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Serie A, as it is structured today, began during the 1929–30 season.From 1898 to 1922, the competition was organised into regional groups. Because of ever growing teams attending regional championships, the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) split the CCI (Italian Football Confederation) in 1921, which founded in Milan the Lega Nord (Northern Football League), ancestor of present-day Lega ...
In 1929 Divisione Nazionale (two groups of 16 teams each) split into two Championships: Divisione Nazionale Serie A (the new Top Division) and Divisione Nazionale Serie B (the new second level of Italian Football). [16] [17] The 1929–30 season was the inaugural Serie A season and was won by Internazionale (called Ambrosiana at the time).
The Siegfried Line, known in German as the Westwall (= western bulwark), was a German defensive line built during the late 1930s. Started in 1936, opposite the French Maginot Line, it stretched more than 630 km (390 mi) from Kleve on the border with the Netherlands, along the western border of Nazi Germany, to the town of Weil am Rhein on the border with Switzerland.
The 2024–25 Serie A (known as the Serie A Enilive and Serie A Made in Italy for sponsorship reasons domestically and abroad, respectively) is the 123rd season of top-tier Italian football, the 93rd in a round-robin tournament, and the 15th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A.
There are 68 teams representing 62 cities that have taken part in 92 Serie A championships in a single round that was played from the 1929–30 season until the 2024–25 season. Milan, Turin, Genoa, Rome and Verona are the five cities that hosted derbies .
Since the inception of the Serie A, Italy's highest level of association football annual league tournament, 84 football stadiums have been used to host matches. The inaugural round of Serie A matches took place on 6 October 1929 with 18 clubs hosting the opening fixtures.
List of the 20 oldest players at their last Serie A match. Updated as of 15 December 2024. [7] [8] Players in bold are still active in Serie A. Players in italics are still active outside of Serie A. Marco Ballotta 44 years, 38 days (last game: 11 May 2008, Lazio) Gianluigi Buffon 43 years, 83 days (last game: 12 May 2021, Juventus)
The 2021–22 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th season of top-tier Italian football, the 90th in a round-robin tournament, and the 12th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. [2] Internazionale were the defending champions.