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How many rounds does Serie A have? Serie A is known as one of the top football tournaments in Europe. Let’s find out with APALDO how many rounds Serie A has.
How many rounds does Serie A have? Overview of Italian football
When it comes to Italian football, people will immediately think of the famous Serie A tournament. Since its inception in 1929, the tournament has increasingly attracted viewers due to its high professional quality. The following article will answer the question how many rounds does Serie A have?
How many rounds does Serie A have? Tournament Overview
Seri or Serie A TIM sponsored by TIM is the most professional tournament in the Italian football system for men’s clubs. The winning team will be awarded the Scudetto and Coppa Campioni d’Italia.
Between 1898 and 1922, Italian football was organized into regional groups. As more and more teams joined, the Italian Football Federation created the Lega Nord, the old name of today’s Serie A.
The champions would be awarded a small badge with the three colors of the Italian flag on their strip the following season. This is why the Serie A championship title is also known as the “scudetto (“little shield”).
How many rounds are there in a Serie A season?
So, how many rounds are there in Serie A? Serie A is a fierce competition between the top 20 Italian football teams. This tournament chooses a round-robin format to find the champion. Through a total of 380 fierce matches starting from August of the previous year to May of the following year.
Competition format in Serie A
Similar to many tournaments, Serie A is divided into 2 main rounds. The first half of the season is called “andata”, followed by the “ritorno” round. Simply put, each team will compete with the remaining 19 teams at home and away.
The order of the 2 halves is identical until the 2020/2021 season, which has been played according to an asymmetrical schedule. Each match, the winning team gets 3 points, a draw gets 1 point, and a loss gets 0 points. The team with the highest accumulated points will be crowned champions of the season.
Prizes for the teams
The champions will lift the scudetto along with a huge bonus. They and the three teams ranked immediately below will win four tickets to the European Cup. The two teams ranked 5th and 6th will have the opportunity to compete in the European Cup. The three teams ranked second to last in the table will be relegated to Serie B.
Tie Break
When the championship position or 17th position (remaining position) is tied on points, it will be decided by a play-off match. The match will be played over 90 minutes, without extra time and only penalty kicks at a neutral venue. If two or more teams are tied on points, the two teams will be decided by the additional indexes.
The only time this method was used to decide the champion was in the 1963–64 season. At this time, the two leading teams, Bologna vs Inter Milan, both have 54 points. The match took place at Stadio Olimpico, Bologna won by a difference of 2 goals and became the champion of that season.
Impressive achievements of Serie A football
This is a long-standing tournament and is the birthplace of many famous football teams with attractive and attractive playing styles.
Notable clubs
When mentioning Serie A, we must mention 3 typical football teams: Juventus, AC Milan, and Inter Milan. Juventus is the team with the most Scudetti, while the 2 Milan teams have impressive achievements in the C1 arena.
Juventus has been honored 35 times. Including 9 consecutive championships from the 11/12 season to the 19/20 season. Although very successful in the domestic tournament, Juventus is not really lucky in the Champions League. This team has reached the final 9 times but only won 2 times.
The two Milanese teams, AC Milan and Inter Milan, have both won Serie A 19 times. But in the Champions League arena, both of these teams own more cups than Juventus. AC Milan has been a real force in C1 with 7 stars on their chests. Inter Milan has also lifted this title 3 times in the past.
Successful players
In the list of the 100 greatest players in the history of FourFourTwo magazine in 2017, 42 players played in this tournament. Juventus is the team that owns the most FIFA World Cup champions with 27 players, followed by Inter Milan with 20 players, AS Roma with 16 players, and AC Milan with 10 players.
Throughout the long history of the tournament, Gianluigi Buffon is the player with the most appearances. This legend has dedicated his entire glorious career to Serie A from 1995 to 2021, with 657 matches. Paolo Maldini is in 2nd place (647 matches), and Francesco Totti is in 3rd place (619 matches).
With 274 goals in 537 matches (efficiency 0.51), Silvio Piola is at the top of the scoring list in this tournament. In 2nd place is the prince of Rome, Francesco Totti. The once-glamorous midfielder of Italian football scored 250 goals in 619 matches despite playing in the midfield position.
