Serie A Women MD1 Round-Up: Wins for Inter, Roma & Lazio as Juventus held by Sassuolo | OneFootball

The 2025-26 Serie A Women kicked off this weekend, as the twelve hopeful teams put their preparation into practice for the new season.

Once again, Juventus and Roma are considered to be front runners for the title, with a team outside of those two clubs not having won the competition since Fiorentina in 2016-17.

Meanwhile, Como have been investing heavily in their women’s team and Parma, Genoa and Ternana all new additions to the league.

This year’s competition has seen the number of teams increased from ten to twelve, promising more action for the growing women’s game in Italy.

Serie A Women – Match-Day 1 Round-Up

The Serie A Women season kicked off with Inter hosting new girls Ternana, with five different goalscorers securing an emphatic 5-0 win for the Nerazzurri. Martina Tomaselli, Haley Bugeja, Masa Tomasevic, Tessa Wullaert and Nikee Diana van Dijk all got their names on the scoresheet. Meanwhile, Eleonora Pacioni was sent off for the visitors in the first-half, making life infinitely more difficult for the minnows.

After Inter, it was Roma’s turn to get their campaign off to a winning start. The Giallorossi dominated Parma in an impressive 4-0 victory, with goals from Alice Corelli, Rinsola Babajide, Manuele Giugliano and Giulia Dragoni.

CASTELLAMMARE DI STABIA, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 23: Evelin Viens of Roma women celebrates a third goal with his team mates during the Serie A Women Cup Semi-final between AS Roma and SS Lazio on September 23, 2025 in Castellammare di Stabia, Italy. (Photo by Marco Rosi – SS Lazio/Getty Images)

Napoli left it until the 76th minute to break the deadlock against Fiorentina, with Cecille Fløe scoring the only goal as the Partenopei secured all three points.

In the biggest surprise of the weekend, Juventus were held to a 0-0 draw in Sassuolo. The champions were dominant, with 68% possession and 18 shots but were unable to finish their chances in an early blow for Max Canzi’s side.

Sunday’s matches saw Lazio and Como do battle in a tight game, with the Biancocelesti snatching the three points thanks to goals from Clarisse Le Bihan and Martina Piemonte. Veronica Bernardi scored a late consolation goal for the hosts but it was too little too late for the lakeside team.

Finally, Milan fought back from a goal down to beat Genoa 2-1. Alice Karin Sondergaard gave the hosts the lead in the 45th minute before Evelyn Ijeh equalised with six minutes to go and Emma Koivisto won the match for the Rossoneri in the 7th minute of injury time at the end of the game.

After the first round of fixtures, Inter, Roma, Lazio, Milan and Napoli make up the top five, all having won their first matches. Ternana sit bottom and their five goals conceded to Inter is a concerning early indicator that it may be a long season for the Umbrian club in the Serie A Women.