2010–11 Serie A

Serie A
Season	2010–11
Dates	28 August 2010 – 22 May 2011
Champions	Milan; 18th Italian title
Relegated	Sampdoria; Brescia; Bari
Champions League	Milan; Internazionale; Napoli; Udinese
Europa League	Lazio; Roma; Palermo
Matches played	380
Goals scored	955 (2.51 per match)
Top goalscorer	Antonio Di Natale ; (28 goals)
Biggest home win	4 goals (8 matches) Milan 4–0 Lecce; (29 August 2010) ; Cagliari 5–1 Roma; (11 September 2010) ; Inter 4–0 Bari; (22 September 2010) ; Juventus 4–0 Lecce; (17 October 2010) ; Udinese 4–0 Lecce; (14 November 2010) ; Napoli 4–0 Sampdoria; (30 January 2011) ; Milan 4–0 Parma; (12 February 2011) ; Catania 4–0 Palermo (3 April 2011) ;
Biggest away win	Palermo 0–7 Udinese; (27 February 2011)
Highest scoring	Milan 4–4 Udinese; (9 January 2011); Internazionale 5–3 Roma; (6 February 2011)
	← 2009–10 2011–12 →

It began on 28 August 2010 and ended on 22 May 2011. Internazionale were the defending champions.

Milan won the 2010–11 Serie A and their 18th league title overall with a scoreless draw away to Roma on 7 May 2011. This result ensured that with two rounds remaining Milan's nearest rival Internazionale could only draw level on points, and Milan holds the tiebreaker based on their better head-to-head record. The result prompted celebrations at Milan's Piazza del Duomo. The trophy was presented at Milan's next home game on 14 May.

It was Milan's first Scudetto since 2004 and it ended a run of five successive Serie A titles by their rival Internazionale. It was the first league title for manager Massimiliano Allegri, winning in his first year with Milan and who was for many a surprise choice as manager. Milan led the table for most of the season and secured the title with two games remaining. Notably, they defeated defending champions Internazionale twice during the season and also did the same to third place challenger Napoli. Milan were credited for strengthening their squad with Zlatan Ibrahimović and Robinho in the summer as well as picking up Antonio Cassano and Mark van Bommel in January.

This would be the last Scudetto not won by Juventus until the 2020–21 Serie A.

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 2010 and announced on 2 July 2010. Clubs could only sign one (rather than two previously) non-EU player and that player could only be signed if a current member of the squad who was not an EU national had been sold or sold abroad. The late announcement of this rule change meant that some clubs had to cancel incoming transfers. Parma, for example, were to sign both Colombian Pablo Armero from Brazilian side Palmeiras, who subsequently signed for Udinese instead, and Brazilian agency player Zé Eduardo, but had to choose between them and eventually transferred the latter. Their outgoing transfer was Julio César de León, who moved to Chinese team Shandong Luneng Taishan.

Teams

The league featured 17 teams returning from the 2009–10 Serie A, plus three teams promoted from 2009–10 Serie B (two as direct promotions, one as playoff winners). On 30 May 2010, Lecce and Cesena won direct promotion to the Serie A by finishing first and second, respectively. Brescia became the third Serie B team promoted on 13 June 2010 by winning the promotion playoff final 2–1 on aggregate over Torino. It was a quick turn-around for Lecce, which spent only one year in Serie B after being relegated from the 2008–09 Serie A. Cesena last played in Serie A in 1990–91, while Brescia played five seasons in Serie B after being relegated from A in 2004–05.

Locations of the 2010–11 Serie A teams

Stadia and locations

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	2009–10 season
Bari	Bari	San Nicola	58,270	01010th in Serie A
Bologna	Bologna	Renato Dall'Ara	39,444	01717th in Serie A
Brescia	Brescia	Mario Rigamonti	16,308	020Serie B Playoff Winners
Cagliari	Cagliari	Sant'Elia	23,486	01616th in Serie A
Catania	Catania	Angelo Massimino	23,420	01313th in Serie A
Cesena	Cesena	Dino Manuzzi	23,860	019Serie B Runners-up
Chievo Verona	Verona	Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	39,211	01414th in Serie A
Fiorentina	Florence	Artemio Franchi	47,282	01111th in Serie A
Genoa	Genoa	Luigi Ferraris	36,685	0099th in Serie A
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	80,074	001Serie A Champions
Juventus	Turin	Olimpico di Torino	27,994	0077th in Serie A
Lazio	Rome	Olimpico	72,698	01212th in Serie A
Lecce	Lecce	Via del Mare	33,876	018Serie B Champions
Milan	Milan	San Siro	80,074	0033rd in Serie A
Napoli	Naples	San Paolo	60,240	0066th in Serie A
Palermo	Palermo	Renzo Barbera	37,242	0055th in Serie A
Parma	Parma	Ennio Tardini	27,906	0088th in Serie A
Roma	Rome	Olimpico	72,698	0022nd in Serie A
Sampdoria	Genoa	Luigi Ferraris	36,685	0044th in Serie A
Udinese	Udine	Friuli	41,652	01515th in Serie A

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Bari	Bortolo Mutti	Jean François Gillet	Erreà	Banca Popolare di Bari, Radionorba
Bologna	Alberto Malesani	Marco Di Vaio	Macron	Ceramica Serenissima (Home)/Cerasarda (Away), Manila Grace
Brescia	Giuseppe Iachini	Davide Possanzini	Mass	UBI Banco di Brescia, T-Logic/Tescoma
Cagliari	Roberto Donadoni	Daniele Conti	Macron	Dahlia TV, Sardegna
Catania	Diego Simeone	Matías Silvestre	Legea	SP Energia Siciliana
Cesena	Massimo Ficcadenti	Giuseppe Colucci	Adidas	Technogym
Chievo Verona	Stefano Pioli	Sergio Pellissier	Givova	Banca Popolare di Verona/Merkur-Win, Midac Batteries
Fiorentina	Siniša Mihajlović	Riccardo Montolivo	Lotto	Save The Children/Mazda
Genoa	Davide Ballardini	Marco Rossi	Asics	iZiPlay
Internazionale	Leonardo	Javier Zanetti	Nike	Pirelli
Juventus	Luigi Delneri	Alessandro Del Piero	Nike	Betclic (Home)/Balocco (Away)
Lazio	Edoardo Reja	Tommaso Rocchi	Puma	Clinica Paideia
Lecce	Luigi De Canio	Guillermo Giacomazzi	Asics	BancaApulia/Veneto Banca, BetItaly
Milan	Massimiliano Allegri	Massimo Ambrosini	Adidas	Fly Emirates
Napoli	Walter Mazzarri	Paolo Cannavaro	Macron	Lete
Palermo	Delio Rossi	Fabrizio Miccoli	Lotto	Eurobet, Banca Nuova
Parma	Franco Colomba	Stefano Morrone	Erreà	Navigare, Banca Monte Parma
Roma	Vincenzo Montella	Francesco Totti	Kappa	Wind/Infostrada (in cup matches)
Sampdoria	Alberto Cavasin	Angelo Palombo	Kappa	ERG Mobile
Udinese	Francesco Guidolin	Antonio Di Natale	Lotto	Automobile Dacia, Tipicamente Friulano/Lumberjack

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
Milan	Leonardo	Mutual consent	16 May 2010	Massimiliano Allegri	25 June 2010	Pre-season
Juventus	Alberto Zaccheroni	End of contract	16 May 2010	Luigi Delneri	19 May 2010	Pre-season
Udinese	Pasquale Marino	Mutual consent	16 May 2010	Francesco Guidolin	24 May 2010	Pre-season
Parma	Francesco Guidolin	Resigned	16 May 2010	Pasquale Marino	2 June 2010	Pre-season
Cagliari	Giorgio Melis	End of caretaker spell	16 May 2010	Pierpaolo Bisoli	23 June 2010	Pre-season
Sampdoria	Luigi Delneri	End of contract	17 May 2010	Domenico Di Carlo	26 May 2010	Pre-season
Catania	Siniša Mihajlović	Resigned	24 May 2010	Marco Giampaolo	30 May 2010	Pre-season
Chievo	Domenico Di Carlo	Resigned	26 May 2010	Stefano Pioli	10 June 2010	Pre-season
Internazionale	José Mourinho	Signed by Real Madrid	28 May 2010	Rafael Benítez	10 June 2010	Pre-season
Fiorentina	Cesare Prandelli	Signed by Italy	30 May 2010	Siniša Mihajlović	3 June 2010	Pre-season
Cesena	Pierpaolo Bisoli	End of contract	30 May 2010	Massimo Ficcadenti	12 June 2010	Pre-season
Bologna	Franco Colomba	Sacked	29 August 2010	Paolo Magnani (caretaker)	29 August 2010	Pre-season
Bologna	Paolo Magnani	End of caretaker spell	29 August 2010	Alberto Malesani	1 September 2010	9th
Genoa	Gian Piero Gasperini	Sacked	8 November 2010	Davide Ballardini	8 November 2010	14th
Cagliari	Pierpaolo Bisoli	Sacked	15 November 2010	Roberto Donadoni	16 November 2010	19th
Brescia	Giuseppe Iachini	Sacked	6 December 2010	Mario Beretta	6 December 2010	17th
Internazionale	Rafael Benítez	Sacked	23 December 2010	Leonardo	24 December 2010	7th
Catania	Marco Giampaolo	Mutual consent	18 January 2011	Diego Simeone	19 January 2011	15th
Brescia	Mario Beretta	Sacked	30 January 2011	Giuseppe Iachini	30 January 2011	19th
Bari	Giampiero Ventura	Mutual consent	10 February 2011	Bortolo Mutti	10 February 2011	20th
Roma	Claudio Ranieri	Resigned	20 February 2011	Vincenzo Montella (caretaker)	21 February 2011	8th
Palermo	Delio Rossi	Sacked	28 February 2011	Serse Cosmi	28 February 2011	8th
Sampdoria	Domenico Di Carlo	Sacked	7 March 2011	Alberto Cavasin	7 March 2011	14th
Parma	Pasquale Marino	Sacked	3 April 2011	Franco Colomba	5 April 2011	16th
Palermo	Serse Cosmi	Sacked	3 April 2011	Delio Rossi	3 April 2011	8th

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Milan (C)	38	24	10	4	65	24	+41	82	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Internazionale	38	23	7	8	69	42	+27	76
3	Napoli	38	21	7	10	59	39	+20	70
4	Udinese	38	20	6	12	65	43	+22	66	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5	Lazio	38	20	6	12	55	39	+16	66	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
6	Roma	38	18	9	11	59	52	+7	63	Qualification to Europa League play-off round
7	Juventus	38	15	13	10	57	47	+10	58
8	Palermo	38	17	5	16	58	63	−5	56	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
9	Fiorentina	38	12	15	11	49	44	+5	51
10	Genoa	38	14	9	15	45	47	−2	51
11	Chievo	38	11	13	14	38	40	−2	46
12	Parma	38	11	13	14	39	47	−8	46
13	Catania	38	12	10	16	40	52	−12	46
14	Cagliari	38	12	9	17	44	51	−7	45
15	Cesena	38	11	10	17	38	50	−12	43
16	Bologna	38	11	12	15	35	52	−17	42
17	Lecce	38	11	8	19	46	66	−20	41
18	Sampdoria (R)	38	8	12	18	33	49	−16	36	Relegation to Serie B
19	Brescia (R)	38	7	11	20	34	52	−18	32
20	Bari (R)	38	5	9	24	27	56	−29	24

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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Home \ Away	BAR	BOL	BRE	CAG	CTN	CES	CHV	FIO	GEN	INT	JUV	LAZ	LCE	MIL	NAP	PAL	PAR	ROM	SAM	UDI
Bari		0–2	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–0	0–3	1–0	0–2	0–2	2–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–3	0–1	0–2
Bologna	0–4		1–0	2–2	1–0	0–2	2–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–1	2–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1
Brescia	2–0	3–1		1–2	1–2	1–2	0–3	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–0	0–1
Cagliari	2–1	2–0	1–1		3–0	0–2	4–1	1–2	0–1	0–1	1–3	1–0	3–2	0–1	0–1	3–1	1–1	5–1	0–0	0–4
Catania	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–0		2–0	1–1	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–3	1–4	3–2	0–2	1–1	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	1–0
Cesena	1–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	1–1		1–0	2–2	0–0	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–4	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–3
Chievo	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	2–1	2–1		0–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–0	0–2
Fiorentina	2–1	1–1	3–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	5–2
Genoa	2–1	1–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–3	1–1		0–1	0–2	0–0	4–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	4–3	2–1	2–4
Internazionale	4–0	4–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	3–2	2–0	3–1	5–2		0–0	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–2	5–2	5–3	1–1	2–1
Juventus	2–1	0–2	2–1	4–2	2–2	3–1	2–2	1–1	3–2	1–0		2–1	4–0	0–1	2–2	1–3	1–4	1–1	3–3	1–2
Lazio	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	4–2	3–1	0–1		1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–0	3–2
Lecce	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–3	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–3	1–1	2–0	2–4		1–1	2–1	2–4	1–1	1–2	2–3	2–0
Milan	1–1	1–0	3–0	4–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	0–0	4–0		3–0	3–1	4–0	0–1	3–0	4–4
Napoli	2–2	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–3	0–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	4–3	1–0	1–2		1–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	1–2
Palermo	2–1	4–1	1–0	0–0	3–1	2–2	1–3	2–4	1–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–1		3–1	3–1	3–0	0–7
Parma	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–3	3–1		0–0	1–0	2–1
Roma	1–0	2–2	1–1	3–0	4–2	0–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	2–3	2–2		3–1	2–0
Sampdoria	3–0	3–1	3–3	0–1	0–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	0–1	2–1		0–0
Udinese	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–4	2–1	4–0	0–0	3–1	2–1	0–2	1–2	2–0

2010–11 Serie A

Rule changes

Teams

Stadia and locations

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

References

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	28
2	Edinson Cavani	Napoli	26
3	Samuel Eto'o	Internazionale	21
4	Alessandro Matri	Cagliari/Juventus	20
5	Marco Di Vaio	Bologna	19
6	Giampaolo Pazzini	Sampdoria/Internazionale	17
7	Francesco Totti	Roma	15
8	Zlatan Ibrahimović	Milan	14
	Alexandre Pato	Milan
	Robinho	Milan

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Miloš Krasić	Juventus	Cagliari	3–3	26 September 2010
Javier Pastore	Palermo	Catania	3–1	14 November 2010
Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	Lecce	4–0	14 November 2010
Giampaolo Pazzini	Sampdoria	Lecce	3–2	21 November 2010
Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	Napoli	3–1	28 November 2010
Dejan Stanković	Internazionale	Parma	5–2	28 November 2010
Nenê	Cagliari	Catania	3–0	12 December 2010
Edinson Cavani	Napoli	Juventus	3–0	9 January 2011
Edinson Cavani	Napoli	Sampdoria	4–0	30 January 2011
Alexis Sánchez⁴	Udinese	Palermo	7–0	27 February 2011
Antonio Di Natale	Udinese	Palermo	7–0	27 February 2011
Edinson Cavani	Napoli	Lazio	4–3	3 April 2011
Francesco Grandolfo	Bari	Bologna	4–0	22 May 2011