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CM 2008 > Guides > Club League Guides > Serie A

Serie A remains one of the strongest leagues in the world. However, in recent years a drop in attendances and television revenues has lead to financial difficulties for a lot of clubs. This, together with the fallout from the 2006 match fixing scandal has seen may of Italy’s top clubs fall behind their European rivals.

A lot of teams in Serie A are operating under tight financial constraints. The small transfer budgets will have to be spent carefully and only a percentage of transfers fees received will be put back into the budget.

Clicking on the clubs name will open the club guide.

League Structure:

- Top 4 teams qualify for Champions League - 3rd - 4th have to go through qualifying round
- Italian Cup winners and sides finishing 5th - 6th qualify for UEFA Cup
- Bottom 3 teams are relegated

Club Expectations Debt (£) % Trans Rev Star Players
Inter Milan Title Challenge 430k 50% Walter Samuel, Javier Zanetti, Patrick Vieira, Adriano, Zlatan Ibrahimovic
AC Milan Title Challenge 1.8m 50% Dida, Paolo Maldini, Cafu, Alessandro Nesta, Andrea Pirlo, Clarence Seedorf, Kaka
         
Fiorentina European Qualification 10k 100% Sebastien Frey, Anthony Vanden Borre, Fabio Liverani, Riccardo Montolivo, Christian Vieri
Juventus European Qualification 1.3m 95% Gianluigi Buffon, Andrade, Pavel Nedved, Alessandro Del Piero, David Trezeguet  
Lazio European Qualification 32m 0% Modibo Diakhite, Luciano Zauri, Massimo Mutarelli, Stephen Makinwa
Palermo European Qualification 1.2m 95% Giovanni Tedesco, Fabio Caserta, Bosko Jankovic, Cavani  
Roma European Qualification 9.9m 0% Phillipe Mexes, Daniele De Rossi, Alberto Aquilani, Francesco Totti, Ludovic Giuly
Sampdoria European Qualification 2.9m 50% Vincenzo Fiorillo, Ivan Zivanovic, Antonio Cassano (L), Vincenzo Montella (L)
         
Atalanta Mid Table 554k 95% Maximiliano Pellegrino, Costinha, Ferreira Pinto, Mario Defendi
Cagliari Mid Table 2.4m 50% Bizera, Daniele Magliocchetti (L), Joaquin Larrivey, Robert Acquafresca
Napoli Mid Table 254k 100% Gennaro Iezzo, Manuele Blasi, Marek Hamsik, Gargano, Lavezzi
Udinese Mid Table 2.9m 95% Samir Handanovic, Mauricio Isla, Fabio Quagliarella  
         
Catania Avoid Relegation 2m 50% Ciro Polito, Marco Biagianti, Takayuki Morimoto
Empoli Avoid Relegation 290k 50% Davide Bassi, Sebastian Giovinco (L), Eder, Rey Volpato
Genoa Avoid Relegation 355k 95% Andrea Masiello, Manuel Coppola, Papa Waigo, Marco Di Vaio
Livorno Avoid Relegation 1.2m 50% Giuliano Giannichedda, Vikash Dhorasoo, Tristan
Parma Avoid Relegation 18m 0% Radek Petr, Daniele Dessena, Luca Cigarini, Leandro Antonio Martinez
Reggina Avoid Relegation 422k 50% Niccolo Cherubin, Luca Tognozzi, Emil Hallfreosson, Inacio Jose Joelson  
Siena Avoid Relegation 2.9m 95% Daniele Ficagna, Gennaro Esposito, Enrico Chiesa, Daniele Corvia
Torino Avoid Relegation 2.5m 50% Marco Motta, Matteo Rubin, Alvaro Recoba (L)

 

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