Hellas Verona and
Benevento immediately returned to
Serie B after finishing 19th and 20th while
Crotone, finishing in 18th place, were relegated after two seasons in the top flight. On 28 April,
Empoli earned the right to come back to Serie A after one year of relegation. On 18 May 2018,
Parma achieved promotion having finished second in the
2017–18 Serie B season, just three seasons after their bankruptcy relegation to
Serie D. The last team promoted, after 2 years of absence, was
Frosinone, who defeated
Palermo in the Serie B play-off finals 3–2 on aggregate. On 23 July,
Parma were handed a 5-point deduction for the 2018–19 Serie A season, following text messages from Parma player
Emanuele Calaiò "eliciting a reduced effort" from two players of
Spezia during the 2017–18 season, a match
Parma won 2–0 to secure promotion to this season. On 9 August,
Parma had the 5-point deduction expunged. On 14 August, the day of the
Ponte Morandi bridge collapse in Genoa, the
Italian Football Federation announced a minute's silence would be added for the victims of the collapse before all Serie A matches during the opening weekend that succeeded the incident. On 16 August, the
Lega Serie A postponed the opening matches for both Genoese clubs
Genoa and
Sampdoria that were originally scheduled for 19 August. On 13 September, Chievo was deducted 3 points after being found guilty of false accounting. On 14 April 2019, Chievo was relegated from Serie A after a 3–1 defeat by Napoli, ending an eleven-year spell in the top flight. On 20 April, Juventus won their 35th title and their eighth in a row with a win over Fiorentina. On 5 May, Frosinone was relegated from Serie A after a 2–2 draw away at Sassuolo, going down after just one season. On 26 May,
Atalanta finished third and secured a place in the
Champions League group stage, both for the first time in their history. Meanwhile, Empoli which were one point above the relegation zone ahead of Genoa, were eventually relegated to Serie B after they were defeated by
Internazionale, while Genoa drew with
Fiorentina. This was also the last season of iconic
Roma captain
Daniele De Rossi that left the team after 18 seasons, while veterans
Sergio Pellissier (from
Chievo),
Andrea Barzagli (from
Juventus) and
Emiliano Moretti (from
Torino) retired from professional football at the end of the season. ==Teams==