What is the symbol of Serie A?

The team emblem of many teams is an oval shield emblem. For example, Rome, Chievo, Cagliari, Palermo and Empoli are all symbols with shields.

The use of oval coat of arms by Serie A teams is related to the origin of European coat of arms and Italian city-states.

I. European coat of arms

European traditional heraldry is also dominated by shields. The origin is that everyone wears a helmet on the battlefield. The weapons on these shields can be used for identification, and later become a symbol of family identity (not necessarily nobility). Ellipses and diamonds are used on women's arms because women generally don't go to war (of course, women's independent monarchs usually use heraldry, perhaps because the monarch himself hinted at the position of supreme military commander. )

Second, the city-state system of Italian countries

Italy was a city-state system for a long time in the Middle Ages, that is, a small country ruled a city with great autonomy as the representative of the family, so many shield-shaped or oval family emblems evolved into city emblems, and then most teams processed and transformed their own team emblems on the basis of the city emblem.

Therefore, most of the badges in Europe are shield-shaped, and so are the team badges of football teams in Western Europe. Specifically, Serie A is also shield-shaped.