Editing Serie A (section)

=== Tiebreaking ===
[[File:20231205 100438 Mondo Milan Museum.jpg|thumb|The Serie A championship trophy]]
If after all 38 games, two teams are tied on points for either first place or for 17th (the last safety spot), the outcome is decided by a single-legged play-off match. This match consists of 90 minutes of regulation time followed by penalties if necessary (no extra time). The game is to be held at a neutral venue, with the designated "home" team determined by the tiebreakers listed below.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Serie A introduce Scudetto tiebreaker: One match playoff to determine champion if teams tied at season's end |url=https://www.cbssports.com/soccer/news/serie-a-introduce-scudetto-tiebreaker-one-match-playoff-to-determine-champion-if-teams-tied-at-seasons-end/ |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=CBSSports.com |date=29 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-29 |title=Playoff to decide Serie A title if 2 teams finish level |url=https://apnews.com/article/sports-soccer-serie-a-milan-53a64413421c938417937f92823b7402 |access-date=2023-02-19 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-06-08 |title=Soccer-Serie A considering play-off to decide title and final relegation spot |language=en |work=Reuters |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-soccer-italy-playoff-idUKKBN2NP1AN |access-date=2023-02-19}}</ref> In cases where there are at least three teams tied for one of these positions, a mini table is created using the same tiebreakers to determine which two teams will play in the decider. For ties concerning all other league positions, the following tiebreakers are applied:

# Head-to-head points
# [[Goal difference]] of head-to-head games
# Goal difference overall
# Higher number of goals scored
# Play-off game at a neutral venue if relevant to decide European qualification or relegation; otherwise by coin flip<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Goal difference or head to head? How every major football competition ranks teams level on points {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/goal-difference-or-head-to-head-how-every-major-football/1jax9vfriz1xs13jkdpf9qzhjo|access-date=2021-09-13|website=www.goal.com}}</ref>

Between 2006–07 and 2021–22, the tiebreakers currently used for all places to decide the scudetto winner if necessary, though this was never needed. Before 2005–06, a play-off would immediately be used if teams were tied for first place, a European qualification spot, or a relegation spot. In some past years, the playoff was a single game at a neutral site while in others it was a two-legged tie decided by aggregate score.

The only time a playoff was used to decide the champion occurred in the [[1963–64 Serie A|1963–64 season]] when Bologna and Inter both finished on 54 points. Bologna won the playoff 2–0 at the [[Stadio Olimpico]] in Rome to win the scudetto.<ref name=":0" /> Playoff games have been used on multiple occasions to decide European competition qualifications (most recently in [[1999–2000 Serie A|1999–2000]]) and relegation (most recently in [[2022–23 Serie A|2022–23]]).