Serie A

Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. The division consists of 20 clubs from the 2004-05 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 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 Football League, is new for 2004-05.

Teams 2005-06

The 2005-06 season presents twenty teams. The first two teams will enter to the UEFA Champions League, while the third and fourth will compete for the qualification to the same tournament. The fifth and sixth teams, as well as the winner of the Coppa Italia, will enter into 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 UEFA Cup.

Related Topics:
UEFA Champions League - Coppa Italia - UEFA Cup

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• Ascoli Calcio 1898 (Ascoli Piceno)
• Cagliari Calcio (Cagliari)
• AC Chievo Verona (Verona)
• Empoli F.C. (Empoli)
• ACF Fiorentina (Florence)
• Internazionale FC (Milan)
• Juventus FC (Turin)
• SS Lazio (Rome)
• US Lecce (Lecce)
• A.S. Livorno Calcio (Livorno)
• FC Messina (Messina)
• AC Milan (Milan)
• US Città di Palermo (Palermo)
• Parma A.C. (Parma)
• Reggina Calcio (Reggio Calabria)
• AS Roma (Rome)
• U.C. Sampdoria (Genoa)
• AC Siena (Siena)
• Treviso FBC 1993 (Treviso)
• Udinese Calcio (Udine)