2019–20 Serie A

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The 2019–20 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 118th season of top-tier Italian football, the 88th in a round-robin tournament, and the 10th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Juventus, the eight-time defending champions, secured their ninth consecutive Serie A title with a 2–1 victory over Sampdoria on 16 Jun 2020.[4]

Season2019–20
Dates24 August 2019 – 2 August 2020
ChampionsJuventus
36th title
RelegatedLecce
Brescia
SPAL
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Serie A
Season2019–20
Dates24 August 2019 – 2 August 2020
ChampionsJuventus
36th title
RelegatedLecce
Brescia
SPAL
Champions LeagueJuventus
Internazionale
Atalanta
Lazio
Europa LeagueNapoli
Roma
Milan
Matches380
Goals1,154 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorerCiro Immobile
(36 goals)
Biggest home winAtalanta 7–1 Udinese
(27 October 2019)
Internazionale 6–0 Brescia
(1 July 2020)
Biggest away winTorino 0–7 Atalanta
(25 January 2020)
Highest scoringLecce 2–7 Atalanta
(1 March 2020)
Longest winning runLazio
(11 matches)[1]
Longest unbeaten runLazio
(21 matches)[1]
Longest winless runBrescia
(14 matches)[1]
Longest losing runBrescia
Lecce
SPAL
Torino
(6 matches)[1]
Highest attendance75,923
Internazionale 1–2 Juventus
(6 October 2019)
Lowest attendance8,182
Atalanta 2–3 Torino
(1 September 2019)[α][β]
Total attendance6,610,983[1]
Average attendance27,205[1]
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The season was originally scheduled to run from 24 August 2019 to 24 May 2020.[5] On 9 March 2020, the government suspended all sports in the country until 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[3] The Serie A did not resume on this date however, as the league continued to monitor health conditions. On 18 May, the Italian Football Federation announced that the suspension would continue until 14 June.[6] Ten days later, on 28 May, Italy's sports minister said Serie A would restart on 20 June 2020.[7]

Events

On 14 April 2019, Chievo returned to Serie B after 11 years.[8] Following this on 5 May Frosinone was relegated after one year[9] while the last team to be relegated was Empoli (on 26 May 2019) also after just one year.[10]

Teams that were promoted directly from 2018–19 Serie B were Brescia (on 1 May 2019, after 8 years of absence[11]) and Lecce (10 days later, after 7 years[12]) while the last team to join was Hellas Verona (after just one season in Serie B) by winning the promotion play-off on 2 June.[13]

On 28 June 2019, Milan were excluded from the Europa League after breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.[14] Roma were then moved to the Europa League group phase while Torino entered the preliminary round.[15]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Serie A

On 22 February 2020, Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte, suspended all sporting events in the regions of Lombardy and Veneto, which included three Serie A matches in those regions, as well as one in Piedmont, that were to be played the following day, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.[16][17] The following week, six matches were initially to be played behind closed doors due to scare of the outbreak, however, all were later outright suspended.[18][19][20] On 4 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy would be played behind closed doors until 3 April.[2] On 9 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy be suspended until 3 April.[3] Serie A did not resume play on this date, citing it will only resume once "health conditions allow it".[21] Even there was considered the option of cancelling the championship. On 13 May, it was announced that team training would be resumed on 18 May,[22] and on 18 May it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June.[6] On 28 May, Italian Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June.[7] Protocol was established wherein the entire squad would be quarantined for 14 days if one member, player or staff, tests positive for COVID-19.[23] On 18 June, Spadafora approved the softening of quarantine rules which allowed for the quarantining of only the individual who tests positive for COVID-19, whereas the rest of the squad will ramp up testing, including a rapid-response test the day before a match.[24]

Teams

Team changes

More information Promoted from 2018–19 Serie B, Relegated from 2018–19 Serie A ...
Promoted from
2018–19 Serie B		 Relegated from
2018–19 Serie A
Brescia Empoli
Lecce Frosinone
Hellas Verona Chievo Verona
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Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2019–20 Serie A teams
More information Team, Home city ...
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 21,300
Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 38,279
Brescia Brescia Stadio Mario Rigamonti 19,500
Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena 16,233
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 43,147
Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,600
Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 39,211
Internazionale Milan San Siro 75,923
Juventus Turin Juventus Stadium 41,507
Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 70,634
Lecce Lecce Stadio Via del Mare 31,533
Milan Milan San Siro 75,923
Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo 54,726
Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini 27,906
Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 70,634
Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685
Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia) 21,584
SPAL Ferrara Stadio Paolo Mazza 16,134
Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 27,958
Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli 25,144
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Personnel and kits

More information Team, Head coach ...
Team Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Main Other
Atalanta Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Argentina Alejandro Gómez Joma Radici Group
Front
  • U-Power
Back
  • Gewiss
Sleeves
  • Automha
Bologna Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Italy Andrea Poli Macron Liu·Jo
Back
  • Illumia
Sleeves
  • Lavoropiù
Brescia Uruguay Diego López Italy Daniele Gastaldello Kappa UBI Banca
Back
  • Officine Meccaniche Rezzatesi
Cagliari Italy Walter Zenga Italy Luca Ceppitelli Macron ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna
Front
Back
  • Nieddittas
Sleeves
  • Latte Arborea
Fiorentina Italy Giuseppe Iachini Argentina Germán Pezzella Le Coq Sportif Mediacom
Front
Back
  • Prima.it
Sleeves
  • Estra
Genoa Italy Davide Nicola Italy Domenico Criscito Kappa Zentiva
Back
Hellas Verona Croatia Ivan Jurić Italy Giampaolo Pazzini Macron Gruppo Sinergy
Front
Back
  • ABEO Onlus/Busajo Onlus/Tescoma/Manila Grace/Garelli/Winelivery/Bergen Srl/Olimpiadi del Cuore Onlus/Sundek
Sleeves
  • Mercedes-Benz Trivellato Industriali
Internazionale Italy Antonio Conte Slovenia Samir Handanović Nike Pirelli
Back
Juventus Italy Maurizio Sarri Italy Giorgio Chiellini Adidas Jeep
Back
Lazio Italy Simone Inzaghi Bosnia and Herzegovina Senad Lulić Macron None
Sleeves
Lecce Italy Fabio Liverani Italy Marco Mancosu M908 Moby Lines
Front
  • Pasta Maffei
Back
  • LaBconsulenze
Sleeves
Milan Italy Stefano Pioli Italy Alessio Romagnoli Puma Fly Emirates None
Napoli Italy Gennaro Gattuso Italy Lorenzo Insigne Kappa Lete
Front
Back
  • Kimbo Caffè
Parma Italy Roberto D'Aversa Portugal Bruno Alves Erreà Cetilar
Front
  • Lewer
Back
Sleeves
  • Canovi Coperture
Roma Portugal Paulo Fonseca Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Nike Qatar Airways
Back
Sampdoria Italy Claudio Ranieri Italy Fabio Quagliarella Joma Invent Energy/Acqua S. Bernardo
Back
  • IBSA Group
Sassuolo Italy Roberto De Zerbi Italy Francesco Magnanelli Kappa Mapei None
SPAL Italy Luigi Di Biagio Italy Sergio Floccari Macron Omega Group/OrOil/VB Impianti/Orlandi Lubrificanti
Front
  • Omega Group/Krifi Caffè
Back
  • Errebi Technology
Sleeves
  • Pentaferte
Torino Italy Moreno Longo Italy Andrea Belotti Joma Suzuki
Front
Back
  • Edilizia Acrobatica
Sleeves
Udinese Italy Luca Gotti Italy Kevin Lasagna Macron Dacia
Front
  • Vortice
Back
  • Bluenergy
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Roma Italy Claudio Ranieri End of contract 26 May 2019[25] Pre-season Portugal Paulo Fonseca 11 June 2019[26]
Juventus Italy Massimiliano Allegri Sacked 26 May 2019[27] Italy Maurizio Sarri 16 June 2019[28]
Milan Italy Gennaro Gattuso 28 May 2019[29] Italy Marco Giampaolo 19 June 2019[30]
Internazionale Italy Luciano Spalletti Sacked 30 May 2019[31] Italy Antonio Conte 31 May 2019[32][33][34]
Sampdoria Italy Marco Giampaolo Mutual consent, signed for Milan 15 June 2019[35] Italy Eusebio Di Francesco 22 June 2019[36]
Genoa Italy Cesare Prandelli Mutual consent 20 June 2019[37] Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli 14 June 2019[38]
Hellas Verona Italy Alfredo Aglietti End of contract 30 June 2019 Croatia Ivan Jurić 14 June 2019[39]
Sampdoria Italy Eusebio Di Francesco Mutual consent 7 October 2019[40] 20th Italy Claudio Ranieri 12 October 2019[41]
Milan Italy Marco Giampaolo Sacked 8 October 2019[42] 13th Italy Stefano Pioli 9 October 2019[43]
Genoa Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli 22 October 2019[44] 19th Italy Thiago Motta 22 October 2019[45]
Udinese Croatia Igor Tudor 1 November 2019[46] 14th Italy Luca Gotti 1 November 2019[46]
Brescia Italy Eugenio Corini 3 November 2019[47] 18th Italy Fabio Grosso 5 November 2019[48]
Brescia Italy Fabio Grosso 2 December 2019[49] 20th Italy Eugenio Corini 2 December 2019[49]
Napoli Italy Carlo Ancelotti 10 December 2019[50] 7th Italy Gennaro Gattuso 11 December 2019[51]
Fiorentina Italy Vincenzo Montella 21 December 2019[52] 14th Italy Giuseppe Iachini 23 December 2019[53]
Genoa Italy Thiago Motta 28 December 2019[54] 20th Italy Davide Nicola 28 December 2019[54]
Torino Italy Walter Mazzarri Mutual consent 4 February 2020[55] 12th Italy Moreno Longo 4 February 2020[56]
Brescia Italy Eugenio Corini Sacked 5 February 2020[57] 19th Uruguay Diego López 5 February 2020[58]
SPAL Italy Leonardo Semplici 10 February 2020[59] 20th Italy Luigi Di Biagio 10 February 2020[60]
Cagliari Italy Rolando Maran 3 March 2020[61] 11th Italy Walter Zenga 3 March 2020[62]
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League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 38 26 5 7 76 43 +33 83 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Internazionale 38 24 10 4 81 36 +45 82
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 98 48 +50 78[a]
4 Lazio 38 24 6 8 79 42 +37 78[a]
5 Roma 38 21 7 10 77 51 +26 70 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Milan 38 19 9 10 63 46 +17 66 Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
7 Napoli 38 18 8 12 61 50 +11 62 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[b]
8 Sassuolo 38 14 9 15 69 63 +6 51
9 Hellas Verona 38 12 13 13 47 51 −4 49[c]
10 Fiorentina 38 12 13 13 51 48 +3 49[c]
11 Parma 38 14 7 17 56 57 −1 49[c]
12 Bologna 38 12 11 15 52 65 −13 47
13 Udinese 38 12 9 17 37 51 −14 45[d]
14 Cagliari 38 11 12 15 52 56 −4 45[d]
15 Sampdoria 38 12 6 20 48 65 −17 42
16 Torino 38 11 7 20 46 68 −22 40
17 Genoa 38 10 9 19 47 73 −26 39
18 Lecce (R) 38 9 8 21 52 85 −33 35 Relegation to Serie B
19 Brescia (R) 38 6 7 25 35 79 −44 25
20 SPAL (R) 38 5 5 28 27 77 −50 20
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Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Atalanta finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head points: Lazio 3–3 Atalanta, Atalanta 3–2 Lazio.
  2. [b]
    Napoli qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2019–20 Coppa Italia.
  3. [c]
    Positions determined by head-to-head points: Hellas Verona: 10 pts; Fiorentina: 5 pts; Parma: 1 pt.
  4. [d]
    Udinese finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Udinese 2–1 Cagliari, Cagliari 0–1 Udinese.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ATA ...
Home \ Away ATA BOL BRE CAG FIO GEN HEL INT JUV LAZ LEC MIL NAP PAR ROM SAM SAS SPA TOR UDI
Atalanta — 1–0 6–2 0–2 2–2 2–2 3–2 0–2 1–3 3–2 3–1 5–0 2–0 5–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 1–2 2–3 7–1
Bologna 2–1 — 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 3–2 2–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–1
Brescia 0–3 3–4 — 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 2–1 0–4 1–1
Cagliari 0–1 3–2 0–1 — 5–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 3–4 4–3 1–1 2–0 4–2 0–1
Fiorentina 1–2 4–0 1–1 0–0 — 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–4 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–0
Genoa 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 — 3–0 0–3 1–3 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–4 1–3 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–3
Hellas Verona 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 — 2–2 2–1 1–5 3–0 0–1 0–2 3–2 1–3 2–0 0–1 3–0 3–3 0–0
Internazionale 1–1 1–2 6–0 1–1 0–0 4–0 2–1 — 1–2 1–0 4–0 4–2 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 3–3 2–1 3–1 1–0
Juventus 2–2 2–1 2–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 — 2–1 4–0 1–0 4–3 2–1 1–3 2–0 2–2 2–0 4–1 3–1
Lazio 3–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 3–1 — 4–2 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 5–1 1–2 5–1 4–0 3–0
Lecce 2–7 2–3 3–1 2–2 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 — 1–4 1–4 3–4 0–1 1–2 2–2 2–1 4–0 0–1
Milan 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–0 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–2 4–2 1–2 2–2 — 1–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–2
Napoli 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 3–1 2–3 2–2 — 1–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–1 2–1
Parma 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–2 5–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 — 2–0 2–3 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–0
Roma 0–2 2–3 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 — 2–1 4–2 3–1 0–2 0–2
Sampdoria 0–0 1–2 5–1 3–0 1–5 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–2 0–3 1–1 1–4 2–4 0–1 0–0 — 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1
Sassuolo 1–4 3–1 3–0 2–2 1–2 5–0 3–3 3–4 3–3 1–2 4–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 4–2 4–1 — 3–0 2–1 0–1
SPAL 2–3 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–4 1–2 2–1 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–6 0–1 1–2 — 1–1 0–3
Torino 0–7 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–3 2–1 1–2 — 1–0
Udinese 2–3 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–4 1–3 3–0 0–0 1–0 —
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Source: Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Players' awards

Most valuable player of the Month

Main article: Serie A Player of the Month

[63]

More information Month, Player ...
Month Player Club Ref.
September France Franck Ribéry Fiorentina [64]
October Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio [65]
November Belgium Radja Nainggolan Cagliari [66]
December Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić Lazio [67]
January Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus [68]
February Spain Luis Alberto Lazio [69]
June Argentina Alejandro Gómez Atalanta [70]
July Argentina Paulo Dybala Juventus [71]
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Seasonal awards

Main article: Serie A Awards

[72][73]

More information Award, Winner ...
Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player Argentina Paulo Dybala Juventus
Best Under-23 Sweden Dejan Kulusevski Parma
Best Goalkeeper Poland Wojciech Szczęsny Juventus
Best Defender Netherlands Stefan de Vrij Internazionale
Best Midfielder Argentina Alejandro Gómez Atalanta
Best Striker Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio
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More information Team of the Year ...
Team of the Year[74]
Goalkeeper Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan)
Defence Germany Robin Gosens (Atalanta) Netherlands Stefan de Vrij (Internazionale) Italy Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus) France Théo Hernandez (Milan)
Midfield Italy Nicolò Barella (Internazionale) Argentina Papu Gómez (Atalanta) Spain Luis Alberto (Lazio)
Attack Argentina Paulo Dybala (Juventus) Italy Ciro Immobile (Lazio) Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
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Season statistics

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals[75]
1 Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio 36
2 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus 31
3 Belgium Romelu Lukaku Internazionale 23
4 Italy Francesco Caputo Sassuolo 21
5 Colombia Luis Muriel Atalanta 18
Brazil João Pedro Cagliari
Colombia Duván Zapata Atalanta
8 Italy Andrea Belotti Torino 16
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Roma
10 Slovenia Josip Iličić Atalanta 15
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks
More information Player, Club ...
Player Club Against Result Date
Italy Domenico Berardi Sassuolo Sampdoria 4–1 (H) 1 September 2019
Denmark Andreas Cornelius Parma Genoa 5–1 (H) 20 October 2019
Colombia Luis Muriel Atalanta Udinese 7–1 (H) 27 October 2019
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus Cagliari 4–0 (H) 6 January 2020
Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio Sampdoria 5–1 (H) 18 January 2020
Slovenia Josip Iličić Atalanta Torino 7–0 (A) 25 January 2020
Colombia Duván Zapata Atalanta Lecce 7–2 (A) 1 March 2020
Denmark Andreas Cornelius Parma Genoa 4–1 (A) 23 June 2020
Croatia Mario Pašalić Atalanta Brescia 6–2 (H) 14 July 2020
Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio Hellas Verona 5–1 (A) 26 July 2020
Italy Federico Chiesa Fiorentina Bologna 4–0 (H) 29 July 2020
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Note

(H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[76]
1 Argentina Juan Musso Udinese 14
2 Slovenia Samir Handanović Internazionale 13
3 Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma Milan 12
4 Albania Thomas Strakosha Lazio 11
Poland Wojciech Szczęsny Juventus
6 Italy Emil Audero Sampdoria 9
Italy Marco Silvestri Hellas Verona
8 Poland Bartłomiej Drągowski Fiorentina 8
Italy Pierluigi Gollini Atalanta
10 Italy Salvatore Sirigu Torino 7
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