Download Serie A Logo — The Serie A (officially for reasons of patronage Serie A TIM ), is the top flight of Italian football. The championship system is defined by fighting between the clubs round matches, so the club that gets the highest score at the end of the tournament is proclaimed champion of Italy ( it. Campione d’Italia), receiving the trophy known as Cup Champions Italy ( it. Coppa d’Italia dei campioni) and, since 1924 , a shield-shaped badge with the colors of the national flag, the Scudetto . In addition, the champion dispute the Italian Super Cup against the winner of the Coppa Italia in the same season.
From the season 2011/12 , the championship has five European markets: the top four will be the place to play with Champions League , being the champion and runner who qualify directly to the group stage and the third dispute the previous phase. Finally both the fourth and the fifth contest the UEFA Europa League . The last three ranked down to the B Series .