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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).
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 ...
The scudetto was created in the 1920s to honour the winner of the national association football league (in 1929 rebranded as Serie A) and the first team to wear it was Genoa in 1924. Later, it was adopted by the teams of other sports. The word scudetto is also used to indicate the Serie A trophy; "winning the scudetto" is a synonym of "winning ...
The Supercoppa Italiana is a single match that has been contested annually since 1988 by the winners of the Serie A and the Coppa Italia in the previous season. UCL UEFA Champions League. Since 1955. Known as the European Cup until 1992. [1] [2] UEL UEFA Europa League. Since 1971. Known as the UEFA Cup until 2009. [3] [4] UECL UEFA Europa ...
The 1984–85 Serie A season heralded Hellas Verona's first and so far only Scudetto. Unusually, none of the big three of Juventus, Milan or Internazionale managed to finish in the top two. Ascoli, Lazio and Cremonese all were relegated to Serie B. Italy had one more place from the UEFA ranking.
The 1998–99 Serie A saw Milan win their 16th Scudetto, led by coach Alberto Zaccheroni. Lazio finished second, losing the title on the last day. Internazionale, with an often injured or rested Ronaldo, had a disastrous season, finishing in 8th position, whereas Juventus' impressive start was cut short by a bad injury to Alessandro Del Piero, and they wound up having an unimpressive season.
The 2018–19 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of top-tier Italian football, the 87th in a round-robin tournament, and the 9th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B.
This is a list of Serie A winning football managers. Serie A is the men's top professional football division of the Italian football league system. Prior to 1930, it was known by other names, such as Divisione Nazionale. Giovanni Trapattoni has won Serie A seven times (with two clubs), more than any other manager.