Information AboutSerie A |
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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 title 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 C&FC (9). For every ten titles won, clubs are allowed to wear a golden star above their club badge; so Juventus has two stars, while Milan and Internazionale have one star each. TEAMS 2005-06 Twenty clubs compete in Serie A in the 2005-06 season. The first two teams qualify for the UEFA Champions League automatically, while the third and fourth enter the qualifying rounds. The fifth and sixth teams, as well as the winner of the Coppa Italia , enter the UEFA Cup . For the season 2005-06, the Italian teams playing Champions League are Juventus, Milan, Internazionale, and Udinese – the last two entered through qualification matches; Sampdoria, Palermo and Roma (as runner-up in Coppa Italia) will play in the UEFA Cup.
CHAMPIONS
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