2021–22 Serie A

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The 2021–22 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th season of top-tier Italian football, the 90th in a round-robin tournament, and the 12th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A.[2] AC Milan won the title after defeating Sassuolo 3–0 at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore on 22 May 2022, the final matchday of the season.[3]

Season2021–22
Dates21 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
ChampionsAC Milan
19th title
RelegatedCagliari
Genoa
Venezia
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Serie A
Season2021–22
Dates21 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
ChampionsAC Milan
19th title
RelegatedCagliari
Genoa
Venezia
Champions LeagueAC Milan
Inter Milan
Napoli
Juventus
Europa LeagueLazio
Roma
Europa Conference LeagueFiorentina
Matches380
Goals1,089 (2.87 per match)
Top goalscorerCiro Immobile
(27 goals)
Biggest home winFiorentina 6–0 Genoa
(17 January 2022)
Biggest away winSalernitana 0–5 Inter Milan
(17 December 2021)
Highest scoringLazio 4–4 Udinese
(2 December 2021)
Udinese 2–6 Atalanta
(9 January 2022)
Atalanta 4–4 Torino
(27 April 2022)
Longest winning runInter Milan
Napoli
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runAC Milan
Juventus
(16 matches)
Longest winless runGenoa
(26 matches)
Longest losing runVenezia
(10 matches)
Highest attendance74,947
Inter Milan 3–1 Roma
(23 April 2022)
Lowest attendance2,511
Empoli 1–2 Venezia
(11 September 2021)
Total attendance6,908,853[1]
Average attendance18,181[1]
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AC Milan's title marked their 19th league title in their history and their first since 2011. Inter Milan, the defending champions, finished in second place, two points behind AC Milan.

Teams

Two teams, Venezia and Salernitana, both returned to the Serie A after historically long absences. Venezia defeated Cittadella in the final of the promotion playoffs to secure readmission into the top league for the first time in 19 years—since the 2001-2002 season.[4] Salernitana, meanwhile, were able to play their first Serie A match in 23 years, for the first time since 1999.[5] Empoli returned after a two-year absence.[6]

Crotone and Benevento were relegated to the Serie B after spending just one year each in the Serie A. Parma was relegated after a three-year stint.

Team changes

More information Promoted from 2020–21 Serie B, Relegated from 2020–21 Serie A ...
Promoted from
2020–21 Serie B		 Relegated from
2020–21 Serie A
Empoli Benevento
Salernitana Crotone
Venezia Parma
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Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2021–22 Serie A teams
More information Team, Home city ...
Team Home city Stadium Capacity
Atalanta Bergamo Gewiss Stadium 19,768
Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 36,462
Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena 16,416
Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 16,284
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 43,147
Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,599
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
Milan Milan San Siro 75,923
Napoli Naples Stadio Diego Armando Maradona 54,726
Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 70,634
Salernitana Salerno Stadio Arechi 26,000
Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,599
Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium (Reggio Emilia) 21,525
Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco 11,512
Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 28,958
Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli 25,144
Venezia Venice Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo 11,150
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Personnel and kits

More information Team, Manager ...
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Main Other
AC Milan Italy Stefano Pioli Italy Alessio Romagnoli Puma Emirates
Back
  • wefox
Sleeves
Atalanta Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Italy Rafael Tolói Joma Plus500
Front
Back
  • Gewiss
Sleeves
  • Automha
Bologna Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Italy Roberto Soriano Macron Facile Ristrutturare
Front
  • Selenella
Back
  • Illumia
Sleeves
  • Scala
Cagliari Italy Alessandro Agostini (caretaker) Italy João Pedro Adidas ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna
Front
Back
Sleeves
  • Latte Arborea
Empoli Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli Italy Simone Romagnoli Kappa Computer Gross
Front
Back
  • Pediatrica
Sleeves
  • Contrader
Fiorentina Italy Vincenzo Italiano Italy Cristiano Biraghi Kappa Mediacom
Back
  • Prima.it
Sleeves
  • Estra
Genoa Germany Alexander Blessin Italy Domenico Criscito Kappa MG.K Vis
Front
Back
Sleeves
Hellas Verona Croatia Igor Tudor Portugal Miguel Veloso Macron Gruppo Sinergy
Front
  • Omega Group/Manila Grace
Back
  • VetroCar
Sleeves
  • Restructure 5.0
Inter Milan Italy Simone Inzaghi Slovenia Samir Handanović Nike $INTER Fan Token
Back
Sleeves
  • DigitalBits
Juventus Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Giorgio Chiellini Adidas Jeep 4xe
Back
Sleeves
Lazio Italy Maurizio Sarri Italy Ciro Immobile Macron Binance
Sleeves
Napoli Italy Luciano Spalletti Italy Lorenzo Insigne EA7 Lete
Front
Back
  • Floki Inu
Sleeves
Roma Portugal José Mourinho Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini New Balance DigitalBits
Back
Sleeves
Salernitana Italy Davide Nicola France Franck Ribéry Zeus BCC Aquara/Caffè Motta
Front
  • Re d'Italia Art
Back
  • Distretti Ecologici
Sleeves
  • Eté Supermercati
Sampdoria Italy Marco Giampaolo Italy Fabio Quagliarella Macron Banca Ifis
Front
Back
  • IBSA Group
Sleeves
Sassuolo Italy Alessio Dionisi Italy Francesco Magnanelli Puma Mapei None
Spezia Italy Thiago Motta Italy Giulio Maggiore Acerbis Distretti Ecologici
Front
Back
  • Bitci/Recrowd
Sleeves
  • Iozzelli Design
Torino Croatia Ivan Jurić Italy Andrea Belotti Joma Suzuki
Front
Back
  • EdiliziAcrobatica
Sleeves
Udinese Italy Gabriele Cioffi (caretaker) Netherlands Bram Nuytinck Macron Dacia
Front
  • Kiba Inu
Back
  • Bluenergy
Sleeves
Venezia Italy Andrea Soncin (caretaker) Italy Marco Modolo Kappa Green Project Agency
Back
Sleeves
  • Bechèr
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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
Napoli Italy Gennaro Gattuso Mutual consent 23 May 2021[7] Pre-season Italy Luciano Spalletti 1 July 2021[8]
Inter Milan Italy Antonio Conte 26 May 2021[9] Italy Simone Inzaghi 1 July 2021[10]
Hellas Verona Croatia Ivan Jurić 28 May 2021[11] Italy Eusebio Di Francesco 1 July 2021[12]
Empoli Italy Alessio Dionisi 15 June 2021[13] Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli 1 July 2021[14]
Juventus Italy Andrea Pirlo Sacked 28 May 2021[15] Italy Massimiliano Allegri 1 July 2021[16]
Roma Portugal Paulo Fonseca End of contract 30 June 2021[17] Portugal José Mourinho 1 July 2021[18]
Fiorentina Italy Giuseppe Iachini 30 June 2021[19] Italy Vincenzo Italiano 1 July 2021[20]
Sassuolo Italy Roberto De Zerbi 30 June 2021[21] Italy Alessio Dionisi 1 July 2021[22]
Sampdoria Italy Claudio Ranieri 30 June 2021[23] Italy Roberto D'Aversa 4 July 2021
Lazio Italy Simone Inzaghi 30 June 2021[24] Italy Maurizio Sarri 1 July 2021[25]
Torino Italy Davide Nicola 30 June 2021[26] Croatia Ivan Jurić 1 July 2021[27]
Spezia Italy Vincenzo Italiano Signed by Fiorentina 30 June 2021[28] Italy Thiago Motta 8 July 2021
Hellas Verona Italy Eusebio Di Francesco Sacked 14 September 2021[29] 19th Croatia Igor Tudor 14 September 2021[30]
Cagliari Italy Leonardo Semplici 14 September 2021[31] 17th Italy Walter Mazzarri 15 September 2021[32]
Salernitana Italy Fabrizio Castori 17 October 2021[33] 20th Italy Stefano Colantuono 17 October 2021[34]
Genoa Italy Davide Ballardini 6 November 2021[35] 17th Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 7 November 2021[36]
Udinese Italy Luca Gotti 7 December 2021[37] 14th Italy Gabriele Cioffi (caretaker) 7 December 2021[38]
Genoa Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 15 January 2022[39] 19th France Abdoulay Konko (caretaker) 15 January 2022
Sampdoria Italy Roberto D'Aversa 17 January 2022[40] 16th Italy Marco Giampaolo 19 January 2022[41]
Genoa France Abdoulay Konko End of caretaker spell 19 January 2022 19th Germany Alexander Blessin 19 January 2022[42]
Salernitana Italy Stefano Colantuono Sacked 15 February 2022[43] 20th Italy Davide Nicola 15 February 2022[44]
Venezia Italy Paolo Zanetti 27 April 2022[45] 20th Italy Andrea Soncin (caretaker) 27 April 2022
Cagliari Italy Walter Mazzarri 2 May 2022[46] 17th Italy Alessandro Agostini (caretaker) 2 May 2022[47]
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League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Milan (C) 38 26 8 4 69 31 +38 86 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Inter Milan 38 25 9 4 84 32 +52 84
3 Napoli 38 24 7 7 74 31 +43 79
4 Juventus 38 20 10 8 57 37 +20 70
5 Lazio 38 18 10 10 77 58 +19 64 Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 59 43 +16 63
7 Fiorentina 38 19 5 14 59 51 +8 62 Qualification for the Conference League play-off round[a]
8 Atalanta 38 16 11 11 65 48 +17 59
9 Hellas Verona 38 14 11 13 65 59 +6 53
10 Torino 38 13 11 14 46 41 +5 50[b]
11 Sassuolo 38 13 11 14 64 66 −2 50[b]
12 Udinese 38 11 14 13 61 58 +3 47
13 Bologna 38 12 10 16 44 55 −11 46
14 Empoli 38 10 11 17 50 70 −20 41
15 Sampdoria 38 10 6 22 46 63 −17 36
16 Spezia 38 10 6 22 41 71 −30 36
17 Salernitana 38 7 10 21 33 78 −45 31
18 Cagliari (R) 38 6 12 20 34 68 −34 30 Relegation to Serie B
19 Genoa (R) 38 4 16 18 27 60 −33 28
20 Venezia (R) 38 6 9 23 34 69 −35 27
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Source: Serie A
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]
    Since the winners of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia, Inter Milan, 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.
  2. [b]
    Torino finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head points: Sassuolo 0–1 Torino, Torino 1–1 Sassuolo.

Results

More information Home \ Away, ATA ...
Home \ Away ATA BOL CAG EMP FIO GEN HEL INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP ROM SAL SAM SAS SPE TOR UDI VEN
Atalanta — 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–3 1–4 1–1 4–0 2–1 5–2 4–4 1–1 4–0
Bologna 0–1 — 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 2–4 0–2 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–3 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–1
Cagliari 1–2 2–1 — 0–2 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–3 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–1
Empoli 1–4 4–2 1–1 — 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–3 1–3 2–4 3–2 2–4 1–1 0–3 1–5 0–0 1–3 3–1 1–2
Fiorentina 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 — 6–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–3 4–3 1–2 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 0–4 1–0
Genoa 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 — 3–3 0–0 2–1 1–4 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
Hellas Verona 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 — 1–3 2–1 4–1 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–2 1–1 2–3 4–0 0–1 4–0 3–1
Inter Milan 2–2 6–1 4–0 4–2 1–1 4–0 2–0 — 1–1 2–1 1–2 3–2 3–1 5–0 3–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1
Juventus 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 — 2–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1
Lazio 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–3 1–0 3–1 3–3 3–1 0–2 — 1–2 1–2 3–2 3–0 2–0 2–1 6–1 1–1 4–4 1–0
Milan 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 — 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 2–0
Napoli 2–3 3–0 2–0 0–1 2–3 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 — 1–1 4–1 1–0 6–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 2–0
Roma 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 2–2 0–3 3–4 3–0 1–2 0–0 — 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–1
Salernitana 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–5 0–2 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–4 — 0–2 2–2 2–2 0–1 0–4 2–1
Sampdoria 1–3 1–2 1–2 2–0 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 1–3 1–3 0–1 0–4 0–1 1–2 — 4–0 2–1 1–2 3–3 1–1
Sassuolo 2–1 0–3 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–4 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–0 — 4–1 0–1 1–1 3–1
Spezia 1–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–3 2–3 3–4 1–2 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 — 1–0 0–1 1–0
Torino 1–2 2–1 1–2 2–2 4–0 3–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 4–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 — 2–1 1–2
Udinese 2–6 1–1 5–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–4 1–1 0–1 2–1 3–2 2–3 2–0 — 3–0
Venezia 1–3 4–3 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–4 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–3 0–2 3–2 1–2 0–2 1–4 1–2 1–1 1–2 —
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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.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Goals[48]
1 Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio 27
2 Serbia Dušan Vlahović Fiorentina/Juventus1 24
3 Argentina Lautaro Martínez Inter Milan 21
4 England Tammy Abraham Roma 17
Argentina Giovanni Simeone Hellas Verona
6 Italy Gianluca Scamacca Sassuolo 16
7 Italy Domenico Berardi Sassuolo 15
8 Austria Marko Arnautović Bologna 14
Nigeria Victor Osimhen Napoli
10 Spain Gerard Deulofeu Udinese 13
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Inter Milan
Croatia Mario Pašalić Atalanta
Italy João Pedro Cagliari
Italy Andrea Pinamonti Empoli
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1 Vlahović played for Fiorentina until matchday 23 and scored 17 goals.

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks
More information Player, Club ...
Player Club Against Result Date
Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio Spezia 6–1 (H) 28 August 2021
Argentina Giovanni Simeone4 Hellas Verona Lazio 4–1 (H) 24 October 2021
Serbia Dušan Vlahović Fiorentina Spezia 3–0 (H) 31 October 2021
Croatia Mario Pašalić Atalanta Venezia 4–0 (H) 30 November 2021
Czech Republic Antonín Barák Hellas Verona Sassuolo 4–2 (A) 16 January 2022
Argentina Giovanni Simeone Hellas Verona Venezia 3–1 (H) 27 February 2022
Argentina Lautaro Martínez Inter Milan Salernitana 5–0 (H) 4 March 2022
Guinea-Bissau Beto Udinese Cagliari 5–1 (H) 3 April 2022
Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio Genoa 4–1 (A) 10 April 2022
Italy Andrea Belotti Torino Empoli 3–1 (A) 1 May 2022
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Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 France Mike Maignan AC Milan 17
2 Slovenia Samir Handanović Inter Milan 15
Portugal Rui Patrício Roma
4 Colombia David Ospina Napoli 13
5 Poland Łukasz Skorupski Bologna 12
Poland Wojciech Szczęsny Juventus
7 Italy Salvatore Sirigu Genoa 10
8 Italy Pietro Terracciano Fiorentina 9
9 Argentina Juan Musso Atalanta 8
10 Italy Ivan Provedel Spezia 7
Italy Marco Silvestri Udinese
Albania Thomas Strakosha Lazio
Italy Guglielmo Vicario Empoli
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Discipline

Player

Team

  • Most yellow cards: 106
    • Venezia
  • Most red cards: 9
    • Venezia
  • Fewest yellow cards: 63
    • Napoli
  • Fewest red cards: 1
    • Inter Milan
    • Juventus

Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Player of the Month ...
Month Player of the Month Coach of the Month Goal of the Month
PlayerClubCoachClubPlayerClub
September Senegal Kalidou Koulibaly[49] Napoli Italy Luciano Spalletti[50] Napoli Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini[51] Roma
October Argentina Giovanni Simeone[52] Hellas Verona Italy Stefano Pioli[53] Milan Italy Antonio Candreva[54] Sampdoria
November Turkey Hakan Çalhanoğlu[55] Inter Milan Italy Gian Piero Gasperini[56] Atalanta Senegal Keita Baldé[57] Cagliari
December Serbia Dušan Vlahović[58] Fiorentina Italy Simone Inzaghi[59] Inter Milan Colombia Juan Cuadrado[60] Juventus
January Italy Giacomo Raspadori[61] Sassuolo Italy Thiago Motta[62] Spezia Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini[63] Roma
February Ukraine Ruslan Malinovskyi[64] Atalanta Italy Luciano Spalletti[65] Napoli Ukraine Ruslan Malinovskyi[66] Atalanta
March Nigeria Victor Osimhen[67] Napoli Italy Stefano Pioli[68] Milan Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini[69] Roma
April Croatia Marcelo Brozović[70] Inter Milan Serbia Siniša Mihajlović[71] Bologna Croatia Ivan Perišić[72] Inter Milan
May Italy Sandro Tonali[73] AC Milan Italy Stefano Pioli[74] AC Milan France Théo Hernandez[75] AC Milan
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Seasonal awards

Main article: Serie A Awards
More information Award, Winner ...
Award Winner Club Ref.
Most Valuable Player Portugal Rafael Leão AC Milan [76]
Best Under-23 Nigeria Victor Osimhen Napoli [77]
Best Goalkeeper France Mike Maignan AC Milan
Best Defender Brazil Bremer Torino
Best Midfielder Croatia Marcelo Brozović Inter Milan
Best Striker Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio
Coach of the Season Italy Stefano Pioli AC Milan [78]
Goal of the Season France Théo Hernandez AC Milan [79]
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More information Team of the Year ...
Team of the Year[80]
Goalkeeper France Mike Maignan (AC Milan)
Defence Italy Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) Brazil Bremer (Torino) England Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) France Théo Hernandez (AC Milan)
Midfield Croatia Marcelo Brozović (Inter Milan) Italy Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić (Lazio)
Attack Italy Ciro Immobile (Lazio) Serbia Dušan Vlahović (Fiorentina/Juventus) Portugal Rafael Leão (AC Milan)
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