2021–22 Serie A

The 2021–22 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) is the 120th season of top-tier Italian football, the 90th in a round-robin tournament, and the 12th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A.[1] Internazionale are the defending champions.

Serie A
Season2021–22
Dates21 August 2021 – 22 May 2022
Matches played170
Goals scored523 (3.08 per match)
Top goalscorerDušan Vlahović
(15 goals)
Biggest home winLazio 6–1 Spezia
(28 August 2021)
Internazionale 6–1 Bologna
(18 September 2021)
Biggest away winSalernitana 0–4 Roma
(29 August 2021)
Udinese 0–4 Napoli
(20 September 2021)
Sampdoria 0–4 Napoli
(23 September 2021)
Highest scoringLazio 4–4 Udinese
(2 December 2021)
Longest winning runNapoli
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runMilan
Napoli
(12 matches)
Longest winless runGenoa
(13 matches)
Longest losing runCagliari
Salernitana
(4 matches)
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 13 December 2021.

Teams

Twenty teams compete in the league—the top seventeen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the Serie B.

Crotone, Benevento (both relegated after only one year in the top flight) and Parma (relegated after three years in the top flight) were relegated to the 2021–22 Serie B.

On 4 May 2021, Empoli secured promotion to Serie A after a two-year absence.[2] Six days later, Salernitana officially confirmed a return to the top flight after 22 years of absence.[3] The final team to be promoted were Venezia, who defeated Cittadella on 27 May in the final of the promotion play-offs, returning to the top flight after a nineteen-year absence.[4]

Stadiums and locations
Locations of the 2021–22 Serie A teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2020–21 season
Atalanta Bergamo Gewiss Stadium 25,000 3rd in Serie A
Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 36,462 12th in Serie A
Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena 16,416 16th in Serie A
Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 16,284 Serie B champions
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 45,000 13th in Serie A
Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,599 11th in Serie A
Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi 39,371 10th in Serie A
Internazionale Milan San Siro 75,923 Serie A champions
Juventus Turin Allianz Stadium 41,507 4th in Serie A
Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 70,634 6th in Serie A
Milan Milan San Siro 75,923 Serie A Runner-up
Napoli Naples Stadio Diego Armando Maradona 54,726 5th in Serie A
Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 70,634 7th in Serie A
Salernitana Salerno Stadio Arechi 37,000 Serie B Runner-up
Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,599 9th in Serie A
Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium (Reggio Emilia) 23,717 8th in Serie A
Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco 11,512 15th in Serie A
Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 28,958 17th in Serie A
Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli 25,144 14th in Serie A
Venezia Venice Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo 11,150 Serie B play-off winners

Personnel and kits
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors
Atalanta Gian Piero Gasperini Rafael Tolói Joma Plus500, Radici Group, Gewiss, Automha
Bologna Siniša Mihajlović Roberto Soriano Macron Facile Ristrutturare, Selenella, Illumia, Scala
Cagliari Walter Mazzarri João Pedro Adidas ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna, Tiscali, Ichnusa, Arborea
Empoli Aurelio Andreazzoli Simone Romagnoli Kappa Computer Gross, Sammontana/Saint-Gobain, Pediatrica, Contrader
Fiorentina Vincenzo Italiano Cristiano Biraghi Kappa Mediacom, Prima.it, Estra
Genoa Andriy Shevchenko Domenico Criscito Kappa Leaseplan, Synlab Group
Hellas Verona Igor Tudor Miguel Veloso Macron Gruppo Sinergy, Manila Grace, Vetrocar, Restructure 5.0
Internazionale Simone Inzaghi Samir Handanović Nike Socios.com, Lenovo, Digitalbits
Juventus Massimiliano Allegri Giorgio Chiellini Adidas Jeep, Cygames, Bitget
Lazio Maurizio Sarri Ciro Immobile Macron Binance, Frecciarossa
Milan Stefano Pioli Alessio Romagnoli Puma Emirates, BitMEX
Napoli Luciano Spalletti Lorenzo Insigne EA7 Lete, MSC Cruises, Amazon
Roma José Mourinho Lorenzo Pellegrini New Balance Digitalbits, Hyundai
Salernitana Stefano Colantuono Franck Ribéry Zeus Caffè Motta, Re d'Italia Art, Distretti Ecologici, eté
Sampdoria Roberto D'Aversa Fabio Quagliarella Macron Banca Ifis, IBSA
Sassuolo Alessio Dionisi Francesco Magnanelli Puma Mapei
Spezia Thiago Motta Giulio Maggiore Acerbis Bitci, Iozzelli Design
Torino Ivan Jurić Andrea Belotti Joma Suzuki, Fratelli Beretta, EdiliziAcrobatica, N.38 Wüber
Udinese Paco Jemez Bram Nuytinck Macron Dacia, Bluenergy, Prosciutto di San Daniele
Venezia Paolo Zanetti Marco Modolo Kappa DR Automobiles, Salumificio Becher

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Napoli Gennaro Gattuso Mutual consent 23 May 2021[5] Pre-season Luciano Spalletti 1 July 2021[6]
Internazionale Antonio Conte 26 May 2021[7] Simone Inzaghi 1 July 2021[8]
Hellas Verona Ivan Jurić 28 May 2021[9] Eusebio Di Francesco 1 July 2021[10]
Empoli Alessio Dionisi 15 June 2021[11] Aurelio Andreazzoli 1 July 2021[12]
Juventus Andrea Pirlo Sacked 28 May 2021[13] Massimiliano Allegri 1 July 2021[14]
Roma Paulo Fonseca End of contract 30 June 2021[15] José Mourinho 1 July 2021[16]
Fiorentina Giuseppe Iachini 30 June 2021[17] Vincenzo Italiano 1 July 2021[18]
Sassuolo Roberto De Zerbi 30 June 2021[19] Alessio Dionisi 1 July 2021[20]
Sampdoria Claudio Ranieri 30 June 2021[21] Roberto D'Aversa 4 July 2021
Lazio Simone Inzaghi 30 June 2021[22] Maurizio Sarri 1 July 2021[23]
Torino Davide Nicola 30 June 2021[24] Ivan Jurić 1 July 2021[25]
Spezia Vincenzo Italiano Signed by Fiorentina 30 June 2021[26] Thiago Motta 8 July 2021
Hellas Verona Eusebio Di Francesco Sacked 14 September 2021[27] 19th Igor Tudor 14 September 2021[28]
Cagliari Leonardo Semplici 14 September 2021[29] 17th Walter Mazzarri 15 September 2021[30]
Salernitana Fabrizio Castori 17 October 2021[31] 20th Stefano Colantuono 17 October 2021[32]
Genoa Davide Ballardini 6 November 2021[33] 17th Andriy Shevchenko 7 November 2021[34]
Udinese Luca Gotti 7 December 2021[35] 14th Gabriele Cioffi (caretaker) 7 December 2021[36]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale 17 12 4 1 43 15 +28 40 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Milan 17 12 3 2 36 19 +17 39
3 Atalanta 17 11 4 2 37 20 +17 37
4 Napoli 17 11 3 3 34 13 +21 36
5 Fiorentina 17 10 0 7 31 22 +9 30 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6 Roma 17 9 1 7 26 19 +7 28 Qualification for the Europa Conference League play-off round
7 Juventus 17 8 4 5 23 17 +6 28
8 Empoli 17 8 2 7 27 29 −2 26
9 Lazio 17 7 4 6 33 32 +1 25
10 Bologna 17 7 3 7 24 29 −5 24
11 Hellas Verona 17 6 5 6 33 30 +3 23
12 Sassuolo 17 6 5 6 28 26 +2 23
13 Torino 17 6 4 7 22 18 +4 22
14 Sampdoria 17 5 3 9 25 33 −8 18
15 Udinese 17 3 8 6 22 28 −6 17
16 Venezia 17 4 4 9 16 30 −14 16
17 Spezia 17 3 3 11 17 38 −21 12
18 Genoa 17 1 7 9 18 34 −16 10 Relegation to Serie B
19 Cagliari 17 1 7 9 17 34 −17 10
20 Salernitana 17 2 2 13 11 37 −26 8
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. Source: Serie A
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)

Results
Home \ Away ATA BOL CAG EMP FIO GEN HEL INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP ROM SAL SAM SAS SPE TOR UDI VEN
Atalanta — 0–0 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–1 5–2 1–1 4–0
Bologna — 2–0 2–3 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–4 1–0 3–2 0–1
Cagliari 1–2 — 0–2 2–3 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 1–1
Empoli 1–4 4–2 — 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–3 0–3 3–1 1–2
Fiorentina a 3–0 — 1–3 a 4–3 1–2 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–1
Genoa 1–2 — 3–3 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–3 2–2 0–0
Hellas Verona 1–2 0–0 2–1 — 1–3 2–1 4–1 3–2 2–3 4–0
Internazionale 2–2 6–1 4–0 4–0 — 1–1 a 3–2 2–0 2–0
Juventus 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 a — 1–1 a 1–0 3–2 1–2 a
Lazio 2–2 1–0 3–1 0–2 — 3–2 3–0 6–1 4–4
Milan 4–1 3–2 1–1 a 2–0 — 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–0
Napoli 2–3 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 — a 1–0 2–0
Roma 2–0 3–1 0–3 a 1–2 0–0 — 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–0
Salernitana 0–1 2–4 1–0 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–4 — 0–2
Sampdoria 1–3 1–2 a 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–1 0–4 — 2–1 3–3
Sassuolo 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 — 0–1 3–1
Spezia 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 2–2 — 1–0 0–1
Torino 1–2 2–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 — 2–1
Udinese 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–4 3–2 — 3–0
Venezia 1–0 3–4 0–2 1–1 3–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. Source: Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Positions by round

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.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
Internazionale12422333333333321
Milan84233222222222212
Atalanta791075786555444443
Napoli45311111111111134
Fiorentina1810856559787776665
Roma33144444444655576
Juventus10121618121077679887757
Empoli17111216118101110111111121111118
Lazio21767665866568989
Bologna5769811989121091098910
Hellas Verona14171914151412131110810910101011
Sassuolo689121412141413913131312121212
Torino15161110991112121312121113131313
Sampdoria1613151113151517151515181615151514
Udinese1265810131310141414141514141415
Venezia1920141718181715161616151416161616
Spezia1115181317171916171718161717171717
Genoa2019131516161618181817171818181918
Cagliari914171919192019192020201919191819
Salernitana1318202020201820201919192020202020
Leader and UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Europa League group stage
UEFA Europa Conference League play-off round
Relegation to Serie B
Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2021. Source: Lega Serie A, ESPN Italian Serie A

Season statistics
As of 12 December 2021

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals[37]
1 Dušan Vlahović Fiorentina 15
2 Ciro Immobile Lazio 13
3 Giovanni Simeone Hellas Verona 12
4 Lautaro Martínez Internazionale 10
5 João Pedro Cagliari 9
Duván Zapata Atalanta
7 Domenico Berardi Sassuolo 8
Edin Džeko Internazionale
9 Beto Udinese 7
Mattia Destro Genoa
Zlatan Ibrahimović Milan
Mario Pašalić Atalanta

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks
Player Club Against Result Date
Ciro Immobile Lazio Spezia 6–1 (H) 28 August 2021
Giovanni Simeone4 Hellas Verona Lazio 4–1 (H) 24 October 2021
Dušan Vlahović Fiorentina Spezia 3–0 (H) 31 October 2021
Mario Pašalić Atalanta Venezia 4–0 (H) 30 November 2021
Notes

4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists[38]
1 Nicolò Barella Internazionale 7
2 Domenico Berardi Sassuolo 6
3 Hakan Çalhanoğlu Internazionale 5
Antonio Candreva Sampdoria
Theo Hernandez Milan
Lorenzo Insigne Napoli
Sergej Milinković-Savić Lazio
Mario Pašalić Atalanta
9 Luis Alberto Lazio 4
Gianluca Caprari Hellas Verona
Davide Faraoni Hellas Verona
Josip Iličić Atalanta
Henrikh Mkhitaryan Roma
Luis Muriel Atalanta
Duván Zapata Atalanta
Piotr Zieliński Napoli

Clean sheets
Rank Player Club Clean sheets
1 David Ospina Napoli 8
2 Rui Patrício Roma 7
Samir Handanović Internazionale
4 Łukasz Skorupski Bologna 5
5 Mike Maignan Milan 5
Wojciech Szczęsny Juventus
7 Juan Musso Atalanta 4

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Player of the Month Manager of the Month Goal of the Month References
PlayerClubManagerClubPlayerClub
September Kalidou Koulibaly Napoli Luciano Spalletti Napoli Lorenzo Pellegrini Roma [39][40][41]
October Giovanni Simeone Hellas Verona Stefano Pioli Milan Antonio Candreva Sampdoria [42][43]
November Hakan Çalhanoğlu Internazionale Gian Piero Gasperini Atalanta [44][45]

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