2017–18 Serie A

Serie A
Season	2017–18
Dates	19 August 2017 – 20 May 2018
Champions	Juventus; 34th title
Relegated	Crotone; Hellas Verona; Benevento
Champions League	Juventus; Napoli; Roma; Internazionale
Europa League	Lazio; Milan; Atalanta
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,017 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mauro Icardi; Ciro Immobile; (29 goals each)
Biggest home win	Juventus 7–0 Sassuolo; (4 February 2018)
Biggest away win	Hellas Verona 0–5 Fiorentina; (10 September 2017); Cagliari 0–5 Napoli; (26 February 2018); Sampdoria 0–5 Internazionale; (18 March 2018); Hellas Verona 0–5 Atalanta; (18 March 2018)
Highest scoring	Udinese 2–6 Juventus; (22 October 2017); Lazio 6–2 Benevento; (31 March 2018)
Longest winning run	12 games; Juventus
Longest unbeaten run	18 games; Juventus
Longest winless run	18 games; Benevento
Longest losing run	14 games; Benevento
Highest attendance	78,328; Internazionale 3–2 Milan; (15 October 2017)
Lowest attendance	7,000; Chievo 2–3 Bologna; (22 December 2017)
Total attendance	9,351,260
Average attendance	24,738
	← 2016–17 2018–19 →

Juventus were the six-time defending champions. The season ran from 19 August 2017 to 20 May 2018.

On 13 May, Juventus won a record seventh consecutive title and 34th title overall with one game remaining following their 0–0 draw with Roma.

The season was marred by the death of Davide Astori, the captain of Fiorentina, due to heart problems.

Events

On 13 May 2017, SPAL were mathematically promoted from Serie B after 49 years away. Five days later, Hellas Verona clinched promoted as well, one year on from being relegated. On 8 June 2017, Benevento won the promotion play-offs to earn the club a first ever promotion to Serie A; they became the 67th team to participate in the Italian top flight.

After video assistant refereeing (VAR) was privately tested in the previous season, on 10 June 2017 it was announced replay assistance would be implemented for this season. The percentage of errors in Serie A in this season was reportedly 0.89 percent, compared to 5.78 percent if VAR had not been not used.

Subsequently to the new UEFA entry criteria, Italy obtained four group stage spots for the following Champions League season, as did the other three leagues with the highest coefficient in Europe; this was an improvement on the three Champions League spots (two group stage places and one qualifying play-off place) that Serie A had received prior.

On 4 March 2018, Davide Astori, captain of Fiorentina, died in his sleep while staying in a hotel in Udine prior to Fiorentina's match against Udinese, proven to be caused by cardiac arrest determined from an autopsy conducted two days later. All Serie A, Serie B and Serie C matches scheduled for 4 March were postponed. Cagliari and Fiorentina both retired the number 13 jersey worn by Astori in his honour.

The teams that were relegated included Benevento (on 22 April 2018, after one year in Serie A), Hellas Verona (on 5 May 2018, also after one year), and Crotone (on 20 May 2018, after two seasons in the top flight).

On 13 May 2018, Juventus won their seventh title in a row and the 34th in their history following their 0–0 draw away to Roma in the penultimate matchweek. Four days later, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon announced his farewell to Serie A (and the national football team). He left the league after 23 career seasons, the last seventeen being with Juventus, having earned nine league titles and 640 caps, the second highest ever in Serie A. However, after a year away with Paris Saint-Germain, Buffon would return to Juventus and to Serie A for the 2019–20 season.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2017–18 Serie A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2016–17 season
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	21,300	4th in Serie A
Benevento	Benevento	Stadio Ciro Vigorito	17,554	Serie B play-off winners
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara	38,279	15th in Serie A
Cagliari	Cagliari	Sardegna Arena	16,233	11th in Serie A
Chievo	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	38,402	14th in Serie A
Crotone	Crotone	Stadio Ezio Scida	16,547	17th in Serie A
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	43,147	8th in Serie A
Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	16th in Serie A
Hellas Verona	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	38,402	Serie B runners-up
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	80,018	7th in Serie A
Juventus	Turin	Allianz Stadium	41,507	Serie A champions
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	70,634	5th in Serie A
Milan	Milan	San Siro	80,018	6th in Serie A
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	60,240	3rd in Serie A
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	70,634	2nd in Serie A
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	10th in Serie A
Sassuolo	Sassuolo	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia)	23,717	12th in Serie A
SPAL	Ferrara	Stadio Paolo Mazza	13,020	Serie B champions
Torino	Turin	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino	27,994	9th in Serie A
Udinese	Udine	Dacia Arena	25,144	13th in Serie A

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor (front)	Shirt sponsor (back)
Atalanta	Gian Piero Gasperini	Alejandro Gómez	Joma	Veratour/Radici Group (in UEFA matches), Modus FM	Elettrocanali
Benevento	Roberto De Zerbi	Fabio Lucioni	FG Sport	La Molisana, SAPA Group	Rillo Costruzioni
Bologna	Roberto Donadoni	Daniele Gastaldello	Macron	FAAC	Illumia
Cagliari	Diego López	Daniele Dessena	Macron	ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna, Ichnusa	Nieddittas
Chievo	Lorenzo D'Anna	Sergio Pellissier	Givova	Paluani/Nobis/Pescherie Viviani/CF Costruzioni/Cubi Impianti Tecnologici/Alcott/Avelia/KickOffers/Conte di Campiano/Nico Abbigliamento e Calzature/Midac Batteries/2018 World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships/Givova/Acqua Sangemini/Vicentini Carni, Coati Salumi	Nobis/Filo diretto
Crotone	Walter Zenga	Alex Cordaz	Zeus Sport	Lewer, Abramo	Metal Carpinteria
Fiorentina	Stefano Pioli	Milan Badelj	Le Coq Sportif	Folletto/Vorwerk (in UEFA matches)	Save the Children
Genoa	Davide Ballardini	Mattia Perin	Lotto	Eviva Energia, Zentiva	LeasePlan
Hellas Verona	Fabio Pecchia	Rômulo	Nike	Metano Nord, SEC Events (Home)/Maticmind (Away)/Sartori Vini (Third)	Chancebet
Internazionale	Luciano Spalletti	Mauro Icardi	Nike	Pirelli	Driver
Juventus	Massimiliano Allegri	Gianluigi Buffon	Adidas	Jeep	Cygames
Lazio	Simone Inzaghi	Senad Lulić	Macron	Sèleco	Sèleco Easy Life
Milan	Gennaro Gattuso	Leonardo Bonucci	Adidas	Fly Emirates	None
Napoli	Maurizio Sarri	Marek Hamšík	Kappa	Lete, Pasta Garofalo	Caffè Kimbo
Roma	Eusebio Di Francesco	Daniele De Rossi	Nike	Qatar Airways	None
Sampdoria	Marco Giampaolo	Vasco Regini	Joma	Invent Energy	IBSA Group
Sassuolo	Giuseppe Iachini	Francesco Magnanelli	Kappa	Mapei	None
SPAL	Leonardo Semplici	Mirco Antenucci	Macron	Interspar/Tassi Group	ErreEffeGroup
Torino	Walter Mazzarri	Andrea Belotti	Kappa	Suzuki, Fratelli Beretta	SportPesa
Udinese	Igor Tudor	Danilo	HS Sport	Dacia, Vortice	Magnadyne/Bluenergy

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Internazionale	Stefano Vecchi	End of caretaker spell	28 May 2017	Pre-season	Luciano Spalletti	9 June 2017
Roma	Luciano Spalletti	Mutual consent	30 May 2017		Eusebio Di Francesco	13 June 2017
Fiorentina	Paulo Sousa	End of contract	6 June 2017		Stefano Pioli	6 June 2017
Sassuolo	Eusebio Di Francesco	Signed by Roma	13 June 2017		Cristian Bucchi	20 June 2017
Cagliari	Massimo Rastelli	Sacked	17 October 2017	14th	Diego López	18 October 2017
Benevento	Marco Baroni		23 October 2017	20th	Roberto De Zerbi	23 October 2017
Genoa	Ivan Jurić		5 November 2017	18th	Davide Ballardini	6 November 2017
Udinese	Luigi Delneri		21 November 2017	14th	Massimo Oddo	21 November 2017
Sassuolo	Cristian Bucchi		27 November 2017	16th	Giuseppe Iachini	27 November 2017
Milan	Vincenzo Montella		27 November 2017	7th	Gennaro Gattuso	27 November 2017
Crotone	Davide Nicola	Resigned	6 December 2017	16th	Walter Zenga	8 December 2017
Torino	Siniša Mihajlović	Sacked	4 January 2018	10th	Walter Mazzarri	4 January 2018
Udinese	Massimo Oddo		24 April 2018	15th	Igor Tudor	24 April 2018
Chievo	Rolando Maran		29 April 2018	17th	Lorenzo D'Anna	29 April 2018

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	30	5	3	86	24	+62	95	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Napoli	38	28	7	3	77	29	+48	91
3	Roma	38	23	8	7	61	28	+33	77
4	Internazionale	38	20	12	6	66	30	+36	72
5	Lazio	38	21	9	8	89	49	+40	72	Qualification to Europa League group stage
6	Milan	38	18	10	10	56	42	+14	64	Qualification to Europa League group stage
7	Atalanta	38	16	12	10	57	39	+18	60	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
8	Fiorentina	38	16	9	13	54	46	+8	57
9	Torino	38	13	15	10	54	46	+8	54
10	Sampdoria	38	16	6	16	56	60	−4	54
11	Sassuolo	38	11	10	17	29	59	−30	43
12	Genoa	38	11	8	19	33	43	−10	41
13	Chievo	38	10	10	18	36	59	−23	40
14	Udinese	38	12	4	22	48	63	−15	40
15	Bologna	38	11	6	21	40	52	−12	39
16	Cagliari	38	11	6	21	33	61	−28	39
17	SPAL	38	8	14	16	39	59	−20	38
18	Crotone (R)	38	9	8	21	40	66	−26	35	Relegation to Serie B
19	Hellas Verona (R)	38	7	4	27	30	78	−48	25
20	Benevento (R)	38	6	3	29	33	84	−51	21

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Home \ Away	ATA	BEN	BOL	CAG	CHV	CRO	FIO	GEN	HEL	INT	JUV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	ROM	SAM	SAS	SPA	TOR	UDI
Atalanta	—	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	5–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	0–0	2–2	3–3	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0
Benevento	0–3	—	0–1	1–2	1–0	3–2	0–3	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–4	1–5	2–2	0–2	0–4	3–2	1–2	1–2	0–1	3–3
Bologna	0–1	3–0	—	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–2	0–3	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–2
Cagliari	1–0	2–1	0–0	—	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–3	2–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–5	0–1	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–4	2–1
Chievo	1–1	1–0	2–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–1	0–1	3–2	1–2	0–2	1–2	1–4	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1
Crotone	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	1–0	—	2–1	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	2–2	0–3	0–1	0–2	4–1	4–1	2–3	2–2	0–3
Fiorentina	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–0	2–0	—	0–0	1–4	1–1	0–2	3–4	1–1	3–0	2–4	1–2	3–0	0–0	3–0	2–1
Genoa	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–3	—	3–1	2–0	2–4	2–3	0–1	2–3	1–1	0–2	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–1
Hellas Verona	0–5	1–0	2–3	1–0	1–0	0–3	0–5	0–1	—	1–2	1–3	0–3	3–0	1–3	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	2–1	0–1
Internazionale	2–0	2–0	2–1	4–0	5–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	3–0	—	2–3	0–0	3–2	0–0	1–1	3–2	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3
Juventus	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	—	1–2	3–1	0–1	1–0	3–0	7–0	4–1	4–0	2–0
Lazio	1–1	6–2	1–1	3–0	5–1	4–0	1–1	1–2	2–0	2–3	0–1	—	4–1	1–4	0–0	4–0	6–1	0–0	1–3	3–0
Milan	0–2	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	5–1	0–0	4–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	—	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	2–1
Napoli	3–1	6–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–1	4–1	2–1	—	2–4	3–2	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–2
Roma	1–2	5–2	1–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	3–0	1–3	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–1	—	0–1	1–1	3–1	3–0	3–1
Sampdoria	3–1	2–1	1–0	4–1	4–1	5–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	0–5	3–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	—	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1
Sassuolo	0–3	2–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–3	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	—	1–1	1–1	0–1
SPAL	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–1	0–0	2–5	0–4	2–3	0–3	3–1	0–1	—	2–2	3–2
Torino	1–1	3–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	4–1	1–2	0–0	2–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	—	2–0
Udinese	2–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–2	0–2	1–0	4–0	0–4	2–6	1–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	4–0	1–2	1–1	2–3	—

2017–18 Serie A

Events

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Attendances

References

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Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Pepe Reina	Napoli	18
2	Alisson	Roma	17
2	Samir Handanović	Internazionale	17
4	Marco Sportiello	Fiorentina	14
5	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Milan	12
	Mattia Perin	Genoa
	Gianluigi Buffon	Juventus
7	Thomas Strakosha	Lazio	11
7	Wojciech Szczęsny	Juventus	11
10	Salvatore Sirigu	Torino	10
10	Andrea Consigli	Sassuolo	10

Team	Average home attendances
Internazionale	57,529
Milan	52,690
Napoli	43,050
Juventus	39,316
Roma	37,450
Lazio	30,990
Fiorentina	26,092
Genoa	20,941
Bologna	20,903
Sampdoria	20,156
Torino	18,596
Atalanta	17,921
Udinese	17,906
Hellas Verona	17,333
Cagliari	14,685
Chievo	12,540
Benevento	12,132
SPAL	12,067
Sassuolo	11,237
Crotone	10,581