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The Sette Sorelle and domination of Northern Italy
Not so long ago, during the 1980s to late 2000s, Italian clubs were the powerhouses of club football. And to be very specific, seven clubs (Sette Sorelle), Juventus, Milan, Inter, Roma, Lazio, Fiorentina and Parma were fighting each other for the top honours week in and week out.
These two decades are famously known as the “Golden Era” of Italian football as the Italian league was highly competitive within the league and also in Europe. Between 1983 and 2003, Serie A teams were finalists in 13 European competitions, winning 6 of them.
It is interesting to see that 4 of these 7 clubs are from the north of Italy. Traditionally, clubs from the north have always dominated the league as it can be seen in the number of league wins by the northern teams: Juventus(33), Inter Milan and AC Milan (18 each), Genoa (9), Torino, Pro Vercelli and Bologna (7 each). That's a whopping 99 out of 113 titles and it does not look like it will stop anytime soon.
