2019–20 Serie A

The 2019–20 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 118th season of top-tier Italian football, the 88th in a round-robin tournament, and the 10th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Juventus were the eight-time defending champions and they successfully defended their title following a 2–0 win against Sampdoria on 26 July 2020.^[4]

Serie A

Season	2019–20
Dates	24 August 2019 – 2 August 2020
Champions	Juventus 36th title
Relegated	Lecce Brescia SPAL
Champions League	Juventus Internazionale Atalanta Lazio
Europa League	Napoli Roma Milan
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,154 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ciro Immobile (36 goals)
Biggest home win	Atalanta 7–1 Udinese (27 October 2019) Internazionale 6–0 Brescia (1 July 2020)
Biggest away win	Torino 0–7 Atalanta (25 January 2020)
Highest scoring	Lecce 2–7 Atalanta (1 March 2020)
Longest winning run	Lazio (11 matches)[1]
Longest unbeaten run	Lazio (21 matches)[1]
Longest winless run	Brescia (14 matches)[1]
Longest losing run	Brescia Lecce SPAL Torino (6 matches)[1]
Highest attendance	75,923 Internazionale 1–2 Juventus (6 October 2019)
Lowest attendance	8,182 Atalanta 2–3 Torino (1 September 2019)[α][β]
Total attendance	6,610,983[1]
Average attendance	27,205[1]
← 2018–19 2020–21 →

The season was originally scheduled to run from 24 August 2019 to 24 May 2020.^[5] However, on 9 March 2020, the Italian government halted the league until 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.^[3] Serie A did not resume play on this date, citing it would only resume once "health conditions allow it".^[6] On 18 May, it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June.^[7] On 28 May, it was announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June.^[8]

Events

On 14 April 2019, Chievo returned to Serie B after 11 years.^[9] Following this on 5 May Frosinone was relegated after one year^[10] while the last team to be relegated was Empoli (on 26 May 2019) also after just one year.^[11]

Teams that were promoted directly from 2018–19 Serie B were Brescia (on 1 May 2019, after 8 years of absence^[12]) and Lecce (10 days later, after 7 years^[13]) while the last team to join was Hellas Verona (after just one season in Serie B) by winning the promotion play-off on 2 June.^[14]

On 28 June 2019, Milan were excluded from the Europa League after breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations.^[15] Roma were then moved to the Europa League group phase while Torino entered the preliminary round.^[16]

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Serie A

On 22 February 2020, Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte, suspended all sporting events in the regions of Lombardy and Veneto, which included three Serie A matches in those regions, as well as one in Piedmont, that were to be played the following day, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.^[17][18] The following week, six matches were initially to be played behind closed doors due to scare of the outbreak, however, all were later outright suspended.^[19][20][21] On 4 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy would be played behind closed doors until 3 April.^[2] On 9 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy be suspended until 3 April.^[3] Serie A did not resume play on this date, citing it will only resume once "health conditions allow it".^[6] Even there was considered the option of cancelling the championship. On 13 May, it was announced that team training would be resumed on 18 May,^[22] and on 18 May it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June.^[7] On 28 May, Italian Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June.^[8] Protocol was established wherein the entire squad would be quarantined for 14 days if one member, player or staff, tests positive for COVID-19.^[23] On 18 June, Spadafora approved the softening of quarantine rules which allowed for the quarantining of only the individual who tests positive for COVID-19, whereas the rest of the squad will ramp up testing, including a rapid-response test the day before a match.^[24]

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from 2018–19 Serie B	Relegated from 2018–19 Serie A
Brescia	Empoli
Lecce	Frosinone
Hellas Verona	Chievo Verona

Stadiums and locations

Atalanta

Bologna

Brescia

Cagliari

Juventus

Fiorentina

Lazio
Roma

Internazionale
Milan

Napoli

Parma

Sassuolo

Torino

Genoa
Sampdoria

SPAL

Lecce

Udinese

Hellas Verona

Locations of the 2019–20 Serie A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	21,300
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara	38,279
Brescia	Brescia	Stadio Mario Rigamonti	19,500
Cagliari	Cagliari	Sardegna Arena	16,233
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	43,147
Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,600
Hellas Verona	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	39,211
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	75,923
Juventus	Turin	Juventus Stadium	41,507
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	70,634
Lecce	Lecce	Stadio Via del Mare	31,533
Milan	Milan	San Siro	75,923
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	54,726
Parma	Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini	27,906
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	70,634
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685
Sassuolo	Sassuolo	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia)	21,584
SPAL	Ferrara	Stadio Paolo Mazza	16,134
Torino	Turin	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino	27,958
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli	25,144

Teams by region

No. of teams	Region	Team(s)
4	Emilia-Romagna	Bologna, Parma, Sassuolo and SPAL
	Lombardy	Atalanta, Brescia, Inter and Milan
2	Lazio	Lazio and Roma
	Liguria	Genoa and Sampdoria
	Piedmont	Juventus and Torino
1	Apulia	Lecce
	Campania	Napoli
	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Udinese
	Sardinia	Cagliari
	Tuscany	Fiorentina
	Veneto	Verona

Personnel and kits

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
				Main	Other
Atalanta	Gian Piero Gasperini	Alejandro Gómez	Joma	Radici Group	Front U-Power Back Gewiss Sleeves Automha
Bologna	Siniša Mihajlović	Andrea Poli	Macron	Liu·Jo	Back Illumia Sleeves Lavoropiù
Brescia	Diego López	Daniele Gastaldello	Kappa	UBI Banca	Back Officine Meccaniche Rezzatesi
Cagliari	Walter Zenga	Luca Ceppitelli	Macron	ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna	Front Ichnusa Back Nieddittas Sleeves Latte Arborea
Fiorentina	Giuseppe Iachini	Germán Pezzella	Le Coq Sportif	Mediacom	Front Val di Fassa/Meyer Children's Hospital Back Prima.it Sleeves Estra
Genoa	Davide Nicola	Domenico Criscito	Kappa	Zentiva	Back Leaseplan
Hellas Verona	Ivan Jurić	Giampaolo Pazzini	Macron	Gruppo Sinergy	Front Air Dolomiti (H & A)/Sartori Vini (T) Back ABEO Onlus/Busajo Onlus/Tescoma/Manila Grace/Garelli/Winelivery/Bergen Srl/Olimpiadi del Cuore Onlus/Sundek Sleeves Mercedes-Benz Trivellato Industriali
Internazionale	Antonio Conte	Samir Handanović	Nike	Pirelli	Back Driver
Juventus	Maurizio Sarri	Giorgio Chiellini	Adidas	Jeep	Back Cygames
Lazio	Simone Inzaghi	Senad Lulić	Macron	None	Sleeves Frecciarossa/Clinica Paideia
Lecce	Fabio Liverani	Marco Mancosu	M908	Moby Lines	Front Pasta Maffei Back LaBconsulenze Sleeves Banca Popolare Pugliese
Milan	Stefano Pioli	Alessio Romagnoli	Puma	Fly Emirates	None
Napoli	Gennaro Gattuso	Lorenzo Insigne	Kappa	Lete	Front MSC Cruises Back Kimbo Caffè
Parma	Roberto D'Aversa	Bruno Alves	Erreà	Cetilar	Front Lewer Back Viva la Mamma Beretta Sleeves Canovi Coperture
Roma	Paulo Fonseca	Edin Džeko	Nike	Qatar Airways	Back Hyundai
Sampdoria	Claudio Ranieri	Fabio Quagliarella	Joma	Invent Energy/Acqua S. Bernardo	Back IBSA Group
Sassuolo	Roberto De Zerbi	Francesco Magnanelli	Kappa	Mapei	None
SPAL	Luigi Di Biagio	Sergio Floccari	Macron	Omega Group/OrOil/VB Impianti/Orlandi Lubrificanti	Front Omega Group/Krifi Caffè Back Errebi Technology Sleeves Pentaferte
Torino	Moreno Longo	Andrea Belotti	Joma	Suzuki	Front Fratelli Beretta Back Edilizia Acrobatica Sleeves N° 38 Wüber
Udinese	Luca Gotti	Kevin Lasagna	Macron	Dacia	Front Vortice Back Bluenergy

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Roma	Claudio Ranieri	End of contract	26 May 2019[25]	Pre-season	Paulo Fonseca	11 June 2019[26]
Juventus	Massimiliano Allegri	Sacked	26 May 2019[27]		Maurizio Sarri	16 June 2019[28]
Milan	Gennaro Gattuso		28 May 2019[29]		Marco Giampaolo	19 June 2019[30]
Internazionale	Luciano Spalletti	Sacked	30 May 2019[31]		Antonio Conte	31 May 2019[32][33][34]
Sampdoria	Marco Giampaolo	Mutual consent, signed for Milan	15 June 2019[35]		Eusebio Di Francesco	22 June 2019[36]
Genoa	Cesare Prandelli	Mutual consent	20 June 2019[37]		Aurelio Andreazzoli	14 June 2019[38]
Hellas Verona	Alfredo Aglietti	End of contract	30 June 2019		Ivan Jurić	14 June 2019[39]
Sampdoria	Eusebio Di Francesco	Mutual consent	7 October 2019[40]	20th	Claudio Ranieri	12 October 2019[41]
Milan	Marco Giampaolo	Sacked	8 October 2019[42]	13th	Stefano Pioli	9 October 2019[43]
Genoa	Aurelio Andreazzoli		22 October 2019[44]	19th	Thiago Motta	22 October 2019[45]
Udinese	Igor Tudor		1 November 2019[46]	14th	Luca Gotti	1 November 2019[46]
Brescia	Eugenio Corini		3 November 2019[47]	18th	Fabio Grosso	5 November 2019[48]
Brescia	Fabio Grosso		2 December 2019[49]	20th	Eugenio Corini	2 December 2019[49]
Napoli	Carlo Ancelotti		10 December 2019[50]	7th	Gennaro Gattuso	11 December 2019[51]
Fiorentina	Vincenzo Montella		21 December 2019[52]	14th	Giuseppe Iachini	23 December 2019[53]
Genoa	Thiago Motta		28 December 2019[54]	20th	Davide Nicola	28 December 2019[54]
Torino	Walter Mazzarri	Mutual consent	4 February 2020[55]	12th	Moreno Longo	4 February 2020[56]
Brescia	Eugenio Corini	Sacked	5 February 2020[57]	19th	Diego López	5 February 2020[58]
SPAL	Leonardo Semplici		10 February 2020[59]	20th	Luigi Di Biagio	10 February 2020[60]
Cagliari	Rolando Maran		3 March 2020[61]	11th	Walter Zenga	3 March 2020[62]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	26	5	7	76	43	+33	83	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Internazionale	38	24	10	4	81	36	+45	82
3	Atalanta	38	23	9	6	98	48	+50	78[a]
4	Lazio	38	24	6	8	79	42	+37	78[a]
5	Roma	38	21	7	10	77	51	+26	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Milan	38	19	9	10	63	46	+17	66	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
7	Napoli	38	18	8	12	61	50	+11	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[b]
8	Sassuolo	38	14	9	15	69	63	+6	51
9	Hellas Verona	38	12	13	13	47	51	−4	49[c]
10	Fiorentina	38	12	13	13	51	48	+3	49[c]
11	Parma	38	14	7	17	56	57	−1	49[c]
12	Bologna	38	12	11	15	52	65	−13	47
13	Udinese	38	12	9	17	37	51	−14	45[d]
14	Cagliari	38	11	12	15	52	56	−4	45[d]
15	Sampdoria	38	12	6	20	48	65	−17	42
16	Torino	38	11	7	20	46	68	−22	40
17	Genoa	38	10	9	19	47	73	−26	39
18	Lecce (R)	38	9	8	21	52	85	−33	35	Relegation to Serie B
19	Brescia (R)	38	6	7	25	35	79	−44	25
20	SPAL (R)	38	5	5	28	27	77	−50	20

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)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Atalanta finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head points: Lazio 3–3 Atalanta, Atalanta 3–2 Lazio.
2. Napoli qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2019–20 Coppa Italia.
3. Positions determined by head-to-head points: Hellas Verona: 10 pts; Fiorentina: 5 pts; Parma: 1 pt.
4. Udinese finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Udinese 2–1 Cagliari, Cagliari 0–1 Udinese.

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	BRE	CAG	FIO	GEN	HEL	INT	JUV	LAZ	LEC	MIL	NAP	PAR	ROM	SAM	SAS	SPA	TOR	UDI
Atalanta	—	1–0	6–2	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	0–2	1–3	3–2	3–1	5–0	2–0	5–0	2–1	2–0	4–1	1–2	2–3	7–1
Bologna	2–1	—	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	3–2	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1
Brescia	0–3	3–4	—	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–0	1–2	1–2	1–2	3–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	2–1	0–4	1–1
Cagliari	0–1	3–2	0–1	—	5–2	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	3–4	4–3	1–1	2–0	4–2	0–1
Fiorentina	1–2	4–0	1–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–4	1–1	1–4	2–1	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–0
Genoa	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	—	3–0	0–3	1–3	2–3	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–4	1–3	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	1–3
Hellas Verona	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	—	2–2	2–1	1–5	3–0	0–1	0–2	3–2	1–3	2–0	0–1	3–0	3–3	0–0
Internazionale	1–1	1–2	6–0	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–1	—	1–2	1–0	4–0	4–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	2–1	3–3	2–1	3–1	1–0
Juventus	2–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	3–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	—	2–1	4–0	1–0	4–3	2–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	2–0	4–1	3–1
Lazio	3–3	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	0–0	2–1	3–1	—	4–2	0–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	5–1	1–2	5–1	4–0	3–0
Lecce	2–7	2–3	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	1–4	1–4	3–4	0–1	1–2	2–2	2–1	4–0	0–1
Milan	1–1	5–1	1–0	3–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–2	4–2	1–2	2–2	—	1–1	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–2
Napoli	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	2–3	2–2	—	1–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1
Parma	1–2	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–2	5–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	—	2–0	2–3	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–0
Roma	0–2	2–3	3–0	1–1	2–1	3–3	2–1	2–2	1–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	—	2–1	4–2	3–1	0–2	0–2
Sampdoria	0–0	1–2	5–1	3–0	1–5	1–2	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–3	1–1	1–4	2–4	0–1	0–0	—	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1
Sassuolo	1–4	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–2	5–0	3–3	3–4	3–3	1–2	4–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	4–2	4–1	—	3–0	2–1	0–1
SPAL	2–3	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–6	0–1	1–2	—	1–1	0–3
Torino	0–7	1–0	3–1	1–1	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–3	0–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–3	2–1	1–2	—	1–0
Udinese	2–3	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	3–0	0–0	1–0	—

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.

Players' awards

Most valuable player of the Month

Main article: Serie A Player of the Month

^[63]

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
September	Franck Ribéry	Fiorentina	[64]
October	Ciro Immobile	Lazio	[65]
November	Radja Nainggolan	Cagliari	[66]
December	Sergej Milinković-Savić	Lazio	[67]
January	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	[68]
February	Luis Alberto	Lazio	[69]
June	Alejandro Gómez	Atalanta	[70]
July	Paulo Dybala	Juventus	[71]

Seasonal awards

Main article: Serie A Awards

^[72][73]

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Paulo Dybala	Juventus
Best Young Player	Dejan Kulusevski	Parma
Best Goalkeeper	Wojciech Szczęsny	Juventus
Best Defender	Stefan de Vrij	Internazionale
Best Midfielder	Alejandro Gómez	Atalanta
Best Striker	Ciro Immobile	Lazio

Team of the Year[74]
Goalkeeper	Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan)
Defence	Robin Gosens (Atalanta)	Stefan de Vrij (Internazionale)		Leonardo Bonucci (Juventus)		Théo Hernandez (Milan)
Midfield	Nicolò Barella (Internazionale)		Papu Gómez (Atalanta)		Luis Alberto (Lazio)
Attack	Paulo Dybala (Juventus)		Ciro Immobile (Lazio)		Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[75]
1	Ciro Immobile	Lazio	36
2	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	31
3	Romelu Lukaku	Internazionale	23
4	Francesco Caputo	Sassuolo	21
5	Luis Muriel	Atalanta	18
	João Pedro	Cagliari
	Duván Zapata	Atalanta
8	Andrea Belotti	Torino	16
	Edin Džeko	Roma
10	Josip Iličić	Atalanta	15

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Domenico Berardi	Sassuolo	Sampdoria	4–1 (H) Archived 22 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	1 September 2019
Andreas Cornelius	Parma	Genoa	5–1 (H) Archived 22 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	20 October 2019
Luis Muriel	Atalanta	Udinese	7–1 (H) Archived 22 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	27 October 2019
Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	Cagliari	4–0 (H) Archived 22 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	6 January 2020
Ciro Immobile	Lazio	Sampdoria	5–1 (H) Archived 30 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine	18 January 2020
Josip Iličić	Atalanta	Torino	7–0 (A) Archived 22 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	25 January 2020
Duván Zapata	Atalanta	Lecce	7–2 (A) Archived 22 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	1 March 2020
Andreas Cornelius	Parma	Genoa	4–1 (A) Archived 22 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	23 June 2020
Mario Pašalić	Atalanta	Brescia	6–2 (H) Archived 31 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine	14 July 2020
Ciro Immobile	Lazio	Hellas Verona	5–1 (A) Archived 13 September 2020 at the Wayback Machine	26 July 2020
Federico Chiesa	Fiorentina	Bologna	4–0 (H) Archived 4 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine	29 July 2020

Note

(H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[76]
1	Juan Musso	Udinese	14
2	Samir Handanović	Internazionale	13
3	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Milan	12
4	Thomas Strakosha	Lazio	11
	Wojciech Szczęsny	Juventus
6	Emil Audero	Sampdoria	9
	Marco Silvestri	Hellas Verona
8	Bartłomiej Drągowski	Fiorentina	8
	Pierluigi Gollini	Atalanta
10	Salvatore Sirigu	Torino	7