2018–19 Serie A

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Serie A
Season 2018–19
Champions Juventus
35th title
Relegated Empoli
Frosinone
Chievo
Champions League Juventus
Napoli
Atalanta
Inter
Europa League Lazio
Roma
Torino
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1019 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer Fabio Quagliarella
(26 goals)[1]
Biggest home win Fiorentina 6–1 Chievo
(26 August 2018)
Inter 5–0 Genoa
(3 November 2018)
Biggest away win Frosinone 0–5 Sampdoria
(15 September 2018)
Frosinone 0–5 Atalanta
(20 January 2019)
Highest scoring Sassuolo 5–3 Genoa
(2 September 2018)
Sassuolo 2–6 Atalanta
(29 December 2018)
Sassuolo 3–5 Sampdoria
(16 March 2019)
Longest winning run 8 games
Juventus
Longest unbeaten run 27 games
Juventus
Longest winless run 18 games
Chievo
Longest losing run 7 games
Chievo
Highest attendance 78,725
Inter 1–0 Milan
(21 October 2018)
Lowest attendance 7,000
SPAL 1–0 Parma
(Bologna, 26 August 2018)
Total attendance 9,199,649
Average attendance 24,931

The 2018–19 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of top-tier Italian football, the 87th in a round-robin tournament, and the 9th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the seven-time defending champions and defended their title following their victory against Fiorentina on 20 April 2019. The season was run from 18 August 2018 to 26 May 2019.[2]

Events

Hellas Verona and Benevento immediately returned to Serie B after finishing 19th and 20th while Crotone, finishing in 18th place, were relegated after two seasons in the top flight.

On 28 April, Empoli earned the right to come back to Serie A after one year of relegation.[3] On 18 May 2018, Parma achieved promotion having finished second in the 2017–18 Serie B season, just three seasons after their bankruptcy relegation to Serie D.[4] The last team promoted, after 2 years of absence, was Frosinone, who defeated Palermo in the Serie B play-off finals 3–2 on aggregate.[5]

On 23 July, Parma were handed a 5-point deduction for the 2018–19 Serie A season, following text messages from Parma player Emanuele Calaiò "eliciting a reduced effort" from two players of Spezia during the 2017–18 season, a match Parma won 2–0 to secure promotion to this season.[6] On 9 August, Parma had the 5-point deduction expunged.[7]

On 14 August, the day of the Ponte Morandi bridge collapse in Genoa, the Italian Football Federation announced a minute's silence would be added for the victims of the collapse before all Serie A matches during the opening weekend that succeeded the incident.[8] On 16 August, the Lega Serie A postponed the opening matches for both Genoese clubs Genoa and Sampdoria that were originally scheduled for 19 August.[9]

On 13 September, Chievo was deducted 3 points after being found guilty of false accounting.[10]

On 14 April 2019, Chievo was relegated from Serie A after a 3–1 defeat by Napoli, ending an eleven-year spell in the top flight.[11]

On 20 April, Juventus won their 35th title and their eighth in a row with a win over Fiorentina.[12]

On 5 May, Frosinone was relegated from Serie A after a 2–2 draw away at Sassuolo, going down after just one season.[13]

On 26 May, Atalanta finished third and secured a place in the Champions League group stage, both for the first time in their history.[14] Meanwhile, Empoli which were one point above the relegation zone ahead of Genoa, were eventually relegated to Serie B after they were defeated by Internazionale, while Genoa drew with Fiorentina.

This was also the last season of iconic Roma captain Daniele De Rossi that left the team after 18 seasons,[15] while veterans Sergio Pellissier (from Chievo),[16] Andrea Barzagli (from Juventus)[17] and Emiliano Moretti (from Torino)[18] retired from professional football at the end of the season.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2018–19 Serie A teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2017–18 season
Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 21,300 7th in Serie A
Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 38,279 15th in Serie A
Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena 16,233 16th in Serie A
Chievo Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 13th in Serie A
Empoli Empoli

(Fi)

 Stadio Carlo Castellani 16,284 Serie B champions
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 43,147 8th in Serie A
Frosinone Frosinone Stadio Benito Stirpe 16,227 Serie B playoff winners
Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685 12th in Serie A
Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685 10th in Serie A
Internazionale Milan San Siro 80,018 4th in Serie A
Milan Milan San Siro 80,018 6th in Serie A
Juventus Turin Juventus Stadium 41,507 Serie A champions
Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 27,994 9th in Serie A
Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 72,698 5th in Serie A
Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 72,698 3rd in Serie A
Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo 60,240 2nd in Serie A
Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini 27,906 2nd in Serie B
Sassuolo Sassuolo

(Mo)

 Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
(Reggio Emilia)		 23,717 11th in Serie A
SPAL Ferrara Stadio Paolo Mazza 16,164 17th in Serie A
Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli 25,132 14th in Serie A

Personnel and kits

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Atalanta Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Argentina Alejandro Gómez Joma Radici Group
Bologna Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Switzerland Blerim Džemaili Macron Liu·Jo
Cagliari Italy Rolando Maran Italy Luca Ceppitelli Macron Ichnusa
Chievo Italy Domenico Di Carlo Italy Sergio Pellissier Givova Paluani
Empoli Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli Italy Manuel Pasqual Kappa Computer Gross
Fiorentina Italy Vincenzo Montella Argentina Germán Pezzella Le Coq Sportif Save The Children
Frosinone Italy Marco Baroni Italy Daniel Ciofani Zeus Sport Banca Popolare del Frusinate
Genoa Italy Cesare Prandelli Italy Domenico Criscito Lotto Giocheria
Internazionale Italy Luciano Spalletti Slovenia Samir Handanović Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Giorgio Chiellini Adidas Jeep
Lazio Italy Simone Inzaghi Bosnia and Herzegovina Senad Lulić Macron Marathonbet
Milan Italy Gennaro Gattuso Italy Alessio Romagnoli Puma[19][20] Fly Emirates
Napoli Italy Carlo Ancelotti Italy Lorenzo Insigne Kappa Lete
Parma Italy Roberto D'Aversa Portugal Bruno Alves Erreà Cetilar
Roma Italy Claudio Ranieri Italy Daniele De Rossi Nike Qatar Airways
Sampdoria Italy Marco Giampaolo Italy Fabio Quagliarella Joma Invent Energy
Sassuolo Italy Roberto De Zerbi Italy Francesco Magnanelli Kappa Mapei
SPAL Italy Leonardo Semplici Italy Mirco Antenucci Macron Tassi Group
Torino Italy Walter Mazzarri Italy Andrea Belotti Kappa Suzuki
Udinese Croatia Igor Tudor Switzerland Valon Behrami Macron Dacia

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Napoli Italy Maurizio Sarri Mutual consent 23 May 2018[21] Pre-season Italy Carlo Ancelotti 23 May 2018[22]
Bologna Italy Roberto Donadoni 24 May 2018[23] Italy Filippo Inzaghi 13 June 2018[24]
Cagliari Uruguay Diego López 30 May 2018[25] Italy Rolando Maran 7 June 2018[26]
Sassuolo Italy Giuseppe Iachini 5 June 2018[27] Italy Roberto De Zerbi 13 June 2018[28]
Udinese Croatia Igor Tudor 7 June 2018 Spain Julio Velázquez 7 June 2018[29]
Chievo Italy Lorenzo D'Anna Sacked 9 October 2018[30] 20th Italy Gian Piero Ventura 10 October 2018[31]
Genoa Italy Davide Ballardini 9 October 2018[32] 11th Croatia Ivan Jurić 9 October 2018[32]
Empoli Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli 5 November 2018[33] 18th Italy Giuseppe Iachini 6 November 2018[34]
Chievo Italy Gian Piero Ventura Resigned, consensual resolution 13 November 2018[35] 20th Italy Domenico Di Carlo 13 November 2018[36]
Udinese Spain Julio Velázquez Sacked 13 November 2018 17th Italy Davide Nicola 13 November 2018[37]
Genoa Croatia Ivan Jurić 7 December 2018[38] 14th Italy Cesare Prandelli 7 December 2018[38]
Frosinone Italy Moreno Longo 19 December 2018[39] 19th Italy Marco Baroni 19 December 2018[40]
Bologna Italy Filippo Inzaghi 28 January 2019[41] 18th Serbia Siniša Mihajlović 28 January 2019[41]
Roma Italy Eusebio Di Francesco 7 March 2019[42] 5th Italy Claudio Ranieri 8 March 2019[43]
Empoli Italy Giuseppe Iachini 13 March 2019[44] 17th Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli 13 March 2019[44]
Udinese Italy Davide Nicola 20 March 2019[45] 16th Croatia Igor Tudor 21 March 2019[46]
Fiorentina Italy Stefano Pioli Resigned 9 April 2019[47] 10th Italy Vincenzo Montella 10 April 2019[48]

League table

Template:2018–19 Serie A table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

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Results

Home \ Away ATA BOL CAG CHV EMP FIO FRO GEN INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP PAR ROM SAM SAS SPA TOR UDI
Atalanta — 4-1 0–1 1–1 0-0 3–1 4–0 2–1 4–1 2–2 1-0 1–3 1-2 3–0 3–3 0–1 3–1 2–1 0–0 2-0
Bologna 1–2 — 2–0 3-0 3–1 0–0 0–4 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 0–0 3-2 4-1 2–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–2 2–1
Cagliari 0-1 2–0 — 2–1 2–2 2-1 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 1-2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 0-0 1–2
Chievo 1–5 2–2 0-3 — 0–0 3–4 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–1 0-3 0-0 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–2
Empoli 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–2 — 1–0 2–1 1-3 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 0–2 2–4 3–0 2–4 4–1 2–1
Fiorentina 2–0 0–0 1–1 6–1 3–1 — 0-1 0–0 3–3 0-3 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0
Frosinone 0-5 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–3 1-1 — 1–2 1–3 0–2 0-1 0–0 0–2 3-2 2–3 0–5 0–2 0–1 1–2 1-3
Genoa 3–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 — 0-4 2–0 2–1 0-2 1–2 1-3 1-1 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2
Internazionale 0–0 0–1 2–0 2-0 2–1 2–1 3–0 5–0 — 1–1 0-1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 2–2 1–0
Juventus 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 3-0 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 4-1
Lazio 1–3 3–3 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–3 1–2 — 1–1 1–2 4–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 4–1 1–1 2–0
Milan 2–2 2–1 3-0 3–1 3-0 0-1 2–0 2-1 2–3 0–2 1–0 — 0–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 2–1 0–0 1-1
Napoli 1–2 3–2 2–1 0–0 5-1 1–0 4-0 1–1 4–1 1-2 2–1 3–2 — 3–0 1-1 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 4–2
Parma 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–4 — 0–2 3–3 2–1 2–3 0–0 2–2
Roma 3–3 2-1 3–0 2–2 2–1 2-2 4–0 3–2 2–2 2-0 3–1 1–1 1–4 2-1 — 4–1 3–1 0–2 3–2 1–0
Sampdoria 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–0 1-2 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 2–0 0–1 — 0–0 2–1 1–4 4–0
Sassuolo 2–6 2–2 3-0 4–0 3–1 3–3 2–2 5–3 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–0 0–0 3-5 — 1–1 1–1 0–0
SPAL 2–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 2-2 1–4 0–3 1–1 1–2 2-1 1-0 2–3 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–2 — 0–0 0–0
Torino 2–0 2–3 1-1 3–0 3–0 1–1 3–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 2–0 1–3 1-2 0–1 2-1 3-2 1–0 — 1–0
Udinese 1–3 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3-2 1–1 —
Source: Serie A

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals[49]
1 Italy Fabio Quagliarella Sampdoria 26
2 Colombia Duván Zapata Atalanta 23
3 Poland Krzysztof Piątek Genoa/Milan1 22
4 Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus 21
5 Poland Arkadiusz Milik Napoli 17
6 Italy Francesco Caputo Empoli 16
Belgium Dries Mertens Napoli
Italy Leonardo Pavoletti Cagliari
Italy Andrea Petagna SPAL
10 Italy Andrea Belotti Torino 15
Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio

1 Piątek played for Genoa until matchday 20 and scored 13 goals.

Top assists

Rank Player Club Assists[50]
1 Argentina Alejandro Gómez Atalanta 11
Belgium Dries Mertens Napoli
3 Spain José Callejón Napoli 10
Spain Suso Milan
5 Argentina Rodrigo De Paul Udinese 8
Italy Manuel Lazzari SPAL
Italy Fabio Quagliarella Sampdoria
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus
9 Slovenia Josip Iličić Atalanta 7
Bosnia and Herzegovina Rade Krunić Empoli
Turkey Cengiz Ünder Roma
Colombia Duván Zapata Atalanta

Hat-tricks

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Player Club Against Result Date
Slovenia Josip Iličić Atalanta Chievo 5–1 (A) 21 October 2018
Belgium Dries Mertens Napoli Empoli 5–1 (H) 2 November 2018
Colombia Duván Zapata Atalanta Udinese 3–1 (A) 9 December 2018
Slovenia Josip Iličić Atalanta Sassuolo 6–2 (A) 29 December 2018
Colombia Duván Zapata4 Atalanta Frosinone 5–0 (A) 20 January 2019
Note

4 Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[51]
1 Slovenia Samir Handanović Internazionale 17
2 Italy Salvatore Sirigu Torino 15
3 Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma Milan 13
4 Italy Andrea Consigli Sassuolo 12
5 Italy Emil Audero Sampdoria 11
Poland Wojciech Szczęsny Juventus
7 Italy Luigi Sepe Parma 10
Poland Łukasz Skorupski Bologna
Albania Thomas Strakosha Lazio
10 France Alban Lafont Fiorentina 9

Awards

In 2019, Serie A introduced the Serie A Awards for the first time, using calculations from Opta Sports and Netco Sports to determine the best players of the season.[52][53]

Award Winner Club
Most Valuable Player Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus
Best Young Player Italy Nicolò Zaniolo Roma
Best Goalkeeper Slovenia Samir Handanović Internazionale
Best Defender Senegal Kalidou Koulibaly Napoli
Best Midfielder Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić Lazio
Best Striker Italy Fabio Quagliarella Sampdoria

Number of teams by region

Number Region Team(s)
4  Emilia-Romagna Bologna, Parma, Sassuolo and SPAL
3  Lazio Frosinone, Lazio and Roma
 Lombardy Atalanta, Internazionale and Milan
2  Liguria Genoa and Sampdoria
 Piedmont Juventus and Torino
 Tuscany Empoli and Fiorentina
1  Campania Napoli
 Friuli-Venezia Giulia Udinese
 Sardinia Cagliari
 Veneto Chievo

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