Click anywhere in the boxes below to go to bookmaker Serie A Odds For most of Serie A’s history, there were 16 or 18 clubs competing at the top level. Since 2004–05, however, there have been 20 clubs in total. One season (1947–48) was played with 21 teams for political reasons, following post-war tensions with Yugoslavia. Below is a complete record of how many teams played in each season throughout the league’s history: Thus, in Italian football, a true round-robin format is used. In the first half of the season, called the andata, each team plays once against each league opponent for a total of 19 games. In the second half of the season, called the ritorno, the teams play another 19 games,…
