Since the 2004/2005 season, the number of teams participating in Serie A has increased from 18 to 20, and the bottom three teams in the standings will be relegated to the Italian football second division. The second runner-up in the second division directly advanced to Serie A, and the third to eighth runners-up in the second division competed for an upgrade quota through play-offs.
Serie A is one of the highest level professional football leagues in the world, which is characterized by paying attention to defense. In the 1980s and 1990s, there were many stars and powerful teams in Serie A, which was once recognized as the first football league in the world and known as the "Little World Cup". Among them, Juventus won the most Serie A titles, with 36 Serie A trophies.
Italian football league rules
The Italian Football League * * * consists of 20 teams and adopts a double round robin system (each team plays against other teams twice at home and away). The calculation method of single game points is: the winner gets 3 points, the loser gets 0 points, and the two sides are tied 1 point. At the end of the season, ranking according to accumulated points. If the points are the same, we will compare each other's achievements first, and then decide the ranking according to the order of goal difference, goal number, total goal difference and goal number.
The top four in the league will participate in the Champions League next season, fifth in the Europa League next season and sixth in the Europa League. If both Champions League and Europa League champions are Serie A teams, neither team has qualified for the European War through the League, and the fourth team will participate in the Europa League next season. This season, Serie A stipulates that it will go up by 3 and down by 3, and the three teams at the bottom of the league will be relegated to the second division next season.