2014–15 in Italian football

The 2014–15 season was the 113th season of competitive football in Italy.

Football in Italy

Season	2014–15
Men's football
Serie A	Juventus
Serie B	Carpi
Coppa Italia	Juventus
Supercoppa Italiana	Napoli
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Promotions and relegations (pre-season)

Teams promoted to Serie A

• Palermo
• Empoli
• Cesena

Teams relegated from Serie A

• Bologna
• Catania
• Livorno

Teams promoted to Serie B

• Pro Vercelli
• Perugia
• Virtus Entella
• Frosinone

Teams relegated from Serie B

• Novara
• Padova
• Juve Stabia
• Reggina

League tables

Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	26	9	3	72	24	+48	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Roma	38	19	13	6	54	31	+23	70
3	Lazio	38	21	6	11	71	38	+33	69	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Fiorentina	38	18	10	10	61	46	+15	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5	Napoli	38	18	9	11	70	54	+16	63
6	Genoa[b]	38	16	11	11	62	47	+15	59
7	Sampdoria	38	13	17	8	48	42	+6	56	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
8	Internazionale	38	14	13	11	59	48	+11	55
9	Torino	38	14	12	12	48	45	+3	54
10	Milan	38	13	13	12	56	50	+6	52
11	Palermo	38	12	13	13	53	55	−2	49[c]
12	Sassuolo	38	12	13	13	49	57	−8	49[c]
13	Hellas Verona	38	11	13	14	49	65	−16	46
14	Chievo	38	10	13	15	28	41	−13	43
15	Empoli	38	8	18	12	46	52	−6	42
16	Udinese	38	10	11	17	43	56	−13	41
17	Atalanta	38	7	16	15	38	57	−19	37
18	Cagliari (R)	38	8	10	20	48	68	−20	34	Relegation to Serie B
19	Cesena (R)	38	4	12	22	36	73	−37	24
20	Parma (R, L)	38	6	8	24	33	75	−42	19[d]	Phoenix in Serie D

Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.^[8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) draw. (Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.).^[9]
(C) Champions; (L) Liquidated after the season due to bankruptcy.; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia (Juventus) qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.
2. Genoa failed to obtain a UEFA license from Italian Football Federation. Therefore, they were barred to participate in European competitions.^[1] Genoa appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied.^[2][3]
3. Palermo finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head away goals scored: Palermo 2-1 Sassuolo, Sassuolo 0-0 Palermo.
4. Parma was docked 7 points for failing to pay over players' wages.^[4][5][6] Later the club announced bankruptcy, and it was recreated without professional status.^[7]

Serie B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Carpi (C, P)	42	22	14	6	59	28	+31	80	Promotion to Serie A
2	Frosinone (P)	42	20	11	11	62	49	+13	71
3	Vicenza	42	18	14	10	44	37	+7	68	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Bologna (O, P)	42	17	17	8	49	35	+14	68
5	Spezia	42	18	13	11	59	40	+19	67	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Perugia	42	16	18	8	49	40	+9	66
7	Pescara	42	16	13	13	69	55	+14	61
8	Avellino	42	15	14	13	42	42	0	59
9	Livorno	42	15	14	13	57	50	+7	59
10	Bari	42	14	12	16	43	49	−6	54
11	Trapani	42	13	14	15	56	67	−11	53
12	Ternana	42	13	12	17	36	47	−11	51
13	Latina	42	11	17	14	38	41	−3	50
14	Virtus Lanciano	42	10	20	12	49	48	+1	50
15	Pro Vercelli	42	12	13	17	46	57	−11	49
16	Crotone	42	12	12	18	42	52	−10	48
17	Modena	42	10	17	15	37	39	−2	47	Qualification to relegation play-offs
18	Virtus Entella[a]	42	10	17	15	37	52	−15	47
19	Cittadella (R)	42	9	17	16	47	56	−9	44	Relegation to Lega Pro
20	Brescia[b] (T)	42	12	12	18	54	63	−9	42	Spared from relegation
21	Varese[c] (D, R, E, R)	42	9	12	21	40	67	−27	35	Revival in Serie E
22	Catania[d] (D, R)	42	12	13	17	59	60	−1	49	Relegation to Lega Pro

Source: Lega Serie B
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:

1. Virtus Entella was readmitted to Serie B after Catania's relegation.
2. Brescia was docked 6 points. They were also readmitted to Serie B after the bankruptcy of Parma in Serie A.
3. Varese was docked 4 points for financial irregularities; a phoenix club was admitted to Eccellenza due to Varese's exclusion from Lega Pro.
4. Catania was assigned as the last due to match-fixing scandal on 20 August 2015.

Juventus

Coppa Italia

Main article: 2014–15 Coppa Italia

Road to the final

Juventus		Round	Lazio
Opponent	Result	2014–15 Coppa Italia	Opponent	Result
N/A	N/A	Third round	Bassano Virtus	7–0
N/A	N/A	Fourth round	Varese	3–0
Hellas Verona	6–1	Round of 16	Torino	3–1
Parma	1–0	Quarter-finals	Milan	1–0
Fiorentina	1–2, 3–0 (4–2 agg.)	Semi-finals	Napoli	1–1, 1–0 (2–1 agg.)

Main article: 2015 Coppa Italia Final

Juventus	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Lazio
Chiellini 11' Matri 97'	Report	Radu 4'

20 May 2015

20:45 CEST

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Referee: Daniele Orsato

Juventus

Lazio

GK 30 Marco Storari CB 15 Andrea Barzagli CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci  64' CB 3 Giorgio Chiellini RWB 26 Stephan Lichtsteiner  115' CM 23 Arturo Vidal CM 21 Andrea Pirlo CM 6 Paul Pogba  78' LWB 33 Patrice Evra  60' CF 14 Fernando Llorente  84' CF 10 Carlos Tevez Substitutes: GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon DF 5 Angelo Ogbonna DF 7 Simone Pepe FW 11 Kingsley Coman DF 17 Paolo De Ceglie MF 20 Simone Padoin  115' MF 22 Kwadwo Asamoah MF 27 Stefano Sturaro FW 32 Alessandro Matri  97'  84' GK 34 Rubinho MF 37 Roberto Pereyra  78' MF 39 Luca Marrone Manager: Massimiliano Allegri

GK 1 Etrit Berisha CB 3 Stefan de Vrij  105' CB 18 Santiago Gentiletti CB 26 Ștefan Radu  71' RM 8 Dušan Basta CM 16 Marco Parolo  18' CM 32 Danilo Cataldi LM 19 Senad Lulić RW 87 Antonio Candreva  108' CF 11 Miroslav Klose  83' LW 7 Felipe Anderson Substitutes: DF 2 Michaël Ciani DF 5 Edson Braafheid MF 6 Stefano Mauri FW 9 Filip Đorđević  83' FW 14 Keita  105' GK 22 Federico Marchetti MF 23 Ogenyi Onazi MF 24 Cristian Ledesma DF 33 Maurício  71' DF 39 Luis Pedro Cavanda GK 77 Thomas Strakosha DF 85 Diego Novaretti Manager: Stefano Pioli

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League group stage § Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ATM	JUV	OLY	MAL
1	Atlético Madrid	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–0	4–0	5–0
2	Juventus	6	3	1	2	7	4	+3	10			0–0	—	3–2	2–0
3	Olympiacos	6	3	0	3	10	13	−3	9	Transfer to Europa League		3–2	1–0	—	4–2
4	Malmö FF	6	1	0	5	4	15	−11	3			0–2	0–2	2–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Juventus v Malmö FF

16 September 2014 1	Juventus	2–0	Malmö FF	Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Tevez 59', 90'	Report	Konate  10' M. Eriksson  22' Helander  89'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 31,218 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Atlético Madrid v Juventus

1 October 2014 2	Atlético Madrid	1–0	Juventus	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	García  54' Ansaldi  63' Turan 75'	Report	Bonucci  13' Chiellini  57' Lichtsteiner  85' Morata  86' Pogba  90+1' Giovinco  90+4'	Stadium: Vicente Calderón Attendance: 44,322 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Olympiacos v Juventus

22 October 2014 3	Olympiacos	1–0	Juventus	Piraeus, Greece
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kasami 36' Botía  44' Masuaku  56'	Report	Lichtsteiner  38' Pogba  59' Marchisio  66'	Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 31,411 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Juventus v Olympiacos

4 November 2014 4	Juventus	3–2	Olympiacos	Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Pirlo 21' Tevez  49' Roberto 65' (o.g.) Pogba 66'	Report	Botía 24',  85' N'Dinga 61'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,091 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Malmö FF v Juventus

26 November 2014 5	Malmö FF	0–2	Juventus	Malmö, Sweden
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Olsen  88' E. Johansson  89'  89' Rosenberg  90'	Report	Llorente 49' Pereyra  85' Tevez 88' Morata  90+1'	Stadium: Swedbank Stadion Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

Juventus v Atlético Madrid

9 December 2014 6	Juventus	0–0	Atlético Madrid	Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Vidal  22'	Report	Suárez  26' Siqueira  37'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 39,219 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Knockout phase

Main article: 2014–15 UEFA Champions League knockout phase

Round of 16

Juventus v Borussia Dortmund

24 February 2015 First leg	Juventus	2–1	Borussia Dortmund	Turin, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Tevez 13' Morata 43' Vidal  48' Pereyra  79'	Report	Reus 18'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 41,182 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

Borussia Dortmund v Juventus

18 March 2015 Second leg	Borussia Dortmund	0–3 (1–5 agg.)	Juventus	Dortmund, Germany
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Reus  73'	Report	Tevez 3', 79' Morata 70'	Stadium: Signal Iduna Park Attendance: 65,851 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

Quarter-finals

Juventus v Monaco

14 April 2015 First leg	Juventus	1–0	Monaco	Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vidal 57' (pen.)	Report	Carvalho  55'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 40,801 Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Monaco v Juventus

22 April 2015 Second leg	Monaco	0–0 (0–1 agg.)	Juventus	Monaco
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Silva  50' Kondogbia  76'	Report	Chiellini  1' Tevez  86'	Stadium: Stade Louis II Attendance: 16,889 Referee: William Collum (Scotland)

Semi-finals

Juventus v Real Madrid

5 May 2015 First leg	Juventus	2–1	Real Madrid	Turin, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Bonucci  5' Morata 9' Tevez  46', 58' (pen.) Vidal  56' Chiellini  90+3'	Report	Ronaldo 27' Marcelo  57' Carvajal  75' Rodríguez  85'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 41,011 Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Real Madrid v Juventus

13 May 2015 Second leg	Real Madrid	1–1 (2–3 agg.)	Juventus	Madrid, Spain
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Ronaldo 23' (pen.) Isco  32' Rodríguez  44'	Report	Morata 57' Tevez  69' Lichtsteiner  76'	Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Attendance: 78,153 Referee: Jonas Eriksson (Sweden)

Final

Main article: 2015 UEFA Champions League Final

Juventus v Barcelona

6 June 2015 Final	Juventus	1–3	Barcelona	Berlin, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vidal  11' Pogba  41' Morata 55'	Report	Rakitić 4' Suárez 68',  70' Neymar 90+7'	Stadium: Olympiastadion Attendance: 70,442 Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)