Serie A will stick
with 20 teams after 16 of its current clubs voted against reducing the division
to 18 sides.
Only Juventus, Inter
Milan, AC Milan and Roma voted for the proposal to cut the number of Italian
top-flight sides at a shareholders' meeting in Milan.
The current format of
20 teams was introduced in 2004-05.
A proposal for reforms
was also approved as the Italian league pushes for more autonomy, similar to
the Premier League in England.
Those reforms will be
presented at the extraordinary general assembly of the Italian football
federation (FIGC) in March.
"Currently, the
system does not give Serie A the autonomy and decision-making weight it should
have with respect to economic weight," Serie A President Lorenzo Casini
said.
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