Three weeks after Sassuolo secured the instant return to Serie A by winning Serie B, the Italian top tier got another new member – the one that has long been absent – as Pisa will spend the next season among the football elite on the Boot for the first time after 34 years!For the first time in 34 years, Pisa are back in #SerieA! 👏 pic.twitter.com/WPGRhOgC40— Lega Serie A (@SerieA_EN) May 4, 2025 The club from the west of Italy has so made an exceptional accomplishment after experiencing numerous hardships for years. In 1991, they played their last Serie A season and have been going through thick and thin since.By 1994, Pisa were relegated to the third flight before being reformed due to administration issues and downgraded to Eccellenza, the fifth-tier competition.The Nerazzurri spent over a decade roaming through the Italian lower league, managing to return to Serie B only in 2007. However, after just two seasons in the second flight, the club from the Arena Garibaldi once again had to be refounded under a different name and spend one season in Serie D.##EDITORS_CHOICE##In fact, Pisa has had four names throughout their history – Pisa S.C., Pisa Calcio, A.C. Pisa 1909, and (the current one) Pisa Sporting Club – which only proves their struggles.After 2009, they mostly balanced between the second and third rank, before finding their “safe haven” in the Serie B in 2019. Since then, Pisa’s league survival hasn’t been jeopardized and the ultimate goal has been the return to the top tier.Three years ago, they were close, being two points short of a direct promotion. In the playoffs, Monza knocked them out in the final after extra time, handing them a hard pill to swallow.##NAJAVA_MECA_8907497##Yet, last July, the legendary AC Milan striker, Filippo Inzaghi arrived in Pisa and wrote magnificent pages of this club’s history, directing their Serie A comeback after a 34-year-long absence.Now, Pisa are where they are supposed to be. After all, the side whose players once were icons like Massimiliano Allegri, Leonardo Bonucci, Diego Simeone, Marco Tardelli, and Christian Vieri definitely deserves nothing less than the Italian football elite.Pisa’s traditional colours are black and blue, so the next time we see them, we won’t think of just Inter Milan and Atalanta. Their famous Tower may be leaning, but Pisa now seem sturdier than ever.
