Nowadays, Italian football is the second force in Europe according to UEFA ranking, following the English league.
[1] Italian clubs have also entered worldwide inter-club competitions several times since the 1963 Intercontinental Cup.
The golden age of Italian football since the establishing of UEFA is regarded to have occurred in the 1980s and in the 1990s, when several Italian clubs won UEFA competitions, contributing to Serie A obtaining the highest confederation coefficient score for about fifteen years.
Since the beginning of 21st century, the force of Italian football at international stage has decreased, mainly after the Calciopoli scandal.
The club finishing 6th qualifies for the play-off round of the UEFA Conference League.