Serie A (women's football)

The Serie A (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsɛːrje ˈa]^[1]), also called Serie A Femminile TIM due to sponsorship by TIM, is the highest league of women's football in Italy. Established in 1968, it has been run by the Italian Football Federation (FIGC) since the 2018–19 season, and currently features 10 teams.

Serie A

Founded	1968; 56 years ago (1968)
Country	Italy
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	10
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Serie B
Domestic cup(s)	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League
Current champions	Roma (2nd title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Torres (7 titles)
Website	Official website
Current: 2023–24 Serie A

The most successful club in the league’s history is Torres, who have won seven times. The current Serie A champions are Roma, who won the title for the first time at the 2022–23 edition ending a five-year series from Juventus who won each of the last five years before. As of the 2022–23 edition, the Serie A is ranked fifth in the UEFA women's coefficient, and the top two teams qualify for the UEFA Women's Champions League.^[2]

The Serie A became fully-professional from the 2022–23 season, removing the salary cap and allowing teams to pay their players a higher wage.^[3] Women's footballers became the first female athletes in Italy to be fully professional.^[4][5] The number of teams also decreased from 12 to 10.

History

The first Italian Championship league was founded in 1968.^[6] 1986 the Italian Football Federation took over the running of Serie A.^[7] Serie A became fully-professional from the 2022–23 season onwards, removing the salary cap and allowing teams to pay their players a higher wage^[8]

Clubs

2023–24 season

The following ten clubs are competing in the 2023–24 season.

 

 

Como

 

Fiorentina

 

Inter

 

Juventus

 

Milan

 

Parma

 

Pomigliano

 

Roma

 

Sampdoria

 

Sassuolo

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Locations of the 2023–24 Serie A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	2022–23 season
Como	Como	Stadio Ferruccio [it] (Seregno)	9th
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Gino Bozzi [it]	5th
Inter Milan	Milan	Suning Training Center in memory of Giacinto Facchetti	3rd
Juventus	Turin	Juventus Center (Vinovo)	2nd
AC Milan	Milan	Centro Sportivo Vismara	4th
Napoli	Naples	Stadio comunale Giuseppe Piccolo	Serie B, 1st
Pomigliano	Pomigliano	Stadio Ugo Gobbato	7th
Roma	Rome	Stadio Tre Fontane	1st
Sampdoria	Genoa	Campo sportivo Riccardo Garrone (Bogliasco)	10th
Sassuolo	Sassuolo	Stadio Enzo Ricci	6th

Champions

Wins by year

Below is a list of previous champions, including those belonging to several independent federations under which the Serie A title was contested before entering the FIGC. Since 1968 all championships were defined as "Serie A":

No. Season Champion 1 1968 (FICF) Genova 1968 (UISP) Bologna 2 1969 (FICF) ACF Roma 1969 (UISP) Bologna 3 1970 (FFIGC) Gommagomma 1970 (FICF) Real Torino 4 1971 (FFIGC) Piacenza 1971 (FICF) Real Juventus 5 1972 (FFIUAGC) Gamma 3 Padova 6 1973 (FFIUGC) Gamma 3 Padova 1973 (FICF) Milano 7 1974 (FFIUGC) Falchi Astro Montecatini 8 1975 (FIGCF) USF Milan 9 1976 (FIGCF) Valdobbiadene 10 1977 (FIGCF) Diadora Valdobbiadene 11 1978 (FIGCF) Jolly Catania 12 1979 (FIGCF) Lazio CF Lubiam 13 1980 (FIGCF) Lazio CF Lubiam 14 1981 (FIGCF) Alaska Lecce 15 1982 (FIGCF) Alaska Lecce

No. Season Champion 16 1983 (FIGCF) Alaska Lecce 17 1984 (FIGCF) Alaska Trani 80 18 1985 (FIGCF) Sanitas Trani 80 19 1985–86 (FIGCF) Despar Trani 80 20 1986–87 Lazio CF 21 1987–88 Lazio CF 22 1988–89 Giugliano 23 1989–90 Reggiana Refrattari Zambelli 24 1990–91 Reggiana Refrattari Zambelli 25 1991–92 Milan 82 Salvarani 26 1992–93 Reggiana Refrattari Zambelli 27 1993–94 Torres Fo.S. 28 1994–95 Agliana 29 1995–96 Verona Gunther 30 1996–97 Modena 31 1997–98 Modena 32 1998–99 ACF Milan 33 1999–2000 Torres Fo.S. 34 2000–01 Torres Fo.S. 35 2001–02 Ruco Line Lazio

No. Season Champion 36 2002–03 Foroni Verona 37 2003–04 Foroni Verona 38 2004–05 Bardolino Verona 39 2005–06 Fiammamonza 40 2006–07 Bardolino Verona 41 2007–08 Bardolino Verona 42 2008–09 Bardolino Verona 43 2009–10 Torres 44 2010–11 Torres 45 2011–12 Torres 46 2012–13 Torres 47 2013–14 Brescia 48 2014–15 AGSM Verona 49 2015–16 Brescia 50 2016–17 Fiorentina 51 2017–18 Juventus 52 2018–19 Juventus 53 2019–20 Juventus 54 2020–21 Juventus 55 2021–22 Juventus

No. Season Champion 56 2022–23 Roma

Wins by club

Club	Wins	Winning years
Torres	7	1993–94, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13
Lazio CF	5	1979, 1980, 1986–87, 1987–88, 2001–02
Verona Women		2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2014–15
Juventus		2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
ACF Milan	4	1970 (FFIGC), 1973 (FICF), 1975, 1998–99
Alaska Lecce	3	1981, 1982, 1983
Trani 80		1984, 1985, 1985–86
Reggiana		1989–90, 1990–91, 1992–93
Bologna	2	1968 (UISP), 1969 (UISP)
Gamma 3 Padova		1972, 1973
Diadora Valdobbiadene		1976, 1977
Modena		1996–97, 1997–98
Foroni Verona		2002–03, 2003–04
Brescia		2013–14, 2015–16
Genova	1	1968 (FICF)
Roma CF		1969 (FICF)
Real Torino		1970 (FICF)
Brevetti Gabbiani Piacenza		1971 (FFIGC)
Real Juventus		1971 (FICF)
Falchi Astro Montecatini		1974
Jolly Catania		1978
Campania G.B. Giugliano		1988–89
Milan 82 Salvarani		1991–92
Agliana		1994–95
Verona Gunther		1995–96
Fiammamonza		2005–06
Fiorentina		2016–17
Roma		2022–23

Top scorers

Season	Player(s)^[9]	Nationality	Club(s)	Goals
1971	Elisabetta Vignotto	Italy	Real Juventus	51
1972	Elisabetta Vignotto	Italy	Gamma 3 Padova	56
1973	Elisabetta Vignotto	Italy	Gamma 3 Padova	25
1974	Elisabetta Vignotto	Italy	Gamma 3 Padova	24
1975	Susanne Augustesen	Denmark	Gamma 3 Padova	29
1976	Susanne Augustesen	Denmark	Valdobbiadene	28
1977	Susanne Augustesen	Denmark	Diadora Valdobbiadene	42
1978	Rose Reilly	Scotland	Jolly Catania	32
1979	Susanne Augustesen	Denmark	Conegliano	29
1980	Elisabetta Vignotto	Italy	Gorgonzola	29
1981	Rose Reilly	Scotland	Alaska Gelati Lecce	31
1982	Susanne Augustesen	Denmark	Flase Cagliari	32
1983	Susanne Augustesen	Denmark	Alaska Gelati Lecce	31
1984	Susanne Augustesen	Denmark	Lazio	25
1985	Carolina Morace	Italy	Lazio	27
1985–86	Lone Hansen	Denmark	Despar Trani 80	26
1986–87	Susanne Augustesen	Denmark	Despar Trani 80	34
1987–88	Carolina Morace	Italy	Lazio	40
1988–89	Carolina Morace	Italy	Lazio	26
1989–90	Carolina Morace	Italy	Reggiana Refrattari Zambelli	38
1990–91	Carolina Morace	Italy	Reggiana Refrattari Zambelli	29
1991–92	Carolina Morace	Italy	Milan Salvarani	31
1992–93	Carolina Morace	Italy	Milan Salvarani	33
1993–94	Carolina Morace	Italy	Torres Fo.S.	33
1994–95	Carolina Morace	Italy	Agliana	31
1995–96	Carolina Morace	Italy	Verona Gunther	39
1996–97	Carolina Morace	Italy	Modena	47
1997–98	Carolina Morace	Italy	Modena	41
1998–99	Patrizia Panico	Italy	Lazio	51
1999–2000	Patrizia Panico	Italy	Ruco Line Lazio	41
2000–01	Patrizia Panico	Italy	Ruco Line Lazio	41
2001–02	Patrizia Panico	Italy	Ruco Line Lazio	47
2002–03	Chiara Gazzoli	Italy	Foroni Verona	54
2003–04	Chiara Gazzoli	Italy	Foroni Verona	34
2004–05	Valentina Boni Patrizia Panico	Italy   Italy	Bardolino Verona Torino	32
2005–06	Patrizia Panico	Italy	Torino	24
2006–07	Patrizia Panico	Italy	Bardolino Verona	21
2007–08	Patrizia Panico	Italy	Bardolino Verona	27
2008–09	Patrizia Panico	Italy	Bardolino Verona	23
2009–10	Paola Brumana	Italy	Graphistudio Tavagnacco	24
2010–11	Patrizia Panico Daniela Sabatino	Italy   Italy	Torres Brescia	26
2011–12	Patrizia Panico	Italy	Torres	29
2012–13	Patrizia Panico	Italy	Torres	35
2013–14	Patrizia Panico	Italy	Torres	43
2014–15	Patrizia Panico	Italy	AGSM Verona	34
2015–16	Valentina Giacinti	Italy	Mozzanica	32
2016–17	Lana Clelland	Scotland	Tavagnacco	23
2017–18	Valentina Giacinti	Italy	Brescia	21
2018–19	Valentina Giacinti	Italy	AC Milan	21
2019–20	Cristiana Girelli	Italy	Juventus	16
2020–21	Cristiana Girelli	Italy	Juventus	22
2021–22	Daniela Sabatino	Italy	Fiorentina	15
2022–23	Tabitha Chawinga	Malawi	Inter Milan	23

Notes

References

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External links

• Official website