The Dirtiest Teams in Serie A 2025/26 – Hellas Verona Led the Way by a Mile
5th June 2026
Serie A has always had a reputation for tactical fouling, shirt-pulling and the dark arts. But in 2025/26, one team took it to another level entirely. Hellas Verona committed 599 fouls across 38 games – an average of 15.8 per match – to finish as the dirtiest side in Italian football by a comfortable margin.
That’s 69 more fouls than the team in second place. It’s not close.
Serie A Fouls Table 2025/26 – The Full Top 10
- Hellas Verona – 599 fouls (15.8 per game)
- Torino – 530 (13.9 per game)
- Cagliari – 524 (13.8 per game)
- Roma – 523 (13.8 per game)
- Udinese – 516 (13.6 per game)
- Cremonese – 514 (13.5 per game)
- Como – 510 (13.4 per game)
- Pisa – 501 (13.2 per game)
- Inter – 499 (13.1 per game)
- Bologna – 497 (13.1 per game)
Verona averaging nearly 16 fouls per game is extraordinary. For context, the cleanest team in the league was AC Milan with 385 fouls – that’s 10.1 per game. Verona committed 214 more fouls than Milan across the season. That’s like giving away an extra 5.6 free kicks per match, every match, for an entire campaign.
The Yellow Card Kings
Unsurprisingly, Verona also led the way for yellow cards:
- Hellas Verona – 89 yellow cards
- Sassuolo – 84
- Fiorentina – 83
- Cagliari – 81
- Como – 80
89 yellows in 38 games works out at 2.3 per match. That’s a booking every 39 minutes of football. Relentless.
Red Cards – Lazio’s Unwanted Record
The red card table told a slightly different story. Lazio picked up more reds than anyone else despite not featuring in the fouls top five:
- Lazio – 8 red cards
- Bologna – 6
- Cremonese – 6
- Parma – 5
- Pisa – 5
- Hellas Verona – 5
Lazio’s 8 reds led the league. Interesting that they committed fewer fouls (402 – 19th of 20) but got sent off more than anyone. That suggests fewer fouls overall but more dangerous or cynical ones when they did commit them.
The Tackle Merchants
Verona also topped the tackles chart, reinforcing the picture of a team built on aggressive, physical defending:
715 tackles is almost 19 per game. Combined with their 599 fouls, Verona were either winning the ball or giving away a free kick on nearly every defensive action. There was no middle ground – just full commitment.
The Clean End of the Table
At the other end, Milan’s 385 fouls made them the division’s cleanest side by some distance. Napoli (425) and Parma (412) were also well below the league average. Milan averaged just 10.1 fouls per game compared to Verona’s 15.8 – a gap of nearly six free kicks every 90 minutes.
The Verdict
Verona’s 2025/26 campaign was one built on disruption. Top of the fouls chart by 69, top of the yellow cards, top of the tackles – they made life uncomfortable for everyone. In a league that already embraces the tactical foul more than most, Verona pushed it to the extreme. Whether it kept them up or not, the stats tell a clear story: they were the dirtiest team in Serie A this season, and it wasn’t even close.