2018–19 Serie A
| Season | 2018–19 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 18 August 2018 – 26 May 2019 |
| Matches played | 120 |
| Goals scored | 335 (2.79 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Krzysztof Piątek (9 goals)[1] |
| Biggest home win | Fiorentina 6–1 Chievo (26 August 2018) Internazionale 5–0 Genoa (3 November 2018) |
| Biggest away win | Frosinone 0–5 Sampdoria (15 September 2018) |
| Highest scoring | Sassuolo 5–3 Genoa (2 September 2018) |
| Longest winning run | 8 games Juventus |
| Longest unbeaten run | 11 games Juventus |
| Longest winless run | 12 games Chievo |
| Longest losing run | 7 games Chievo |
| Highest attendance | 78,725 Internazionale 1–0 Milan (21 October 2018) |
| Lowest attendance | 7,000 SPAL 1–0 Parma (26 August 2018) |
| Total attendance | 2,772,986 |
| Average attendance | 25,440 |
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 11 November 2018. | |
The 2018–19 Serie A is 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 are the seven-time defending champions. The season is scheduled to run from 18 August 2018 to 26 May 2019.[2]
Contents
Events[edit]
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]
Teams[edit]
Stadiums and locations[edit]
Personnel and kits[edit]
Managerial changes[edit]
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Napoli | Mutual consent | 23 May 2018[13] | Pre-season | 23 May 2018[14] | ||
| Bologna | 24 May 2018[15] | 13 June 2018[16] | ||||
| Cagliari | 30 May 2018[17] | 7 June 2018[18] | ||||
| Sassuolo | 5 June 2018[19] | 13 June 2018[20] | ||||
| Udinese | 7 June 2018 | 7 June 2018[21] | ||||
| Chievo | Sacked | 9 October 2018[22] | 20th | 10 October 2018[23] | ||
| Genoa | 9 October 2018[24] | 11th | 9 October 2018[24] | |||
| Empoli | 5 November 2018[25] | 18th | 6 November 2018[26] | |||
| Chievo | Resigned, consensual resolution | 13 November 2018[27] | 20th | 13 November 2018[28] | ||
| Udinese | Sacked | 13 November 2018 | 17th | 13 November 2018[29] |
League table[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventus | 12 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 8 | +18 | 34 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Napoli | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 13 | +13 | 28 | |
| 3 | Internazionale | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 10 | +12 | 25 | |
| 4 | Lazio | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 22 | |
| 5 | Milan | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 21 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Roma | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 22 | 15 | +7 | 19 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 7 | Sassuolo | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 17 | +3 | 19 | |
| 8 | Atalanta | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 14 | +9 | 18 | |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 17 | |
| 10 | Torino | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 17 | |
| 11 | Parma | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 17 | |
| 12 | Sampdoria | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 15 | |
| 13 | Cagliari | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 14 | |
| 14 | Genoa | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 26 | −9 | 14 | |
| 15 | SPAL | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 13 | |
| 16 | Bologna | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 10 | |
| 17 | Udinese | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 9 | |
| 18 | Empoli | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | −9 | 9 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Frosinone | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 25 | −15 | 7 | |
| 20 | Chievo[a] | 12 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 30 | −20 | 0 |
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).[31]
Notes:
Positions by round[edit]
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.
| Leader | |
| UEFA Champions League Group stage | |
| UEFA Europa League Group stage | |
| UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round | |
| Relegation to Serie B |
Results[edit]
| Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | CAG | CHV | EMP | FIO | FRO | GEN | INT | JUV | LAZ | MIL | NAP | PAR | ROM | SAM | SAS | SPA | TOR | UDI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atalanta | — | 0–1 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | |||||||||||||
| Bologna | 1–2 | — | a | 0–3 | a | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | |||||||||||
| Cagliari | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Chievo | 1–5 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | ||||||||||||
| Empoli | 2–0 | — | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | |||||||||||||
| Fiorentina | 2–0 | a | 1–1 | 6–1 | — | a | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||||
| Frosinone | 0–0 | 3–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–5 | |||||||||||||
| Genoa | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–3 | a | 2–2 | ||||||||||||
| Internazionale | 2–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | — | a | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | ||||||||||||
| Juventus | 2–0 | 3–1 | a | 1–1 | a | — | 2–0 | a | 3–1 | 2–1 | a | |||||||||
| Lazio | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | — | 1–2 | a | 4–1 | ||||||||||||
| Milan | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | a | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||||||||||||
| Napoli | 5–1 | 1–0 | a | 3–2 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||||||||||||
| Parma | a | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 2–2 | ||||||||||||
| Roma | 3–3 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | a | — | 4–1 | 0–2 | ||||||||||||
| Sampdoria | 1–1 | a | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | ||||||||||||
| Sassuolo | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | — | |||||||||||||
| SPAL | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | — | |||||||||||||
| Torino | 1–1 | 3–2 | a | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | — | ||||||||||||
| Udinese | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | — |
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the match.
Season statistics[edit]
Top goalscorers[edit]
Last updated: 11 November 2018 |
Top assists[edit]
Last updated: 12 November 2018 |
Hat-tricks[edit]
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atalanta | Chievo | 5–1 (A) | 21 October 2018 | |
| Napoli | Empoli | 5–1 (H) | 2 November 2018 |
- Note
(H) – Home ; (A) – Away
Number of teams by region[edit]
| Number of teams | Region | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Bologna, Parma, Sassuolo and SPAL | |
| 3 | Frosinone, Lazio and Roma | |
| Atalanta, Internazionale and Milan | ||
| 2 | Genoa and Sampdoria | |
| Juventus and Torino | ||
| Empoli and Fiorentina | ||
| 1 | Napoli | |
| Udinese | ||
| Cagliari | ||
| Chievo |
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