This is a list of football clubs located in Italy, sorted by division, then alphabetically, and including geographical locations, home stadium information and club positions in the prior season.
Chievo (17 seasons in Serie A, 10 seasons in Serie B) was excluded from Serie B following an 8th-place finish in 2020-21 due to financial irregularities and failed to register for play since 2021–22.
It is anticipated that FC Clivense, a Serie D squad owned by a former player, may aim to inherit the history of Chievo upon a successful promotion to the professional ranks.
The following teams are presently participants in Serie D (or lower) but have formerly played in Serie A, the top level of Italian professional football: Further, the following participants of Serie D have previously played at the Serie B level of Italian football but not Serie A: Other teams that have participated in Serie B since 1948 but now compete in the amateur tiers or are unregistered for competition: 15 other clubs have fielded a Serie B team in 1948 or earlier, but now field squads languishing in the lower rungs of the football pyramid since that time.
These include: 5 other teams have played in Serie B but are now considered permanently defunct: