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. Juventus won their 7th Serie A title in a row. The season was played between 18 August 2018 to 26 May 2019.^[2]

Serie A

Dates	18 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
Champions	Juventus 35th title
Relegated	Empoli Frosinone Chievo
Champions League	Juventus Napoli Atalanta Internazionale
Europa League	Lazio Roma Torino
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,019 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Fabio Quagliarella (26 goals)[1]
Biggest home win	Fiorentina 6–1 Chievo (26 August 2018) Internazionale 5–0 Genoa (3 November 2018)
Biggest away win	Frosinone 0–5 Sampdoria (15 September 2018) Frosinone 0–5 Atalanta (20 January 2019)
Highest scoring	Sassuolo 5–3 Genoa (2 September 2018) Sassuolo 2–6 Atalanta (29 December 2018) Sassuolo 3–5 Sampdoria (16 March 2019)
Longest winning run	8 games Juventus
Longest unbeaten run	27 games Juventus
Longest winless run	18 games Chievo
Longest losing run	7 games Chievo
Highest attendance	78,725 Internazionale 1–0 Milan (21 October 2018)
Lowest attendance	7,000 SPAL 1–0 Parma (Bologna, 26 August 2018)
Total attendance	9,199,649
Average attendance	24,931
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atalanta

Bologna

Cagliari

Chievo

Empoli

Fiorentina

Frosinone

Juventus

Milan
Inter

Lazio
Roma

Napoli

Parma

Genoa
Sampdoria

SPAL

Sassuolo

Torino

Udinese

Locations of the 2018–19 Serie A teams

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
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	5th in Serie A
Milan	Milan	San Siro	80,018	6th 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
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	3rd in Serie A
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	10th in Serie A
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
Torino	Turin	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino	27,994	9th in Serie A
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli	25,132	14th in Serie A

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors
Atalanta	Gian Piero Gasperini	Alejandro Gómez	Joma	Radici Group
Bologna	Siniša Mihajlović	Blerim Džemaili	Macron	Liu·Jo
Cagliari	Rolando Maran	Luca Ceppitelli	Macron	Ichnusa
Chievo	Domenico Di Carlo	Sergio Pellissier	Givova	Paluani
Empoli	Aurelio Andreazzoli	Manuel Pasqual	Kappa	Computer Gross
Fiorentina	Vincenzo Montella	Germán Pezzella	Le Coq Sportif	Save The Children
Frosinone	Marco Baroni	Daniel Ciofani	Zeus Sport	Banca Popolare del Frusinate
Genoa	Cesare Prandelli	Domenico Criscito	Lotto	Giocheria
Internazionale	Luciano Spalletti	Samir Handanović	Nike	Pirelli
Juventus	Massimiliano Allegri	Giorgio Chiellini	Adidas	Jeep
Lazio	Simone Inzaghi	Senad Lulić	Macron	Marathonbet
Milan	Gennaro Gattuso	Alessio Romagnoli	Puma[3][4]	Fly Emirates
Napoli	Carlo Ancelotti	Lorenzo Insigne	Kappa	Lete
Parma	Roberto D'Aversa	Bruno Alves	Erreà	Cetilar
Roma	Claudio Ranieri	Daniele De Rossi	Nike	Qatar Airways
Sampdoria	Marco Giampaolo	Fabio Quagliarella	Joma	Invent Energy
Sassuolo	Roberto De Zerbi	Francesco Magnanelli	Kappa	Mapei
SPAL	Leonardo Semplici	Mirco Antenucci	Macron	Tassi Group
Torino	Walter Mazzarri	Andrea Belotti	Kappa	Suzuki
Udinese	Igor Tudor	Valon Behrami	Macron	Dacia

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Napoli	Maurizio Sarri	Mutual consent	23 May 2018[5]	Pre-season	Carlo Ancelotti	23 May 2018[6]
Bologna	Roberto Donadoni		24 May 2018[7]		Filippo Inzaghi	13 June 2018[8]
Cagliari	Diego López		30 May 2018[9]		Rolando Maran	7 June 2018[10]
Sassuolo	Giuseppe Iachini		5 June 2018[11]		Roberto De Zerbi	13 June 2018[12]
Udinese	Igor Tudor		7 June 2018		Julio Velázquez	7 June 2018[13]
Chievo	Lorenzo D'Anna	Sacked	9 October 2018[14]	20th	Gian Piero Ventura	10 October 2018[15]
Genoa	Davide Ballardini		9 October 2018[16]	11th	Ivan Jurić	9 October 2018[16]
Empoli	Aurelio Andreazzoli		5 November 2018[17]	18th	Giuseppe Iachini	6 November 2018[18]
Chievo	Gian Piero Ventura	Resigned, consensual resolution	13 November 2018[19]	20th	Domenico Di Carlo	13 November 2018[20]
Udinese	Julio Velázquez	Sacked	13 November 2018	17th	Davide Nicola	13 November 2018[21]
Genoa	Ivan Jurić		7 December 2018[22]	14th	Cesare Prandelli	7 December 2018[22]
Frosinone	Moreno Longo		19 December 2018[23]	19th	Marco Baroni	19 December 2018[24]
Bologna	Filippo Inzaghi		28 January 2019[25]	18th	Siniša Mihajlović	28 January 2019[25]
Roma	Eusebio Di Francesco		7 March 2019[26]	5th	Claudio Ranieri	8 March 2019[27]
Empoli	Giuseppe Iachini		13 March 2019[28]	17th	Aurelio Andreazzoli	13 March 2019[28]
Udinese	Davide Nicola		20 March 2019[29]	16th	Igor Tudor	21 March 2019[30]
Fiorentina	Stefano Pioli	Resigned	9 April 2019[31]	10th	Vincenzo Montella	10 April 2019[32]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	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[broken anchor]
2	Napoli	38	24	7	7	74	36	+38	79
3	Atalanta	38	20	9	9	77	46	+31	69[a]
4	Internazionale	38	20	9	9	57	33	+24	69[a]
5	Milan[b]	38	19	11	8	55	36	+19	68	Ineligible for UEFA competitions
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[d]
12	Udinese	38	11	10	17	39	53	−14	43[d]
13	SPAL	38	11	9	18	44	56	−12	42
14	Parma	38	10	11	17	41	61	−20	41[e]
15	Cagliari	38	10	11	17	36	54	−18	41[e]
16	Fiorentina	38	8	17	13	47	45	+2	41[e]
17	Genoa	38	8	14	16	39	57	−18	38[f]
18	Empoli (R)	38	10	8	20	51	70	−19	38[f]	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[g]

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).^[35]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Atalanta finished ahead of Internazionale on head-to-head points: Atalanta 4–1 Internazionale, Internazionale 0–0 Atalanta.
2. Milan excluded from UEFA competitions over financial fair play violation.^[33]
3. Lazio qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2018–19 Coppa Italia.
4. Sassuolo finished ahead of Udinese on goal difference: Sassuolo –7, Udinese –14.
5. Positions determined by head-to-head points: Parma: 9 pts; Cagliari: 7 pts; Fiorentina: 1 pt.
6. Genoa finished ahead of Empoli on head-to-head points: Genoa 2–1 Empoli, Empoli 1–3 Genoa.
7. Chievo were deducted 3 points after being found guilty of false accounting.^[34]

Results

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	—

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

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[36]
1	Fabio Quagliarella	Sampdoria	26
2	Duván Zapata	Atalanta	23
3	Krzysztof Piątek	Genoa/Milan1	22
4	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	21
5	Arkadiusz Milik	Napoli	17
6	Francesco Caputo	Empoli	16
	Dries Mertens	Napoli
	Leonardo Pavoletti	Cagliari
	Andrea Petagna	SPAL
10	Andrea Belotti	Torino	15
	Ciro Immobile	Lazio

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

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	Assists[37]
1	Alejandro Gómez	Atalanta	11
	Dries Mertens	Napoli
3	José Callejón	Napoli	10
	Suso	Milan
5	Rodrigo De Paul	Udinese	8
	Manuel Lazzari	SPAL
	Fabio Quagliarella	Sampdoria
	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus
9	Josip Iličić	Atalanta	7
	Rade Krunić	Empoli
	Cengiz Ünder	Roma
	Duván Zapata	Atalanta

Hat-tricks

See the main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Josip Iličić	Atalanta	Chievo	5–1 (A) Archived 2021-01-21 at the Wayback Machine	21 October 2018
Dries Mertens	Napoli	Empoli	5–1 (H) Archived 2021-01-21 at the Wayback Machine	2 November 2018
Duván Zapata	Atalanta	Udinese	3–1 (A) Archived 2021-01-21 at the Wayback Machine	9 December 2018
Josip Iličić	Atalanta	Sassuolo	6–2 (A) Archived 2021-01-21 at the Wayback Machine	29 December 2018
Duván Zapata4	Atalanta	Frosinone	5–0 (A) Archived 2021-01-21 at the Wayback Machine	20 January 2019

Note

⁴ Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[38]
1	Samir Handanović	Internazionale	17
2	Salvatore Sirigu	Torino	15
3	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Milan	13
4	Andrea Consigli	Sassuolo	12
5	Emil Audero	Sampdoria	11
	Wojciech Szczęsny	Juventus
7	Luigi Sepe	Parma	10
	Łukasz Skorupski	Bologna
	Thomas Strakosha	Lazio
10	Alban Lafont	Fiorentina	9

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.^[39][40]

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus
Best Young Player	Nicolò Zaniolo	Roma
Best Goalkeeper	Samir Handanović	Internazionale
Best Defender	Kalidou Koulibaly	Napoli
Best Midfielder	Sergej Milinković-Savić	Lazio
Best Striker	Fabio Quagliarella	Sampdoria