Serie A Elite (rugby union)

Serie A Elite
Current season, competition or edition:
2025–26 Serie A Élite
FormerlyDivisione Nazionale
Serie A
Serie A1
Super 10
Eccellenza
Top12
Top10
SportRugby union
Founded1929 (1929)
First season1928–29
OwnerFederazione Italiana Rugby
No. of teams10
CountryItaly
Most recent
champion
Rugby Rovigo Delta
Most titlesAmatori Milano (18 titles)
BroadcastersFederazione Italiana Rugby (Live Streams on Facebook and Youtube)
SponsorPeroni
Relegation toSerie A
International cupsEuropean Rugby Challenge Cup
European Rugby Continental Shield
Related
competitions
Coppa Italia

Serie A Elite, formerly known as the Top10 or the Peroni Top10 for sponsorship reasons, is Italy's top level professional men's rugby union competition. The Serie A Elite is run by Federazione Italiana Rugby (FIR) and is contested by 10 teams as of the 2025–2026 season.

The leading teams qualify to play against teams from the other leading rugby union nations in Europe in the European Challenge Cup. Aironi and Benetton Treviso began competing in the league now known as Pro14 in the 2010–11 season, and took both Italian places in the Heineken Cup. Owing to financial problems, the FIR revoked Aironi's professional licence after the 2011–12 season; that team was replaced in Pro12 by the FIR-operated Zebre. From 2014 to 2015, one of the two Italian Pro12 sides competes in the Heineken Cup's replacement, the European Rugby Champions Cup; the other plays in the European Rugby Challenge Cup. Both Pro12 teams are intended to concentrate the best domestic talent and help develop the quality of Italian players and therefore improve the talent pool for the national team.