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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, the 87th in a round-robin tournament, and the 9th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the seven-time defending champions and defended their title following their victory against Fiorentina on 20 April 2019. The season was run from 18 August 2018 to 26 May 2019.[2]

Serie A
Season2018–19
Dates18 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
ChampionsJuventus
35th title
RelegatedEmpoli
Frosinone
Chievo
Champions LeagueJuventus
Napoli
Atalanta
Internazionale
Europa LeagueLazio
Roma
Torino
Matches played380
Goals scored1,019 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerFabio Quagliarella
(26 goals)[1]
Biggest home winFiorentina 6–1 Chievo
(26 August 2018)
Internazionale 5–0 Genoa
(3 November 2018)
Biggest away winFrosinone 0–5 Sampdoria
(15 September 2018)
Frosinone 0–5 Atalanta
(20 January 2019)
Highest scoringSassuolo 5–3 Genoa
(2 September 2018)
Sassuolo 2–6 Atalanta
(29 December 2018)
Sassuolo 3–5 Sampdoria
(16 March 2019)
Longest winning run8 games
Juventus
Longest unbeaten run27 games
Juventus
Longest winless run18 games
Chievo
Longest losing run7 games
Chievo
Highest attendance78,725
Internazionale 1–0 Milan
(21 October 2018)
Lowest attendance7,000
SPAL 1–0 Parma
(Bologna, 26 August 2018)
Total attendance9,199,649
Average attendance24,931
Milan-Juventus 2018-2019 in game

Events

Hellas Verona and Benevento immediately returned to Serie B after finishing 19th and 20th while Crotone, finishing in 18th place, were relegated after two seasons in the top flight.

On 28 April, Empoli earned the right to come back to Serie A after one year of relegation.[3] On 18 May 2018, Parma achieved promotion having finished second in the 2017–18 Serie B season, just three seasons after their bankruptcy relegation to Serie D.[4] The last team promoted, after 2 years of absence, was Frosinone, who defeated Palermo in the Serie B play-off finals 3–2 on aggregate.[5]

On 23 July, Parma were handed a 5-point deduction for the 2018–19 Serie A season, following text messages from Parma player Emanuele Calaiò "eliciting a reduced effort" from two players of Spezia during the 2017–18 season, a match Parma won 2–0 to secure promotion to this season.[6] On 9 August, Parma had the 5-point deduction expunged.[7]

On 14 August, the day of the Ponte Morandi bridge collapse in Genoa, the Italian Football Federation announced a minute's silence would be added for the victims of the collapse before all Serie A matches during the opening weekend that succeeded the incident.[8] On 16 August, the Lega Serie A postponed the opening matches for both Genoese clubs Genoa and Sampdoria that were originally scheduled for 19 August.[9]

On 13 September, Chievo was deducted 3 points after being found guilty of false accounting.[10]

On 14 April 2019, Chievo was relegated from Serie A after a 3–1 defeat by Napoli, ending an eleven-year spell in the top flight.[11]

On 20 April, Juventus won their 35th title and their eighth in a row with a win over Fiorentina.[12]

On 5 May, Frosinone was relegated from Serie A after a 2–2 draw away at Sassuolo, going down after just one season.[13]

On 26 May, Atalanta finished third and secured a place in the Champions League group stage, both for the first time in their history.[14] Meanwhile, Empoli which were one point above the relegation zone ahead of Genoa, were eventually relegated to Serie B after they were defeated by Internazionale, while Genoa drew with Fiorentina.

This was also the last season of iconic Roma captain Daniele De Rossi that left the team after 18 seasons,[15] while veterans Sergio Pellissier (from Chievo),[16] Andrea Barzagli (from Juventus)[17] and Emiliano Moretti (from Torino)[18] retired from professional football at the end of the season.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2018–19 Serie A teams
TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2017–18 season
AtalantaBergamoStadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia21,3007th in Serie A
BolognaBolognaStadio Renato Dall'Ara38,27915th in Serie A
CagliariCagliariSardegna Arena16,23316th in Serie A
ChievoVeronaStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi38,40213th in Serie A
EmpoliEmpoliStadio Carlo Castellani16,284Serie B champions
FiorentinaFlorenceStadio Artemio Franchi43,1478th in Serie A
FrosinoneFrosinoneStadio Benito Stirpe16,227Serie B playoff winners
GenoaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris36,68512th in Serie A
SampdoriaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris36,68510th in Serie A
InternazionaleMilanSan Siro80,0184th in Serie A
MilanMilanSan Siro80,0186th in Serie A
JuventusTurinJuventus Stadium41,507Serie A champions
TorinoTurinStadio Olimpico Grande Torino27,9949th in Serie A
LazioRomeStadio Olimpico72,6985th in Serie A
RomaRomeStadio Olimpico72,6983rd in Serie A
NapoliNaplesStadio San Paolo60,2402nd in Serie A
ParmaParmaStadio Ennio Tardini27,9062nd in Serie B
SassuoloSassuoloMapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
(Reggio Emilia)		23,71711th in Serie A
SPALFerraraStadio Paolo Mazza16,16417th in Serie A
UdineseUdineStadio Friuli25,13214th in Serie A

Personnel and kits

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerSponsorsShirt sponsor (back)Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Atalanta Gian Piero Gasperini Alejandro GómezJomaRadici Group, U PowerElettrocanaliAutomha
Bologna Siniša Mihajlović Blerim DžemailiMacronLiu·JoIllumiaNone
Cagliari Rolando Maran Luca CeppitelliMacronISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna, IchnusaNieddittasIo tifo positivo/Fluorsid
Chievo Domenico Di Carlo Sergio PellissierGivovaPaluani/Nobis/Canali System/Vicentini Carni/Fimauto/Mulish/Pescheria Viviani, CoatiEurobetNobis
Empoli Aurelio Andreazzoli Manuel PasqualKappaComputer Gross, Sammontana (Home)/Logli Massimo Saint-Gobain (Away)GilettiTenute Piccini
Fiorentina Vincenzo Montella Germán PezzellaLe Coq SportifSave The ChildrenDream Loud EntertainmentNGM
Frosinone Marco Baroni Daniel CiofaniZeus SportBanca Popolare del Frusinate, Santero 958/Confetti MaxtrisFrancia LatticiniTiger Shop
Genoa Cesare Prandelli Domenico CriscitoLottoGiocheria, ZentivaLeasePlanNone
Internazionale Luciano Spalletti Samir HandanovićNikePirelliDriverNone
Juventus Massimiliano Allegri Giorgio ChielliniAdidasJeepCygamesNone
Lazio Simone Inzaghi Senad LulićMacronMarathonbetSèlecoPaideia
Milan Gennaro Gattuso Alessio RomagnoliPuma[19][20]Fly EmiratesNoneNone
Napoli Carlo Ancelotti Lorenzo InsigneKappaLete, Pasta GarofaloCaffè KimboNone
Parma Roberto D'Aversa Bruno AlvesErreàCetilar, AonViva la Mamma BerettaIl Valutatore
Roma Claudio Ranieri Daniele De RossiNikeQatar AirwaysHyundaiNone
Sampdoria Marco Giampaolo Fabio QuagliarellaJomaInvent EnergyIBSANone
Sassuolo Roberto De Zerbi Francesco MagnanelliKappaMapeiNoneNone
SPAL Leonardo Semplici Mirco AntenucciMacronTassi GroupErreEffe GroupPentaferte
Torino Walter Mazzarri Andrea BelottiKappaSuzuki, Frattelli BerettaSportPesaN°38 Wüber
Udinese Igor Tudor Valon BehramiMacronDacia, VorticeBluenergyNone

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Napoli Maurizio SarriMutual consent23 May 2018[21]Pre-season Carlo Ancelotti23 May 2018[22]
Bologna Roberto Donadoni24 May 2018[23] Filippo Inzaghi13 June 2018[24]
Cagliari Diego López30 May 2018[25] Rolando Maran7 June 2018[26]
Sassuolo Giuseppe Iachini5 June 2018[27] Roberto De Zerbi13 June 2018[28]
Udinese Igor Tudor7 June 2018 Julio Velázquez7 June 2018[29]
Chievo Lorenzo D'AnnaSacked9 October 2018[30]20th Gian Piero Ventura10 October 2018[31]
Genoa Davide Ballardini9 October 2018[32]11th Ivan Jurić9 October 2018[32]
Empoli Aurelio Andreazzoli5 November 2018[33]18th Giuseppe Iachini6 November 2018[34]
Chievo Gian Piero VenturaResigned, consensual resolution13 November 2018[35]20th Domenico Di Carlo13 November 2018[36]
Udinese Julio VelázquezSacked13 November 201817th Davide Nicola13 November 2018[37]
Genoa Ivan Jurić7 December 2018[38]14th Cesare Prandelli7 December 2018[38]
Frosinone Moreno Longo19 December 2018[39]19th Marco Baroni19 December 2018[40]
Bologna Filippo Inzaghi28 January 2019[41]18th Siniša Mihajlović28 January 2019[41]
Roma Eusebio Di Francesco7 March 2019[42]5th Claudio Ranieri8 March 2019[43]
Empoli Giuseppe Iachini13 March 2019[44]17th Aurelio Andreazzoli13 March 2019[44]
Udinese Davide Nicola20 March 2019[45]16th Igor Tudor21 March 2019[46]
Fiorentina Stefano PioliResigned9 April 2019[47]10th Vincenzo Montella10 April 2019[48]

League table

PosTeam
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Juventus (C)3828647030+4090Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2Napoli3824777436+3879
3Atalanta3820997746+3169[a]
4Internazionale3820995733+2469[a]
5Milan[b]38191185536+1968
6Roma38181286648+1866Qualification for the Europa League group stage
7Torino38161575237+1563Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8Lazio38178135646+1059Qualification for the Europa League group stage[c]
9Sampdoria38158156051+953
10Bologna381111164856−844
11Sassuolo38916135360−743
12Udinese381110173953−1443
13SPAL38119184456−1242
14Parma381011174161−2041[d]
15Cagliari381011173654−1841[d]
16Fiorentina38817134745+241[d]
17Genoa38814163957−1838[e]
18Empoli (R)38108205170−1938[e]Relegation to Serie B
19Frosinone (R)38510232969−4025
20Chievo (R)38214222575−5017[f]
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).[51]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayATABOLCAGCHVEMPFIOFROGENINTJUVLAZMILNAPPARROMSAMSASSPATORUDI
Atalanta—4–10–11–10–03–14–02–14–12–21–01–31–23–03–30–13–12–10–02–0
Bologna1–2—2–03–03–10–00–41–10–30–10–20–03–24–12–03–02–10–12–22–1
Cagliari0–12–0—2–12–22–11–01–02–10–21–21–10–12–12–20–02–22–10–01–2
Chievo1–52–20–3—0–03–41–00–01–12–31–11–21–31–10–30–00–20–40–10–2
Empoli3–22–12–02–2—1–02–11–30–11–20–11–12–13–30–22–43–02–44–12–1
Fiorentina2–00–01–16–13–1—0–10–03–30–31–10–10–00–11–13–30–13–01–11–0
Frosinone0–50–01–10–03–31–1—1–21–30–20–10–00–23–22–30–50–20–11–21–3
Genoa3–11–01–12–02–10–00–0—0–42–02–10–21–21–31–11–11–11–10–12–2
Internazionale0–00–12–02–02–12–13–05–0—1–10–11–01–00–11–12–10–02–02–21–0
Juventus1–12–03–13–01–02–13–01–11–0—2–02–13–13–31–02–12–12–01–14–1
Lazio1–33–33–11–21–01–01–04–10–31–2—1–11–24–13–02–22–24–11–12–0
Milan2–22–13–03–13–00–12–02–12–30–21–0—0–02–12–13–21–02–10–01–1
Napoli1–23–22–10–05–11–04–01–14–11–22–13–2—3–01–13–02–01–00–04–2
Parma1–30–02–01–11–01–00–01–00–11–20–21–10–4—0–23–32–12–30–02–2
Roma3–32–13–02–22–12–24–03–22–22–03–11–11–42–1—4–13–10–23–21–0
Sampdoria1–24–11–02–01–21–10–12–00–12–01–21–03–02–00–1—0–02–11–44–0
Sassuolo2–62–23–04–03–13–32–25–31–00–31–11–41–10–00–03–5—1–11–10–0
SPAL2–01–12–20–02–21–40–31–11–22–11–02–31–21–02–11–20–2—0–00–0
Torino2–02–31–13–03–01–13–22–11–00–13–12–01–31–20–12–13–21–0—1–0
Udinese1–32–12–01–03–21–11–12–00–00–21–20–10–31–21–01–01–13–21–1—
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

RankPlayerClubGoals[52]
1 Fabio QuagliarellaSampdoria26
2 Duván ZapataAtalanta23
3 Krzysztof PiątekGenoa/Milan122
4 Cristiano RonaldoJuventus21
5 Arkadiusz MilikNapoli17
6 Francesco CaputoEmpoli16
Dries MertensNapoli
Leonardo PavolettiCagliari
Andrea PetagnaSPAL
10 Andrea BelottiTorino15
Ciro ImmobileLazio

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

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Josip IličićAtalantaChievo5–1 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine21 October 2018
Dries MertensNapoliEmpoli5–1 (H) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine2 November 2018
Duván ZapataAtalantaUdinese3–1 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine9 December 2018
Josip IličićAtalantaSassuolo6–2 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine29 December 2018
Duván Zapata4AtalantaFrosinone5–0 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine20 January 2019
Note

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

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets[53]
1 Samir HandanovićInternazionale17
2 Salvatore SiriguTorino15
3 Gianluigi DonnarummaMilan13
4 Andrea ConsigliSassuolo12
5 Emil AuderoSampdoria11
Wojciech SzczęsnyJuventus
7 Luigi SepeParma10
Łukasz SkorupskiBologna
Thomas StrakoshaLazio
10 Alban LafontFiorentina9

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.[54][55]

AwardWinnerClub
Most Valuable Player Cristiano RonaldoJuventus
Best Young Player Nicolò ZanioloRoma
Best Goalkeeper Samir HandanovićInternazionale
Best Defender Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli
Best Midfielder Sergej Milinković-SavićLazio
Best Striker Fabio QuagliarellaSampdoria
Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Samir Handanović (Internazionale)
Defence João Cancelo (Juventus) Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus) Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma)
Midfield Nicolò Barella (Cagliari) Miralem Pjanić (Juventus) Josip Iličić (Atalanta)
Attack Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) Duván Zapata (Atalanta) Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)

References

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