Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 18 August 2018 – 26 May 2019 |
Champions | Juventus 35th title |
Relegated | Empoli Frosinone Chievo |
Champions League | Juventus Napoli Atalanta Internazionale |
Europa League | Lazio Roma Torino |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,019 (2.68 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Fabio Quagliarella (26 goals)[1] |
Biggest home win | Fiorentina 6–1 Chievo (26 August 2018) Internazionale 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 Internazionale 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 |
← 2017–18 2019–20 → |
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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
[edit]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
[edit]Stadiums and locations
[edit]Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2017–18 season |
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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 | 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 | 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
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Napoli | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 23 May 2018[21] | Pre-season | ![]() |
23 May 2018[22] |
Bologna | ![]() |
24 May 2018[23] | ![]() |
13 June 2018[24] | ||
Cagliari | ![]() |
30 May 2018[25] | ![]() |
7 June 2018[26] | ||
Sassuolo | ![]() |
5 June 2018[27] | ![]() |
13 June 2018[28] | ||
Udinese | ![]() |
7 June 2018 | ![]() |
7 June 2018[29] | ||
Chievo | ![]() |
Sacked | 9 October 2018[30] | 20th | ![]() |
10 October 2018[31] |
Genoa | ![]() |
9 October 2018[32] | 11th | ![]() |
9 October 2018[32] | |
Empoli | ![]() |
5 November 2018[33] | 18th | ![]() |
6 November 2018[34] | |
Chievo | ![]() |
Resigned, consensual resolution | 13 November 2018[35] | 20th | ![]() |
13 November 2018[36] |
Udinese | ![]() |
Sacked | 13 November 2018 | 17th | ![]() |
13 November 2018[37] |
Genoa | ![]() |
7 December 2018[38] | 14th | ![]() |
7 December 2018[38] | |
Frosinone | ![]() |
19 December 2018[39] | 19th | ![]() |
19 December 2018[40] | |
Bologna | ![]() |
28 January 2019[41] | 18th | ![]() |
28 January 2019[41] | |
Roma | ![]() |
7 March 2019[42] | 5th | ![]() |
8 March 2019[43] | |
Empoli | ![]() |
13 March 2019[44] | 17th | ![]() |
13 March 2019[44] | |
Udinese | ![]() |
20 March 2019[45] | 16th | ![]() |
21 March 2019[46] | |
Fiorentina | ![]() |
Resigned | 9 April 2019[47] | 10th | ![]() |
10 April 2019[48] |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 30 | +40 | 90 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 79 | |
3 | Atalanta | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 77 | 46 | +31 | 69[a] | |
4 | Internazionale | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 69[a] | |
5 | Milan[b] | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 68 | |
6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
7 | Torino | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 63 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
8 | Lazio | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 59 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage[c] |
9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 | |
10 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 44 | |
11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 43 | |
12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 43 | |
13 | SPAL | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 42 | |
14 | Parma | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 41[d] | |
15 | Cagliari | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 41[d] | |
16 | Fiorentina | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 41[d] | |
17 | Genoa | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 38[e] | |
18 | Empoli (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 70 | −19 | 38[e] | Relegation to Serie B |
19 | Frosinone (R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 25 | |
20 | Chievo (R) | 38 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 75 | −50 | 17[f] |
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).[51]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ a b Atalanta finished ahead of Internazionale on head-to-head points: Atalanta 4–1 Internazionale, Internazionale 0–0 Atalanta.
- ^ Milan were excluded from UEFA competitions over financial fair play violation.[49]
- ^ Lazio qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2018–19 Coppa Italia.
- ^ a b c Positions determined by head-to-head points: Parma: 9 pts; Cagliari: 7 pts; Fiorentina: 1 pt.
- ^ a b Genoa finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Genoa 2–1 Empoli, Empoli 1–3 Genoa.
- ^ Chievo were deducted 3 points after being found guilty of false accounting.[50]
Results
[edit]Season statistics
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals[52] |
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1 | ![]() |
Sampdoria | 26 |
2 | ![]() |
Atalanta | 23 |
3 | ![]() |
Genoa/Milan1 | 22 |
4 | ![]() |
Juventus | 21 |
5 | ![]() |
Napoli | 17 |
6 | ![]() |
Empoli | 16 |
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Napoli | ||
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Cagliari | ||
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SPAL | ||
10 | ![]() |
Torino | 15 |
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Lazio |
1 Piątek played for Genoa until matchday 20 and scored 13 goals.
Hat-tricks
[edit]Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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Atalanta | Chievo | 5–1 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine | 21 October 2018 |
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Napoli | Empoli | 5–1 (H) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine | 2 November 2018 |
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Atalanta | Udinese | 3–1 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine | 9 December 2018 |
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Atalanta | Sassuolo | 6–2 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine | 29 December 2018 |
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Atalanta | Frosinone | 5–0 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine | 20 January 2019 |
- Note
4 Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away
Clean sheets
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[53] |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
Internazionale | 17 |
2 | ![]() |
Torino | 15 |
3 | ![]() |
Milan | 13 |
4 | ![]() |
Sassuolo | 12 |
5 | ![]() |
Sampdoria | 11 |
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Juventus | ||
7 | ![]() |
Parma | 10 |
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Bologna | ||
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Lazio | ||
10 | ![]() |
Fiorentina | 9 |
Awards
[edit]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.[54][55]
Award | Winner | Club |
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Most Valuable Player | ![]() |
Juventus |
Best Young Player | ![]() |
Roma |
Best Goalkeeper | ![]() |
Internazionale |
Best Defender | ![]() |
Napoli |
Best Midfielder | ![]() |
Lazio |
Best Striker | ![]() |
Sampdoria |
Team of the Year | ||||||
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Goalkeeper | ![]() | |||||
Defence | ![]() |
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Midfield | ![]() |
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Attack | ![]() |
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