Inter Milan claimed their 21st Scudetto on 3 May 2026 with a 2-0 home win over Parma, finishing the season 11 points clear of Napoli. It was a dominant title defence after the heartbreak of 2024/25, when Inter finished one point behind Napoli with 81 points. This time, Simone Inzaghi's side left nothing to chance. Lautaro Martinez won the capocannoniere with 17 goals, the lowest total to claim the award in Serie A's modern 20-team era. The season's most remarkable story was not Inter's title but Como's fourth-place finish, which sent the Lombardy club to the Champions League for the first time in their history. Cremonese, Hellas Verona and Pisa were relegated.
Last season: Napoli's one-point title
The 2024/25 Serie A season was decided by a single point. Napoli won 82 points under Antonio Conte, finishing one ahead of Inter's 81. It was a season that featured Mateo Retegui's 25-goal capocannoniere for Atalanta, Moise Kean's career-best 19 goals for Fiorentina, and Romelu Lukaku leading Napoli's attacking system to 27 goals conceded, the best defensive record of any champion in a decade. Inter entered 2025/26 with unfinished business and the memory of a campaign in which 81 points was not enough.
Inter Milan: how they made it look easy
Inter's 2025/26 was a demonstration of what a settled, mature squad looks like when it adds experience rather than chaos. The defensive structure that Inzaghi had built over four seasons remained the foundation. Conceding under 35 goals across 38 matches. Winning 24 games. Converting the tight 81-point season into a commanding 11-point title. The most notable off-season addition was John Stones on a free transfer from Manchester City, who brought Champions League experience and composure into a back line that was already excellent. Hakan Calhanoglu controlled the tempo in midfield. Marcus Thuram alongside Lautaro gave Inter two forwards who could finish from any angle.
Lautaro Martinez: 17 goals and a record-low capocannoniere
Lautaro Martinez won the Serie A capocannoniere with 17 goals, the lowest total by any top scorer since the league returned to a 20-team format in 2004/05. No previous winner in that era had taken the award with fewer than 20. That this happened was not a failure of Lautaro's form but a reflection of how evenly goalscoring was distributed across the division. Retegui scored 15 for Atalanta. Romelu Lukaku scored 13 for Napoli. No single striker ran away with the scoring charts, and the award was decided by consistency rather than a purple patch. Lautaro's second consecutive capocannoniere, after his 24-goal season in 2023/24 under a different tactical setup, confirms him as the most complete centre-forward in Italian football.
Como's extraordinary season
Como were promoted to Serie A for the first time in decades in 2023 and had steadily built their squad. By 2025/26, under Dennis Bergkamp as technical director and a coaching staff that emphasised structure and pressing, they assembled one of the most organised defences in the division, conceding just 29 goals all season, the lowest in Serie A. Their fourth-place finish secured Champions League football for the first time in the club's entire history. The achievement is comparable to clubs like Montpellier winning Ligue 1 or Brentford reaching the Premier League top eight. Como will enter the 2026/27 Champions League group stage having never played European football at that level, and the whole continent will be watching to see what Bergkamp's project looks like on the biggest stage.
Napoli, Roma and the European positions
Napoli finished second, 11 points behind Inter, with a solid if unspectacular campaign under the manager who replaced Conte after his departure. Roma came third, continuing their upward curve and qualifying for the Champions League alongside Inter, Como and Napoli. It was the first time four Italian clubs in the top four had all qualified for the Champions League under the new format in consecutive seasons. AC Milan finished fifth and qualified for the Europa League alongside Juventus. Atalanta, finishing sixth, dropped to the Conference League after their sustained period of Champions League involvement.
Relegation: Cremonese, Hellas Verona, Pisa
Cremonese, newly promoted, went straight back to Serie B in their first season back. Hellas Verona, a club that had survived several difficult campaigns through the 2020s, could not find the consistency to stay up. Pisa made their first top-flight appearance in decades and found Serie A's quality impossible to match at both ends of the pitch. The three relegated sides had a combined 63 points across 38 matches each.
Serie A 2025/26 trivia
- Lautaro Martinez's 17-goal capocannoniere is the lowest winning total in Serie A since the modern 20-team format began in 2004/05.
- Como conceded just 29 goals in 38 matches, the joint-best defensive record of any non-champion in Serie A in the last decade.
- Como qualifying for the Champions League is one of the most surprising European debutants of any major league since at least the 2010s.
- Inter's 11-point title margin came one year after they were pipped to the Scudetto by one point, the biggest reversal in final-day fortunes in modern Serie A history.
- John Stones joined Inter on a free transfer from Manchester City, the first time an England international has played in Serie A since the early 2000s.
- The top four teams in Serie A 2025/26 all conceded fewer than 40 goals each, the most defensively competitive top four the division has produced in several seasons.
What to expect in 2026/27
Inter are favourites to retain the title, with Opta giving them a 35% probability of a third Scudetto in four seasons. The concern is squad ageing: several key players are in their 30s and the club has not replenished the squad with enough young depth. Roma and Como will now juggle Champions League football for the first time, which historically disrupts domestic rhythm. Juventus made significant additions including Randal Kolo Muani, Jhon Lucumi, Guglielmo Vicario and Zeki Celik. AC Milan under Ruben Amorim signed Goncalo Ramos for a club record, signalling a rebuild that could make them genuine title challengers for the first time in several years. The Serie A title race in 2026/27 looks more open than at any point since 2024/25.
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