Atalanta made its Serie A debut on 12 September 1937 in a 0–0 away draw against Genoa. A week later, the club played its first home game in Serie A against Juventus at the Brumana stadium in front of over 15,000 spectators, losing 1–0. Despite initial enthusiasm, the club would only win four matches throughout the season, all of them at home. This led the club to a second-to-last-place finish (ahead of only Fiorentina) and relegation to Serie B. Although this relegation led to the sale of midfielder Giuseppe Bonomi to Roma for 120,000 lire, the team of this period also featured midfielder Severo Cominelli, Atalanta's second highest scorer (behind only Cristiano Doni) with 62 career goals for the club.