With changes to the league coming (again) in the 25/26 season, this article will tell you everything you need to know about the latest format changes and current standings in the top flight of Italian Women’s football.

What does the current format look like?

If you aren’t familiar with Serie A Femminile, it might come as a surprise that unlike the WSL, after 18 matches in the ‘regular season’ or ‘first phase’: the league breaks up into two separate groups known as the ‘poule scudetto’ and ‘poule salvezza’ for the second half of the season.

This second phase sees two groups of five teams enter into the ‘scudetto’ ‘Champions Group’ and the ‘salvezza’ the ‘Relegation Group’.

The teams then play a further 8 matches (home, away and with one rest weekend too) in order to secure either a UEFA Women’s Champions League spot (for the top three teams in the ‘scudetto’ group) or to ultimately secure their place in Serie A for next season, with only one relegation spot for the last place team in the ‘salvezza’.

What changes are being brought into the league?

Excitingly this season, the FIGC (Italian Football Federation) have announced new changes in order for Serie A to grow and develop in the 25/26 season, expanding the league from its current 10 teams up to 12.

That means at the end of the 24/25 season, only the bottom team in the ‘poule salvezza’ will be relegated to Serie B. In another change to recent years, there will be no additional play-off match between the penultimate Serie A team and the second place Serie B team for promotion. Instead, the top three Serie B teams will be promoted to support the expansion of the first division.

Does this expansion have any effect on Serie B?

With the top three teams in Serie B gaining promotion to the top flight, Laura 
Tinari (who is the president of the Women’s Serie B division) explained that Serie B will only have 14 teams (currently 16) in the 25/26 season in order to make the league “even more competitive”.

In order to achieve this, the three bottom teams in Serie B will be automatically relegated to their respective group in the third division (Serie C) which is split into three geographical divisons: Girone A and Girone B (which includes the central and northern teams) and Girone C (which includes the central and southern teams).

What does the Serie A table look like at the moment?

Correct as of 14th March 2025 (ahead of the third play-off match) these are the current standings:

Poule Scudetto:
The top three champions league spots are almost assured for Juventus, Inter Milan and AS Roma, however, there are still 5 matches remaining for Fiorentina and AC Milan to try and close the gap.

Poule Salvezza:
Although there isn’t anything to win at the top of the ‘relegation group’ this weekend’s game between Lazio and Como Women could possibly see a new leader top the group.
At the bottom of the table, however, the relegation battle between Napoli and Sampdoria is incredibly tight, with only two points separating the sides.