A neck-and-neck Serie A title showdown went all the way to the final round of fixtures
To ramp up the drama, competition organisers moved Napoli's home game against Cagliari and Inter Milan's trip to Como forward to May 23, setting up a Friday night, winner-takes-all shoot-out.
Napoli headed into the last matchweek knowing victory would see them regain a title they won in 2022/23.
Simone Inzaghi's Inter unseated them last time around and his UEFA Champions League finalists were looking to make it back-to-back successes. If Napoli slipped up, victory over their near neighbours Como would be enough.
The Sporting News was across both matches, and here's how the action unfolded.
Who won the Serie A title 2024/25?
Inter struck first, as Stefan De Vrij gave them a 20th-minute lead at Como. Down in Naples, at an expectant Diego Armando Maradona Stadium, the tension ramped up.
The release came three minutes before halftime, when Scott McTominay crowned a magnificent season with a superb scissor-kick volley, dispatching his 12th Serie goal of the campaign to spark raucous scenes.
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WHAT A GOAL SCOTT MCTOMINAY 🤩
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IT HAD TO BE HIM 🏴
Cross in the box from Politano, and McTominay's overhead kick puts Napoli in the driving seat for the Serie A title now 🏆
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From that point, Inter were up against it, sensing the man who led them to Scudetto glory in 2020/21 – Antonio Conte – would not be denied a sixth league title of his career.
So it proved when former Inter hero and Conte stalwart Romelu Lukaku slotted home coolly in the 51st minute.
Inter scored almost simultaneously through Joaquin Correa, by which point veteran goalkeeper Pepe Reina had been sent off for their hosts in the final game of his career.
The Nerazzurri's attentions will now turn toward next Saturday's Champions League final against Paris Saint-Germain in Munich.
Final Serie A table 2024/25
| Pos | Team | Points | Matches Played | Goals Scored | Goal Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Napoli (C) | 82 | 38 | 59 | +32 |
| 2. | Inter Milan | 81 | 38 | 79 | +44 |
Who has the most Serie A titles?
Italian football has long been dominated by the elite clubs, shown by the fact that only 16 teams have ever won the top-flight title in Italy since professional football was first recognised in 1898.
Juventus has the most having won 36 league titles in club history, including 29 of those coming in the Serie A era. The club won nine consecutive Serie A championships from 2011/12 to 2019/20 but have not won since that streak was broken.
The next two on the list are the two Milan clubs, with AC Milan just one title behind San Siro rivals Inter. Then there is a big gap to the leaders of the rest of the pack, Genoa, who were dominant in the early days of Italian football but have not won a title in over a century.
| Club | League titles | Last won |
| Juventus** | 36 | 2019/20 |
| Inter Milan | 20 | 2023/24 |
| AC Milan | 19 | 2021/22 |
| Genoa | 9 | 1923/24 |
| Torino** | 7 | 1975/76 |
| Bologna | 7 | 1963/64 |
| Pro Vercelli* | 7 | 1921/22 |
| AS Roma | 3 | 2000/01 |
| Napoli | 4 | 2024/25 |
| Lazio | 2 | 1999/00 |
| Fiorentina | 2 | 1968/69 |
| Casale* | 1 | 1913/14 |
| Novese* | 1 | 1921/22 |
| Cagliari | 1 | 1969/70 |
| Hellas Verona | 1 | 1984/85 |
| Sampdoria* | 1 | 1990/91 |
* Not currently active in the top flight of Italian football
** One title revoked due to match-fixing scandal (Torino in 1926/27, Juventus in 2004/05)