2010–11 Serie A

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The 2010–11 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 109th season of top-tier Italian football, the 79th in a round-robin tournament, and the 1st since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011.[9] Internazionale were the defending champions.

Season2010–11
Dates28 August 2010 – 22 May 2011
ChampionsMilan
18th Italian title
RelegatedSampdoria
Brescia
Bari
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Serie A
Season2010–11
Dates28 August 2010 – 22 May 2011
ChampionsMilan
18th Italian title
RelegatedSampdoria
Brescia
Bari
Champions LeagueMilan
Internazionale
Napoli
Udinese
Europa LeagueLazio
Roma
Palermo
Matches380
Goals955 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorerAntonio Di Natale
(28 goals)
Biggest home win
4 goals (8 matches)
Biggest away winPalermo 0–7 Udinese
(27 February 2011)[8]
Highest scoringAC Milan 4–4 Udinese
(9 January 2011)
Internazionale 5–3 Roma
(6 February 2011)
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AC Milan won the 2010–11 Serie A and their 18th league title overall with a scoreless draw away to Roma on 7 May 2011.[10] This result ensured that with two rounds remaining AC Milan's nearest rival Internazionale could only draw level on points, and AC Milan holds the tiebreaker based on their better head-to-head record.[11] The result prompted celebrations at AC Milan's Piazza del Duomo.[12] The trophy was presented at AC Milan's next home game on 14 May.[13]

It was AC Milan's first Scudetto since 2004 and it ended a run of five successive Serie A titles by their rival Internazionale. It was the first league title for manager Massimiliano Allegri, winning in his first year with AC Milan and who was for many a surprise choice as manager.[14] AC Milan led the table for most of the season[10] and secured the title with two games remaining. Notably, they defeated defending champions Internazionale twice during the season and also did the same to third place challenger Napoli.[15] AC Milan were credited for strengthening their squad with Zlatan Ibrahimović and Robinho in the summer as well as picking up Antonio Cassano and Mark van Bommel in January.[15]

This would be the last Scudetto not won by Juventus until the 2020–21 Serie A.

Rule changes

The rules for the registration of non-EU (or non-EFTA or Swiss) nationals transferred from abroad were revised in the summer of 2010 and announced on 2 July 2010. Clubs could only sign one (rather than two previously) non-EU player and that player could only be signed if a current member of the squad who was not an EU national had been sold or sold abroad.[16][17] The late announcement of this rule change meant that some clubs had to cancel incoming transfers. Parma, for example, were to sign both Colombian Pablo Armero from Brazilian side Palmeiras, who subsequently signed for Udinese instead, and Brazilian agency player Zé Eduardo, but had to choose between them and eventually transferred the latter. Their outgoing transfer was Julio César de León, who moved to Chinese team Shandong Luneng Taishan.

Teams

The league featured 17 teams returning from the 2009–10 Serie A, plus three teams promoted from 2009–10 Serie B (two as direct promotions, one as playoff winners). On 30 May 2010, Lecce and Cesena won direct promotion to the Serie A by finishing first and second, respectively. Brescia became the third Serie B team promoted on 13 June 2010 by winning the promotion playoff final 2–1 on aggregate over Torino. It was a quick turn-around for Lecce, which spent only one year in Serie B after being relegated from the 2008–09 Serie A. Cesena last played in Serie A in 1990–91, while Brescia played five seasons in Serie B after being relegated from A in 2004–05.

Locations of the 2010–11 Serie A teams

Stadia and locations

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Club City Stadium Capacity 2009–10 season
Bari Bari San Nicola 58,270 01010th in Serie A
Bologna Bologna Renato Dall'Ara 39,444 01717th in Serie A
Brescia Brescia Mario Rigamonti 16,308 020Serie B Playoff Winners
Cagliari Cagliari Sant'Elia 23,486 01616th in Serie A
Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 23,420 01313th in Serie A
Cesena Cesena Dino Manuzzi 23,860 019Serie B Runners-up
ChievoVerona Verona Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 39,211 01414th in Serie A
Fiorentina Florence Artemio Franchi 47,282 01111th in Serie A
Genoa Genoa Luigi Ferraris 36,685 0099th in Serie A
Internazionale Milan San Siro 80,074 001Serie A Champions
Juventus Turin Olimpico di Torino 27,994 0077th in Serie A
Lazio Rome Olimpico 72,698 01212th in Serie A
Lecce Lecce Via del Mare 33,876 018Serie B Champions
Milan Milan San Siro 80,074 0033rd in Serie A
Napoli Naples San Paolo 60,240 0066th in Serie A
Palermo Palermo Renzo Barbera 37,242 0055th in Serie A
Parma Parma Ennio Tardini 27,906 0088th in Serie A
Roma Rome Olimpico 72,698 0022nd in Serie A
Sampdoria Genoa Luigi Ferraris 36,685 0044th in Serie A
Udinese Udine Friuli 41,652 01515th in Serie A
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Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bari Italy Bortolo Mutti Belgium Jean François Gillet Erreà Banca Popolare di Bari, Radionorba
Bologna Italy Alberto Malesani Italy Marco Di Vaio Macron Ceramica Serenissima (Home)/Cerasarda (Away), Manila Grace
Brescia Italy Giuseppe Iachini Italy Davide Possanzini Mass UBI Banco di Brescia, T-Logic/Tescoma
Cagliari Italy Roberto Donadoni Italy Daniele Conti Macron Dahlia TV, Sardegna
Catania Argentina Diego Simeone Argentina Matías Silvestre Legea SP Energia Siciliana
Cesena Italy Massimo Ficcadenti Italy Giuseppe Colucci Adidas Technogym
ChievoVerona Italy Stefano Pioli Italy Sergio Pellissier Givova Banca Popolare di Verona/Merkur-Win, Midac Batteries
Fiorentina Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Italy Riccardo Montolivo Lotto Save The Children/Mazda
Genoa Italy Davide Ballardini Italy Marco Rossi Asics iZiPlay
Internazionale Brazil Leonardo Argentina Javier Zanetti Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Luigi Delneri Italy Alessandro Del Piero Nike Betclic (Home)/Balocco (Away)
Lazio Italy Edoardo Reja Italy Tommaso Rocchi Puma Clinica Paideia
Lecce Italy Luigi De Canio Uruguay Guillermo Giacomazzi Asics BancaApulia/Veneto Banca, BetItaly
Milan Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Massimo Ambrosini Adidas Fly Emirates
Napoli Italy Walter Mazzarri Italy Paolo Cannavaro Macron Lete
Palermo Italy Delio Rossi Italy Fabrizio Miccoli Lotto Eurobet, Banca Nuova
Parma Italy Franco Colomba Italy Stefano Morrone Erreà Navigare, Banca Monte Parma
Roma Italy Vincenzo Montella Italy Francesco Totti Kappa Wind/Infostrada (in cup matches)
Sampdoria Italy Alberto Cavasin Italy Angelo Palombo Kappa Erg Mobile
Udinese Italy Francesco Guidolin Italy Antonio Di Natale Lotto Automobile Dacia, Tipicamente Friulano/Lumberjack
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Managerial changes

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Team
 Outgoing head coach
 Manner of departure
 Date of vacancy
 Incoming head coach
 Date of appointment
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Milan Brazil Leonardo Mutual consent 16 May 2010[18] Italy Massimiliano Allegri 25 June 2010[19] Pre-season
Juventus Italy Alberto Zaccheroni End of contract 16 May 2010 Italy Luigi Delneri 19 May 2010[20] Pre-season
Udinese Italy Pasquale Marino Mutual consent 16 May 2010[21] Italy Francesco Guidolin 24 May 2010[22] Pre-season
Parma Italy Francesco Guidolin Resigned 16 May 2010[23] Italy Pasquale Marino 2 June 2010[24] Pre-season
Cagliari Italy Giorgio Melis End of caretaker spell 16 May 2010 Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli 23 June 2010[25] Pre-season
Sampdoria Italy Luigi Delneri End of contract 17 May 2010[26] Italy Domenico Di Carlo 26 May 2010[27] Pre-season
Catania Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Resigned 24 May 2010[28][29] Italy Marco Giampaolo 30 May 2010[30] Pre-season
ChievoVerona Italy Domenico Di Carlo Resigned 26 May 2010[31] Italy Stefano Pioli 10 June 2010[32] Pre-season
Internazionale Portugal José Mourinho Signed by Real Madrid[33] 28 May 2010[34] Spain Rafael Benítez 10 June 2010[35] Pre-season
Fiorentina Italy Cesare Prandelli Signed by Italy 30 May 2010[36] Serbia Siniša Mihajlović 3 June 2010[37] Pre-season
Cesena Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli End of contract 30 May 2010 Italy Massimo Ficcadenti 12 June 2010[38] Pre-season
Bologna Italy Franco Colomba Sacked 29 August 2010[39] Italy Paolo Magnani (caretaker) 29 August 2010[39] Pre-season
Bologna Italy Paolo Magnani End of caretaker spell 29 August 2010 Italy Alberto Malesani 1 September 2010[40] 9th
Genoa Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Sacked 8 November 2010[41] Italy Davide Ballardini 8 November 2010[41] 14th
Cagliari Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli Sacked 15 November 2010[42] Italy Roberto Donadoni 16 November 2010[43] 19th
Brescia Italy Giuseppe Iachini Sacked 6 December 2010[44] Italy Mario Beretta 6 December 2010[45] 17th
Internazionale Spain Rafael Benítez Sacked 23 December 2010[46] Brazil Leonardo 24 December 2010[47] 7th
Catania Italy Marco Giampaolo Mutual consent 18 January 2011[48] Argentina Diego Simeone 19 January 2011[49] 15th
Brescia Italy Mario Beretta Sacked 30 January 2011[50] Italy Giuseppe Iachini 30 January 2011[50] 19th
Bari Italy Giampiero Ventura Mutual consent 10 February 2011[51] Italy Bortolo Mutti 10 February 2011[51] 20th
Roma Italy Claudio Ranieri Resigned 20 February 2011[52] Italy Vincenzo Montella (caretaker) 21 February 2011[53] 8th
Palermo Italy Delio Rossi Sacked 28 February 2011[54] Italy Serse Cosmi 28 February 2011[55] 8th
Sampdoria Italy Domenico Di Carlo Sacked 7 March 2011[56] Italy Alberto Cavasin 7 March 2011[56] 14th
Parma Italy Pasquale Marino Sacked 3 April 2011[57] Italy Franco Colomba 5 April 2011[58] 16th
Palermo Italy Serse Cosmi Sacked 3 April 2011[59] Italy Delio Rossi 3 April 2011[59] 8th
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (C) 38 24 10 4 65 24 +41 82 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Internazionale 38 23 7 8 69 42 +27 76
3 Napoli 38 21 7 10 59 39 +20 70
4 Udinese 38 20 6 12 65 43 +22 66[a] Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Lazio 38 20 6 12 55 39 +16 66[a] Qualification to Europa League play-off round[b]
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 59 52 +7 63
7 Juventus 38 15 13 10 57 47 +10 58
8 Palermo 38 17 5 16 58 63 −5 56 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[b]
9 Fiorentina 38 12 15 11 49 44 +5 51[c]
10 Genoa 38 14 9 15 45 47 −2 51[c]
11 ChievoVerona 38 11 13 14 38 40 −2 46[d]
12 Parma 38 11 13 14 39 47 −8 46[d]
13 Catania 38 12 10 16 40 52 −12 46[d]
14 Cagliari 38 12 9 17 44 51 −7 45
15 Cesena 38 11 10 17 38 50 −12 43
16 Bologna 38 11 12 15 35 52 −17 42[e]
17 Lecce 38 11 8 19 46 66 −20 41
18 Sampdoria (R) 38 8 12 18 33 49 −16 36 Relegation to Serie B
19 Brescia (R) 38 7 11 20 34 52 −18 32
20 Bari (R) 38 5 9 24 27 56 −29 24
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Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Udinese finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head away goals scored: Udinese 2–1 Lazio, Lazio 3–2 Udinese.
  2. [b]
    As Internazionale won the 2010–11 Coppa Italia and already qualified for the Champions League, Palermo entered the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League third qualification round as the cup runners-up.
  3. [c]
    Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 1–1 Fiorentina.
  4. [d]
    Chievo finished ahead of Parma and Catania on head-to-head points: Chievo: 6 pts, Parma: 5 pts, Catania: 4 pts.
  5. [e]
    Bologna were deducted a total 3 points: 1 point because of unpaid taxes,[60] plus 2 points because of unpaid wages.[61]

Results

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Home \ Away BAR BOL BRE CAG CTN CES CHV FIO GEN INT JUV LAZ LCE MIL NAP PAL PAR ROM SAM UDI
Bari 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–2 0–2 2–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 0–2
Bologna 0–4 1–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–1
Brescia 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1
Cagliari 2–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 0–2 4–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 5–1 0–0 0–4
Catania 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–4 3–2 0–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0
Cesena 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–3
ChievoVerona 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–2
Fiorentina 2–1 1–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 5–2
Genoa 2–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 4–3 2–1 2–4
Internazionale 4–0 4–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 5–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–2 5–2 5–3 1–1 2–1
Juventus 2–1 0–2 2–1 4–2 2–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 4–0 0–1 2–2 1–3 1–4 1–1 3–3 1–2
Lazio 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–2 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–2
Lecce 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–4 1–1 2–1 2–4 1–1 1–2 2–3 2–0
Milan 1–1 1–0 3–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–2 0–0 4–0 3–0 3–1 4–0 0–1 3–0 4–4
Napoli 2–2 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–2
Palermo 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 1–3 2–4 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 2–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 0–7
Parma 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–1
Roma 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–0 4–2 0–0 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–2 2–3 2–2 3–1 2–0
Sampdoria 3–0 3–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–1 0–0
Udinese 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–4 2–1 4–0 0–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–0
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Source: Lega Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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RankPlayerClubGoals[62]
1Italy Antonio Di NataleUdinese28
2Uruguay Edinson CavaniNapoli26
3Cameroon Samuel Eto'oInternazionale21
4Italy Alessandro MatriCagliari/Juventus20
5Italy Marco Di VaioBologna19
6Italy Giampaolo PazziniSampdoria/Internazionale17
7Italy Francesco TottiRoma15
8Sweden Zlatan IbrahimovićMilan14
Brazil Alexandre PatoMilan
Brazil RobinhoMilan
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks
More information Player, Club ...
Player Club Against Result Date
Serbia Miloš Krasić Juventus Cagliari 3–3 26 September 2010
Argentina Javier Pastore Palermo Catania 3–1 14 November 2010
Italy Antonio Di Natale Udinese Lecce 4–0 14 November 2010
Italy Giampaolo Pazzini Sampdoria Lecce 3–2 21 November 2010
Italy Antonio Di Natale Udinese Napoli 3–1 28 November 2010
Serbia Dejan Stanković Internazionale Parma 5–2 28 November 2010
Brazil Nenê Cagliari Catania 3–0 12 December 2010
Uruguay Edinson Cavani Napoli Juventus 3–0 9 January 2011
Uruguay Edinson Cavani Napoli Sampdoria 4–0 30 January 2011
Chile Alexis Sánchez4 Udinese Palermo 7–0 27 February 2011
Italy Antonio Di Natale Udinese Palermo 7–0 27 February 2011
Uruguay Edinson Cavani Napoli Lazio 4–3 3 April 2011
Italy Francesco Grandolfo Bari Bologna 4–0 22 May 2011
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4 Player scored four goals

Attendances

Source:[63]

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#ClubAvg. attendanceHighest
1Internazionale59,69780,018
2AC Milan53,91680,018
3SSC Napoli45,60858,666
4AS Roma33,95258,083
5SS Lazio29,12252,121
6US Città di Palermo24,81229,597
7ACF Fiorentina23,60834,483
8Genoa CFC23,46629,465
9UC Sampdoria23,33031,500
10Juventus FC21,96624,908
11Bologna FC 190919,81033,092
12AS Bari19,75245,162
13Udinese Calcio17,55429,644
14AC Cesena16,46922,139
15Parma FC14,52419,615
16Calcio Catania13,73119,136
17Cagliari Calcio13,00023,000
18ChievoVerona12,67629,404
19US Lecce10,72920,386
20Brescia Calcio8,40322,123
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