Serie A 2018–19 | ||
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Season information | ||
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Dates | 18 August 2018 – 26 May 2019 | |
Winners | Juventus (35th title) | |
Relegated | Empoli Frosinone Chievo | |
Domestic cup winners | ||
Supercoppa Italiana | Juventus | |
Coppa Italia | Lazio | |
Continental cup qualifiers | ||
Champions League | Juventus Napoli Atalanta Internazionale | |
Europa League | Milan Lazio Roma | |
Season statistics | ||
Matches played | 380 | |
Goals scored | 1019 (2.68 per match) | |
Top goalscorer | Fabio Quagliarella (26 goals) | |
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) Frosinone 0–5 Atalanta (20 January 2019) | |
Highest scoring | Sassuolo 5–3 Genoa (2 September 2018) Sassuolo 2–6 Atalanta (29 December 2018) Sassuolo 3–5 Sampdoria (16 March 2019) | |
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The 2018–19 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was 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 were the seven-time defending champions and defended their title after winning against Fiorentina on 20 April 2019. The season is scheduled to run from 18 August 2018 to 26 May 2019.
Events[]
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 2018, Empoli earned the right to come back to Serie A after one year of relegation. 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. 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.
This season is the first since 1998 without the sponsorship of Telecom Italia (TIM), whose contract was not renewed.
On 23 July 2018, 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. On 9 August, Parma had the 5-point deduction expunged.
On 14 August, the day of the Ponte Morandi bridge collapse in Genoa, the Italian Football Federation announced a minute's silence would be had for the victims of the collapse before all Serie A matches during the opening weekend that succeeded the incident. 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.
On 13 September, Chievo was deducted 3 points after being found guilty of false accounting.
On 20 April 2019, Juventus won their eighth consecutive league title and the 35th in their history, after a 2–1 home victory against Fiorentina.
On 26 May, Atalanta finished third to secure a place in the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League group stage for the first time in their history. Meanwhile, Empoli which were one point above the relegation zone ahead of Genoa, were eventually relegated to Serie B after they were defeated by Internazionale, while Genoa drew with Fiorentina.
This was also the last season of iconic Roma captain Daniele De Rossi that left the team after 18 seasons, while long last playing Sergio Pellissier (from Chievo), Andrea Barzagli (from Juventus) and Emiliano Moretti (from Torino) retired from professional football at the end of the season.
Teams[]
Stadiums and locations[]
Personnel and kits[]
Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Sponsors |
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Atalanta | ![]() |
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Joma | Radici Group |
Bologna | ![]() |
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Macron | Liu·Jo |
Cagliari | ![]() |
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Macron | Ichnusa |
Chievo | ![]() |
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Givova | Paluani |
Empoli | ![]() |
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Kappa | Computer Gross |
Fiorentina | ![]() |
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Le Coq Sportif | Save the Children |
Frosinone | ![]() |
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Zeus Sport | Banca Popolare del Frusinate |
Genoa | ![]() |
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Lotto | Giocheria |
Internazionale | ![]() |
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Nike | Pirelli |
Juventus | ![]() |
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Adidas | Jeep |
Lazio | ![]() |
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Macron | Marathonbet |
Milan | ![]() |
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Puma | Fly Emirates |
Napoli | ![]() |
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Kappa | Lete |
Parma | ![]() |
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Erreà | Cetilar |
Roma | ![]() |
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Nike | Qatar Airways |
Sampdoria | ![]() |
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Joma | Invent Energy |
Sassuolo | ![]() |
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Kappa | Mapei |
SPAL | ![]() |
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Macron | Tassi Group |
Torino | ![]() |
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Kappa | Suzuki |
Udinese | ![]() |
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Macron | Dacia |
Managerial changes[]
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Napoli | ![]() |
Mutual consent | 23 May 2018 | Pre-season | ![]() |
23 May 2018 |
Bologna | ![]() |
24 May 2018 | ![]() |
13 June 2018 | ||
Cagliari | ![]() |
30 May 2018 | ![]() |
7 June 2018 | ||
Sassuolo | ![]() |
5 June 2018 | ![]() |
13 June 2018 | ||
Udinese | ![]() |
7 June 2018 | ![]() |
7 June 2018 | ||
Chievo | ![]() |
Sacked | 9 October 2018 | 20th | ![]() |
10 October 2018 |
Genoa | ![]() |
9 October 2018 | 11th | ![]() |
9 October 2018 | |
Empoli | ![]() |
5 November 2018 | 18th | ![]() |
6 November 2018 | |
Chievo | ![]() |
Resigned, consensual resolution | 13 November 2018 | 20th | ![]() |
13 November 2018 |
Udinese | ![]() |
Sacked | 13 November 2018 | 17th | ![]() |
13 November 2018 |
Genoa | ![]() |
7 December 2018 | 14th | ![]() |
7 December 2018 | |
Frosinone | ![]() |
19 December 2018 | 19th | ![]() |
19 December 2018 | |
Bologna | ![]() |
28 January 2019 | 18th | ![]() |
28 January 2019 | |
Roma | ![]() |
7 March 2019 | 5th | ![]() |
8 March 2019 | |
Empoli | ![]() |
13 March 2019 | 17th | ![]() |
13 March 2019 | |
Udinese | ![]() |
20 March 2019 | 16th | ![]() |
21 March 2019 | |
Fiorentina | ![]() |
Resigned | 9 April 2019 | 10th | ![]() |
10 April 2019 |
League table[]
Pos |
Team | Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 28 | 6 | 4 | 70 | 30 | +40 | 90 | |
2 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 36 | +38 | 79 | |
3 | Atalanta | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 77 | 46 | +31 | 69 | |
4 | Internazionale | 38 | 20 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 33 | +24 | 69 | |
5 | Milan | 38 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 55 | 36 | +19 | 68 | |
6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 66 | 48 | +18 | 66 | |
7 | Torino | 38 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 52 | 37 | +15 | 63 | |
8 | Lazio | 38 | 17 | 8 | 13 | 56 | 46 | +10 | 59 | |
9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 60 | 51 | +9 | 53 | |
10 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 44 | |
11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 9 | 16 | 13 | 53 | 60 | −7 | 43 | |
12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 39 | 53 | −14 | 43 | |
13 | SPAL | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 42 | |
14 | Parma | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 41 | 61 | −20 | 41 | |
15 | Cagliari | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 36 | 54 | −18 | 41 | |
16 | Fiorentina | 38 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 47 | 45 | +2 | 41 | |
17 | Genoa | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 57 | −18 | 38 | |
18 | Empoli (R) | 38 | 10 | 8 | 20 | 51 | 70 | −19 | 38 | Relegation to Serie B |
19 | Frosinone (R) | 38 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 25 | |
20 | Chievo (R) | 38 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 75 | −50 | 17 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament
Results[]
Season statistics[]
Top goalscorers[]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | ![]() |
Sampdoria | 26 |
2 | ![]() |
Atalanta | 23 |
3 | ![]() |
Milan1 | 22 |
4 | ![]() |
Juventus | 21 |
5 | ![]() |
Napoli | 17 |
6 | ![]() |
Empoli | 16 |
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Napoli | ||
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Cagliari | ||
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SPAL | ||
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Torino | 15 |
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Lazio |
1 Piątek played for Genoa until matchday 20 and scored 13 goals.
Top assists[]
Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
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1 | ![]() |
Atalanta | 11 |
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Napoli | ||
3 | ![]() |
Napoli | 10 |
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Milan | ||
5 | ![]() |
Udinese | 8 |
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SPAL | ||
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Sampdoria | ||
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Juventus | ||
9 | ![]() |
Atalanta | 7 |
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Empoli | ||
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Roma | ||
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Atalanta |
Hat-tricks[]
Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
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Atalanta | Chievo | 5–1 (A) | 21 October 2018 |
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Napoli | Empoli | 5–1 (H) | 2 November 2018 |
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Atalanta | Udinese | 3–1 (A) | 9 December 2018 |
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Atalanta | Sassuolo | 6–2 (A) | 29 December 2018 |
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Atalanta | Frosinone | 5–0 (A) | 20 January 2019 |
- Note
4 Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away
External links[]
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UEFA competitions |
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International competitions |
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