The 2012–13 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th season of top-tier Italian football, the 81st in a round-robin tournament, and the 3rd since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 25 August 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013. Juventus were the defending champions.
A total of 20 teams contested the league, comprising 17 sides from the 2011–12 season and three promoted from the 2011–12 Serie B. As in the previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches, with a new Nike Maxim Serie A model to be used throughout the season for all matches.
On 21 August 2012, FIGC allowed Serie A teams to have up to 12 substitution players on the bench for each game.
Events The 2012–13 season features the return of Pescara, Torino, and Sampdoria, who were promoted back to Serie A after nineteen, three, and one years respectively. It is also Cagliari's first season out of Stadio Sant'Elia after more than 40 years, following its closure due to safety issues; as a replacement, the team agreed to renovate the Stadio Is Arenas located in Quartu Sant'Elena, in order to use it as its home venue for this season (Cagliari has ongoing plans to build its own brand-new stadium in the next few years). The fixtures were presented on 26 July in a lavish hour-long televised ceremony.
Teams
Stadiums and locations TeamLocationStadiumCapacity2011–12 seasonAtalantaBergamoStadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia12th in Serie ABolognaBolognaStadio Renato Dall'Ara9th in Serie ACagliariCagliariStadio Is Arenas15th in Serie ACataniaCataniaStadio Angelo Massimino11th in Serie AChievo VeronaVeronaStadio Marcantonio Bentegodi10th in Serie AFiorentinaFlorenceStadio Artemio Franchi13th in Serie AGenoaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris17th in Serie AInternazionaleMilanSan Siro6th in Serie AJuventusTurinJuventus StadiumSerie A championsLazioRomeStadio Olimpico4th in Serie AMilanMilanSan SiroSerie A Runner-upNapoliNaplesStadio San Paolo5th in Serie APalermoPalermoStadio Renzo Barbera16th in Serie AParmaParmaStadio Ennio Tardini8th in Serie APescaraPescaraStadio Adriatico – Giovanni CornacchiaSerie B championsRomaRomeStadio Olimpico7th in Serie ASampdoriaGenoaStadio Luigi FerrarisSerie B play-off winnersSienaSienaStadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena14th in Serie ATorinoTurinStadio Olimpico Grande TorinoSerie B Runner-upUdineseUdineStadio Friuli3rd in Serie A
Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor Atalanta Stefano Colantuono Gianpaolo Bellini Erreà AXA, Konica Minolta Bologna Stefano Pioli Alessandro Diamanti Macron NGM Mobile, Serenissima Ceramica Cagliari Ivo Pulga Daniele Conti Kappa Sardegna, Tirrenia Catania Rolando Maran Marco Biagianti Givova Arancia Rossa di Sicilia, TTT Lines Chievo Eugenio Corini Sergio Pellissier Givova Paluani/Banca Popolare di Verona/youbanking.it, Midac Batteries Fiorentina Vincenzo Montella Manuel Pasqual Joma Mazda, Save the Children Genoa Davide Ballardini Marco Rossi Lotto iZiPlay Internazionale Andrea Stramaccioni Javier Zanetti Nike Pirelli Juventus Antonio Conte Gianluigi Buffon Nike Jeep Lazio Vladimir Petković Stefano Mauri MacronClinica PaideiaMilan Massimiliano Allegri Massimo Ambrosini Adidas Fly Emirates Napoli Walter Mazzarri Paolo Cannavaro Macron Lete, MSC Cruises Palermo Giuseppe Sannino Fabrizio Miccoli Puma Eurobet, Italiacom Parma Roberto Donadoni Stefano Morrone Erreà Folletto, Navigare Pescara Cristian Bucchi Emmanuel Cascione Erreà Acqua Santa Croce, Risparmio Casa Roma Aurelio Andreazzoli Francesco Totti Kappa Wind Sampdoria Delio Rossi Daniele Gastaldello Kappa Gamenet Siena Giuseppe Iachini Simone Vergassola Kappa Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena Torino Giampiero Ventura Rolando Bianchi Kappa Frattelli Beretta, Aruba.it Udinese Francesco Guidolin Antonio Di Natale Legea Dacia, QBell
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Palermo Bortolo Mutti End of contract Pre-season Giuseppe Sannino Fiorentina Vincenzo Guerini End of contract Vincenzo Montella Roma Luis Enrique Mutual consent Zdeněk Zeman Lazio Edoardo Reja Mutual consent Vladimir Petković Pescara Zdeněk Zeman Signed by Roma Giovanni Stroppa Catania Vincenzo Montella Mutual consent Rolando Maran Siena Giuseppe Sannino Mutual consent Serse Cosmi Sampdoria Giuseppe Iachini Mutual consent Ciro Ferrara Palermo Giuseppe Sannino Sacked 18th Gian Piero Gasperini Chievo Domenico Di Carlo Sacked 18th Eugenio Corini Cagliari Massimo Ficcadenti Sacked 20th Ivo Pulga Genoa Luigi De Canio Sacked 9th Luigi Delneri Pescara Giovanni Stroppa Resigned 18th Cristiano Bergodi Siena Serse Cosmi Sacked 20th Giuseppe Iachini Sampdoria Ciro Ferrara Sacked 14th Delio Rossi Genoa Luigi Delneri Sacked 18th Davide Ballardini Roma Zdeněk Zeman Sacked 8th Aurelio Andreazzoli Palermo Gian Piero Gasperini Sacked 20th Alberto Malesani Palermo Alberto Malesani Sacked 20th Gian Piero Gasperini Pescara Cristiano Bergodi Sacked 20th Cristian Bucchi Palermo Gian Piero Gasperini Mutual consent 20th Giuseppe Sannino
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1 Edinson CavaniNapoli292 Antonio Di NataleUdinese233 Stephan El ShaarawyMilan16 Dani OsvaldoRoma5 Germán DenisAtalanta15 Miroslav KloseLazio Erik LamelaRoma Giampaolo PazziniMilan9 Gonzalo BergessioCatania13 Alberto GilardinoBologna Stevan JovetićFiorentina
Scoring First goal of the season: Maicosuel for Udinese against Fiorentina (25 August 2012) Fastest goal of the season: 18 seconds Arturo Vidal for Juventus against Internazionale (3 November 2012) Latest goal of the season: 90+5 minutes Panagiotis Kone for Bologna against Catania (30 September 2012) Josip Iličić for Palermo against Catania (21 April 2013) Largest winning margin: 6 goals Sampdoria 6–0 Pescara (27 January 2013) Lazio 6–0 Bologna (5 May 2013) Highest scoring game: 8 goals Torino 3–5 Napoli (30 March 2013) Most goals scored by a single team: 6 goals Pescara 1–6 Juventus (10 November 2012) Sampdoria 6–0 Pescara (27 January 2013) Lazio 6–0 Bologna (5 May 2013) Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals Cagliari 4–3 Torino (24 February 2013) Torino 3–5 Napoli (30 March 2013) Internazionale 3–4 Atalanta (7 April 2013) Fiorentina 4–3 Torino (21 April 2013)
Clean sheets Most clean sheets: 19 Juventus Fewest clean sheets: 5 Pescara
Discipline Most yellow cards (club): 111 Atalanta Most yellow cards (player): 16 Daniele Conti (Cagliari) Most red cards (club): 13 Atalanta Most red cards (player): 2 Davide Astori (Cagliari) Kevin-Prince Boateng (Milan) Carlos Carmona (Atalanta) Andrea Costa (Sampdoria) Danilo (Udinese) Felipe (Siena) Daniele Gastaldello (Sampdoria) Kamil Glik (Torino) Thomas Heurtaux (Udinese) Federico Peluso (Atalanta) Luca Rossettini (Cagliari) Vladimír Weiss (Pescara) Fewest yellow cards (club): 77 Juventus
Awards The Gran Galà del Calcio AIC 2013 recognized the best performers of the 2012–13 Serie A|2012–13 Serie A season. Award Winner Club Player of the Year Andrea Pirlo Juventus Coach of the Year Antonio Conte Juventus Best Club Juventus Juventus Best Referee Nicola Rizzoli
AIC Team of the Year Goalkeeper Samir Handanović (Internazionale) Defence Christian Maggio (Napoli) Andrea Barzagli (Juventus) Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) Mattia De Sciglio (Milan) Midfield Borja Valero (Fiorentina) Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) Arturo Vidal (Juventus) Attack Edinson Cavani (Napoli) Mario Balotelli (Milan) Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)
Attendances Source:
# Club Avg. attendance Highest 1 Internazionale 46,551 79,341 2 AC Milan 43,651 77,023 3 AS Roma 40,179 54,981 4 SSC Napoli 39,636 58,143 5 Juventus FC 38,600 40,562 6 SS Lazio 31,992 51,461 7 ACF Fiorentina 25,665 39,469 8 UC Sampdoria 23,123 30,350 9 Bologna FC 1909 21,436 35,206 10 Genoa CFC 19,740 29,218 11 US Città di Palermo 18,287 26,597 12 Torino FC 15,615 25,753 13 Udinese Calcio 15,506 27,543 14 Atalanta BC 15,396 22,099 15 Calcio Catania 13,862 20,381 16 Parma FC 12,740 19,073 17 Pescara Calcio 12,236 21,317 18 ChievoVerona 11,553 28,000 19 AC Siena 9,582 15,373 20 Cagliari Calcio 8,551 17,000
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