2016–17 Serie A

The 2016–17 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 115th season of top-tier Italian football, the 85th in a round-robin tournament, and the 7th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the defending champions. The season ran from 20 August 2016 to 28 May 2017.^[3][4][5]

Serie A

Juventus celebrating their title win
Season	2016–17
Dates	20 August 2016 – 28 May 2017
Champions	Juventus 33rd title
Relegated	Empoli Palermo Pescara
Champions League	Juventus Roma Napoli
Europa League	Atalanta Lazio Milan
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,123 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorer	Edin Džeko (29 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Internazionale 7–1 Atalanta (12 March 2017)[2]
Biggest away win	Bologna 1–7 Napoli (4 February 2017)[2]
Highest scoring	Lazio 7–3 Sampdoria (7 May 2017)[2]
Longest winning run	7 games[2] Internazionale Juventus
Longest unbeaten run	16 games[2] Juventus
Longest winless run	22 games[2] Pescara
Longest losing run	9 games[2] Palermo
Highest attendance	78,328 Internazionale 2–2 Milan (15 April 2017)[2]
Lowest attendance	510 Crotone 1–1 Palermo (18 September 2016)[2]
Total attendance	8,113,386[2]
Average attendance	22,047[2]
← 2015–16 2017–18 →

On 21 May, Juventus won a record sixth consecutive title and 33rd title overall with a game in hand following their 3–0 win over Crotone.^[6]

Events

On 14 April 2016, it was announced that Serie A was selected by the International Football Association Board to test video assistant refereeing, which were initially private for the 2016–17 season, before allowing them to become a live pilot phase with replay assistance in the 2017–18 season at the latest. On the decision, FIGC President Carlo Tavecchio said, "We were among the first supporters of using technology on the pitch and we believe we have everything required to offer our contribution to this important experiment."^[7]

On 29 April 2016, Crotone earned their first ever promotion to Serie A.^[8] One week later, Cagliari was also promoted after just one year in Serie B.^[9] On 9 June 2016, Pescara won the Serie B play-off to return to Serie A after a 3-year absence.^[10]

On 13 April 2017, historical Milan president Silvio Berlusconi sold the ownership of the club to Chinese-born, Luxembourg-based Rossoneri Sport Investment Lux, with Li Yonghong as representing acting chairman.^[11] The former Prime Minister left the club after 31 years and 29 trophies.

On 28 May 2017, Francesco Totti, AS Roma legendary footballer, played his last match against Genoa.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atalanta

Bologna

Cagliari

Chievo

Crotone

Empoli

Fiorentina

Juventus

Milan
Internazionale

Lazio
Roma

Napoli

Palermo

Pescara

Genoa
Sampdoria

Sassuolo

Torino

Udinese

Locations of the 2016–17 Serie A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2015–16 season
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	26,542	13th in Serie A
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara	38,279	14th in Serie A
Cagliari	Cagliari	Stadio Sant'Elia	16,000	Serie B champions
Chievo	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	38,402	9th in Serie A
Crotone	Crotone	Stadio Ezio Scida	16,547	Serie B runners-up
Empoli	Empoli	Stadio Carlo Castellani	16,800	10th in Serie A
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	47,282	5th in Serie A
Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	11th in Serie A
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	80,018	4th in Serie A
Juventus	Turin	Juventus Stadium	41,507	Serie A champions
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	8th in Serie A
Milan	Milan	San Siro	80,018	7th in Serie A
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	60,240	2nd in Serie A
Palermo	Palermo	Stadio Renzo Barbera	36,349	16th in Serie A
Pescara	Pescara	Stadio Adriatico	20,476	Serie B playoffs winners
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	3rd in Serie A
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	15th in Serie A
Sassuolo	Sassuolo	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia)	23,717	6th in Serie A
Torino	Turin	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino	27,994	12th in Serie A
Udinese	Udine	Dacia Arena	25,144	17th in Serie A

Personnel and kits

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
				Main	Other
Atalanta	Gian Piero Gasperini	Cristian Raimondi	Nike	SuisseGas/TWS	Front Modus FM/Toulà Catering Back Elettrocanali
Bologna	Roberto Donadoni	Daniele Gastaldello	Macron	FAAC	Back Illumia
Cagliari	Massimo Rastelli	Daniele Dessena	Macron	ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna	Front Ichnusa Back Eva Arredamenti
Chievo	Rolando Maran	Sergio Pellissier	Givova	Paluani/Pescherie Viviani/Cubi e Perina/Centro Atlante Verona/Midac Batteries/VOL Ortofrutta/Salumi Negri/I. Bis Trading/Nobis Assicurazioni/Salumi Coati/Nico Abbigliamento e Calzature/958 Santero/CF Costruzioni/Italgreen/Candiano Sicily	Front Midac Batteries/Bottagisio Sport Center/Karrell Back Filo diretto Assicurazioni/Nobis Assicurazioni
Crotone	Davide Nicola	Claiton	Zeus Sport	Vieni in Calabria/Sovreco/Metal Carpinteria	Back Metal Carpinteria
Empoli	Giovanni Martusciello	Massimo Maccarone	Joma	Gensan	Front Computer Gross Back Giletti SpA
Fiorentina	Paulo Sousa	Gonzalo Rodríguez	Le Coq Sportif	Folletto/Vorwerk (in UEFA matches)	Back Save the Children
Genoa	Ivan Jurić	Nicolás Burdisso	Lotto	Prénatal/Eviva Energia	Front Syneasy/Zentiva Back LeasePlan
Internazionale	Stefano Vecchi (caretaker)	Mauro Icardi	Nike	Pirelli	Back Driver
Juventus	Massimiliano Allegri	Gianluigi Buffon	Adidas	Jeep/Jeep Compass	None
Lazio	Simone Inzaghi	Lucas Biglia	Macron	Clinica Paideia/Libera. Associazioni, nomi e numeri contro le mafie/Sèleco	None
Milan	Vincenzo Montella	Riccardo Montolivo	Adidas	Fly Emirates	None
Napoli	Maurizio Sarri	Marek Hamšík	Kappa	Lete	Front Pasta Garofalo Back Kimbo Caffè
Palermo	Diego Bortoluzzi (caretaker)	Roberto Vitiello	Joma	Lewer/Bisaten	Back Bisaten/Giuseppe Di Maria
Pescara	Zdeněk Zeman	Ledian Memushaj	Errea	Saquella Caffè	Front Officina Metalmeccanica Angelucci Back Armata di Mare
Roma	Luciano Spalletti	Francesco Totti	Nike	Telethon	None
Sampdoria	Marco Giampaolo	Angelo Palombo	Joma	Veratour/Invent Energy	Front Lino Sonego Back SsangYong Tivoli
Sassuolo	Eusebio Di Francesco	Francesco Magnanelli	Kappa	Mapei	None
Torino	Siniša Mihajlović	Marco Benassi	Kappa	Suzuki/Suzuki Ignis	Front Fratelli Beretta/Il Buon Riso Back Tecnoalarm
Udinese	Luigi Delneri	Danilo	HS Sport	Dacia	Front Vortice Back Magnadyne

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Empoli	Marco Giampaolo	Mutual consent	15 May 2016	Pre-season	Giovanni Martusciello	26 May 2016[12]
Udinese	Luigi De Canio	End of interim spell	19 May 2016		Giuseppe Iachini	19 May 2016[13]
Torino	Gian Piero Ventura	Signed by Italy	25 May 2016		Siniša Mihajlović	25 May 2016[14]
Genoa	Gian Piero Gasperini	Signed by Atalanta	14 June 2016[15]		Ivan Jurić	28 June 2016[16]
Atalanta	Edoardo Reja	Sacked	14 June 2016		Gian Piero Gasperini	14 June 2016[15]
Crotone	Ivan Jurić	Signed by Genoa	23 June 2016		Davide Nicola	23 June 2016[17]
Sampdoria	Vincenzo Montella	Signed by Milan	28 June 2016		Marco Giampaolo	4 July 2016[18]
Milan	Cristian Brocchi	End of Interim spell	28 June 2016		Vincenzo Montella	28 June 2016[19]
Lazio	Simone Inzaghi		6 July 2016		Marcelo Bielsa	6 July 2016[20]
Lazio	Marcelo Bielsa	Resigned	8 July 2016[21]		Simone Inzaghi	8 July 2016[22]
Internazionale	Roberto Mancini	Mutual consent	8 August 2016[23]		Frank de Boer	9 August 2016[24]
Palermo	Davide Ballardini		6 September 2016[25]	15th	Roberto De Zerbi	6 September 2016[26]
Udinese	Giuseppe Iachini	Sacked	2 October 2016[27]	16th	Luigi Delneri	4 October 2016[28]
Internazionale	Frank de Boer		1 November 2016[29]	12th	Stefano Vecchi (caretaker)	1 November 2016[30]
Internazionale	Stefano Vecchi	End of interim spell	8 November 2016	9th	Stefano Pioli	8 November 2016[31]
Palermo	Roberto De Zerbi	Sacked	30 November 2016	20th	Eugenio Corini	30 November 2016[32]
Palermo	Eugenio Corini	Resigned	24 January 2017[33]	19th	Diego López	26 January 2017[34]
Pescara	Massimo Oddo	Sacked	14 February 2017[35]	20th	Luciano Zauri (interim)	14 February 2017
Pescara	Luciano Zauri	End of interim spell	14 February 2017	20th	Zdeněk Zeman	17 February 2017[36]
Genoa	Ivan Jurić	Sacked	19 February 2017	16th	Andrea Mandorlini	19 February 2017[37]
Genoa	Andrea Mandorlini		10 April 2017	16th	Ivan Jurić	10 April 2017[38]
Palermo	Diego López		11 April 2017	19th	Diego Bortoluzzi (caretaker)	11 April 2017[39]
Internazionale	Stefano Pioli		9 May 2017	7th	Stefano Vecchi (caretaker)	10 May 2017[40][41]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	29	4	5	77	27	+50	91	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Roma	38	28	3	7	90	38	+52	87
3	Napoli	38	26	8	4	94	39	+55	86	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Atalanta	38	21	9	8	62	41	+21	72	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5	Lazio	38	21	7	10	74	51	+23	70
6	Milan	38	18	9	11	57	45	+12	63	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
7	Internazionale	38	19	5	14	72	49	+23	62
8	Fiorentina	38	16	12	10	63	57	+6	60
9	Torino	38	13	14	11	71	66	+5	53
10	Sampdoria	38	12	12	14	49	55	−6	48
11	Cagliari	38	14	5	19	55	76	−21	47
12	Sassuolo	38	13	7	18	58	63	−5	46
13	Udinese	38	12	9	17	47	56	−9	45
14	Chievo	38	12	7	19	43	61	−18	43
15	Bologna	38	11	8	19	40	58	−18	41
16	Genoa	38	9	9	20	38	64	−26	36
17	Crotone	38	9	7	22	34	58	−24	34
18	Empoli (R)	38	8	8	22	29	61	−32	32	Relegation to Serie B
19	Palermo (R)	38	6	8	24	33	77	−44	26
20	Pescara (R)	38	3	9	26	37	81	−44	18

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.^[42]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2016–17 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 awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	CAG	CHV	CRO	EMP	FIO	GEN	INT	JUV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PAL	PES	ROM	SAM	SAS	TOR	UDI
Atalanta	—	3–2	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	3–4	1–1	1–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	1–3
Bologna	0–2	—	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–7	3–1	3–1	0–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–0
Cagliari	3–0	1–1	—	4–0	2–1	3–2	3–5	4–1	1–5	0–2	0–0	2–1	0–5	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–1	4–3	2–3	2–1
Chievo	1–4	1–1	1–0	—	1–2	4–0	0–3	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	3–5	2–1	2–1	1–3	0–0
Crotone	1–3	0–1	1–2	2–0	—	4–1	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–0
Empoli	0–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	—	0–4	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–4	2–3	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	1–0
Fiorentina	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	—	3–3	5–4	2–1	3–2	0–0	3–3	2–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–2	3–0
Genoa	0–5	1–1	3–1	1–2	2–2	0–0	1–0	—	1–0	3–1	2–2	3–0	0–0	3–4	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	1–1
Internazionale	7–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	3–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	—	2–1	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–2	2–1	5–2
Juventus	3–1	3–0	4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	1–0	—	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	1–0	4–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Lazio	2–1	1–1	4–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	1–3	0–1	—	1–1	0–3	6–2	3–0	0–2	7–3	2–1	3–1	1–0
Milan	0–0	3–0	1–0	3–1	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	2–0	—	1–2	4–0	1–0	1–4	0–1	4–3	3–2	0–1
Napoli	0–2	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	2–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	4–2	—	1–1	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	5–3	3–0
Palermo	1–3	0–0	1–3	0–2	1–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	—	1–1	0–3	1–1	0–1	1–4	1–3
Pescara	0–1	0–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	0–4	1–2	5–0	1–2	0–2	2–6	1–1	2–2	2–0	—	1–4	1–1	1–3	0–0	1–3
Roma	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	4–0	3–2	2–1	3–1	1–3	1–0	1–2	4–1	3–2	—	3–2	3–1	4–1	4–0
Sampdoria	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–1	2–4	1–1	3–1	3–2	—	3–2	2–0	0–0
Sassuolo	0–3	0–1	6–2	1–3	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	2–2	4–1	0–3[a]	1–3	2–1	—	0–0	1–0
Torino	1–1	5–1	5–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	1–3	2–2	2–2	0–5	3–1	5–3	3–1	1–1	5–3	—	2–2
Udinese	1–1	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	1–2	1–1	0–3	2–1	1–2	4–1	3–1	0–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	—

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.

1. The Lega Serie A announced on 30 August 2016 that Sassuolo were found guilty for fielding an ineligible player in their match against Pescara in Round 2. They decided to award the match to Pescara as a 3–0 forfeit win; the match originally finished 2–1 to Sassuolo.^[43]

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[1] 1 Edin Džeko Roma 29 2 Dries Mertens Napoli 28 3 Andrea Belotti Torino 26 4 Gonzalo Higuaín Juventus 24 Mauro Icardi Internazionale 6 Ciro Immobile Lazio 23 7 Lorenzo Insigne Napoli 18 8 Keita Baldé Lazio 16 Marco Borriello Cagliari Alejandro Gómez Atalanta

Hat-tricks Main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks Player Club Against Result Date Carlos Bacca Milan Torino 3–2 (H) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 21 August 2016 Andrea Belotti Torino Bologna 5–1 (H) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 28 August 2016 Nikola Kalinić Fiorentina Cagliari 5–3 (A) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 23 October 2016 Mohamed Salah Roma Bologna 3–0 (H) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 6 November 2016 Dries Mertens Napoli Cagliari 5–0 (A) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 11 December 2016 Dries Mertens4 Napoli Torino 5–3 (H) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 18 December 2016 Diego Falcinelli Crotone Empoli 4–1 (H) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 29 January 2017 Marek Hamšík Napoli Bologna 7–1 (A) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 4 February 2017 Dries Mertens Napoli Bologna 7–1 (A) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 4 February 2017 Marco Parolo4 Lazio Pescara 6–2 (A) Archived 16 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 5 February 2017 Roberto Inglese Chievo Sassuolo 3–1 (A) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 12 February 2017 Andrea Belotti Torino Palermo 3–1 (H) Archived 13 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 5 March 2017 Mauro Icardi Internazionale Atalanta 7–1 (H) Archived 13 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 12 March 2017 Éver Banega Internazionale Atalanta 7–1 (H) Archived 13 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 12 March 2017 Alejandro Gómez Atalanta Genoa 5–0 (A) Archived 16 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 2 April 2017 Mauro Icardi Internazionale Fiorentina 4–5 (A) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 22 April 2017 Keita Baldé Lazio Palermo 6–2 (H) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 23 April 2017 Grégoire Defrel Sassuolo Torino 3–5 (A) Archived 24 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine 28 May 2017 4 Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away

Attendances

Team	Av. home att.[44]
Internazionale	46,620
Milan	40,294
Juventus	39,489
Napoli	36,605
Roma	32,638
Fiorentina	26,470
Lazio	21,947
Bologna	21,912
Genoa	20,347
Sampdoria	19,852
Torino	19,300
Udinese	17,448
Atalanta	16,946
Cagliari	13,467
Chievo	13,368
Pescara	13,308
Palermo	13,204
Sassuolo	12,362
Empoli	9,483
Crotone	8,222