Serie A
Season2015–16
ChampionsAsti
RelegatedCosenzaLazio
UEFA Futsal CupAsti
Biggest home win8-0 Pescara-Latina (Rd.16)
Biggest away win0-10 Lazio-Kaos (Rd.22)
Highest scoring6-10
Latina-Real Rieti (Rd. 1)
Napoli-Asti (Rd.2)
Longest winning run10 matches
Asti
Longest unbeaten run13 matches
Asti
Longest winless run13 matches
Napoli
Longest losing run7 matches
Napoli
2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season of the Serie A is the 33rd season of top-tier futsal in Italy, 27th known as Serie A, which began September 19, 2015 and will finish on April 16, 2016. At the end of the regular season the top eight teams will play in the championship playoffs. The quarter and semi-finals will be a best of three series and the final will be a best of five-game series. The champions will then be Italy's representative in the 2016-2017 UEFA Futsal Cup. With 13 teams participating this season the last place team will automatically be relegated to Serie A2 and the twelfth and eleventh placed teams will have a two-legged playoff to determine the second team to be relegated.

Events

Theisis the first Serie A championship to have 13 teams to play for the Scudetto. This season is the return of Montesilvano after two seasons of absence. They are the current record holder for appearances in the top flight (22 seasons). The city of Montesilvano will have the only derby of the season, which will see the seagulls opposite Acqua e Sapone. Cosenza and Carlisport Cogianco are making their debut in Serie A. Fabrizio has also changed its name and colors, becoming "FC5 Corigliano Futsal" to better represent the city of Corigliano Calabro.[1]

Schedule Breaks

The Divisione Calcio a 5 has published the calendar of the championship on August 12.[2] The season will break on December 5 through 12 for the World Cup qualifiers. January 23 to February 13 for the finals of the European Championship which will be played in Serbia. March 5 for the final eight of the Coppa Italia. March 19 and April 9 for the home and away play-off qualifiers for the World Cup in 2016 in Colombia.

Penalty

This season the Pescara reflects the downgrade of 1 point in the standings from the National Federal Court in the previous season for the delay of payments to its own cardholder.[3]

Cosenza Excluded

In accepting the irrevocable resignation of its president and legal representative, on October 12, 2015, Futsal Cosenza decided the cessation of the championship with immediate effect. Since exclusion was made during the fourth round, all the matches played by the team do not count towards the league table. The team was also fined the maximum penalty by law, (30,000.00 Euros), for having seriously affected the performance of the entire season.[4]

2015-16 Season teams

Team Location Stadium Capacity 2014-15 Season
Acqua e Sapone Montesilvano Pala Roma 1,540 4th in Serie A, semi-finalist
Asti Asti Pala San Quirico 1,000 3rd in Serie A, quarter-finalist
Carlisport Cogianco Ariccia PalaCesaroni 3,000 2nd in Serie A2 group B
Corigliano Corigliano Calabro PalaCorigliano 3,000 10th in Serie A
Cosenza Cosenza Palaferraro 1,200 1st in Serie A2 group B
Kaos Ferrara Palasport di Ferrara 3,504 6th in Serie A, beaten finalist
Latina Latina PalaSport Nicola Bianchini 2,500 8th in Serie A, quarter-finalist
Lazio Rome Futsal Arena 1,000 7th in Serie A, quarter-finalist
Luparense San Martino di Lupari PalaBruel 1,200 2nd in Serie A, semi-finalist
Montesilvano Montesilvano Pala Roma 1,540 1st in Serie A2 group A
Napoli Napoli Federazione Italiana Pallavolo 9th in Serie A
Pescara Pescara PalaRigopiano 1,500 1st in Serie A, Champion
Real Rieti Rieti Pala Malfatti 5th in Serie A, quarter-finalist

Regular season table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Asti 22 13 8 1 96 61 +35 47 Advanced to Quarter-finals
2 Pescara 22 12 6 4 85 56 +29 41[lower-alpha 1]
3 Real Rieti 22 12 5 5 88 76 +12 41
4 Kaos 22 9 7 6 83 65 +18 34
5 Acqua e Sapone 22 9 7 6 75 66 +9 34
6 Montesilvano 22 8 7 7 78 65 +13 31
7 Luparense 22 9 4 9 75 85 10 31
8 Carlisport Cogianco 22 8 6 8 72 60 +12 30
9 Latina 22 8 3 11 71 83 12 27
10 Corigliano 22 5 4 13 69 112 43 19
11 Lazio 22 3 5 14 50 87 37 14 Relegation playoffs
12 Napoli 22 3 4 15 76 102 26 13
13 Cosenza[lower-alpha 2] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Excluded
Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2016. Source: Divisione Calcio a 5 – Serie A
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
Notes:
  1. 1 point penalty
  2. Excluded from the championship in the 4th round.

Cosenza Games

Cosenza is excluded from playing in the championship with immediate effect (Round 4). The games held previously by the team were not considered valid for ranking. In the remaining league games, the team that would face Cosenza will now have a bye.[5]

Calendar and Results

Regular Season Top Scorers

# Player Club Goals
1 Kaka Kaos 28
Zanchetta Real Rieti
2 Jonas Acqua e Sapone 20
3 Vieira Carlisport Cogianco 19
4 Bordignon Montesilvano 18
Hector Real Rieti
5 De Oliveira Asti 17
Rosa Montesilvano
6 Maluko Real Rieti 16
7 Bertoni Asti 15
Maina Latina
Fornari Napoli
Waltinho Carlisport Cogianco
8 Crema Asti 14
Lemine Corigliano

[6]

Relegation playoff

1st leg

April 30, 2016 Napoli 5-3 Lazio Napoli
18:00 Fornari 13', 30', 39'
De Bail 34'
Bolo 39'
Report Pol Pacheco 3'
Nardacchione 21'
Perri 34'
Stadium: Federazione Italiana Pallavolo

2nd leg

May 7, 2016 Lazio 1-5 Napoli Rome
18:00 Juninho 15' Report Bolo 8'
Milucci 28'
De Bail 31'
Javi Rodriguez 32', 35'
Stadium: Futsal Arena
  • Napoli wins 10–4 on aggregate and remains in Serie A. Lazio is relegated to Serie A2.

Championship playoffs

Calendar

Round Date Fixtures Clubs Notes
Quarter-finals 30 April 5/6/7 May 2016 8 8 → 4
Semifinals 12/17/19 May 2016 4 4 → 2
Final 25/30 May 1/7/9 June 3 2 → 1

Bracket

Quarter-finals Semifinals Final
                 
1 Asti 4 5 3
8 Carlisport Cogianco 6 0 3
1 Asti 2 4 2
5 Acqua e Sapone 4 2 1
4 Kaos 1 2
5 Acqua e Sapone 1 5
1 Asti 1 1 (2) 3 4 (3)
3 Real Rieti 2 1 (1) 2 4 (2)
2 Pescara 4 6 3
7 Luparense 5 1 4
3 Real Rieti 2 4 4
7 Luparense 5 3 2
3 Real Rieti 7 5
6 Montesilvano 2 5

Quarter-finals

1st match

April 29, 2016 Kaos 1-1 Acqua e Sapone Montesilvano
21:00 Vinicius 11' Report Schiochet 37' Stadium: Pala Roma
April 29, 2016 Asti 4-6 Carlisport Cogianco Ariccia
21:00 De Luca 7' (own)
Bocao 24' (own)
De Oliveira 29', 39'
Ramon 32'
Nora 34'
Report Waltinho 27', 29'
Ruben 34'
Vieira 39'
Stadium: PalaCesaroni
April 30, 2016 Pescara 4-5 Luparense San Martino di Lupari
18:00 Lara 25'
Betao 30'
Ercolessi 33'
Salas 36'
Report Honorio 3'
Leitao 6', 22'
Taborda 20'
Giasson 39'
Stadium: PalaBruel
April 30, 2016 Real Rieti 7-2 Montesilvano Montesilvano
20:00 Rafinha 8'
Ghiotti 17', 25'
Saul 20', 36'
Hector 29', 36'
Report Bordignon 24'
Burato 31'
Stadium: PalaRoma

2nd match

May 4, 2016 Acqua e Sapone 5-2 Kaos Ferrara
20:00 Burrito 5', 38'
Mammarella 10' (own)
Jonas 18'
Murilo 28', 37'
Report Tuli 10' Stadium: Palasport di Ferrara
May 4, 2016 Carlisport Cogianco 0-5 Asti Asti
20:30 Ruben 19' (own) Report Crema 15', 28'
Bertoni 37'
Nora 39'
Stadium: Pala San Quirico
May 5, 2016 Luparense 1-6 Pescara Pescara
20:00 Bissoni 17' Report Caputo 7'
Leggiero 15'
Grello 17', 24'
Cuzzolino 18' (pen)
Rogerio 40'
Stadium: PalaRigopiano
May 5, 2016 Montesilvano 5-5 Real Rieti Rieti
20:15 Burato 11'
Hozjan 13'
Morgado 37'
Francini 39'
Report Hector 3', 9' (pen) 38' (own)
Zanchetta 13', 19', 40'
Stadium: Pala Malfatti

3rd Match

May 6, 2016 Carlisport Cogianco 3-3 (a.e.t) Asti Asti
20:45 Ruben 32'
Brizzi 38'
Vieira 47'
Report De Oliveira 5'
Ramon 25'
Nora 42'
Stadium: Pala San Quirico
May 7, 2016 Luparense 4-3 Pescara Pescara
20:45 Honorio 1'
Giasson 3'
Foglia 36'
Leitao 38'
Report Rescia 12'
Betao 24'
Rogerio 38'
Stadium: PalaRigopiano

Semifinals

1st match

May 12, 2016 Asti 2-4 Acqua e Sapone Montesilvano
20:00 Ramon 16'
Bertoni 27'
Report Paulinho 5'
Burrito 7', 39'
Jonas 20'
Stadium: Pala Roma
May 12, 2016 Real Rieti 2-5 Luparense San Martino di Lupari
20:45 Zanchetta 4'
Maluko 6'
Report Foglia 14', 21'
Bissoni 31', 35'
Leitao 36'
Stadium: PalaBruel

2nd match

May 17, 2016 Acqua e Sapone 2-4 Asti Asti
20:45 Mimi 25'
Jonas 39'
Report Crema 27', 28'
Chimanguinho 37'
Bertoni 40'
Stadium: Pala San Quirico
May 17, 2016 Luparense 3-4 Real Rieti Rieti
20:30 Foglia 20'
Moura 22'
Honorio 37'
Report Rafinha 4', 23'
Ghiotti 12'
Saul 20'
Stadium: Pala Malfatti

3rd match

May 19, 2016 Acqua e Sapone 1-2 Asti Asti
20:00 Jonas 36' Report Nora 20'
Chimanguinho 32'
Stadium: Pala San Quirico
May 19, 2016 Luparense 2-4 Real Rieti Rieti
20:00 Ique 27' Report Corsini 6'
Zanchetta 10'
Saul 28' 33' (own)
Hector 40'
Stadium: Pala Malfatti

Final

1st match

May 25, 2016 Real Rieti 2-1 Asti Asti
20:45 Hector 22'
Zanchetta 38'
Report Romano 29' Stadium: Pala San Quirico

2nd match

May 30, 2016 Asti 1-1 (a.e.t)
(2 1 p)
Real Rieti Teramo
20:45 Duarte 26' Report Hector 40' Stadium: Pala San Quirico
Penalties
De Oliveira soccer ball with red X
Bertoni soccer ball with check mark
Duarte soccer ball with check mark
Hector soccer ball with check mark
Rafinha soccer ball with red X
Saul soccer ball with red X

3rd match

June 1, 2016 Asti 3-2 Real Rieti Teramo
20:45 Nora 14'
Romano 29'
Bertoni 37'
Report Ghiotti 13'
Hector 26'
Stadium: Pala San Quirico

4th match

June 7, 2016 Real Rieti 4-4 (a.e.t)
(2 3 p)
Asti Asti
20:45 Zanchetta 1', 37', 40'
Hector 40'
Report De Oliveira 7'
De Luca 14'
Chimanguinho 31'
Bertoni 36'
Stadium: Pala San Quirico
Attendance: 2,000
Penalties
Zanchetta soccer ball with check mark
Jeffe soccer ball with check mark
Hector soccer ball with red X
Bertoni soccer ball with check mark
Romano soccer ball with check mark
Ramon soccer ball with check mark

Champion

2015–16 Serie A1 winners
Piedmont
Asti
First title

References

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