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Serie A (women)
Season	2017–18
Dates	30 September 2017 - 12 May 2018
Champions	Juventus (1st title)
Relegated	San Zaccaria Empoli
Champions League	Juventus Fiorentina
Matches played	132
Goals scored	424 (3.21 per match)
Top goalscorer	Valentina Giacinti (21 goals)
← 2016–17 2018–19 →

The 2017–18 Serie A (women) was the 51st season of the women's football top level league in Italy. Fiorentina were the defending champions. Juventus won the league title in their first ever season.

Teams

Twelve teams will compete in the league, with many changes among the make up of the league compared to last season.

Four teams were relegated at the end of the 2016-17 season. Jesina, Luserna and Chieti finished at the bottom of the league, with Como 2000 losing a relegation playoff to San Zaccaria.

Reggiana won promotion from Serie B, but their license was taken over by Sassuolo. Other promoted teams were Empoli, Valpolicella and Pink Bari.

Cuneo, who finished seventh in Serie A last season, sold their license to Juventus.

League table

Brescia sold their Serie A spot to AC Milan after the season, who created a women's team. They were not allowed to enter the Champions League therefore. The tied third placed teams played a play-off for the vacant spot.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	22	20	0	2	64	9	+55	60	Qualification to Champions League
2	Brescia	22	20	0	2	71	24	+47	60
3	Fiorentina	22	13	4	5	46	20	+26	43	Qualification to Champions League
4	Tavagnacco	22	14	1	7	49	28	+21	43
5	Atalanta Mozzanica	22	13	3	6	37	27	+10	42
6	Valpolicella	22	8	2	12	27	46	−19	26
7	AGSM Verona	22	7	4	11	33	40	−7	25
8	Res Roma	22	7	1	14	19	36	−17	22
9	Sassuolo	22	6	1	15	21	39	−18	19
10	Pink Bari	22	5	1	16	19	53	−34	16
11	San Zaccaria (R)	22	3	7	12	23	44	−21	16	Relegation to Serie B
12	Empoli (R)	22	3	2	17	16	59	−43	11	Relegation to Serie B

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Playoffs

Championship playoff

After finishing tied on points at the end of the regular season, Juventus and Brescia will play-off to decide the winner of the league title.

20 May 201820:45

Juventus	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Brescia
	Report
Penalties
Bonansea Rosucci Gama Galli Cernoia Boattin	5–4	Girelli Giugliano Daleszczyk Sikora Sabatino Di Criscio

Stadio Silvio Piola, NovaraAttendance: 3,200Referee: Anna Scapolo

Champions League playoff

Brescia were bought by Milan after the season, and lost the right to enter the UEFA Women's Champions League. Since Tavagnacco and Fiorentina finished tied on points in third place, and a play-off was played determine which team enter as the replacement team.

16 June 201818:00

Tavagnacco	0–3	Fiorentina

Stadio Comunale Abano Terme, Abano Terme

Relegation playoff

After finishing tied on points after the end of the regular season, Pink Bari and San Zaccaria will play to decide the second relegated club. The winning club will advance to a play-out with Serie B teams, while the losing club will be relegated to Serie B for 2018-19.

19 May 2018

Pink Bari	3–2	San Zaccaria
Piro 15' (pen.) Parascandolo 20' Manno 52'	Report	Pugnali 45', 61'

Campo Sportivo Galileo Speciale, MontesilvanoReferee: Agostino de Santis

Results

Home \ Away	VER	BRE	EMP	VAL	FIO	JUV	ATA	BAR	ROM	ZAC	SAS	TAV
AGSM Verona	—	3–6	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	2–1	3–0	4–2	2–2	2–3
Brescia	3–0	—	4–1	4–2	1–0	0–4	2–3	4–0	4–1	2–1	2–1	2–0
Empoli	1–5	0–5	—	1–4	1–3	1–4	0–2	0–1	0–4	1–1	0–4	0–4
Valpolicella	1–0	1–3	2–0	—	1–6	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	0–1
Fiorentina	1–2	2–4	1–0	4–0	—	2–1	0–0	2–1	5–0	4–0	2–0	1–1
Juventus	1–0	1–2	4–0	6–0	2–0	—	3–0	4–1	4–0	2–1	2–0	4–0
Atalanta Mozzanica	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–3	—	4–0	1–0	2–2	2–0	4–2
Pink Bari	3–1	0–6	1–3	2–4	0–3	1–2	0–2	—	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0
Res Roma	3–0	0–3	2–1	3–0	0–4	0–1	0–1	2–1	—	1–1	0–1	0–2
San Zaccaria	2–3	1–4	2–2	1–1	0–0	0–5	1–3	3–1	0–1	—	2–0	1–5
Sassuolo	2–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–4	0–5	1–2	4–2	1–0	1–0	—	0–4
Tavagnacco	2–0	2–6	4–1	3–0	3–0	1–2	5–2	4–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2018. Source: Calcio femminile italiano
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Season statistics

Scoring

As of 13 May 2018

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Valentina Giacinti	Brescia	21
2	Barbara Bonansea	Juventus	19
3	Cristiana Girelli	Brescia	17
4	Paola Brumana	Tavagnacco	14
5	Lana Clelland	Tavagnacco	13

References

"Il Sassuolo si compra la Reggiana". Gazzetta di Reggio (in Italian). Reggio Emilia: Gruppo Editoriale L'Espresso. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
"Comunicato Ufficiale N°46 (2016–17)" (PDF). Delegazione Provinciale di Reggio Emilia (Press release) (in Italian). FIGC. 31 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 August 2017. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
"È ufficiale: Alla Juve i diritti del Cuneo femminile". July 2017.
"Champions: out il Brescia, tocca a Tavagnacco e Fiorentina". udine.diariodelweb.it. 10 June 2018.
"Calcio femminile: INCREDIBILE!!! Sarà spareggio Champions tra Fiorentina e Tavagnacco. L'Uefa ha detto no al Milan". oasport.it. 12 June 2018.
"Risultati e classifica serie A". Calcio femminile italiano. Retrieved 19 November 2017.

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2017–18 in Italian football

← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Domestic leagues

Men	Serie A Serie B Serie C Serie D
Women	Serie A

Domestic cups

International club
competitions

Men	Champions League Europa League
Youth	Youth League

Club seasons
Serie A	Atalanta Benevento Bologna Cagliari Chievo Crotone Fiorentina Genoa Hellas Verona Internazionale Juventus Lazio Lecce Milan Napoli Roma Sampdoria Sassuolo SPAL Torino Udinese
Serie B	Ascoli Avellino Bari Brescia Carpi Cesena Cittadella Cremonese Empoli Foggia Frosinone Novara Palermo Parma Perugia Pescara Pro Vercelli Salernitana Spezia Ternana Venezia Virtus Entella

v t e 2017–18 in European women's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Croatia Czech Republic Denmark England (Spring Series) Estonia '17 '18 Faroe Islands '17 '18 France Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland '17 '18 Israel Italy Moldova Netherlands Norway '17 '18 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '17 '18 Romania Russia '17 '18 Scotland '17 '18 Spain Sweden '17 '18 Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Croatia England Germany Iceland '17 '18 Luxembourg Moldova Scotland '17 '18 Spain Sweden Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Scotland '17 '18
UEFA competitions	Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final
International competitions	2019 FIFA Women's World Cup UEFA qualification 2018 Women's Euro Under-19 qualification 2018 Women's Euro Under-17 qualification

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