# 2025–26 Serie A
The 2025–26 [Serie A](https://www.edgepedia.org/serie-a) (branded as Serie A Enilive) was the 124th season of the Italian football championship and the 22nd since the league returned to a 20-team format in 2004/05. Internazionale won the title, their 21st Scudetto, with Napoli finishing second, Roma third, and Como fourth; Cremonese, Hellas Verona, and Pisa were relegated.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Champions | Inter, crowned Italian champions for the 21st time, with 89 goals scored, their highest Serie A total in five seasons[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) |
| Top scorer | Lautaro Martínez, 17 goals, the lowest Capocannoniere tally since the 20-team format returned in 2004/05[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) |
| European places | Napoli second (76 points), Roma third (73), Como fourth (71), Como qualifying for Europe for the first time in its history[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) |
| Relegated | Cremonese (34 points), Hellas Verona, and Pisa[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) |
| Season totals | 380 matches, 281 wins, 99 draws, 922 goals, an average of 2.43 goals per game, down from 2.56 in 2024/25[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) |
| Promoted clubs | Sassuolo and Pisa automatically, Cremonese through the Serie B play-off final against Spezia[2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2025-26-opta-supercomputer) |
| Opening matchday | Played 23–25 August 2025; Inter began at home to Torino on Monday 25 August[3](https://www.inter.it/en/news/serie-a-2025-26-dates-times-first-second-third-matchday) |
## Season format and calendar
Lega Serie A announced the 2025/26 calendar on 6 June 2025, and the dates and kick-off times of the first three matchdays were published in mid-June, earlier and in more detail than in previous seasons.[3](https://www.inter.it/en/news/serie-a-2025-26-dates-times-first-second-third-matchday) The season opened on Saturday 23 August 2025 with Genoa vs Lecce and Sassuolo vs Napoli, followed by [AC Milan](https://www.edgepedia.org/ac-milan) vs Cremonese and Roma vs Bologna the same evening; Inter opened at [San Siro](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-siro) against Torino on Monday 25 August at 20:45 CEST.[3](https://www.inter.it/en/news/serie-a-2025-26-dates-times-first-second-third-matchday) The 38-matchday campaign concluded in late May 2026, with the final table updated after Matchday 38 on 23 May 2026.[4](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVvaZCc-Sb8)
## Title race
Inter entered the season as the Opta supercomputer's favorite, with a 35.9% simulated chance of winning the title and an average projected total of 76.6 points, after finishing one point behind Napoli in 2024/25.[2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2025-26-opta-supercomputer) Defending champions Napoli, managed by [Antonio Conte](https://www.edgepedia.org/antonio-conte), were given a 13.7% chance of retaining the title despite signing [Noa Lang](https://www.edgepedia.org/noa-lang), Lorenzo Lucca, and [Kevin De Bruyne](https://www.edgepedia.org/kevin-de-bruyne).[2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2025-26-opta-supercomputer)
The race stayed close to the end. Inter ultimately finished champions, with Napoli second on 76 points.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers)
## Champions: Inter
Inter were crowned Italian champions for the 21st time. The Nerazzurri scored 89 goals, their highest Serie A total over the last five seasons and equal to the tally set by [Simone Inzaghi](https://www.edgepedia.org/simone-inzaghi)'s Inter in 2023/24.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) The title came in [Cristian Chivu](https://www.edgepedia.org/cristian-chivu)'s first season as head coach, after he replaced Inzaghi following Inter's 2024/25 campaign, which had ended with a Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain.[2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2025-26-opta-supercomputer)
Captain [Lautaro Martínez](https://www.edgepedia.org/lautaro-martinez) finished as the league's top scorer with 17 goals. Following the 2004/05 switch back to a 20-club format, every Capocannoniere until then had reached at least 20 goals to claim the scoring crown, with [Alessandro Del Piero](https://www.edgepedia.org/alessandro-del-piero)'s 21-goal haul in 2007/08 standing as the previous mark. Across all Serie A formats, the last top scorer below 20 goals had been [Gianluca Vialli](https://www.edgepedia.org/gianluca-vialli) with 19 in 1990/91.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) The 17-goal season also carried Martínez past milestones: he reached 175 official goals for Inter, first among foreign players in the club's history, and 132 Serie A league goals, fourth in the competition's history.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers)
## European qualification
Napoli qualified for the [UEFA Champions League](https://www.edgepedia.org/uefa-champions-league) for the 13th time in their history, finishing with 76 points; across the previous six seasons they had fallen below that total only once, with 53 points in 2023/24.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) [Scott McTominay](https://www.edgepedia.org/scott-mctominay), the 2024/25 league MVP, became the highest-scoring Scottish player in Serie A history, reaching 22 goals in Italy's top flight with 10 in this campaign, moving clear of [Ché Adams](https://www.edgepedia.org/che-adams) and Lewis Ferguson at 15 each.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers)
Roma finished third with 73 points, qualifying for the Champions League for the first time since 2017/18, in [Gian Piero Gasperini](https://www.edgepedia.org/gian-piero-gasperini)'s first season after nine years at Atalanta.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) • [2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2025-26-opta-supercomputer) Donyell Malen was decisive in the second half of the campaign, scoring 14 goals after his arrival in Italy; no player had previously scored more times after joining a Serie A club in the winter transfer window.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers)
**Como's record season.** Como finished fourth with 71 points, qualifying for a European competition, and a first-ever Champions League appearance, for the first time in the club's history. The Lariani set new club records in Serie A with 20 wins, 71 points, and 65 goals scored.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) The pre-season Opta simulation had projected Como only 11th, on 48.4 average points, making the fourth-place finish one of the season's largest overperformances against expectations.[2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2025-26-opta-supercomputer)
## Relegation
Cremonese, Hellas Verona, and Pisa went down. Cremonese were relegated with 34 points, the second-highest points total recorded by a relegated team since the 2020/21 season, behind only Frosinone's 35 points for 18th place in 2023/24.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) Pisa, back in the top flight for the first time since 1991, had been the supercomputer's likeliest relegation candidate at 38.2%, with Cremonese at 37.4% and Lecce at 34.8%; Lecce in the event survived.[2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2025-26-opta-supercomputer)
## Scoring and season statistics
Across the 380 matches, 281 wins and 99 draws were recorded, with 922 goals scored. Compared with 2024/25 there were nine more victories, though the scoring average dipped from 2.56 to 2.43 goals per game.[1](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers) No player reached 20 league goals: Retegui, the only 20-goal scorer in 2024/25 with 25, had left Atalanta for Al-Qadsiah before the season.[2](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2025-26-opta-supercomputer)
## References
1. [Serie A Enilive 2025/26 in numbers, Lega Serie A](https://en.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/serie-a-enilive-2025-26-in-numbers)
2. [Serie A Predictions 2025-26: The Opta Supercomputer Projections, Opta Analyst](https://theanalyst.com/articles/serie-a-predictions-2025-26-opta-supercomputer)
3. [Serie A 2025/26, times and dates of the first three matchdays, Inter.it](https://www.inter.it/en/news/serie-a-2025-26-dates-times-first-second-third-matchday)
4. [Serie A table after Matchday 38, season 2025/26, YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVvaZCc-Sb8)
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