40 - Ambrosiana-Internazionale
* 1940-41 - Bologna
* 1941-42 -
A.S. Roma AS Roma
* 1942-43 - Torino
* 1944-45 - ''league suspended due to
World War II''
* 1945-46 - Torino
* 1946-47 - Torino
* 1947-48 - Torino
* 1948-49 - Torino
* 1949-50 - Juventus FC
* 1950-51 -
A.C. Milan AC Milan
* 1951-52 - Juventus FC
* 1952-53 - Internazionale
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* 1953-54 - Internazionale
* 1954-55 - AC Milan
* 1955-56 -
ACF Fiorentina Fiorentina
* 1956-57 - AC Milan
* 1957-58 - Juventus FC
* 1958-59 - AC Milan
* 1959-60 - Juventus FC
* 1960-61 - Juventus FC
* 1961-62 - AC Milan
* 1962-63 - Internazionale
* 1963-64 - Bologna
* 1964-65 - Internazionale
* 1965-66 - Internazionale
* 1966-67 - Juventus FC
* 1967-68 - AC Milan
* 1968-69 - Fiorentina
* 1969-70 -
Cagliari Calcio Cagliari
* 1970-71 - Internazionale
* 1971-72 - Juventus FC
* 1972-73 - Juventus FC
* 1973-74 -
SS Lazio
* 1974-75 - Juventus FC
* 1975-76 - Torino
* 1976-77 - Juventus FC
* 1977-78 - Juventus FC
* 1978-79 - AC Milan
* 1979-80 - Internazionale
* 1980-81 - Juventus FC
* 1981-82 - Juventus FC
* 1982-83 -
A.S. Roma AS Roma
* 1983-84 - Juventus FC
* 1984-85 -
Hellas Verona F.C. Hellas Verona
* 1985-86 - Juventus FC
* 1986-87 -
Napoli Soccer SSC Napoli
* 1987-88 - AC Milan
* 1988-89 - Internazionale
* 1989-90 - SSC Napoli
* 1990-91 -
U.C. Sampdoria UC Sampdoria
* 1991-92 - AC Milan
* 1992-93 - AC Milan
* 1993-94 - AC Milan
* 1994-95 - Juventus FC
*
Serie A 1995-96 1995-96 – AC Milan
*
Serie A 1996-97 1996-97 – Juventus FC
*
Serie A 1997-98 1997-98 – Juventus FC
*
Serie A 1998-99 1998-99 – AC Milan
*
Serie A 1999-00 1999-2000 – SS Lazio
*
Serie A 2000-01 2000-01 – AS Roma
*
Serie A 2001-02 2001-02 – Juventus FC
*
Serie A 2002-03 2002-03 – Juventus FC
*
Serie A 2003-04 2003-04 – AC Milan
*
Serie A 2004-05 2004-05 – Juventus FC
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{|
|valign="top"|
# ''28'' - {{Fc|Juventus}}
# ''17'' -
A.C. Milan
# ''13'' -
Internazionale Milano F.C. Internazionale
# ''9'' -
Genoa Cricket & Football Club Genoa 1893
# ''7'' -
Bologna F.C. 1909 Bologna, {{Fc|Torino}},
Pro Vercelli
# ''3'' -
A.S. Roma
# ''2'' -
ACF Fiorentina Fiorentina,
S.S. Lazio Lazio,
SSC Napoli
# ''1'' -
A.S. Casale Calcio Casale,
U.S. Novese Novese,
Cagliari Calcio Cagliari, {{Fc|Hellas Verona}},
U.C. Sampdoria UC Sampdoria
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|}
Image:Totti-a.s.Roma-celebration.jpg|2000-01. Transfer on a Rome Roman house to celebrate Francesco Totti Totti and A.S. Roma's third ''scudetto''.
Image:Milano Scudetto Milan 1.jpg|2003-04. Celebrations in Milan for the 17th ''scudetto'' of A.C. Milan.
Records
Top Scorers by seasons
{|
|valign="top" width=50%|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Tally
!Player
|-
| 1946/47 || 29 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Valentino Mazzola (
Torino Calcio Torino)
|-
| 1947/48 || 27 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Giampiero Boniperti (
Juventus F.C. Juventus)
|-
| 1948/49 || 26 goals || {{flagicon|Hungary}}
Stefano Nyers (
Internazionale Milano F.C. Inter)
|-
| 1949/50 || 35 goals || {{flagicon|Sweden}}
Gunnar Nordahl (
A.C. Milan Milan)
|-
| 1950/51 || 34 goals || {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)
|-
| 1951/52 || 30 goals || {{flagicon|Denmark}}
John Hansen (football manager) John Hansen (Juventus)
|-
| 1952/53 || 26 goals || {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)
|-
| 1953/54 || 23 goals || {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)
|-
| 1954/55 || 26 goals || {{flagicon|Sweden}} Gunnar Nordahl (Milan)
|-
| 1955/56 || 29 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Gino Pivatelli (
Bologna F.C. 1909 Bologna)
|-
| 1956/57 || 22 goals || {{flagicon|Brazil}}
Dino Da Costa (
A.S. Roma Roma)
|-
| 1957/58 || 28 goals || {{flagicon|Wales}}
John Charles (Juventus)
|-
| 1958/59 || 33 goals || {{flagicon|Argentina}}
Antonio Valentin Angelillo (Inter)
|-
| 1959/60 || 28 goals || {{flagicon|Argentina}}
Omar Sivori (Juventus)
|-
| 1960/61 || 27 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Sergio Brighenti (
U.C. Sampdoria Sampdoria)
|-
|valign="top"| 1961/62 ||valign="top"| 22 goals || {{flagicon|Brazil}}
José Altafini (Milan)
{{flagicon.html">Aurelio Milani (
Fiorentina.html" title="Meaning of Aurelio Milani.html" title="Meaning of ACF Fiorentina Fiorentina">ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina)
|-
|valign="top"| 1962/63 ||valign="top"| 19 goals || {{flagicon|Denmark}}
Harald Nielsen (Bologna)
{{flagicon|Argentina}}
Pedro Manfredini (Roma)
|-
| 1963/64 || 21 goals || {{flagicon|Denmark}} Harald Nielsen (Bologna)
|-
|valign="top"| 1964/65 ||valign="top"| 17 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}} Alberto Orlando (Fiorentina)
{{flagicon|Italy}}
Sandro Mazzola (Inter)
|-
| 1965/66 || 25 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Luis Vinicio (
Vicenza Calcio Vicenza)
|-
| 1966/67 || 18 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Gigi Riva (
Cagliari Calcio Cagliari)
|-
| 1967/68 || 15 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Pierino Prati (Milan)
|-
| 1968/69 || 21 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}} Gigi Riva (Cagliari)
|-
| 1969/70 || 21 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}} Gigi Riva (Cagliari)
|-
| 1970/71 || 24 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Roberto Boninsegna (Inter)
|-
| 1971/72 || 22 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}} Roberto Boninsegna (Inter)
|-
|valign="top"| 1972/73 ||valign="top"| 17 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Paolino Pulici (Torino)
{{flagicon.html">Gianni Rivera (Bologna)
{{flagicon
Italy}} Giuseppe Savoldi (Milan)
|-
| 1973/74 || 24 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Giorgio Chinaglia (
S.S. Lazio Lazio)
|-
| 1974/75 || 18 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}} Paolino Pulici (Torino)
|}
|valign="top" width=50%|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
!Tally
!Player
|-
| 1975/76 || 21 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}} Paolino Pulici (Torino)
|-
| 1976/77 || 21 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Francesco Graziani (Torino)
|-
| 1977/78 || 24 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Paolo Rossi (Vicenza)
|-
| 1978/79 || 19 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Bruno Giordano (Lazio)
|-
| 1979/80 || 16 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Roberto Bettega (Juventus)
|-
| 1980/81 || 18 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Roberto Pruzzo (Roma)
|-
| 1981/82 || 15 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}} Roberto Pruzzo (Roma)
|-
| 1982/83 || 16 goals || {{flagicon|France}}
Michel Platini (Juventus)
|-
| 1983/84 || 20 goals || {{flagicon|France}} Michel Platini (Juventus)
|-
| 1984/85 || 18 goals || {{flagicon|France}} Michel Platini (Juventus)
|-
| 1985/86 || 19 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}} Roberto Pruzzo (Roma)
|-
| 1986/87 || 17 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Pietro Paolo Virdis (Milan)
|-
| 1987/88 || 15 goals || {{flagicon|Argentina}}
Diego Maradona (
Napoli Soccer Napoli)
|-
| 1988/89 || 22 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Aldo Serena (Inter)
|-
| 1989/90 || 19 goals || {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Marco Van Basten (Milan)
|-
| 1990/91 || 19 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Gianluca Vialli (Sampdoria)
|-
| 1991/92 || 25 goals || {{flagicon|Netherlands}}
Marco Van Basten (Milan)
|-
| 1992/93 || 26 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Giuseppe Signori (Lazio)
|-
| 1993/94 || 23 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}} Giuseppe Signori (Lazio)
|-
| 1994/95 || 26 goals || {{flagicon|Argentina}}
Gabriel Batistuta (Fiorentina)
|-
|valign="top"| 1995/96 ||valign="top"| 24 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}} Giuseppe Signori (Lazio)
{{flagicon|Italy}}
Igor Protti (
A.S. Bari Bari)
|-
| 1996/97 || 24 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Filippo Inzaghi (
Atalanta B.C. Atalanta)
|-
| 1997/98 || 27 goals || {{flagicon|Germany}}
Oliver Bierhoff (
Udinese Calcio Udinese)
|-
| 1998/99 || 22 goals || {{flagicon|Brazil}}
Amoroso (Udinese)
|-
| 1999/00 || 24 goals || {{flagicon|Ukraine}}
Andriy Shevchenko (Milan)
|-
| 2000/01 || 26 goals || {{flagicon|Argentina}}
Hernán Crespo (Lazio)
|-
|valign="top"|
Serie A 2001-02 2001/02 ||valign="top"| 24 goals || {{flagicon|France}}
David Trézéguet (Juventus)
{{flagicon.html">Dario Hubner (
Piacenza.html" title="Meaning of Dario Hubner.html" title="Meaning of Piacenza F.C. Piacenza">Piacenza F.C.|Piacenza)
|-
| 2002/03 || 24 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Christian Vieri (Inter)
|-
|
Serie A 2003-04 2003/04 || 24 goals || {{flagicon|Ukraine}} Andriy Shevchenko (Milan)
|-
|
Serie A 2004-05 2004/05 || 24 goals || {{flagicon|Italy}}
Cristiano Lucarelli (
A.S. Livorno Calcio Livorno)
|}
|}
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Figure before 1997 from RSSSF.com
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Figure after 1997 from lega-calcio.it
All-time topscorers
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" class=wikitable
!Name
!width="70px" | Years
!width="70px" | Games
!width="70px" | Goals
|- align="center"
|align=left|
Silvio Piola
|1929-54||537||274
|- align="center"
|align=left|
Gunnar Nordahl
|1949-59||291||225
|- align="center"
|align=left|
José Altafini
|1958-76||459||216
|- align="center"
|align=left|
Giuseppe Meazza
|1927-47||367||216
|- align="center"
|align=left|
Roberto Baggio
|1985-2004||452||205
|- align="center"
|align=left|
Kurt Hamrin
|1956-71||400||190
|- align="center"
|align=left|
Giuseppe Signori
|1991-2004||344||188
|- align="center"
|align=left|
Gabriel Batistuta
|1991-2003||318||184
|- align="center"
|align=left|
Giampiero Boniperti
|1946-61||444||178
|- align="center"
|align=left|
Amedeo Amadei
| ||423||174
|}
Trivia
*Records for most appearances:
#{{flagicon|Italy}}
Paolo Maldini (continuing) 571 (
September 25 2005 against Treviso)
#{{flagicon|Italy}}
Dino Zoff 570 (until 1983)
*Records for oldest player appearance:
#{{flagicon|Italy}}
Marco Ballotta 41 years and 302 days at
S.S. Lazio (
January 29 2006)
#{{flagicon|Italy}}
Dino Zoff 41 years-old (
1983)
* Record for more straight wins:
#
A.S. Roma,
Serie A 2005-06 2005-06, 11 victories
*The record for non-Italian players of the same nationality in one team withing one match is held by
Internazionale Milano F.C. Internazionale. On
January 18 2006 in sports 2006,
Julio Ricardo Cruz Cruz (one goal),
Nicolas Burdisso Burdisso,
Javier Zanetti J. Zanetti (captain),
Juan Sebastián Verón Verón,
Esteban Cambiasso Cambiasso,
Cristian González Kily González and
Walter Samuel Samuel played as starters to complete 7
:Category:Argentine footballers Argentine footballers for the team that defeated
Treviso F.B.C. 1993 Treviso 0-1 [http://www.ole.com.ar/jsp/v4/pagina.jsp?pagId=1126624].
See also
*
Sports attendances
External link
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Serie A'''
|-
|
Ascoli Calcio 1898 Ascoli |
Cagliari Calcio Cagliari |
A.C. ChievoVerona Chievo |
Empoli F.C. Empoli |
ACF Fiorentina Fiorentina |
Internazionale Milano F.C. Inter |
Juventus F.C. Juventus |
S.S. Lazio Lazio |
U.S. Lecce Lecce |
A.S. Livorno Calcio LivornoF.C. Messina Peloro Messina |
A.C. Milan Milan |
U.S. Città di Palermo Palermo |
Parma F.C. Parma |
Reggina Calcio Reggina |
A.S. Roma Roma |
U.C. Sampdoria Sampdoria |
A.C. Siena Siena |
Treviso F.B.C. 1993 Treviso |
Udinese Calcio Udinese
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Serie A seasons
|-
|colspan="3" style="padding: 0 5% 0 5%;"|
Serie A 1992-93 1992-93 |
Serie A 1993-94 1993-94 |
Serie A 1994-95 1994-95 |
Serie A 1995-96 1995-96 |
Serie A 1996-97 1996-97 |
Serie A 1997-98 1997-98 |
Serie A 1998-99 1998-99
Serie A 1999-00 1999-00 |
Serie A 2000-01 2000-01 |
Serie A 2001-02 2001-02 |
Serie A 2002-03 2002-03 |
Serie A 2003-04 2003-04 |
Serie A 2004-05 2004-05 |
Serie A 2005-06 2005-06
