2020–21 Serie A

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The 2020–21 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th season of top-tier Italian football, the 89th in a round-robin tournament, and the 11th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Inter Milan won the title with four matches remaining after second-placed Atalanta drew against Sassuolo.[2]

Season2020–21
Dates19 September 2020 – 23 May 2021
ChampionsInter Milan
19th title
RelegatedBenevento
Crotone
Parma
Quick facts Season, Dates ...
Serie A
Season2020–21
Dates19 September 2020 – 23 May 2021
ChampionsInter Milan
19th title
RelegatedBenevento
Crotone
Parma
Champions LeagueInter Milan
AC Milan
Atalanta
Juventus
Europa LeagueNapoli
Lazio
Europa Conference LeagueRoma
Matches380
Goals1,163 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorerCristiano Ronaldo
(29 goals)
Biggest home winNapoli 6–0 Genoa
(27 September 2020)
Napoli 6–0 Fiorentina
(17 January 2021)
Biggest away winTorino 0–7 AC Milan
(12 May 2021)
Highest scoringInter Milan 6–2 Crotone
(3 January 2021)
Lazio 5–3 Benevento
(18 April 2021)
Longest winning runInter Milan
(11 matches)[1]
Longest unbeaten runInter Milan
(20 matches)[1]
Longest winless runParma
(17 matches)[1]
Longest losing runParma
(9 matches)[1]
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Inter Milan's title was their 19th in club history and their first in 11 years. It ended Juventus's run of nine consecutive league titles, as they finished in fourth place, 13 points behind Inter Milan.

Teams

Benevento and Crotone were the two teams directly promoted from Serie B—both after a two-year absence.[3][4]

On 20 August 2020, Spezia won a playoff match to earn their first promotion to Serie A; they became the 66th team to participate in the Italian top-tier league.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

A day following the Napoli–Genoa match on 27 September 2020, Genoa announced that 14 of their players tested positive for COVID-19.[5][6] The Genoa–Torino match scheduled for 3 October 2020 was thereby postponed.[7]

On 3 October 2020, two Napoli players, Piotr Zieliński and Eljif Elmas, tested positive for COVID-19, and after being denied authorization to leave Naples by the Local Health Authority (ASL), Napoli blocked their players' departure for their match in Turin against Juventus.[8][9][10] The league decided not to postpone the match scheduled for 4 October 2020. On the day of the game, Juventus took to the field despite the absence of their opponents, who were quarantining in Naples.[11] Juventus were awarded a 3–0 victory by default and Napoli were docked one point as the Disciplinary Commission ruled Napoli did not follow the country's COVID-19 pandemic protocol.[12] Following a successful appeal by Napoli to the CONI Sports Guarantee Board, these penalties were overturned on 22 December 2020.[13] The match was eventually recovered on 7 April 2021, more than six months after its originally scheduled date.

Team changes

More information Promoted from 2019–20 Serie B, Relegated from 2019–20 Serie A ...
Promoted from
2019–20 Serie B		 Relegated from
2019–20 Serie A
Benevento Lecce
Crotone Brescia
Spezia SPAL
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Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2020–21 Serie A teams
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Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Atalanta Bergamo Gewiss Stadium 25,000
Benevento Benevento Stadio Ciro Vigorito 16,867
Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 36,462
Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena 16,416
Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida 16,640
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 45,000
Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,600
Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi 39,371
Inter Milan Milan San Siro 75,923
Juventus Turin Allianz Stadium 41,507
Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 70,634
AC 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 36,599
Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium 23,717
Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco[α] 10,336
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 Italy Rafael Tolói Joma Plus500
Front
Back
  • Gewiss
Sleeves
  • Automha
Benevento Italy Filippo Inzaghi Italy Nicolas Viola Kappa IVPC
Front
  • Rillo Costruzioni
Back
  • Pastificio Rummo
Sleeves
  • Don Peppe
Bologna Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Italy Andrea Poli Macron Facile Ristrutturare
Front
  • Selenella
Back
  • Illumia
Sleeves
  • Scala
Cagliari Italy Leonardo Semplici Brazil João Pedro Adidas ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna
Front
Back
Sleeves
  • Latte Arborea
Crotone Italy Serse Cosmi Italy Alex Cordaz Zeus San Vincenzo Salumi
Front
  • Envì Group
Back
  • Biemme Finestre
Sleeves
  • Ford Vumbaca Group
Fiorentina Italy Giuseppe Iachini Argentina Germán Pezzella Kappa Mediacom
Back
  • Prima.it
Sleeves
  • Estra
Genoa Italy Davide Ballardini Italy Domenico Criscito Kappa Banca Sistema
Back
Sleeves
Hellas Verona Croatia Ivan Jurić Portugal Miguel Veloso Macron Gruppo Sinergy
Front
  • Winelivery
Back
  • Scaligera Arredamenti/SEC/Manila Grace/VetroCar
Sleeves
  • Mercedes-Benz Trivellato Industriali
Inter Milan Italy Antonio Conte Slovenia Samir Handanović Nike Pirelli
Back
Juventus Italy Andrea Pirlo Italy Giorgio Chiellini Adidas Jeep
Back
Lazio Italy Simone Inzaghi Bosnia and Herzegovina Senad Lulić Macron World Food Programme / Contrader / Clinica Paideia
Back
  • Contrader
Sleeves
AC Milan Italy Stefano Pioli Italy Alessio Romagnoli Puma 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
  • Old Wild West
Back
  • Viva la Mamma Beretta
Sleeves
  • Canovi Coperture
Roma Portugal Paulo Fonseca Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini Nike Qatar Airways
Back
Sleeves
  • Iqoniq
Sampdoria Italy Claudio Ranieri Italy Fabio Quagliarella Macron[15] Very Mobile
Back
  • IBSA Group
Sassuolo Italy Roberto De Zerbi Italy Francesco Magnanelli Puma Mapei None
Spezia Italy Vincenzo Italiano Italy Claudio Terzi Acerbis TEN Food & Beverage
Back
  • Pediatrica
Sleeves
  • Iozzelli Piscine
Torino Italy Davide Nicola Italy Andrea Belotti Joma Suzuki/Suzuki Hybrid (T)
Front
Back
  • Edilizia Acrobatica
Sleeves
Udinese Italy Luca Gotti Argentina Rodrigo De Paul Macron Dacia
Front
  • Vortice
Back
  • Bluenergy
Sleeves
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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Cagliari Italy Walter Zenga End of contract 2 August 2020[16] Pre-season Italy Eusebio Di Francesco 3 August 2020[17]
Torino Italy Moreno Longo 2 August 2020 Italy Marco Giampaolo 7 August 2020[18]
Juventus Italy Maurizio Sarri Sacked 8 August 2020[19] Italy Andrea Pirlo 8 August 2020[20]
Parma Italy Roberto D'Aversa 23 August 2020[21] Italy Fabio Liverani 28 August 2020[22]
Genoa Italy Davide Nicola 26 August 2020 Italy Rolando Maran 26 August 2020[23]
Fiorentina Italy Giuseppe Iachini 9 November 2020[24] 12th Italy Cesare Prandelli 9 November 2020[24]
Genoa Italy Rolando Maran 21 December 2020[25] 19th Italy Davide Ballardini 21 December 2020[25]
Parma Italy Fabio Liverani 7 January 2021[26] 18th Italy Roberto D'Aversa 7 January 2021[27]
Torino Italy Marco Giampaolo 18 January 2021[28] 18th Italy Davide Nicola 19 January 2021[29]
Cagliari Italy Eusebio Di Francesco 22 February 2021[30] 18th Italy Leonardo Semplici 22 February 2021[31]
Crotone Italy Giovanni Stroppa 1 March 2021[32] 20th Italy Serse Cosmi 1 March 2021[33]
Fiorentina Italy Cesare Prandelli Resigned 23 March 2021[34] 14th Italy Giuseppe Iachini 24 March 2021[35]
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League table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Inter Milan (C) 38 28 7 3 89 35 +54 91 Qualification for Champions League group stage
2 Milan 38 24 7 7 74 41 +33 79
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 90 47 +43 78[a]
4 Juventus 38 23 9 6 77 38 +39 78[a]
5 Napoli 38 24 5 9 86 41 +45 77 Qualification for Europa League group stage[b]
6 Lazio 38 21 5 12 61 55 +6 68
7 Roma 38 18 8 12 68 58 +10 62 Qualification for Conference League play-off round[b]
8 Sassuolo 38 17 11 10 64 56 +8 62
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 −2 52
10 Hellas Verona 38 11 12 15 46 48 −2 45
11 Genoa 38 10 12 16 47 58 −11 42
12 Bologna 38 10 11 17 51 65 −14 41
13 Fiorentina 38 9 13 16 47 59 −12 40
14 Udinese 38 10 10 18 42 58 −16 40
15 Spezia 38 9 12 17 52 72 −20 39
16 Cagliari 38 9 10 19 43 59 −16 37
17 Torino 38 7 16 15 50 69 −19 37
18 Benevento (R) 38 7 12 19 40 75 −35 33 Relegation to Serie B
19 Crotone (R) 38 6 5 27 45 92 −47 23
20 Parma (R) 38 3 11 24 39 83 −44 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)[36]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Atalanta finished ahead of Juventus on head-to-head points: Juventus 1–1 Atalanta, Atalanta 1–0 Juventus.
  2. [b]
    Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results

*Internazionale = Inter Milan, Milan = AC Milan*

More information Home \ Away, ATA ...
Home \ Away ATA BEN BOL CAG CRO FIO GEN HEL INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP PAR ROM SAM SAS SPE TOR UDI
Atalanta — 2–0 5–0 5–2 5–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 4–2 3–0 4–1 1–3 5–1 3–1 3–3 3–2
Benevento 1–4 — 1–0 1–3 1–1 1–4 2–0 0–3 2–5 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–2 2–4
Bologna 2–2 1–1 — 3–2 1–0 3–3 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–4 2–0 1–2 0–1 4–1 1–5 3–1 3–4 4–1 1–1 2–2
Cagliari 0–1 1–2 1–0 — 4–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–3 1–3 0–2 0–2 1–4 4–3 3–2 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1
Crotone 1–2 4–1 2–3 0–2 — 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–4 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–2 4–1 4–2 1–2
Fiorentina 2–3 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 — 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–3 0–2 3–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2
Genoa 3–4 2–2 2–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 — 2–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1
Hellas Verona 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 0–0 — 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 3–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0
Internazionale 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–0 6–2 4–3 3–0 1–0 — 2–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 3–1 5–1 2–1 2–1 4–2 5–1
Juventus 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 0–3 3–1 1–1 3–2 — 3–1 0–3 2–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 4–1
Lazio 1–4 5–3 2–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 4–3 1–2 1–1 1–1 — 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–3
Milan 0–3 2–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–3 3–2 — 0–1 2–2 3–3 1–1 1–2 3–0 2–0 1–1
Napoli 4–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 4–3 6–0 6–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–2 1–3 — 2–0 4–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 5–1
Parma 2–5 0–0 0–3 0–0 3–4 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–4 0–2 1–3 0–2 — 2–0 0–2 1–3 2–2 0–3 2–2
Roma 1–1 5–2 1–0 3–2 5–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 — 1–0 0–0 4–3 3–1 3–0
Sampdoria 0–2 2–3 1–2 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–2 0–2 3–0 2–0 — 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–1
Sassuolo 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 3–2 0–3 1–3 2–0 1–2 3–3 1–1 2–2 1–0 — 1–2 3–3 0–0
Spezia 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–4 1–2 2–0 1–4 2–2 2–2 2–1 1–4 — 4–1 0–1
Torino 2–4 1–1 1–1 2–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–4 0–7 0–2 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–2 0–0 — 2–3
Udinese 1–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 —
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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
More information Month, Player ...
Month Player Club Ref.
September Argentina Alejandro Gómez Atalanta [37]
October Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović AC Milan [38]
November Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus [39]
December Turkey Hakan Çalhanoğlu AC Milan [40]
January Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić Lazio [41]
February Belgium Romelu Lukaku Inter Milan [42]
March Italy Lorenzo Insigne Napoli [43]
April Colombia Luis Muriel Atalanta [44]
May Ukraine Ruslan Malinovskyi Atalanta [45]
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Seasonal awards

Main article: Serie A Awards

[46]

More information Award, Winner ...
Award Winner Club Ref.
Most Valuable Player Belgium Romelu Lukaku Inter Milan [47]
Best Under-23 Serbia Dušan Vlahović Fiorentina [48]
Best Goalkeeper Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma AC Milan [49]
Best Defender Argentina Cristian Romero Atalanta [50]
Best Midfielder Italy Nicolò Barella Inter Milan [51]
Best Striker Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus [52]
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Team of the Year[53]
Goalkeeper Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan)
Defence Morocco Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan) Netherlands Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) Italy Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) France Théo Hernandez (AC Milan)
Midfield Italy Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) Ivory Coast Franck Kessié (AC Milan) Italy Federico Chiesa (Juventus)
Attack Colombia Luis Muriel (Atalanta) Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) Belgium Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan)
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Season statistics

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Club Goals[54]
1 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus 29
2 Belgium Romelu Lukaku Inter Milan 24
3 Colombia Luis Muriel Atalanta 22
4 Serbia Dušan Vlahović Fiorentina 21
5 Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio 20
Nigeria Simy Crotone
7 Italy Lorenzo Insigne Napoli 19
8 Italy Domenico Berardi Sassuolo 17
Argentina Lautaro Martínez Inter Milan
10 Brazil João Pedro Cagliari 16
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Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks
More information Player, Club ...
Player Club Against Result Date
Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan Roma Genoa 3–1 (A) 8 November 2020
Argentina Lautaro Martínez Inter Milan Crotone 6–2 (H) 3 January 2021
Serbia Dušan Vlahović Fiorentina Benevento 4–1 (A) 13 March 2021
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus Cagliari 3–1 (A) 14 March 2021
Argentina Rodrigo Palacio Bologna Fiorentina 3–3 (H) 2 May 2021
Croatia Ante Rebić AC Milan Torino 7–0 (A) 12 May 2021
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Note

(H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club
Clean
sheets[55]
1 Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma AC Milan 14
Slovenia Samir Handanović Inter Milan
3 Italy Pierluigi Gollini Atalanta 9
Spain Pepe Reina Lazio
5 Poland Bartłomiej Drągowski Fiorentina 8
Argentina Juan Musso Udinese
Colombia David Ospina Napoli
Italy Mattia Perin Genoa
9 Italy Andrea Consigli Sassuolo 7
Italy Lorenzo Montipò Benevento
Italy Marco Silvestri Hellas Verona
Italy Salvatore Sirigu Torino
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Discipline

Player

Team

  • Most yellow cards: 100
    • Lazio
  • Most red cards: 6
    • Juventus
  • Fewest yellow cards: 59
    • Inter Milan
  • Fewest red cards: 1
    • Hellas Verona
    • Parma

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