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, the eight-time defending champions, secured their ninth consecutive Serie A title with a 2–1 victory over Sampdoria on 16 July 2020.
The season was originally scheduled to run from 24 August 2019 to 24 May 2020.Serie A 2019/2020: torna pausa invernale. Al via il 24 agosto, ultimo turno il 2 agosto. Sky Sport (in Italian). Published 2 April 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2019. On 9 March 2020, the government suspended all sports in the country until 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. The Serie A did not resume on this date however, as the league continued to monitor health conditions. On 18 May, the Italian Football Federation announced that the suspension would continue until 14 June. Ten days later, on 28 May, Italy's sports minister said Serie A would restart on 20 June 2020.
Events On 14 April 2019, Chievo returned to Serie B after 11 years. Following this on 5 May Frosinone was relegated after one year while the last team to be relegated was Empoli (on 26 May 2019) also after just one year.
Teams that were promoted directly from 2018–19 Serie B were Brescia (on 1 May 2019, after 8 years of absence) and Lecce (10 days later, after 7 years) 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.
On 28 June 2019, Milan were excluded from the Europa League after breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations. Roma were then moved to the Europa League group phase while Torino entered the preliminary round.
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. 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. On 4 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy would be played behind closed doors until 3 April. On 9 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy be suspended until 3 April. Serie A did not resume play on this date, citing it will only resume once "health conditions allow it". 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, and on 18 May it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June. On 28 May, Italian Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June. Protocol was established wherein the entire squad would be quarantined for 14 days if one member, player or staff, tests positive for COVID-19. 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.
Teams
Team changes Promoted from2018–19 Serie BRelegated from2018–19 Serie ABresciaEmpoliLecceFrosinoneHellas VeronaChievo Verona
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Brescia Brescia Stadio Mario Rigamonti Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena 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 Lecce Lecce Stadio Via del Mare Milan Milan San Siro Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia) SPAL Ferrara Stadio Paolo Mazza Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli
Personnel and kits TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor(s)MainOtherAtalanta Alejandro Gómez Joma Radici GroupBologna Siniša Mihajlović Andrea Poli Macron Liu·JoBrescia Diego López Daniele Gastaldello Kappa UBI BancaCagliari Walter Zenga Luca Ceppitelli Macron ISOLA Artigianato di SardegnaFiorentina Giuseppe Iachini Germán Pezzella Le Coq Sportif MediacomGenoa Davide Nicola Domenico Criscito Kappa ZentivaHellas Verona Ivan Jurić Giampaolo Pazzini Macron Gruppo SinergyInternazionale Antonio Conte Samir Handanović Nike PirelliJuventus Maurizio Sarri Giorgio Chiellini Adidas JeepLazio Simone Inzaghi Senad Lulić Macron NoneLecce Fabio Liverani Marco Mancosu M908 Moby LinesMilan Stefano Pioli Alessio Romagnoli Puma Fly EmiratesNoneNapoli Gennaro Gattuso Lorenzo Insigne Kappa LeteParma Roberto D'Aversa Bruno Alves Erreà CetilarRoma Paulo Fonseca Edin Džeko Nike Qatar AirwaysSampdoria Claudio Ranieri Fabio Quagliarella Joma Invent Energy/Acqua S. BernardoSassuolo Roberto De Zerbi Francesco Magnanelli Kappa MapeiNoneSPAL Luigi Di Biagio Sergio Floccari Macron Omega Group/OrOil/VB Impianti/Orlandi LubrificantiTorino Moreno Longo Andrea Belotti Joma Suzuki Udinese Luca Gotti Kevin Lasagna Macron Dacia
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 Pre-season Paulo Fonseca 11 June 2019 Juventus Massimiliano AllegriSacked 26 May 2019 Maurizio Sarri 16 June 2019 Milan Gennaro Gattuso 28 May 2019 Marco Giampaolo 19 June 2019 Internazionale Luciano Spalletti Sacked 30 May 2019 Antonio Conte 31 May 2019 Sampdoria Marco Giampaolo Mutual consent, signed for Milan 15 June 2019 Eusebio Di Francesco22 June 2019 Genoa Cesare Prandelli Mutual consent 20 June 2019 Aurelio Andreazzoli 14 June 2019 Hellas Verona Alfredo Aglietti End of contract 30 June 2019 Ivan Jurić 14 June 2019 Sampdoria Eusebio Di Francesco Mutual consent 7 October 2019 20th Claudio Ranieri 12 October 2019 Milan Marco GiampaoloSacked 8 October 2019 13th Stefano Pioli 9 October 2019 Genoa Aurelio Andreazzoli 22 October 2019 19th Thiago Motta 22 October 2019 Udinese Igor Tudor 1 November 2019 14th Luca Gotti 1 November 2019 Brescia Eugenio Corini 3 November 2019 18th Fabio Grosso 5 November 2019 Brescia Fabio Grosso 2 December 2019 20th Eugenio Corini 2 December 2019 Napoli Carlo Ancelotti 10 December 2019 7th Gennaro Gattuso 11 December 2019 Fiorentina Vincenzo Montella 21 December 2019 14th Giuseppe Iachini 23 December 2019 Genoa Thiago Motta 28 December 2019 20th Davide Nicola 28 December 2019 Torino Walter Mazzarri Mutual consent 4 February 2020 12th Moreno Longo 4 February 2020 Brescia Eugenio Corini Sacked 5 February 2020 19th Diego López 5 February 2020 SPAL Leonardo Semplici 10 February 2020 20th Luigi Di Biagio 10 February 2020 Cagliari Rolando Maran 3 March 2020 11th Walter Zenga 3 March 2020
League table
Results
Players' awards Most valuable player of the Month
Month Player Club Ref.September Franck RibéryFiorentinaOctober Ciro ImmobileLazioNovember Radja NainggolanCagliariDecember Sergej Milinković-SavićLazioJanuary Cristiano RonaldoJuventusFebruary Luis AlbertoLazioJune Alejandro GómezAtalantaJuly Paulo DybalaJuventus
Seasonal awards
Award Winner Club Most Valuable Player Paulo Dybala Juventus Best Under-23 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 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 +RankPlayerClubGoals1 Ciro ImmobileLazio362 Cristiano RonaldoJuventus313 Romelu LukakuInternazionale234 Francesco CaputoSassuolo215 Luis MurielAtalanta18 João PedroCagliari Duván ZapataAtalanta8 Andrea BelottiTorino16 Edin DžekoRoma10 Josip IličićAtalanta15
Hat-tricks
PlayerClubAgainst ResultDate Domenico BerardiSassuoloSampdoria 4–1 (H) Andreas CorneliusParmaGenoa 5–1 (H) Luis MurielAtalantaUdinese 7–1 (H) Cristiano RonaldoJuventusCagliari 4–0 (H) Ciro ImmobileLazioSampdoria 5–1 (H) Josip IličićAtalantaTorino 7–0 (A) Duván ZapataAtalantaLecce 7–2 (A) Andreas CorneliusParmaGenoa 4–1 (A) Mario PašalićAtalantaBrescia 6–2 (H) Ciro ImmobileLazioHellas Verona 5–1 (A) Federico ChiesaFiorentinaBologna 4–0 (H)
Note (H) – Home (A) – Away
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Juan MussoUdinese142 Samir HandanovićInternazionale133 Gianluigi DonnarummaMilan124 Thomas StrakoshaLazio11 Wojciech SzczęsnyJuventus6 Emil AuderoSampdoria9 Marco SilvestriHellas Verona8 Bartłomiej DrągowskiFiorentina8 Pierluigi GolliniAtalanta10 Salvatore SiriguTorino7
Notes Footnotes
References
External links
Official website Serie A at ESPN.com