Serie A
Season2011–12
Dates9 September 2011 – 13 May 2012
ChampionsJuventus
28th title
RelegatedLecce (to C1)
Novara
Cesena
Champions LeagueJuventus
Milan
Udinese
Europa LeagueLazio
Napoli
Internazionale
Matches played380
Goals scored972 (2.56 per match)
Top goalscorerZlatan Ibrahimović
(28 goals)
Biggest home winNapoli 6–1 Genoa
(21 December 2011)
Internazionale 5–0 Parma
(7 January 2012)
Biggest away winFiorentina 0–5 Juventus
(17 March 2012)
Highest scoringNapoli 6–3 Cagliari
(9 March 2012)
Internazionale 5–4 Genoa
(1 April 2012)
Longest winning run8 games
Juventus[1]
Longest unbeaten run38 games
Juventus[1]
Longest winless run20 games
Cesena[2]
Longest losing run5 games
Cesena[2]
Highest attendance79,522[3]
Milan 0–1 Internazionale
Lowest attendance5,962[3]
Lecce 0–0 Bologna
Average attendance23,214[3]

The 2011–12 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM after its headline sponsors) was the 110th season of top-tier Italian football, the 80th in a round-robin tournament, and the second since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 3 September 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012.[4] The league was originally scheduled to start on 27 August, but this was delayed due to a strike by the players.[5] The fixtures were drawn up on 27 July 2011.

The league title was won by Juventus, winning its 28th official Serie A title or scudetto, and first since the 2002–03 Serie A. The team completed the season undefeated, becoming the first team to do so in a 38-game league season in Italy; Perugia were undefeated in the 30-game 1978–79 Serie A, in which they finished second in the table, while Milan were unbeaten and won the title in the 34-game 1991–92 Serie A.[6]

Since Italy dropped from third to fourth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season,[7][8][9] the league lost a group stage berth for the UEFA Champions League from the 2012–13 season.

Rule changes

The rules for the registration of non-EU (or non-EFTA or Swiss) nationals transferred from abroad were revised in the summer of 2011. Clubs could now sign two non-EU players. This was a reverse of the decision made the previous summer in the wake of Italy's failure at the 2010 World Cup that limited clubs to the signing of just one such player.

Teams

Stadia and locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2010-11 season
Atalanta Bergamo Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 24,642 Serie B champions
Bologna Bologna Renato Dall'Ara 39,444 16th in Serie A
Cagliari Cagliari Sant'Elia 23,486 14th in Serie A
Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 23,420 13th in Serie A
Cesena Cesena Dino Manuzzi 23,860 15th in Serie A
Chievo Verona Verona Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 39,211 11th in Serie A
Fiorentina Florence Artemio Franchi 47,282 9th in Serie A
Genoa Genoa Luigi Ferraris 36,685 10th in Serie A
Internazionale Milan San Siro 80,074 Serie A Runner-up
Juventus Turin Juventus Stadium 41,254 7th in Serie A
Lazio Rome Olimpico 72,698 5th in Serie A
Lecce Lecce Via del Mare 33,876 17th in Serie A
Milan Milan San Siro 80,074 Serie A champions
Napoli Naples San Paolo 60,240 3rd in Serie A
Novara Novara Silvio Piola 17,875 Serie B play-off winners
Palermo Palermo Renzo Barbera 37,242 8th in Serie A
Parma Parma Ennio Tardini 27,906 12th in Serie A
Roma Rome Olimpico 72,698 6th in Serie A
Siena Siena Artemio Franchi 15,373 Serie B Runner-up
Udinese Udine Friuli 41,652 4th in Serie A

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta Italy Stefano Colantuono Italy Gianpaolo Bellini Erreà AXA, Konica Minolta
Bologna Italy Stefano Pioli Italy Marco Di Vaio Macron NGM Mobile, Serenissima Ceramica (Home)/CIR Manifatture Ceramiche (Away)
Cagliari Italy Massimo Ficcadenti Italy Daniele Conti Kappa Sardegna
Catania Italy Vincenzo Montella Italy Marco Biagianti Givova SP Energia Siciliana, Regione Sicilia
Cesena Italy Mario Beretta Italy Giuseppe Colucci Adidas Technogym
Chievo Verona Italy Domenico Di Carlo Italy Sergio Pellissier Givova Paluani/Banca Popolare di Verona/Merkur-Win, Midac Batteries
Fiorentina Italy Vincenzo Guerini Italy Alessandro Gamberini Lotto Mazda, Save the Children
Genoa Italy Luigi De Canio Italy Marco Rossi Asics iZiPlay
Internazionale Italy Andrea Stramaccioni Argentina Javier Zanetti Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Antonio Conte Italy Alessandro Del Piero Nike Betclic (Home)/Balocco (Away)
Lazio Italy Edoardo Reja Italy Tommaso Rocchi Puma Clinica Paideia/Fondazione Gabriele Sandri
Lecce Italy Serse Cosmi Uruguay Guillermo Giacomazzi Asics Veneto Banca/Banca Apulia, Betitaly
Milan Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Massimo Ambrosini Adidas Fly Emirates
Napoli Italy Walter Mazzarri Italy Paolo Cannavaro Macron Lete, MSC Cruises
Novara Italy Emiliano Mondonico Italy Matteo Centurioni Joma Banca Popolare di Novara, Intesa pour Homme
Palermo Italy Bortolo Mutti Italy Fabrizio Miccoli Legea Eurobet Casinò, Burger King
Parma Italy Roberto Donadoni Italy Stefano Morrone Erreà Navigare, Banca Monte Parma
Roma Spain Luis Enrique Italy Francesco Totti Kappa Wind
Siena Italy Giuseppe Sannino Italy Simone Vergassola Kappa Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Udinese Italy Francesco Guidolin Italy Antonio Di Natale Legea Dacia, Tipicamente Friulano/Lumberjack/QBell

Managerial changes

In Italy, football managers are only permitted to manage one club per season.[10] For this purpose, the "season" is defined as starting when its first match kicks off, so Roberto Donadoni and Stefano Pioli, who lost their job at Cagliari and Palermo on 12 and 31 August 2011 were able to take respectively the Parma job in January 2012 and the Bologna job in October 2011 because the first matches were not until 9 September 2011.

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
LecceItaly Luigi De CanioEnd of contract19 May 2011[11]PreseasonItaly Eusebio Di Francesco27 June 2011[12]
CesenaItaly Massimo FiccadentiEnd of contract20 May 2011[13]Italy Marco Giampaolo4 June 2011[14]
BolognaItaly Alberto MalesaniEnd of contract26 May 2011Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli26 May 2011[15]
ChievoItaly Stefano PioliEnd of contract26 May 2011[16]Italy Domenico Di Carlo9 June 2011[17]
JuventusItaly Luigi DelneriSacked31 May 2011[18]Italy Antonio Conte31 May 2011[19]
SienaItaly Antonio ConteMutual consent31 May 2011[20]Italy Giuseppe Sannino6 June 2011[21]
PalermoItaly Delio RossiMutual consent1 June 2011[22]Italy Stefano Pioli2 June 2011[23]
CataniaArgentina Diego SimeoneMutual consent1 June 2011[24]Italy Vincenzo Montella9 June 2011[25]
GenoaItaly Davide BallardiniSacked4 June 2011[26]Italy Alberto Malesani19 June 2011[27]
RomaItaly Vincenzo MontellaEnd of caretaker spell9 June 2011Spain Luis Enrique10 June 2011[28][29]
InternazionaleBrazil LeonardoResigned15 June 2011[30]Italy Gian Piero Gasperini24 June 2011[31]
CagliariItaly Roberto DonadoniSacked12 August 2011[32]Italy Massimo Ficcadenti16 August 2011[33]
PalermoItaly Stefano PioliSacked31 August 2011[34]Italy Devis Mangia31 August 2011[34]
InternazionaleItaly Gian Piero GasperiniSacked21 September 2011[35]18thItaly Claudio Ranieri21 September 2011[36]
BolognaItaly Pierpaolo BisoliSacked4 October 2011[37]20thItaly Stefano Pioli4 October 2011[37]
CesenaItaly Marco GiampaoloSacked30 October 2011[38]20thItaly Daniele Arrigoni1 November 2011[39]
FiorentinaSerbia Siniša MihajlovićSacked7 November 201113thItaly Delio Rossi7 November 2011[40]
CagliariItaly Massimo FiccadentiSacked8 November 2011[41]10thItaly Davide Ballardini9 November 2011[42]
LecceItaly Eusebio Di FrancescoSacked4 December 2011[43]20thItaly Serse Cosmi4 December 2011[43]
PalermoItaly Devis MangiaSacked19 December 2011[44]10thItaly Bortolo Mutti19 December 2011[45]
GenoaItaly Alberto MalesaniSacked22 December 2011[46]10thItaly Pasquale Marino22 December 2011[47]
ParmaItaly Franco ColombaSacked9 January 2012[48]15thItaly Roberto Donadoni9 January 2012[48]
NovaraItaly Attilio TesserSacked30 January 2012[49]20thItaly Emiliano Mondonico30 January 2012[49]
CesenaItaly Daniele ArrigoniMutual consent20 February 2012[50]20thItaly Mario Beretta21 February 2012[51]
NovaraItaly Emiliano MondonicoSacked6 March 2012[52]19thItaly Attilio Tesser6 March 2012[52]
CagliariItaly Davide BallardiniSacked for just cause11 March 2012[53]17thItaly Massimo Ficcadenti11 March 2012[53]
InternazionaleItaly Claudio RanieriConsensual termination26 March 2012[54]8thItaly Andrea Stramaccioni26 March 2012[54]
GenoaItaly Pasquale MarinoSacked2 April 2012[55]16thItaly Alberto Malesani2 April 2012[55]
GenoaItaly Alberto MalesaniSacked22 April 2012[56]17thItaly Luigi De Canio22 April 2012[56]
FiorentinaItaly Delio RossiSacked2 May 2012[57]16thItaly Vincenzo Guerini (caretaker)3 May 2012[58]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 38 23 15 0 68 20 +48 84 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Milan 38 24 8 6 74 33 +41 80
3 Udinese 38 18 10 10 52 35 +17 64 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Lazio 38 18 8 12 56 47 +9 62 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
5 Napoli 38 16 13 9 66 46 +20 61 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
6 Internazionale 38 17 7 14 58 55 +3 58 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Roma 38 16 8 14 60 54 +6 56[lower-alpha 2]
8 Parma 38 15 11 12 54 53 +1 56[lower-alpha 2]
9 Bologna 38 13 12 13 41 43 −2 51
10 Chievo 38 12 13 13 35 45 −10 49
11 Catania 38 11 15 12 47 52 −5 48
12 Atalanta[lower-alpha 3] 38 13 13 12 41 43 −2 46[lower-alpha 4]
13 Fiorentina 38 11 13 14 37 43 −6 46[lower-alpha 4]
14 Siena 38 11 11 16 45 45 0 44
15 Cagliari 38 10 13 15 37 46 −9 43[lower-alpha 5]
16 Palermo 38 11 10 17 52 62 −10 43[lower-alpha 5]
17 Genoa 38 11 9 18 50 69 −19 42
18 Lecce (R, D, R) 38 8 12 18 40 56 −16 36 Relegation to Serie C1[lower-alpha 6]
19 Novara (R) 38 7 11 20 35 65 −30 32 Relegation to Serie B
20 Cesena (R) 38 4 10 24 24 60 −36 22
Source: Lega Serie A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Napoli qualified to the group stage of the Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Coppa Italia. As they finished fifth, the sixth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
  2. 1 2 Roma finished ahead of Parma on head–to–head away goals scored: Parma 0–1 Roma, Roma 1–0 Parma.
  3. ↑ Atalanta were deducted 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.[59][60]
  4. 1 2 Atalanta finished ahead of Fiorentina on head–to–head away goals scored: Atalanta 2–0 Fiorentina, Fiorentina 2–2 Atalanta.
  5. 1 2 Cagliari finished ahead of Palermo on goal difference : Cagliari 2–1 Palermo, Palermo 3–2 Cagliari; Cagliari = –9, Palermo = –10.
  6. ↑ Lecce were originally relegated to Serie B, but further relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

Results

Home \ Away ATA BOL CAG CTN CES CHV FIO GEN INT JUV LAZ LCE MIL NAP NOV PAL PAR ROM SIE UDI
Atalanta 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–0
Bologna 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–3
Cagliari 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 0–0
Catania 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2
Cesena 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–3 0–2 0–1
Chievo 0–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0
Fiorentina 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–5 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–2
Genoa 2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 3–2
Internazionale 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 5–4 1–2 2–1 4–1 4–2 0–3 0–1 4–4 5–0 0–0 2–1 0–1
Juventus 3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 4–0 0–0 2–1
Lazio 2–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2
Lecce 1–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 3–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 4–1 0–2
Milan 2–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Napoli 1–3 1–1 6–3 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 6–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 4–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 2–0
Novara 0–0 0–2 0–0 3–3 3–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 0–4 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0
Palermo 2–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 4–4 2–0 5–3 4–3 0–2 5–1 2–0 0–4 1–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1
Parma 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–3 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0
Roma 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 5–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 5–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1
Siena 2–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 4–0 3–0 1–4 1–1 0–2 4–1 0–2 1–0 1–0
Udinese 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1
Source: Lega Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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