Serie A Women Fixtures, Results & Standings

Serie A Women is Italy’s top-tier women’s football league, a national league competition at the summit of the Italian women’s football pyramid. Its current official identity is Serie A Femminile, and the competition exists to crown Italy’s champions, award the Scudetto and provide a high-level platform for the development of the women’s game.

Identity and role in Italian football

Serie A Femminile brings together Italy’s leading professional women’s clubs. It is governed by the Divisione Serie A Femminile Professionistica within the Italian Football Federation (FIGC), which oversees the competition’s sporting, organisational and professional framework. Participation is therefore linked to the licensing standards established for clubs competing at the highest national level, including requirements relating to financial sustainability, facilities and youth development.

The competition has roots stretching back to 1968, when Italy’s women’s top division was established as an amateur tournament. Its development reflects the wider professionalisation of women’s football in Italy. FIGC oversight became central to the league’s modern administration, and Serie A Femminile became fully professional in the 2022–23 season. That change introduced professional contracts and associated employment protections while supporting higher standards of infrastructure and club management.

How the league is organised

Serie A Women uses a two-phase league structure. In the first phase, 12 clubs play a double round-robin schedule, meeting every opponent twice, once at home and once away. This regular-season stage establishes the initial standings and creates the competitive basis for the decisive part of the campaign.

After the regular season, the table is divided into two groups. The leading clubs enter the Poule Scudetto, or championship group, where they continue competing for the title and qualification for European football. The remaining clubs enter the Poule Salvezza, or relegation group, where the principal objective is to retain top-flight status.

The split does not erase the work completed during the regular season. Teams carry their accumulated points into the relevant second phase, preserving the value of consistency across the campaign. The recent format also carries forward the goals recorded in the opening phase. Results in the championship and relegation groups then determine the final positions, the winner of the Scudetto and the clubs facing relegation consequences.

Points, ranking and decisive matches

The standard football points system applies: a win is worth three points, a draw one point and a defeat no points. When clubs are level, rankings are generally separated first by head-to-head performance, followed by head-to-head goal difference and then overall goal difference. Goals scored may also form part of the ranking hierarchy where the applicable regulations require a further separation.

A distinctive recent feature is the possibility of a one-off Scudetto playoff when the top two clubs finish level on points after the second phase. The championship is then decided in a single match at a neutral venue. If the scores remain level after 90 minutes, the title is settled by a penalty shoot-out without extra time. This mechanism ensures that a tie at the top produces a definitive champion while preserving the importance of the league programme.

European qualification and relegation

Winning Serie A Women delivers the Scudetto and represents the highest domestic achievement in Italian women’s football. The leading clubs also pursue access to the UEFA Women’s Champions League, with the champions and runners-up identified in the supplied competition framework as earning direct qualification. European participation gives successful Italian clubs the opportunity to test themselves against the strongest teams from across the continent.

At the other end of the table, the bottom-placed club in the Poule Salvezza is automatically relegated to Serie B. The second-last team may have to contest a relegation playoff against a club from the second tier. The split phase therefore gives every fixture a clear purpose: clubs at the top are competing for the title and Europe, while those lower down are fighting to remain in the national elite.

Season calendar and competition character

The league follows the traditional European football calendar. Matches generally begin in late summer or early autumn, most often around August or September, and conclude in late spring, usually in May. The opening part of the season is devoted to the home-and-away regular phase, while the later months focus on the championship and relegation groups.

Serie A Women combines the long-term demands of a league with the heightened stakes of a final split. Its history from an amateur competition founded in 1968 to a fully professional national league explains its importance within Italian football. For supporters, players and clubs, it is both the principal route to the Italian women’s championship and a central part of the country’s continuing sporting and professional growth.