# List of Italian football champions
[The Italian](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-italian) football champions are the winners of the national football championship of Italy, a competition first played in 1898 under the Federazione Italiana del Football and contested since 1929 as [Serie A](https://www.edgepedia.org/serie-a), the top division of the Italian league system.[1](https://www.figc.it/media/265356/bilancio_integrato_2015_en.pdf) • [2](https://www.espn.com/soccer/story?id=46022568) Genoa won the first edition, and Juventus hold the record with 36 titles.[1](https://www.figc.it/media/265356/bilancio_integrato_2015_en.pdf) • [3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| First edition | Played in Turin on a single day in 1898; won by Genoa, the first champion in Italian football history[1](https://www.figc.it/media/265356/bilancio_integrato_2015_en.pdf) |
| Governing body | Federazione Italiana Giuoco Calcio (FIGC), founded in Turin in March 1898 as the Federazione Italiana del Football[4](https://figc.it/it/federazione/la-federazione/la-storia-della-federazione-sintesi/) |
| Serie A era | A single-league national championship launched in 1929, opening the door to professionalism[1](https://www.figc.it/media/265356/bilancio_integrato_2015_en.pdf) |
| Most titles | Juventus 36, Inter 21, AC Milan 19, Genoa 9[3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026) |
| Most recent champions | Inter, who secured their 21st scudetto in 2025-26 with a 2-0 win over Parma[5](https://www.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/inter-parma-primo-match-point-scudetto) |
| Revoked titles | The 1926-27 title was stripped from Torino and never reassigned; the 2004-05 title was revoked from Juventus and left unassigned[3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026) |
| Interrupted seasons | No championship during the First World War (1916-1919) or at the end of the Second (1944-1945)[3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026) |
## Origins, 1898 to 1929
**The federation and the first title.** The FIGC traces its history to a federation constituted in Turin on 26 March 1898 as the Federazione Italiana del Football, a name in use until 1909.[4](https://figc.it/it/federazione/la-federazione/la-storia-della-federazione-sintesi/) The CONI historical record dates the founding of the Federazione Italiana Football to 15 March 1898 with a membership of four clubs, and notes FIFA recognition in 1905.[6](https://www.coni.it/en/national-sports-federations/136%3Aitalian-football-federation.html) The first championship was held in Turin on a single day in 1898, and Genoa won it, claiming the first title in the history of Italian football.[1](https://www.figc.it/media/265356/bilancio_integrato_2015_en.pdf)
**Early trophies.** For the first edition, played in Turin on 8 May 1898, the [Duke of the Abruzzi](https://www.edgepedia.org/prince-luigi-amedeo-duke-of-the-abruzzi), Luigi Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, offered a cup to be awarded to the winning club; a team that won the championship three times, consecutively or not, would keep it permanently.[7](https://figc.it/it/federazione/la-federazione/la-storia-della-federazione-approfondimenti/i-trofei-assegnati-ai-vincitori-del-campionato-italiano-dal-1898-ad-oggi/) Genoa's dominance in the early years earned it the permanent trophies: the Coppa Duca degli Abruzzi and the Coppa Fawcus were both assigned definitively to Genoa for having won three championships between 1898 and 1900 and from 1902 to 1904.[8](https://www.figc.it/it/full-html?path=%2Ffederazione%2Fla-federazione%2Fla-storia%2Ffocus-il-campionato-si-divide-in-due-italiano-e-federale) The Coppa Romolo Buni went to Pro Vercelli as champion of the 1908 Prima Categoria and to Juventus in the unrecognized 1909 championship.[7](https://figc.it/it/federazione/la-federazione/la-storia-della-federazione-approfondimenti/i-trofei-assegnati-ai-vincitori-del-campionato-italiano-dal-1898-ad-oggi/)
**The 1921 split.** In 1921 the federation split, and the breakaway Confederazione Calcistica Italiana organized its own national championship, won by Pro Vercelli; the two bodies reunited on 26 June 1922.[6](https://www.coni.it/en/national-sports-federations/136%3Aitalian-football-federation.html) As a result, the 1921-22 season produced two champions, Pro Vercelli and Novese, and both count in the record.[3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026) In 1924 the FIGC assembly decided that the first-placed team in the championship would wear a small badge, the scudetto, in the colors of the Italian flag on its shirt the following season.[7](https://figc.it/it/federazione/la-federazione/la-storia-della-federazione-approfondimenti/i-trofei-assegnati-ai-vincitori-del-campionato-italiano-dal-1898-ad-oggi/)
**The single league.** In 1929 the federation launched a single national league drawing the best regional teams into one competition, which became Serie A and opened the way to professionalism.[1](https://www.figc.it/media/265356/bilancio_integrato_2015_en.pdf) • [9](https://tesi.luiss.it/35369/1/729591_GUALTIERI_GIORDANO.pdf) The federation's offices had moved from Turin (1898) to Milan (1905), back to Turin (1911), and to Rome in 1929, where they remain.[6](https://www.coni.it/en/national-sports-federations/136%3Aitalian-football-federation.html)
## Champions by club
Sixteen clubs have won the recognized national championship.[10](https://www.serieaschedule.com/blog/most-serie-a-titles) Since Serie A was created in 1929, 13 clubs have won the competition across its first 88 seasons.[11](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/football-quiz-can-you-name-every-club-to-win-serie-a)
| Club | Titles |
|---|---|
| Juventus | 36[3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026) |
| Inter | 21[3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026) |
| AC Milan | 19[3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026) |
| Genoa | 9[3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026) |
| Torino, Bologna, Pro Vercelli | 7 each[3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026) |
| Roma, Napoli | 3 each[12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATyJsWwf94E) |
| Fiorentina, Lazio | 2 each[12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATyJsWwf94E) |
| Novese, Casale, Cagliari, Hellas Verona, Sampdoria | 1 each[12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATyJsWwf94E) |
Bologna's seven titles came in 1924-25, 1928-29, 1935-36, 1936-37, 1938-39, 1940-41, and 1963-64; the 1964 scudetto, won after a playoff, remained the club's last league title for decades afterward.[13](https://cadenaser.com/galicia/2025/12/10/el-bolonia-y-la-maldicion-del-scudetto-radio-vigo/) Napoli's two Maradona-era scudetti stood as the club's only titles until 2023, and the club won its fourth championship at the end of the 2024-25 season.[14](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2025/05/24/naples-remporte-son-quatrieme-championnat-d-italie-apres-un-duel-a-distance-haletant-avec-l-inter-milan_6608033_3242.html) • [2](https://www.espn.com/soccer/story?id=46022568)
## Revoked and disputed titles
Three seasons in the record ended without a champion or with the title reassigned. There was no championship during the First World War (1916-1919) or at the end of the Second World War (1944-1945).[3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026) The 1926-27 title was stripped from Torino and never reassigned.[3](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026) In the [Calciopoli](https://www.edgepedia.org/calciopoli) scandal of 2006, Juventus was stripped of its 2004-05 title, which was left unassigned, and its 2005-06 title, which was awarded to Inter instead, after an investigation into referee appointments across the league; Juventus was also relegated to [Serie B](https://www.edgepedia.org/serie-b).[15](https://allsportszone.com/most-serie-a-titles-every-italian-champion-ranked/) • [16](https://planetafobal.com/en/extra/all-time-italian-serie-a-champions/) Revoked titles are excluded from club totals, while awarded titles count for the recipient.[10](https://www.serieaschedule.com/blog/most-serie-a-titles)
## The scudetto and stars
The champion's badge, the scudetto, has been worn on the jersey since the 1924 decision of the FIGC assembly.[7](https://figc.it/it/federazione/la-federazione/la-storia-della-federazione-approfondimenti/i-trofei-assegnati-ai-vincitori-del-campionato-italiano-dal-1898-ad-oggi/) Under Italian tradition, a gold star above the club crest marks ten championships, and Inter's 2023-24 title, its 20th, earned the club the right to add a second gold star.[15](https://allsportszone.com/most-serie-a-titles-every-italian-champion-ranked/)
## Recent champions
Inter secured the 2025-26 title with a 2-0 victory over visiting Parma with three rounds remaining, its 21st scudetto.[5](https://www.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/inter-parma-primo-match-point-scudetto) • [17](https://apnews.com/article/402d466227f0b8ed70b6219d0d403ba5) The preceding title had gone to Napoli in 2024-25, its fourth, won in a close race with Inter.[14](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2025/05/24/naples-remporte-son-quatrieme-championnat-d-italie-apres-un-duel-a-distance-haletant-avec-l-inter-milan_6608033_3242.html) Some compilations published before the 2025-26 season concluded list Inter with 20 titles, the count after the 2023-24 championship; the official league record credits the club with 21 after 2025-26.[12](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATyJsWwf94E) • [5](https://www.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/inter-parma-primo-match-point-scudetto)
## References
1. [FIGC, Bilancio Integrato 2015 (English), "The first-ever Italian championship"](https://www.figc.it/media/265356/bilancio_integrato_2015_en.pdf)
2. [ESPN, "Who has won Serie A? All-time Italian soccer champions list"](https://www.espn.com/soccer/story?id=46022568)
3. [ANYSTAT, "Most Italian League Titles by Club 1898-2026"](https://anystat.ai/race/most-italian-league-titles-by-club-1898-2026)
4. [FIGC, "La storia della Federazione: sintesi"](https://figc.it/it/federazione/la-federazione/la-storia-della-federazione-sintesi/)
5. [Lega Serie A, "Inter-Parma 2-0, scudetto n. 21 per i nerazzurri"](https://www.legaseriea.it/serie-a/news/inter-parma-primo-match-point-scudetto)
6. [CONI, "National Sports Federations: Italian Football Federation"](https://www.coni.it/en/national-sports-federations/136%3Aitalian-football-federation.html)
7. [FIGC, "I trofei assegnati ai vincitori del campionato italiano dal 1898 ad oggi"](https://figc.it/it/federazione/la-federazione/la-storia-della-federazione-approfondimenti/i-trofei-assegnati-ai-vincitori-del-campionato-italiano-dal-1898-ad-oggi/)
8. [FIGC, "Focus: il campionato si divide in due, 'italiano' e 'federale'"](https://www.figc.it/it/full-html?path=%2Ffederazione%2Fla-federazione%2Fla-storia%2Ffocus-il-campionato-si-divide-in-due-italiano-e-federale)
9. [Giordano Gualtieri, LUISS thesis, "The main historical and accounting aspects of Italian football"](https://tesi.luiss.it/35369/1/729591_GUALTIERI_GIORDANO.pdf)
10. [SerieA Schedule, "Most Serie A Titles: Juventus, Inter and Every Club Ranked"](https://www.serieaschedule.com/blog/most-serie-a-titles)
11. [FourFourTwo, "Quiz! Can you name every club to win Serie A?"](https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/football-quiz-can-you-name-every-club-to-win-serie-a)
12. [Elite Ranking, "Serie A: All Champions of Italy (1898-2024)", YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATyJsWwf94E)
13. [Cadena SER, "El Bolonia y la 'Maldición del Scudetto'"](https://cadenaser.com/galicia/2025/12/10/el-bolonia-y-la-maldicion-del-scudetto-radio-vigo/)
14. [Le Monde, "Naples remporte son quatrième championnat d'Italie"](https://www.lemonde.fr/sport/article/2025/05/24/naples-remporte-son-quatrieme-championnat-d-italie-apres-un-duel-a-distance-haletant-avec-l-inter-milan_6608033_3242.html)
15. [AllSportsZone, "Most Serie A Titles: Every Italian Champion Ranked"](https://allsportszone.com/most-serie-a-titles-every-italian-champion-ranked/)
16. [Planeta Fútbol, "Italian Serie A Champions (1898 to 2026)"](https://planetafobal.com/en/extra/all-time-italian-serie-a-champions/)
17. [AP News, "Pope blesses Serie A champion Inter Milan"](https://apnews.com/article/402d466227f0b8ed70b6219d0d403ba5)
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