Serie A corresponds to the First Division of Italian Professional Football. The league is played by 20 clubs and they play each other two times during the season. The league has been playing as a unified competition since 1922 but all the previous titles are also recognized by the Lega Nazionale Professionisti (The National Professional League).
Il Scudetto
Because of sponsorship matters the name of the competition is officially Serie A TIM. Clubs can qualify for the UEFA competitions if they finish on the top of the chart but also can be relegated to the
Serie B if they finish in the bottom.
Juventus FC of Turin is the most successful club in the Italian league with 27 titles. Every time a club wins the league it is granted a Scudetto patch on its shirt for the following season. Every ten national titles give the club a golden star above their logo.