Serie A

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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. 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.

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 were stripped of the championship by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC). Torino were declared champions in the 1948-49 season following a plane crash near the end of the season in which the entire team was killed.

The Serie A Championship is often referred to as the Scudetto (small shield) because the winning team will bear a small coat of arms with the 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 (13) and Genoa 1893 (9). Each ten titles won allow the team to wear a golden star, so Juventus has two stars, while Milan and Internazionale have one star.

Champions

1898 - Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club;
1899 - Genoa Cricket & Athletic Club
1900 - Genoa FC
1901 - Milan Cricket & FC;
1902 - Genoa FC
1903 - Genoa FC
1904 - Genoa FC
1905 - Juventus FC
1906 - Milan FC
1907 - Milan FC
1908 - Pro Vercelli
1909 - Pro Vercelli
1910 - Internazionale
1911 - Pro Vercelli
1912 - Pro Vercelli
1913 - Pro Vercelli
1914 - Casale
1915 - Genoa FC (title awarded by the FIGC)
1916-19 - league suspended due to WW I
1920 - Internazionale
1921 - US Pro Vercelli
1922 - CCI: US Pro Vercelli; FIGC: US Novese
1923 - Genoa FC
1924 - Genoa FC
1925 - Bologna FC
1926 - Juventus FC
1927 - FC Torino (removed by the FIGC)
1928 - FC Torino
1929 - Bologna
1929-30 - 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 - Ambrosiana-Inter
1938-39 - Bologna
1939-40 - Ambrosiana-Inter
1940-41 - Bologna
1941-42 - AS Roma
1942-43 - Torino
1944-45 - league suspended due to WW II
1945-46 - Torino
1946-47 - Torino
1947-48 - Torino
1948-49 - Torino
1949-50 - Juventus FC
1950-51 - AC Milan
1951-52 - Juventus
1952-53 - Internazionale

1953-54 - Internazionale
1954-55 - AC Milan
1955-56 - Fiorentina
1956-57 - AC Milan
1957-58 - Juventus
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
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 - AS Roma
1983-84 - Juventus FC
1984-85 - Hellas Verona
1985-86 - Juventus FC
1986-87 - SSC Napoli
1987-88 - AC Milan
1988-89 - Internazionale
1989-90 - SSC Napoli
1990-91 - UC Sampdoria
1991-92 - AC Milan
1992-93 - AC Milan
1993-94 - AC Milan
1994-95 - Juventus FC
1995-96 - AC Milan
1996-97 - Juventus FC
1997-98 - Juventus FC
1998-99 - AC Milan
1999-2000 - SS Lazio
2000-01 - AS Roma
2001-02 - Juventus FC
2002-03 - Juventus FC
2003-04 - AC Milan
2004-05 - Juventus FC

Serie A

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