2021–22 Serie A

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Serie A
Season2021–22
Dates21 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
Matches played189
Goals scored574 (3.04 per match)
Top goalscorerDušan Vlahović
(16 goals)
Biggest home winLazio 6–1 Spezia
(28 August 2021)
Internazionale 6–1 Bologna
(18 September 2021)
Biggest away winSalernitana 0–5 Internazionale
(17 December 2021)
Highest scoringLazio 4–4 Udinese
(2 December 2021)
Longest winning runNapoli
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runMilan
Napoli
(12 matches)
Longest winless runGenoa
(14 matches)
Longest losing runCagliari
Genoa
Salernitana
(4 matches)
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 23 December 2021.

The 2021–22 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) is the 120th season of top-tier Italian football, the 90th in a round-robin tournament, and the 12th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A.[1] Internazionale are the defending champions.

Teams[]

Twenty teams compete in the league—the top seventeen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the Serie B.

Crotone, Benevento (both relegated after only one year in the top flight) and Parma (relegated after three years in the top flight) were relegated to the 2021–22 Serie B.

On 4 May 2021, Empoli secured promotion to Serie A after a two-year absence.[2] Six days later, Salernitana officially confirmed a return to the top flight after 22 years of absence.[3] The final team to be promoted were Venezia, who defeated Cittadella on 27 May in the final of the promotion play-offs, returning to the top flight after a nineteen-year absence.[4]

Stadiums and locations[]

2021–22 Serie A is located in Italy
Atalanta
Atalanta
Bologna
Bologna
Cagliari
Cagliari
Empoli
Fiorentina
Fiorentina
Genoa
Genoa
Verona
Verona
Inter
Inter
Juventus
Juventus
Lazio
Lazio
Milan
Milan
Napoli
Napoli
Roma
Roma
Salernitana
Salernitana
Sampdoria
Sampdoria
Sassuolo
Sassuolo
Spezia
Spezia
Torino
Torino
Udinese
Udinese
Venezia
Venezia
Locations of the 2021–22 Serie A teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2020–21 season
Atalanta Bergamo Gewiss Stadium 25,000 3rd in Serie A
Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 36,462 12th in Serie A
Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena 16,416 16th in Serie A
Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 16,284 Serie B champions
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 45,000 13th in Serie A
Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,599 11th in Serie A
Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi 39,371 10th in Serie A
Internazionale Milan San Siro 75,923 Serie A champions
Juventus Turin Allianz Stadium 41,507 4th in Serie A
Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 70,634 6th in Serie A
Milan Milan San Siro 75,923 Serie A Runner-up
Napoli Naples Stadio Diego Armando Maradona 54,726 5th in Serie A
Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 70,634 7th in Serie A
Salernitana Salerno Stadio Arechi 37,000 Serie B Runner-up
Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,599 9th in Serie A
Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium (Reggio Emilia) 23,717 8th in Serie A
Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco 11,512 15th in Serie A
Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 28,958 17th in Serie A
Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli 25,144 14th in Serie A
Venezia Venice Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo 11,150 Serie B play-off winners

Personnel and kits[]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Atalanta Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Italy Rafael Tolói Joma Plus500, Radici Group, Gewiss, Automha
Bologna Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Italy Roberto Soriano Macron Facile Ristrutturare, Selenella, Illumia, Scala
Cagliari Italy Walter Mazzarri Brazil João Pedro Adidas ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna, Tiscali, Ichnusa, Arborea
Empoli Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli Italy Simone Romagnoli Kappa Computer Gross, Sammontana/Saint-Gobain, Pediatrica, Contrader
Fiorentina Italy Vincenzo Italiano Italy Cristiano Biraghi Kappa Mediacom, Prima.it, Estra
Genoa Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Italy Domenico Criscito Kappa La Mia Liguria, Leaseplan, Synlab Group
Hellas Verona Croatia Igor Tudor Portugal Miguel Veloso Macron Gruppo Sinergy, Manila Grace, Vetrocar, Restructure 5.0
Internazionale Italy Simone Inzaghi Slovenia Samir Handanović Nike Socios.com, Lenovo, Digitalbits
Juventus Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Giorgio Chiellini Adidas Jeep, Cygames, Bitget
Lazio Italy Maurizio Sarri Italy Ciro Immobile Macron Binance, Frecciarossa
Milan Italy Stefano Pioli Italy Alessio Romagnoli Puma Emirates, BitMEX
Napoli Italy Luciano Spalletti Italy Lorenzo Insigne EA7 Lete, MSC Cruises, Amazon, Floki Inu
Roma Portugal José Mourinho Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini New Balance Digitalbits, Hyundai
Salernitana Italy Stefano Colantuono France Franck Ribéry Zeus Caffè Motta, Re d'Italia Art, Distretti Ecologici, eté
Sampdoria Italy Roberto D'Aversa Italy Fabio Quagliarella Macron Banca Ifis, La Mia Liguria, Auto EVO, IBSA
Sassuolo Italy Alessio Dionisi Italy Francesco Magnanelli Puma Mapei
Spezia Italy Thiago Motta Italy Giulio Maggiore Acerbis La Mia Liguria, Bitci, Iozzelli Design
Torino Croatia Ivan Jurić Italy Andrea Belotti Joma Suzuki, Fratelli Beretta, EdiliziAcrobatica, N.38 Wüber
Udinese Italy Gabriele Cioffi Netherlands Bram Nuytinck Macron Dacia, Kiba Inu, Bluenergy, Prosciutto di San Daniele
Venezia Italy Paolo Zanetti Italy Marco Modolo Kappa Green Project Agency, DR Automobiles, Salumificio Becher

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Napoli Italy Gennaro Gattuso Mutual consent 23 May 2021[5] Pre-season Italy Luciano Spalletti 1 July 2021[6]
Internazionale Italy Antonio Conte 26 May 2021[7] Italy Simone Inzaghi 1 July 2021[8]
Hellas Verona Croatia Ivan Jurić 28 May 2021[9] Italy Eusebio Di Francesco 1 July 2021[10]
Empoli Italy Alessio Dionisi 15 June 2021[11] Italy Aurelio Andreazzoli 1 July 2021[12]
Juventus Italy Andrea Pirlo Sacked 28 May 2021[13] Italy Massimiliano Allegri 1 July 2021[14]
Roma Portugal Paulo Fonseca End of contract 30 June 2021[15] Portugal José Mourinho 1 July 2021[16]
Fiorentina Italy Giuseppe Iachini 30 June 2021[17] Italy Vincenzo Italiano 1 July 2021[18]
Sassuolo Italy Roberto De Zerbi 30 June 2021[19] Italy Alessio Dionisi 1 July 2021[20]
Sampdoria Italy Claudio Ranieri 30 June 2021[21] Italy Roberto D'Aversa 4 July 2021
Lazio Italy Simone Inzaghi 30 June 2021[22] Italy Maurizio Sarri 1 July 2021[23]
Torino Italy Davide Nicola 30 June 2021[24] Croatia Ivan Jurić 1 July 2021[25]
Spezia Italy Vincenzo Italiano Signed by Fiorentina 30 June 2021[26] Italy Thiago Motta 8 July 2021
Hellas Verona Italy Eusebio Di Francesco Sacked 14 September 2021[27] 19th Croatia Igor Tudor 14 September 2021[28]
Cagliari Italy Leonardo Semplici 14 September 2021[29] 17th Italy Walter Mazzarri 15 September 2021[30]
Salernitana Italy Fabrizio Castori 17 October 2021[31] 20th Italy Stefano Colantuono 17 October 2021[32]
Genoa Italy Davide Ballardini 6 November 2021[33] 17th Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko 7 November 2021[34]
Udinese Italy Luca Gotti 7 December 2021[35] 14th Italy Gabriele Cioffi (caretaker) 7 December 2021[36]

League table[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale 19 14 4 1 49 15 +34 46 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Milan 19 13 3 3 40 22 +18 42
3 Napoli 19 12 3 4 35 14 +21 39
4 Atalanta 19 11 5 3 38 24 +14 38
5 Juventus 19 10 4 5 27 17 +10 34 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Roma 19 10 2 7 31 21 +10 32 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
7 Fiorentina 19 10 2 7 34 25 +9 32
8 Lazio 19 9 4 6 39 34 +5 31
9 Empoli 19 8 3 8 30 34 −4 27
10 Bologna 19 8 3 8 27 31 −4 27
11 Torino 19 7 4 8 23 19 +4 25
12 Hellas Verona 19 6 6 7 34 32 +2 24
13 Sassuolo 19 6 6 7 30 31 −1 24
14 Udinese 18 4 8 6 26 28 −2 20
15 Sampdoria 19 5 5 9 27 35 −8 20
16 Venezia 19 4 5 10 18 34 −16 17
17 Spezia 19 4 4 11 19 39 −20 16
18 Genoa 19 1 8 10 19 37 −18 11 Relegation to Serie B
19 Cagliari 19 1 7 11 17 40 −23 10
20 Salernitana 18 2 2 14 11 42 −31 8
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. Source: Serie A
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)

Results[]

Home \ Away ATA BOL CAG EMP FIO GEN HEL INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP ROM SAL SAM SAS SPE TOR UDI VEN
Atalanta — 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–3 1–4 2–1 5–2 1–1 4–0
Bologna — 2–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–4 1–0 3–2 0–1
Cagliari 1–2 — 0–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–4 1–1
Empoli 1–4 4–2 — 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–3 2–4 0–3 3–1 1–2
Fiorentina a 3–0 — 1–3 a 4–3 1–2 4–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 2–1
Genoa 0–0 1–2 — 3–3 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–2 0–0
Hellas Verona 1–2 0–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–3 2–1 4–1 3–2 2–3 4–0
Internazionale 2–2 6–1 4–0 4–0 — 1–1 a 3–2 2–0 1–0 2–0
Juventus 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 a — 1–1 a 1–0 3–2 1–2 a
Lazio 2–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 0–2 — 3–2 3–0 6–1 4–4
Milan 4–1 3–2 1–1 a 2–0 — 0–1 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–0
Napoli 2–3 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 — a 0–1 1–0 2–0
Roma 2–0 3–1 0–3 a 1–2 0–0 — 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Salernitana 0–1 2–4 1–0 2–2 0–5 0–2 0–1 0–4 — 0–2
Sampdoria 1–3 1–2 a 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 0–4 — 2–1 3–3 1–1
Sassuolo 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 3–1
Spezia 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 — 1–0 0–1
Torino 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 — 2–1
Udinese 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–4 3–2 — 3–0
Venezia 1–0 3–4 0–2 1–1 1–3 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. 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.

Positions by round[]

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Internazionale12422333333333321111
Milan8423322222222221232
Napoli4531111111111113423
Atalanta79107578655544444344
Juventus1012161812107767988775775
Roma3314444444465557656
Fiorentina181085655978777666567
Lazio2176766586656898988
Empoli1711121611810111011111112111111899
Bologna57698119891210910989101210
Torino151611109911121213121211131313131011
Hellas Verona141719141514121311108109101010111312
Sassuolo6891214121414139131313121212121113
Udinese12658101313101414141415141414151414
Sampdoria16131511131515171515151816151515141515
Venezia19201417181817151616161514161616161616
Spezia11151813171719161717181617171717171717
Genoa20191315161616181818171718181819181818
Cagliari9141719191920191920202019191918191919
Salernitana13182020202018202019191920202020202020
Leader and UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Europa League group stage
UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round
Relegation to Serie B
Updated to match(es) played on 22 December 2021. Source: Lega Serie A, ESPN Italian Serie A

Season statistics[]

As of 23 December 2021

Top goalscorers[]

Rank Player Club Goals[37]
1 Serbia Dušan Vlahović Fiorentina 16
2 Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio 13
3 Argentina Giovanni Simeone Hellas Verona 12
4 Argentina Lautaro Martínez Internazionale 11
5 Brazil João Pedro Cagliari 9
Colombia Duván Zapata Atalanta
7 Italy Domenico Berardi Sassuolo 8
Bosnia and Herzegovina Edin Džeko Internazionale
9 Portugal Beto Udinese 7
Italy Mattia Destro Genoa
Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Milan
Croatia Mario Pašalić Atalanta
Spain Pedro Lazio
Italy Andrea Pinamonti Empoli

Hat-tricks[]

Main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date
Italy Ciro Immobile Lazio Spezia 6–1 (H) 28 August 2021
Argentina Giovanni Simeone4 Hellas Verona Lazio 4–1 (H) 24 October 2021
Serbia Dušan Vlahović Fiorentina Spezia 3–0 (H) 31 October 2021
Croatia Mario Pašalić Atalanta Venezia 4–0 (H) 30 November 2021
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Top assists[]

Rank Player Club Assists[38]
1 Italy Nicolò Barella Internazionale 7
Turkey Hakan Çalhanoğlu Internazionale
3 Italy Domenico Berardi Sassuolo 6
Spain Luis Alberto Lazio
Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić Lazio
6 Italy Antonio Candreva Sampdoria 5
Italy Gianluca Caprari Hellas Verona
France Theo Hernandez Milan
Italy Lorenzo Insigne Napoli
Croatia Mario Pašalić Atalanta
France Jordan Veretout Roma
Poland Piotr Zieliński Napoli

Clean sheets[]

Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 Slovenia Samir Handanović Internazionale 9
Colombia David Ospina Napoli
3 Portugal Rui Patrício Roma 7
Poland Łukasz Skorupski Bologna
Poland Wojciech Szczęsny Juventus
6 France Mike Maignan Milan 5

Awards[]

Monthly awards[]

Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month Goal of the Month References
Player Club Manager Club Player Club
September Senegal Kalidou Koulibaly Napoli Italy Luciano Spalletti Napoli Italy Lorenzo Pellegrini Roma [39][40][41]
October Argentina Giovanni Simeone Hellas Verona Italy Stefano Pioli Milan Italy Antonio Candreva Sampdoria [42][43]
November Turkey Hakan Çalhanoğlu Internazionale Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Atalanta [44][45]

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