Italian Soccer 2025-26 Index Methodology

1. Index objective

The Italian Soccer 2025-26 Index measures the cash value earned by each club in Italian Soccer during the 2025-26 season, from official league results. It consists of one constituent per club and is designed to be referenced by contracts listed on licensed venues.

2. Constituents

One constituent per club in the league for the season: 20 clubs.

A club that relocates or renames during the season remains the same constituent; the share follows the franchise.

3. Eligible games

League matches count. Domestic cups, European competitions and friendlies are not indexed.

4. Redemption schedule

Each Season Share redeems, cumulatively, $0.50 per table point (3 for a win, 1 for a draw), then Survival $4.00 · Top six $6.00 · Top four $8.00 · Title $25.00.

Maximum per share: $100.00.

380 matches × 2 to 3 points × $0.50 = $380.00 to $570.00; ladder $161.00; pool $541.00 to $731.00.

Every match credits 2 table points in all (a draw) or 3 (a decision), so the pool lands between a published minimum and maximum and is exact at season end.

5. Results

Official league standings decide every result. Major League Markets does not interpret results.

A win is 3 table points, a draw 1 point to each club and a loss 0. Each table point credits $0.50. A match never played by season's end credits one point to each club.

A match abandoned and replayed counts when the league records its result; an awarded match counts as the league records it.

A postponed game counts when it is played. A forfeit counts as the league records it.

6. Playoff rungs

The four rungs credit by position in the official final table, including the league's tiebreakers, at the first close after the final matchday. Two clubs level on points for first place, or for 17th and 18th, are separated by the league's own playoff, read from its result. Every other tie is ordered by points in the matches among the clubs level, then goal difference in those matches, then overall goal difference, then goals scored. Source: the national federation's derogation from article 51 of its rules for the season (2024-25 official release 214/A; 2025-26 official release 331/A). We apply no tiebreaker of our own: if a tie is left for the league to settle (a playoff match or a draw), no rung credits until the league has settled it. A points deduction applied after a close posts as a forward correction event.

7. Calculation and precision

A constituent's settled value is the sum of its ledger events. Amounts are exact and never rounded; where a rule requires it they are recorded to the tenth of a cent. Displayed values are rounded at the page, never in the data.

Under Amendment 2 every per-win, per-point and rung amount is a multiple of $0.25, and ledger events post in whole cents.

8. Official close and publication

The official close is 09:00 Central Time on the day after a game. A game dated D is eligible at the close on D+1. Results restated by the league before the close are absorbed; after the close, a change is a forward correction event. No published close is restated.

9. Settlement sources

Results are taken from the ranked sources in the Settlement Procedures. Before each close, each game result is reconciled against an independent second source where one is available. A result the second source contradicts is withheld and checked again at the next close; it posts when it matches or can no longer be checked. A result that cannot be checked posts and is marked unverified. Berths and byes post from the playoff field the league announces.

Settlement Procedures →

10. Corrections

A change to a result after the close posts as a new correction event on the ledger. A correction event can reduce a constituent's settled value; it is the only way a settled value goes down. Earlier events and published closes are never edited.

11. Disruptions

A regular-season match never played by season's end credits one table point to each club. If the season is shortened, every unplayed match credits one table point to each club, and the rungs credit from the league's official final table. No committee discretion applies. These rules are set by the League Index Framework v1.0 §3 as amended by Amendment 2.

12. Governance and versioning

This methodology is governed by the Index Committee under the Governance page. A methodology locks for the duration of a season once the season begins. Changes for a later season are published with notice before that season's first value date.

Governance →

13. Data access

Settled values and every ledger event are published at /api/v1/indexes/italian-soccer-2025-26/settlements, with the latest close at /settlements/latest.

Change log

• 2026-10-02 · Methodology published under League Index Framework v1.0.