| 77 4 , , 1929—1943 1946—1947 216 367 0 | The championship titles won before 1929 are officially recognised by with the same weighting as titles that were subsequently awarded |
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| 45 8 , , , , 1956—1971 190 400 0 | It also included players who received EU status after their respective countries joined the EU see and , which made players such as , , and EU players |
[ ] The Serie A Championship title is often referred to as the scudetto "small shield" because since the 1923—24 season, the winning team will bear a small coat of arms with the on their strip in the following season.
| Serie B and Lega Pro clubs cannot sign non-EU player from abroad, except those followed the club promoted from | One season 1947—48 was played with 21 teams for political reasons, following post-war tensions with Yugoslavia |
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| 20 clubs: 2004—present patch During the season, which runs from August to May, each club plays each of the other teams twice; once at home and once away, totalling 38 games for each team by the end of the season | The two halves of the season had exactly the same order of fixtures until the , when an asymmetrical calendar was introduced, following the format of the , , and leagues |
| The Federal Council in Italian | Homegrown players [ ] Serie A also imposed Homegrown players rule, a modification of |
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| Maurizio Beretta, the former head of Italy's employers' association, became president of the new league | 13 seasons: , , , , , ,• 47 6 , 2002—2016 209 445 0 |
Serie A is regarded as one of the best football leagues in the world and it is often depicted as the most tactical and defensively sound national league.