2015–16 in Italian football

Football in Italy
Season	2015–16
Men's football
Serie A	Juventus
Serie B	Cagliari
Coppa Italia	Juventus
Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus

The 2015–16 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Italy.

Promotions and relegations (pre-season)

Teams promoted to Serie A

Teams relegated from Serie A

Teams promoted to Serie B

Teams relegated from Serie B

National teams

Italy national football team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	7	3	0	16	7	+9	24	Qualify for final tournament
2	Croatia^[a]	10	6	3	1	20	5	+15	20	Qualify for final tournament
3	Norway	10	6	1	3	13	10	+3	19	Advance to play-offs
4	Bulgaria	10	3	2	5	9	12	−3	11
5	Azerbaijan	10	1	3	6	7	18	−11	6
6	Malta	10	0	2	8	3	16	−13	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.

12 June 2015

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Croatia	1–1	Italy
Mandžukić 11'	Report	Candreva 36' (pen.)

Stadion Poljud, Split

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

3 September 2015

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Italy	1–0	Malta
Pellè 69'	Report

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Attendance: 12,551^[2]

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

6 September 2015

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Italy	1–0	Bulgaria
De Rossi 6' (pen.)	Report

Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo

Attendance: 21,000^[3]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

10 October 2015

18:00
(21:00 UTC+5)

Azerbaijan	1–3	Italy
Nazarov 31'	Report	Éder 11' El Shaarawy 43' Darmian 65'

National Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 48,000^[4]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

13 October 2015

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Italy	2–1	Norway
Florenzi 73' Pellè 82'	Report	Tettey 23'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 30,000^[5]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Friendlies

31 March 2015 Friendly	Italy	1–1	England	Torino, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pellè 29'	Report	Townsend 79'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 31,138 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

16 June 2015 Friendly	Italy	0–1	Portugal	Genève, Switzerland
		Report	Éder 52'	Stadium: Stade de Genève

13 November 2015 Friendly	Belgium	3–1	Italy	Brussels, Belgium^[6]
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vertonghen 13', 25' Witsel 33' De Bruyne 74' Batshuayi 82'	Report	Candreva 3' Éder 27' Chiellini 34' Antonelli 90'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) Friendly	Italy	2–2	Romania	Bologna, Italy^[7]
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marchisio 55' (pen.) Éder 56' Gabbiadini 66' Candreva 90'	Report	Stancu 8' Hoban 15' Andone 89' Chiricheș 90'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 22,511 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

24 March 2016 Friendly	Italy	1–1	Spain	Udine, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Insigne 68'	Report	Aduriz 70'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 23,300 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

29 March 2016 Friendly	Germany	4–1	Italy	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kroos 24' Götze 45' Hector 59' Özil 75' (pen.)	Report	El Shaarawy 83'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 62,653 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

League season

Serie A

Template:2015–16 Serie A table

Serie B

Lega Pro

Group A	Group B	Group C
Template:2015–16 Lega Pro Group A table	Template:2015–16 Lega Pro Group B table	Template:2015–16 Lega Pro Group C table

Serie D

Cup competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

8 August 2015

20:00 UTC+08:00

Juventus	2–0	Lazio
Mandžukić 69' Dybala 73'	Report

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Luca Banti

Juventus

Lazio



GK	1	Gianluigi Buffon (c)
CB	15	Andrea Barzagli
CB	19	Leonardo Bonucci
CB	4	Martín Cáceres
RWB	26	Stephan Lichtsteiner
LWB	33	Patrice Evra
RM	27	Stefano Sturaro	90'
CM	8	Claudio Marchisio
LM	10	Paul Pogba
CF	11	Kingsley Coman	61'
CF	17	Mario Mandžukić	80'
Substitutes:
GK	25	Neto
GK	34	Rubinho
DF	2	Mauricio Isla
DF	24	Daniele Rugani
DF	42	Giulio Parodi
MF	20	Simone Padoin
MF	37	Roberto Pereyra	90'
MF	40	Mattia Vitale
MF	43	Andrés Tello
FW	7	Simone Zaza
FW	14	Fernando Llorente	80'
FW	21	Paulo Dybala	61'
Manager:
Massimiliano Allegri



GK	22	Federico Marchetti
RB	26	Ștefan Radu
CB	6	Santiago Gentiletti
CB	3	Stefan de Vrij
LB	8	Dušan Basta
RM	32	Danilo Cataldi	75'
CM	20	Lucas Biglia (c)
LM	23	Ogenyi Onazi
AM	10	Felipe Anderson	87'
AM	87	Antonio Candreva
CF	11	Miroslav Klose	61'
Substitutes:
GK	55	Guido Guerrieri
GK	99	Etrit Berisha
DF	2	Wesley Hoedt
DF	4	Patric
DF	29	Abdoulay Konko
DF	33	Maurício
MF	7	Ravel Morrison	87'
MF	21	Sergej Milinković-Savić
MF	70	Chris Ikonomidis
FW	9	Filip Đorđević	61'
FW	14	Keita
FW	88	Ricardo Kishna	75'
Manager:
Stefano Pioli

Coppa Italia

21 May 2016

20:45 CEST (UTC+2)

Milan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Juventus
	Report	Morata 110'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Milan

Juventus



GK	99	Gianluigi Donnarumma
RB	96	Davide Calabria
CB	17	Cristián Zapata	50'
CB	13	Alessio Romagnoli
LB	2	Mattia De Sciglio
DM	18	Riccardo Montolivo (c)		108'
CM	27	Juraj Kucka		112'
CM	16	Andrea Poli		84'
RW	10	Keisuke Honda	88'
CF	70	Carlos Bacca
LW	28	Giacomo Bonaventura
Substitutes:
GK	1	Diego López
DF	4	José Mauri	119'	108'
DF	5	Philippe Mexès
FW	7	Jérémy Ménez
FW	9	Luiz Adriano
FW	19	M'Baye Niang	101'	84'
GK	32	Christian Abbiati
DF	33	Alex
FW	45	Mario Balotelli		112'
MF	72	Kevin-Prince Boateng
MF	73	Manuel Locatelli
MF	91	Andrea Bertolacci
Manager:
Cristian Brocchi



GK	25	Neto
CB	24	Daniele Rugani	120+2'
CB	15	Andrea Barzagli	105'
CB	3	Giorgio Chiellini (c)	117'
RWB	26	Stephan Lichtsteiner		75'
CM	18	Mario Lemina
CM	11	Hernanes		108'
CM	10	Paul Pogba	62'
LWB	33	Patrice Evra		62'
CF	21	Paulo Dybala
CF	17	Mario Mandžukić
Substitutes:
GK	1	Gianluigi Buffon
FW	7	Simone Zaza
FW	9	Álvaro Morata	119'	108'
DF	12	Alex Sandro		62'
FW	16	Juan Cuadrado		75'
MF	20	Simone Padoin
MF	22	Kwadwo Asamoah
MF	27	Stefano Sturaro
GK	34	Rubinho
MF	37	Roberto Pereyra
Manager:
Massimiliano Allegri

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

References

^ "Russia given abandoned Montenegro tie by forfeit after riot". BBC Sport. 8 April 2015.
^ "Italy vs. Malta". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ "Italy vs. Bulgaria". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ "Azerbaijan vs. Italy - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^ "Italy vs. Norway - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^ https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/international-tournaments/fixtures-results/date=20151101/index.html
^ https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/international-tournaments/fixtures-results/date=20151101/index.html

^ Due to punishment handed by UEFA for crowd trouble in their home match against Norway on 28 March 2015, Croatia must play their next home qualifying game behind closed doors, and the Croatian FA were fined €50,000.^[1]

[table_note_CRO0.75142362748805-1] Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.

[2] "Russia given abandoned Montenegro tie by forfeit after riot". BBC Sport. 8 April 2015.

[4] "Italy vs. Malta". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[5] "Italy vs. Bulgaria". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[6] "Azerbaijan vs. Italy - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

[7] "Italy vs. Norway - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

[8] ttps://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/international-tournaments/fixtures-results/date=20151101/index.html

[9] ttps://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/international-tournaments/fixtures-results/date=20151101/index.html

[croatia-ban-3] Due to punishment handed by UEFA for crowd trouble in their home match against Norway on 28 March 2015, Croatia must play their next home qualifying game behind closed doors, and the Croatian FA were fined €50,000.^[1]

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League cups	England Finland '15 '16 France Iceland '15 '16 Israel Latvia Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic England Estonia '15 '16 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Lithuania Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '15 '16 Romania Russia San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Turkey Ukraine
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Women's Champions League qualifying round knockout phase Final
International competitions	UEFA Euro 2016 qualification 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017 Euro Under-21 qualification 2016 Euro Under-19 qualification 2016 Euro Under-17 qualification Football at the 2016 Summer Olympics UEFA qualification