The 2014–15 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of top-tier Italian football, the 83rd in a round-robin tournament, and the fifth since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 30 August 2014.
A total of 20 teams competed in the league: 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Serie B campaign. Juventus were the defending champions, successfully defending their title for the fourth consecutive time. On 2 May 2015, Juventus won the Scudetto for the fourth consecutive time.
Events
The season featured the return of Palermo after only one season in the second division and Empoli, whose last appearance was in the 2007–08 season. Cesena, the play-off winner, returned to the top level after two years in Serie B.
The pre-season saw two ownership changes: Cagliari was sold from Massimo Cellino to Milanese entrepreneur Tommaso Giulini, a former board member at Internazionale. Sampdoria was sold by Edoardo Garrone (son of the late Riccardo Garrone) to Rome-based film businessman Massimo Ferrero.
The season was also influenced by serious financial problems surrounding Parma, involving two controversial takeovers during the season, its last chairman Giampietro Manenti being arrested on 18 March 2015 under accusation of money laundering, and the club being ultimately declared insolvent by the local court on the very next day.
The Serie A this season had the most goals on average than any of the five other top leagues in Europe.https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/1024-goals--serie-a-was-the-highest-scoring-league-in-europe-this-season-090941358.html
Teams
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2013–14 season Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Cagliari Cagliari Stadio Sant'Elia Cesena Cesena Stadio Dino Manuzzi Chievo Verona Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Internazionale Milan San Siro Juventus Turin Juventus Stadium Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico Milan Milan San Siro Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo Palermo Palermo Stadio Renzo Barbera Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris Sassuolo Sassuolo1 Mapei Stadium Torino Turin Olimpico di Torino Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli Sassuolo plays in Reggio Emilia.
Personnel and sponsorship Team President Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s) Main Other Atalanta Antonio Percassi Edoardo Reja Gianpaolo Bellini Nike SuisseGas Cagliari Tommaso Giulini Gianluca Festa Daniele Conti Kappa Sardegna/Brigante/Sol.Bat/Pecorino Romano/ICIB/IN.ECO/iziPlay/Fluorsid/Termomeccanica Energia/subito.it/Vestis/portalesardegna.com/CRAI/Io tifo positivo/Alarm System Cesena Giorgio Lugaresi Domenico Di Carlo Davide Succi Lotto PrinkNone Chievo Verona Luca Campedelli Rolando Maran Sergio Pellissier Givova Paluani/Jetcoin Empoli Fabrizio Corsi Maurizio Sarri Davide Moro Royal NGM Smartphones Fiorentina Mario Cognigni Vincenzo Montella Manuel Pasqual Joma Save the Children/Volkswagen/Val di Fassa Genoa Enrico Preziosi Gian Piero Gasperini Nicolás Burdisso Lotto Fuori Sanremo RadioItalia/DF Sport Specialist Hellas Verona Maurizio Setti Andrea Mandorlini Luca Toni Nike Franklin & Marshall Internazionale Erick Thohir Roberto Mancini Andrea Ranocchia Nike PirelliNone Juventus Andrea Agnelli Massimiliano Allegri Gianluigi Buffon Nike Jeep/Expo 2015None Lazio Claudio Lotito Stefano Pioli Stefano Mauri MacronClinica Paideia/Associazione italiana contro le leucemie-linfomi e mielomaNoneMilan Silvio Berlusconi Filippo Inzaghi Riccardo Montolivo Adidas Fly EmiratesNone Napoli Aurelio De Laurentiis Rafael Benítez Marek Hamšík Macron Lete Palermo Maurizio Zamparini Giuseppe Iachini Stefano Sorrentino Joma Rosanero Cares Parma vacant after bankruptcy Roberto Donadoni Alessandro Lucarelli Erreà Folletto Roma James Pallotta Rudi Garcia Francesco Totti NikeTelethonNone Sampdoria Massimo Ferrero Siniša Mihajlović Angelo Palombo Kappa Sin City: A Dame to Kill For/Parà TempotestNone Sassuolo Carlo Rossi Eusebio Di Francesco Francesco Magnanelli Sportika MapeiNone Torino Urbano Cairo Giampiero Ventura Kamil Glik Kappa Fratelli Beretta Udinese Franco Soldati Andrea Stramaccioni Antonio Di Natale HS Football Dacia
Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Diadora, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Serie A.
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentUdinese Francesco Guidolin Change of role Pre-season Andrea Stramaccioni Milan Clarence Seedorf Sacked Filippo Inzaghi Lazio Edoardo Reja Resigned Stefano Pioli Cagliari Ivo Pulga Sacked Zdeněk Zeman Juventus Antonio Conte Resigned Massimiliano Allegri Chievo Eugenio Corini Sacked 17th Rolando Maran Internazionale Walter Mazzarri 9th Roberto Mancini Cesena Pierpaolo Bisoli 19th Domenico Di Carlo Cagliari Zdeněk Zeman 18th Gianfranco Zola Atalanta Stefano Colantuono 17th Edoardo Reja Cagliari Gianfranco Zola 18th Zdeněk Zeman Cagliari Zdeněk Zeman Resigned 19th Gianluca Festa
Ownership changes Team Previous owner New owner DateCagliari Massimo Cellino Tommaso Giulini Sampdoria Edoardo Garrone Massimo Ferrero Parma Tommaso Ghirardi Dastraso Holding Ltd. Dastraso Holding Ltd. Giampietro Manenti Giampietro Manenti Under provisional accounting
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Mauro IcardiInternazionale22 Luca ToniHellas Verona3 Carlos TevezJuventus204 Gonzalo HiguaínNapoli185 Jérémy MénezMilan166 Domenico BerardiSassuolo15 Manolo GabbiadiniSampdoria/Napoli8 Antonio Di NataleUdinese149 Paulo DybalaPalermo13 Iago FalqueGenoa Miroslav KloseLazio Fabio QuagliarellaTorino
Most clean sheets Rank Player Club Clean sheets1 Gianluigi BuffonJuventus182 Morgan De SanctisRoma163 Albano BizzarriChievo124 Samir HandanovićInternazionale115 Federico MarchettiLazio10 Emiliano VivianoSampdoria7 NetoFiorentina9 Luigi SepeEmpoli9 Andrea ConsigliSassuolo8 Antonio MiranteParma
Hat-tricks
PlayerClubAgainst ResultDate Mauro IcardiInternazionaleSassuolo 7–0 Albin EkdalCagliariInternazionale 4–1 Filip ĐorđevićLazioPalermo 4–0 Gonzalo HiguaínNapoliHellas Verona 6–2 Fabio QuagliarellaTorinoSampdoria 5–1 Domenico BerardiSassuoloMilan 3–2 Awards Individual Awards Player of the Year (MVP) Carlos Tevez(Juventus) Coach of the Year Massimiliano Allegri(Juventus) Club of the Year Juventus Referee of the Year Nicola Rizzoli
Serie A Team of the Year Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon(Juventus) Defenders Matteo Darmian(Torino) Leonardo Bonucci(Juventus) Daniele Rugani(Empoli) Giorgio Chiellini(Juventus) Midfielders Radja Nainggolan(Roma) Andrea Pirlo(Juventus) Paul Pogba(Juventus) Forwards Mauro Icardi(Inter Milan) Luca Toni(Hellas Verona) Carlos Tevez(Juventus)
Attendances
Source:
# Club Avg. attendance Highest 1 AS Roma 40,135 55,651 2 Juventus FC 38,553 40,485 3 Internazionale 37,270 74,022 4 AC Milan 36,661 79,173 5 SS Lazio 34,949 49,385 6 SSC Napoli 32,266 53,006 7 ACF Fiorentina 30,309 38,160 8 UC Sampdoria 21,745 30,585 9 Genoa CFC 20,045 29,800 10 Hellas Verona 19,299 27,155 11 US Città di Palermo 17,481 29,832 12 Torino FC 16,689 26,296 13 AC Cesena 16,260 23,661 14 Atalanta BC 15,160 22,074 15 US Sassuolo Calcio 12,831 21,584 16 Parma FC 11,904 15,311 17 Cagliari Calcio 10,793 16,074 18 ChievoVerona 10,652 25,000 19 Empoli FC 9,229 14,698 20 Udinese Calcio 8,912 11,241
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