Serie A is currently called Serie A TIM due to sponsorship by Telecom Italia Mobile, is the top echelon of the Italian football league system.
Since 2004–05 the Serie A have been 20 clubs altogether: during the course of a season, from August to May, each club played each of the other teams twice; once at home and once away, totaling 38 games for each team by the end of the season.
Therefore, in Italian football a true round-robin format is used. In the first half of the season, called the "andata", each team played exactly one time against each league opponent, for a total of 19 games.
In the second half of the season, called the "ritorno", the teams played in exactly the same order that they did in the first half of the season, the only difference being that home and away situations are switched.
Since Italy is currently rated as one of the top three European countries in terms of club football ratings, the top four teams in the Serie A qualified for the UEFA Champions League : the top three teams qualify directly to the group phase, while the fourth-placed team enters the competition at the third qualifying round and must win a two-legged knockout tie in order to enter the group phase. Teams finishing 5th and 6th qualify for the UEFA Europa League Tournament .
A third UEFA Europa League spot is reserved for the winner of the Coppa Italia: if the Coppa Italia champion has already qualified for the major European tournament by placing in the top four of Serie A, the third UEFA Europa League spot goes to the losing finalist.
The three lowest placed teams are relegated to Serie B from which the top 3 teams go to the next Serie A season.
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