The 2020–21 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th season of top-tier Italian football, the 89th in a round-robin tournament, and the 11th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Inter Milan won the title with four matches remaining after second-placed Atalanta drew against Sassuolo.
Inter Milan's title was their 19th in club history and their first in 11 years. It ended Juventus's run of nine consecutive league titles, as they finished in fourth place, 13 points behind Inter Milan.
Teams Benevento and Crotone were the two teams directly promoted from Serie B—both after a two-year absence.Crotone è Serie A! Lo Spezia non va oltre il pari e i calabresi possono festeggiare. Tutto Mercato Web (in Italian). 24 July 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
On 20 August 2020, Spezia won a playoff match to earn their first promotion to Serie A; they became the 66th team to participate in the Italian top-tier league.
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic A day following the Napoli–Genoa match on 27 September 2020, Genoa announced that 14 of their players tested positive for COVID-19. The Genoa–Torino match scheduled for 3 October 2020 was thereby postponed.
On 3 October 2020, two Napoli players, Piotr Zieliński and Eljif Elmas, tested positive for COVID-19, and after being denied authorization to leave Naples by the Local Health Authority (ASL), Napoli blocked their players' departure for their match in Turin against Juventus. The league decided not to postpone the match scheduled for 4 October 2020. On the day of the game, Juventus took to the field despite the absence of their opponents, who were quarantining in Naples. Juventus were awarded a 3–0 victory by default and Napoli were docked one point as the Disciplinary Commission ruled Napoli did not follow the country's COVID-19 pandemic protocol. Following a successful appeal by Napoli to the CONI Sports Guarantee Board, these penalties were overturned on 22 December 2020. The match was eventually recovered on 7 April 2021, more than six months after its originally scheduled date.
Team changes Promoted from2019–20 Serie BRelegated from2019–20 Serie ABeneventoLecceCrotoneBresciaSpeziaSPAL
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Atalanta Bergamo Gewiss Stadium Benevento Benevento Stadio Ciro Vigorito Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Inter Milan Milan San Siro Juventus Turin Allianz Stadium Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico AC 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 Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli
Personnel and kits TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor(s)MainOtherAtalanta Rafael Tolói Joma Plus500Benevento Nicolas Viola Kappa IVPCBologna Andrea Poli Macron Facile RistrutturareCagliari João Pedro Adidas ISOLA Artigianato di SardegnaCrotone Alex Cordaz Zeus San Vincenzo SalumiFiorentina Germán Pezzella Kappa MediacomGenoa Davide Ballardini Domenico Criscito Kappa Banca SistemaHellas Verona Miguel Veloso Macron Gruppo SinergyInter Milan Antonio Conte Samir Handanović Nike PirelliJuventus Giorgio Chiellini Adidas JeepLazio Simone Inzaghi Senad Lulić Macron World Food Programme / Contrader / Clinica PaideiaAC Milan Stefano Pioli Alessio Romagnoli Puma EmiratesNoneNapoli Gennaro Gattuso Lorenzo Insigne Kappa LeteParma Roberto D'Aversa Bruno Alves Erreà CetilarRoma Paulo Fonseca Lorenzo Pellegrini Nike Qatar AirwaysSampdoria Claudio Ranieri Fabio Quagliarella Macron Very MobileSassuolo Roberto De Zerbi Francesco Magnanelli Puma MapeiNoneSpezia Vincenzo Italiano Claudio Terzi Acerbis TEN Food & BeverageTorino Davide Nicola Andrea Belotti Joma Suzuki/Suzuki Hybrid (T)Udinese Luca Gotti Rodrigo De Paul Macron Dacia
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentCagliari Walter ZengaEnd of contract2 August 2020Pre-season Eusebio Di Francesco3 August 2020Torino Moreno Longo2 August 2020 Marco Giampaolo7 August 2020Juventus Maurizio SarriSacked8 August 2020 Andrea Pirlo8 August 2020Parma Roberto D'Aversa23 August 2020 Fabio Liverani28 August 2020Genoa Davide Nicola26 August 2020 Rolando Maran26 August 2020Fiorentina Giuseppe Iachini9 November 202012th Cesare Prandelli9 November 2020Genoa Rolando Maran21 December 202019th Davide Ballardini21 December 2020Parma Fabio Liverani7 January 202118th Roberto D'Aversa7 January 2021Torino Marco Giampaolo18 January 202118th Davide Nicola19 January 2021Cagliari Eusebio Di Francesco22 February 202118th Leonardo Semplici22 February 2021Crotone Giovanni Stroppa1 March 202120th Serse Cosmi1 March 2021Fiorentina Cesare PrandelliResigned23 March 202114th Giuseppe Iachini24 March 2021
League table
Results *Internazionale = Inter Milan, Milan = AC Milan*
Players' awards Most valuable player of the Month
Month Player Club Ref.September Alejandro GómezAtalantaOctober Zlatan IbrahimovićAC MilanNovember Cristiano RonaldoJuventusDecember Hakan ÇalhanoğluAC MilanJanuary Sergej Milinković-SavićLazioFebruary Romelu LukakuInter MilanMarch Lorenzo InsigneNapoliApril Luis MurielAtalantaMay Ruslan MalinovskyiAtalanta
Seasonal awards
Award Winner Club Ref. Most Valuable Player Romelu Lukaku Inter Milan Best Under-23 Dušan Vlahović Fiorentina Best Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma AC Milan Best Defender Cristian Romero Atalanta Best Midfielder Nicolò Barella Inter Milan Best Striker Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus Team of the Year Goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan) Defence Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan) Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) Théo Hernandez (AC Milan) Midfield Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) Franck Kessié (AC Milan) Federico Chiesa (Juventus) Attack Luis Muriel (Atalanta) Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan)
Season statistics
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Cristiano RonaldoJuventus 29 2 Romelu LukakuInter Milan 24 3 Luis MurielAtalanta 22 4 Dušan VlahovićFiorentina 215 Ciro ImmobileLazio20 SimyCrotone 7 Lorenzo InsigneNapoli 198 Domenico BerardiSassuolo17 Lautaro MartínezInter Milan 10 João PedroCagliari 16
Hat-tricks
PlayerClubAgainst ResultDate Henrikh MkhitaryanRomaGenoa 3–1 (A) Lautaro MartínezInter MilanCrotone 6–2 (H) Dušan VlahovićFiorentinaBenevento 4–1 (A) Cristiano RonaldoJuventusCagliari 3–1 (A) Rodrigo PalacioBolognaFiorentina 3–3 (H) Ante RebićAC MilanTorino 7–0 (A)
Note (H) – Home (A) – Away
Clean sheets RankPlayerClub1 Gianluigi DonnarummaAC Milan14 Samir HandanovićInter Milan3 Pierluigi GolliniAtalanta9 Pepe ReinaLazio 5 Bartłomiej DrągowskiFiorentina 8 Juan MussoUdinese David OspinaNapoli Mattia PerinGenoa 9 Andrea ConsigliSassuolo 7 Lorenzo MontipòBenevento Marco SilvestriHellas Verona Salvatore SiriguTorino
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 14 Pasquale Schiattarella (Benevento) Most red cards: 2 Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese) Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari)
Team Most yellow cards: 100 Lazio Most red cards: 6 Juventus Fewest yellow cards: 59 Inter Milan Fewest red cards: 1 Hellas Verona Parma
Notes Footnotes
References
External links
Official website Serie A at ESPN.com