What if?
15 famous title changes, replayed the other wayWe took famous Serie A title changes, flipped the result, and replayed every game since through the same rules. Sometimes the belt finds its way home within days. Sometimes it never does.
What if AC Milan had won?
Real result: Parma AC beat AC Milan 1–0 · the game
It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by January 23, 1994, 308 days later, after 10 reigns that never happened.
The alternate belt: Juventus → Parma → Lazio → Cremonese → Milan → Sampdoria → Cagliari → Reggiana → Sampdoria → Piacenza
What if Juventus had won?
Real result: Inter Milan beat Juventus 3–1 · the game
It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by May 5, 2013, 183 days later, after 6 reigns that never happened.
The alternate belt: Milan → Roma → Napoli → Chievo Verona → Milan → Juventus
What if ACF Fiorentina had won?
Real result: Genoa CFC beat ACF Fiorentina 3–1 · the game
It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by May 4, 1958, 700 days later, after 20 reigns that never happened.
The alternate belt: Torino → Unione Triestina → Inter Milan → Udinese → Calcio Padova → Fiorentina → Lazio → SPAL 1907 Ferrara → Torino → Napoli → Lazio → Roma
What if Inter Milan had won?
Real result: AS Roma beat Inter Milan 3–1 · the game
It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by March 15, 2008, 332 days later, after 2 reigns that never happened.
The alternate belt: Napoli → Roma
What if SSC Napoli had won?
Real result: Juventus beat SSC Napoli 1–0 · the game
It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by September 2, 2018, 275 days later, after 5 reigns that never happened.
The alternate belt: Roma → Fiorentina → Lazio → Inter Milan → Sassuolo
What if Juventus had won?
Real result: Hellas Verona beat Juventus 2–1 · the game
It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by September 18, 2016, 133 days later.
The alternate belt: Inter Milan
What if Inter Milan had won?
Real result: Sassuolo Calcio beat Inter Milan 1–0 · the game
It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by January 25, 2025, 266 days later, after 5 reigns that never happened.
The alternate belt: Milan → Fiorentina → Bologna → Verona → Napoli
What if Atalanta had won?
Real result: Parma FC beat Atalanta 3–2 · the game
It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by January 7, 2026, 227 days later, after 6 reigns that never happened.
The alternate belt: Udinese → Roma → Napoli → Udinese → Fiorentina → Parma
What if Parma FC had won?
Real result: Juventus beat Parma FC 2–0 · the game
The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Inter Milan, not AS Roma.
The alternate belt: Cagliari → Inter Milan → Napoli → Bologna → Cremonese → Torino → Cagliari → Milan
What if Juventus had won?
Real result: Como Calcio beat Juventus 2–0 · the game
The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Inter Milan, not AS Roma.
The alternate belt: Lazio → Inter Milan → Milan → Parma → Torino → Milan → Napoli → Lazio
What if Como Calcio had won?
Real result: Inter Milan beat Como Calcio 4–0 · the game
The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Inter Milan, not AS Roma.
The alternate belt: Roma → Juventus → Cagliari → Roma → Genoa → Udinese → Parma → Inter Milan
What if Inter Milan had won?
Real result: AC Milan beat Inter Milan 1–0 · the game
The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Inter Milan, not AS Roma.
What if AC Milan had won?
Real result: Lazio beat AC Milan 1–0 · the game
The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Inter Milan, not AS Roma.
The alternate belt: Napoli → Lazio → Inter Milan
What if Lazio had won?
Real result: ACF Fiorentina beat Lazio 1–0 · the game
The belt never finds its way back. Today it would belong to Inter Milan, not AS Roma.
The alternate belt: Inter Milan
What if ACF Fiorentina had won?
Real result: AS Roma beat ACF Fiorentina 4–0 · the game
It takes a while: the belt is back on its real path by August 24, 2026, 112 days later.
The alternate belt: Roma