2018–19 Serie A

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2018–19 Serie A

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]

Quick Facts Season, Dates ...
Serie A
Season2018–19
Dates18 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsJuventus
35th title
RelegatedEmpoli
Frosinone
Chievo
Champions LeagueJuventus
Napoli
Atalanta
Internazionale
Europa LeagueLazio
Roma
Torino
Matches played380
Goals scored1,019 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerFabio Quagliarella
(26 goals)[1]
Biggest home winFiorentina 6–1 Chievo
(26 August 2018)
Internazionale 5–0 Genoa
(3 November 2018)
Biggest away winFrosinone 0–5 Sampdoria
(15 September 2018)
Frosinone 0–5 Atalanta
(20 January 2019)
Highest scoringSassuolo 5–3 Genoa
(2 September 2018)
Sassuolo 2–6 Atalanta
(29 December 2018)
Sassuolo 3–5 Sampdoria
(16 March 2019)
Longest winning run8 games
Juventus
Longest unbeaten run27 games
Juventus
Longest winless run18 games
Chievo
Longest losing run7 games
Chievo
Highest attendance78,725
Internazionale 1–0 Milan
(21 October 2018)
Lowest attendance7,000
SPAL 1–0 Parma
(Bologna, 26 August 2018)
Total attendance9,199,649
Average attendance24,931
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Milan-Juventus 2018-2019 in game

Events

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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

More information Team, Home city ...
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 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
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Personnel and kits

More information Team, Head Coach ...
Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Main Other
Atalanta Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Argentina Alejandro Gómez Joma Radici Group
Front
  • U-Power
Back
  • Elettrocanali
Sleeves
  • Automha
Bologna Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Switzerland Blerim Džemaili Macron Liu·Jo
Back
  • Illumia
Cagliari Italy Rolando Maran Italy Luca Ceppitelli Macron ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna
Front
Back
  • Nieddittas
Sleeves
Chievo Italy Domenico Di Carlo Italy Sergio Pellissier Givova Paluani/Nobis/Canali System/Vicentini Carni/Fimauto/Mulish/Pescheria Viviani
Front
  • Salumi Coati
Back
  • Eurobet
Sleeves
  • Nobis Assicurazioni
Empoli Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli Italy Manuel Pasqual Kappa Computer Gross
Back
  • Giletti SpA
Sleeves
  • Tenute Piccini
Fiorentina Italy Vincenzo Montella Argentina Germán Pezzella Le Coq Sportif Save The Children
Back
  • Dream Loud Entertainment
Frosinone Italy Marco Baroni Italy Daniel Ciofani Zeus Sport Banca Popolare del Frusinate
Front
  • 958 Santero/Confetti Maxtris
Back
  • Francia Latticini
Sleeves
  • Tiger Shop
Genoa Italy Cesare Prandelli Italy Domenico Criscito Lotto Giocheria
Front
Back
Internazionale Italy Luciano Spalletti Slovenia Samir Handanović Nike Pirelli
Back
Juventus Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Giorgio Chiellini Adidas Jeep
Back
Lazio Italy Simone Inzaghi Bosnia and Herzegovina Senad Lulić Macron Marathonbet
Back
Milan Italy Gennaro Gattuso Italy Alessio Romagnoli Puma[19][20] Fly Emirates None
Napoli Italy Carlo Ancelotti Italy Lorenzo Insigne Kappa Lete
Front
  • Pasta Garofalo
Back
  • Kimbo Caffè
Parma Italy Roberto D'Aversa Portugal Bruno Alves Erreà Cetilar
Front
Sleeves
  • Il Valutatore
Roma Italy Claudio Ranieri Italy Daniele De Rossi Nike Qatar Airways
Back
Sampdoria Italy Marco Giampaolo Italy Fabio Quagliarella Joma Invent Energy
Back
  • IBSA Group
Sassuolo Italy Roberto De Zerbi Italy Francesco Magnanelli Kappa Mapei None
SPAL Italy Leonardo Semplici Italy Mirco Antenucci Macron Tassi Group
Back
  • BMW ErreEffe Group
Sleeves
  • Pentaferte
Torino Italy Walter Mazzarri Italy Andrea Belotti Kappa Suzuki/Suzuki Jimny (T)
Back
Sleeves
Udinese Croatia Igor Tudor Switzerland Valon Behrami Macron Dacia
Front
  • Vortice
Back
  • Bluenergy
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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 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]
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League table

More information Pos, Pld ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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 Inter Milan 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]
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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. (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:
  1. Atalanta finished ahead of Internazionale on head-to-head points: Atalanta 4–1 Internazionale, Internazionale 0–0 Atalanta.
  2. Milan were excluded from UEFA competitions over financial fair play violation.[49]
  3. Lazio qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2018–19 Coppa Italia.
  4. Positions determined by head-to-head points: Parma: 9 pts; Cagliari: 7 pts; Fiorentina: 1 pt.
  5. Genoa finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Genoa 2–1 Empoli, Empoli 1–3 Genoa.
  6. Chievo were deducted 3 points after being found guilty of false accounting.[50]

Results

More information Home \ Away, ATA ...
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
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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

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Top goalscorers

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

Hat-tricks

More information Player, Club ...
Player Club Against Result Date
Slovenia Josip Iličić Atalanta Chievo 5–1 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine 21 October 2018
Belgium Dries Mertens Napoli Empoli 5–1 (H) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine 2 November 2018
Colombia Duván Zapata Atalanta Udinese 3–1 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine 9 December 2018
Slovenia Josip Iličić Atalanta Sassuolo 6–2 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine 29 December 2018
Colombia Duván Zapata4 Atalanta Frosinone 5–0 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine 20 January 2019
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4 Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets[53]
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
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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.[54][55]

More information Award, Winner ...
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
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More information Team of the Year ...
Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Slovenia Samir Handanović (Internazionale)
Defence Portugal João Cancelo (Juventus) Senegal Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) Italy Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) Serbia Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma)
Midfield Italy Nicolò Barella (Cagliari) Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić (Juventus) Slovenia Josip Iličić (Atalanta)
Attack Italy Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) Colombia Duván Zapata (Atalanta) Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)
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Attendances

More information #, Football club ...
#Football clubHome gamesAverage attendance[56]
1Internazionale1958,789
2AC Milan1954,667
3Juventus1939,244
4AS Roma1938,622
5SS Lazio1937,191
6Fiorentina1931,135
7SSC Napoli1929,003
8Genoa CFC1921,632
9Torino FC1921,385
10Bologna FC1921,237
11Udinese1920,315
12Sampdoria1920,264
13Atalanta BC1918,196
14Parma Calcio1916,522
15Cagliari Calcio1915,399
16SPAL1913,559
17AC ChievoVerona1913,138
18Frosinone Calcio1912,746
19US Sassuolo1912,619
20Empoli FC199,506
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