2021–22 Serie A
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The 2021–22 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th season of top-tier Italian football, the 90th in a round-robin tournament, and the 12th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A.[2] Internazionale were the defending champions.
Season | 2021–22 |
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Dates | 21 August 2021 – 22 May 2022 |
Champions | Milan 19th title |
Relegated | Cagliari Genoa Venezia |
Champions League | Milan Internazionale Napoli Juventus |
Europa League | Lazio Roma |
Europa Conference League | Fiorentina |
Matches played | 380 |
Goals scored | 1,089 (2.87 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Ciro Immobile (27 goals) |
Biggest home win | Fiorentina 6–0 Genoa (17 January 2022) |
Biggest away win | Salernitana 0–5 Internazionale (17 December 2021) |
Highest scoring | Lazio 4–4 Udinese (2 December 2021) Udinese 2–6 Atalanta (9 January 2022) Atalanta 4–4 Torino (27 April 2022) |
Longest winning run | Internazionale Napoli (8 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Milan Juventus (16 matches) |
Longest winless run | Genoa (26 matches) |
Longest losing run | Venezia (10 matches) |
Highest attendance | 74,947 Internazionale 3–1 Roma (23 April 2022) |
Lowest attendance | 2,511 Empoli 1–2 Venezia (11 September 2021) |
Total attendance | 6,908,853[1] |
Average attendance | 18,181[1] |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → |
On 22 May 2022, following victory in their final match against Sassuolo, Milan were crowned champions for the first time since the 2010–11 season, earning a nineteenth overall title.[3]
Teams
Summarize
Perspective
Twenty teams competed in the league—the top seventeen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the Serie B.
Crotone, Benevento (both relegated after only one year in the top flight) and Parma (relegated after three years in the top flight) were relegated to the 2021–22 Serie B.
On 4 May 2021, Empoli secured promotion to Serie A after a two-year absence.[4] Six days later, Salernitana officially confirmed a return to the top flight after 22 years of absence.[5] The final team to be promoted were Venezia, who defeated Cittadella on 27 May in the final of the promotion play-offs, returning to the top flight after a nineteen-year absence.[6]
Team changes
Promoted from 2020–21 Serie B |
Relegated from 2020–21 Serie A |
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Empoli | Benevento |
Salernitana | Crotone |
Venezia | Parma |
Stadiums and locations
Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
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Atalanta | Bergamo | Gewiss Stadium | 19,768 |
Bologna | Bologna | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara | 36,462 |
Cagliari | Cagliari | Sardegna Arena | 16,416 |
Empoli | Empoli | Stadio Carlo Castellani | 16,284 |
Fiorentina | Florence | Stadio Artemio Franchi | 43,147 |
Genoa | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 36,599 |
Hellas Verona | Verona | Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi | 39,371 |
Internazionale | Milan | San Siro | 75,923 |
Juventus | Turin | Allianz Stadium | 41,507 |
Lazio | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 70,634 |
Milan | Milan | San Siro | 75,923 |
Napoli | Naples | Stadio Diego Armando Maradona | 54,726 |
Roma | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 70,634 |
Salernitana | Salerno | Stadio Arechi | 26,000 |
Sampdoria | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 36,599 |
Sassuolo | Sassuolo | Mapei Stadium (Reggio Emilia) | 21,525 |
Spezia | La Spezia | Stadio Alberto Picco | 11,512 |
Torino | Turin | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino | 28,958 |
Udinese | Udine | Stadio Friuli | 25,144 |
Venezia | Venice | Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo | 11,150 |
Number of teams by region
No. of teams |
Region | Team(s) |
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3 | ![]() |
Genoa, Sampdoria and Spezia |
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Atalanta, Inter and AC Milan | |
2 | ![]() |
Napoli and Salernitana |
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Bologna and Sassuolo | |
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Lazio and Roma | |
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Juventus and Torino | |
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Empoli and Fiorentina | |
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Verona and Venezia | |
1 | ![]() |
Udinese |
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Cagliari |
Personnel and kits
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) | |
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Main | Other | ||||
Atalanta | ![]() |
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Joma | Plus500 | Front Back
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Bologna | ![]() |
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Macron | Facile Ristrutturare | Front
Back
Sleeves
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Cagliari | ![]() |
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Adidas | ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna | Front Back Sleeves
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Empoli | ![]() |
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Kappa | Computer Gross | Front
Back
Sleeves
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Fiorentina | ![]() |
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Kappa | Mediacom | Back
Sleeves
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Genoa | ![]() |
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Kappa | MG.K Vis | Front Back Sleeves |
Hellas Verona | ![]() |
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Macron | Gruppo Sinergy | Front
Back
Sleeves
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Internazionale | ![]() |
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Nike | $INTER Fan Token | Back Sleeves
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Juventus | ![]() |
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Adidas | Jeep 4xe | Back Sleeves
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Lazio | ![]() |
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Macron | Binance | Sleeves |
Milan | ![]() |
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Puma | Emirates | Back
Sleeves |
Napoli | ![]() |
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EA7 | Lete | Front Back
Sleeves |
Roma | ![]() |
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New Balance | DigitalBits | Back Sleeves |
Salernitana | ![]() |
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Zeus | BCC Aquara/Caffè Motta | Front
Back
Sleeves
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Sampdoria | ![]() |
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Macron | Banca Ifis | Front Back
Sleeves
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Sassuolo | ![]() |
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Puma | Mapei | None |
Spezia | ![]() |
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Acerbis | Distretti Ecologici | Front Back
Sleeves
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Torino | ![]() |
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Joma | Suzuki | Front Back
Sleeves |
Udinese | ![]() |
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Macron | Dacia | Front
Back
Sleeves |
Venezia | ![]() |
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Kappa | Green Project Agency | Back Sleeves
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Managerial changes
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 2021[7] | Pre-season | ![]() |
1 July 2021[8] |
Internazionale | ![]() |
26 May 2021[9] | ![]() |
1 July 2021[10] | ||
Hellas Verona | ![]() |
28 May 2021[11] | ![]() |
1 July 2021[12] | ||
Empoli | ![]() |
15 June 2021[13] | ![]() |
1 July 2021[14] | ||
Juventus | ![]() |
Sacked | 28 May 2021[15] | ![]() |
1 July 2021[16] | |
Roma | ![]() |
End of contract | 30 June 2021[17] | ![]() |
1 July 2021[18] | |
Fiorentina | ![]() |
30 June 2021[19] | ![]() |
1 July 2021[20] | ||
Sassuolo | ![]() |
30 June 2021[21] | ![]() |
1 July 2021[22] | ||
Sampdoria | ![]() |
30 June 2021[23] | ![]() |
4 July 2021 | ||
Lazio | ![]() |
30 June 2021[24] | ![]() |
1 July 2021[25] | ||
Torino | ![]() |
30 June 2021[26] | ![]() |
1 July 2021[27] | ||
Spezia | ![]() |
Signed by Fiorentina | 30 June 2021[28] | ![]() |
8 July 2021 | |
Hellas Verona | ![]() |
Sacked | 14 September 2021[29] | 19th | ![]() |
14 September 2021[30] |
Cagliari | ![]() |
14 September 2021[31] | 17th | ![]() |
15 September 2021[32] | |
Salernitana | ![]() |
17 October 2021[33] | 20th | ![]() |
17 October 2021[34] | |
Genoa | ![]() |
6 November 2021[35] | 17th | ![]() |
7 November 2021[36] | |
Udinese | ![]() |
7 December 2021[37] | 14th | ![]() |
7 December 2021[38] | |
Genoa | ![]() |
15 January 2022[39] | 19th | ![]() |
15 January 2022 | |
Sampdoria | ![]() |
17 January 2022[40] | 16th | ![]() |
19 January 2022[41] | |
Genoa | ![]() |
End of caretaker spell | 19 January 2022 | 19th | ![]() |
19 January 2022[42] |
Salernitana | ![]() |
Sacked | 15 February 2022[43] | 20th | ![]() |
15 February 2022[44] |
Venezia | ![]() |
27 April 2022[45] | 20th | ![]() |
27 April 2022 | |
Cagliari | ![]() |
2 May 2022[46] | 17th | ![]() |
2 May 2022[47] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Milan (C) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Internazionale | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 84 | 32 | +52 | 84 | |
3 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 31 | +43 | 79 | |
4 | Juventus | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 70 | |
5 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 58 | +19 | 64 | Europa League group stage[a] | Qualification for the
6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 63 | |
7 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 62 | Conference League play-off round[a] | Qualification for the
8 | Atalanta | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 59 | |
9 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 53 | |
10 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 50[b] | |
11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 66 | −2 | 50[b] | |
12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 47 | |
13 | Bologna | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 46 | |
14 | Empoli | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 41 | |
15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 36 | |
16 | Spezia | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 36 | |
17 | Salernitana | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 31 | |
18 | Cagliari (R) | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 68 | −34 | 30 | Relegation to Serie B |
19 | Genoa (R) | 38 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 28 | |
20 | Venezia (R) | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 27 |
Source: Serie A
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:
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:
- Since the winners of the 2021–22 Coppa Italia, Internazionale, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.
Results
Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | CAG | EMP | FIO | GEN | HEL | INT | JUV | LAZ | MIL | NAP | ROM | SAL | SAM | SAS | SPE | TOR | UDI | VEN |
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Atalanta | — | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 5–2 | 4–4 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
Bologna | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
Cagliari | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 |
Empoli | 1–4 | 4–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 |
Fiorentina | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 |
Genoa | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — | 3–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
Hellas Verona | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 |
Internazionale | 2–2 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Juventus | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
Lazio | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 1–0 |
Milan | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
Napoli | 2–3 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
Roma | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
Salernitana | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | — | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 |
Sampdoria | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 |
Sassuolo | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 4–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 |
Spezia | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–3 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
Torino | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 |
Udinese | 2–6 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 |
Venezia | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |
Season statistics
Summarize
Perspective
Top goalscorers
Rank | Player | Club | Goals[48] |
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1 | ![]() |
Lazio | 27 |
2 | ![]() |
Fiorentina/Juventus1 | 24 |
3 | ![]() |
Inter Milan | 21 |
4 | ![]() |
Roma | 17 |
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Hellas Verona | ||
6 | ![]() |
Sassuolo | 16 |
7 | ![]() |
Sassuolo | 15 |
8 | ![]() |
Bologna | 14 |
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Napoli | ||
10 | ![]() |
Udinese | 13 |
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Inter Milan | ||
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Atalanta | ||
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Cagliari | ||
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Empoli |
1 Vlahović played for Fiorentina until matchday 23 and scored 17 goals.
Hat-tricks
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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Lazio | Spezia | 6–1 (H) | 28 August 2021 |
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Hellas Verona | Lazio | 4–1 (H) | 24 October 2021 |
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Fiorentina | Spezia | 3–0 (H) | 31 October 2021 |
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Atalanta | Venezia | 4–0 (H) | 30 November 2021 |
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Hellas Verona | Sassuolo | 4–2 (A) | 16 January 2022 |
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Hellas Verona | Venezia | 3–1 (H) | 27 February 2022 |
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Inter Milan | Salernitana | 5–0 (H) | 4 March 2022 |
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Udinese | Cagliari | 5–1 (H) | 3 April 2022 |
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Lazio | Genoa | 4–1 (A) | 10 April 2022 |
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Torino | Empoli | 3–1 (A) | 1 May 2022 |
- Notes
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Clean sheets
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() |
Milan | 17 |
2 | ![]() |
Inter Milan | 15 |
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Roma | ||
4 | ![]() |
Napoli | 13 |
5 | ![]() |
Bologna | 12 |
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Juventus | ||
7 | ![]() |
Genoa | 10 |
8 | ![]() |
Fiorentina | 9 |
9 | ![]() |
Atalanta | 8 |
10 | ![]() |
Spezia | 7 |
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Udinese | ||
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Lazio | ||
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Empoli |
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 14
Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo)
Gianluca Mancini (Roma)
- Most red cards: 2
Kelvin Amian (Spezia)
Ethan Ampadu (Venezia)
Théo Hernandez (Milan)
Leo Skiri Østigård (Genoa)
Roberto Soriano (Bologna)
Adama Soumaoro (Bologna)
Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma)
Team
- Most yellow cards: 106
- Most red cards: 9
- Fewest yellow cards: 63
- Fewest red cards: 1
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Player of the Month | Coach of the Month | Goal of the Month | |||
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Player | Club | Coach | Club | Player | Club | |
September | ![]() |
Napoli | ![]() |
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Roma |
October | ![]() |
Hellas Verona | ![]() |
Milan | ![]() |
Sampdoria |
November | ![]() |
Inter Milan | ![]() |
Atalanta | ![]() |
Cagliari |
December | ![]() |
Fiorentina | ![]() |
Inter Milan | ![]() |
Juventus |
January | ![]() |
Sassuolo | ![]() |
Spezia | ![]() |
Roma |
February | ![]() |
Atalanta | ![]() |
Napoli | ![]() |
Atalanta |
March | ![]() |
Napoli | ![]() |
Milan | ![]() |
Roma |
April | ![]() |
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Bologna | ![]() |
Inter Milan |
May | ![]() |
Milan | ![]() |
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Milan |
Seasonal awards
Award | Winner | Club | Ref. |
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Most Valuable Player | ![]() |
Milan | [76] |
Best Young Player | ![]() |
Napoli | [77] |
Best Goalkeeper | ![]() |
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Best Defender | ![]() |
Torino | |
Best Midfielder | ![]() |
Inter Milan | |
Best Striker | ![]() |
Lazio | |
Coach of the Season | ![]() |
Milan | [78] |
Goal of the Season | ![]() |
Milan | [79] |
Team of the Year[80] | ||||
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References
External links
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