2018–19 Serie A

Serie A
Season	2018–19
Dates	18 August 2018 – 26 May 2019
Champions	Juventus; 35th title
Relegated	Empoli; Frosinone; Chievo
Champions League	Juventus; Napoli; Atalanta; Internazionale
Europa League	Lazio; Roma; Torino
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,019 (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)
Longest winning run	8 games; Juventus
Longest unbeaten run	27 games; Juventus
Longest winless run	18 games; Chievo
Longest losing run	7 games; Chievo
Highest attendance	78,725; Internazionale 1–0 Milan; (21 October 2018)
Lowest attendance	7,000; SPAL 1–0 Parma; (Bologna, 26 August 2018)
Total attendance	9,199,649
Average attendance	24,931
	← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Juventus were the seven-time defending champions and defended their title following their victory against Fiorentina on 20 April 2019. The season was 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, 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.

On 23 July, 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 added 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 14 April 2019, Chievo was relegated from Serie A after a 3–1 defeat by Napoli, ending an eleven-year spell in the top flight.

On 20 April, Juventus won their 35th title and their eighth in a row with a win over Fiorentina.

On 5 May, Frosinone was relegated from Serie A after a 2–2 draw away at Sassuolo, going down after just one season.

On 26 May, Atalanta finished third and secured a place in the Champions League group stage, both 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 veterans 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

Locations of the 2018–19 Serie A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2017–18 season
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	21,300	7th in Serie A
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara	38,279	15th in Serie A
Cagliari	Cagliari	Sardegna Arena	16,233	16th in Serie A
Chievo	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	38,402	13th in Serie A
Empoli	Empoli	Stadio Carlo Castellani	16,284	Serie B champions
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	43,147	8th in Serie A
Frosinone	Frosinone	Stadio Benito Stirpe	16,227	Serie B playoff winners
Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	12th in Serie A
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	10th in Serie A
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	80,018	4th in Serie A
Milan	Milan	San Siro	80,018	6th in Serie A
Juventus	Turin	Juventus Stadium	41,507	Serie A champions
Torino	Turin	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino	27,994	9th in Serie A
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	5th in Serie A
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	3rd in Serie A
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	60,240	2nd in Serie A
Parma	Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini	27,906	2nd in Serie B
Sassuolo	Sassuolo	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia)	23,717	11th in Serie A
SPAL	Ferrara	Stadio Paolo Mazza	16,164	17th in Serie A
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli	25,132	14th in Serie A

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Sponsors	Shirt sponsor (back)	Shirt sponsor (sleeve)
Atalanta	Gian Piero Gasperini	Alejandro Gómez	Joma	Radici Group, U Power	Elettrocanali	Automha
Bologna	Siniša Mihajlović	Blerim Džemaili	Macron	Liu·Jo	Illumia	None
Cagliari	Rolando Maran	Luca Ceppitelli	Macron	ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna, Ichnusa	Nieddittas	Io tifo positivo/Fluorsid
Chievo	Domenico Di Carlo	Sergio Pellissier	Givova	Paluani/Nobis/Canali System/Vicentini Carni/Fimauto/Mulish/Pescheria Viviani, Coati	Eurobet	Nobis
Empoli	Aurelio Andreazzoli	Manuel Pasqual	Kappa	Computer Gross, Sammontana (Home)/Logli Massimo Saint-Gobain (Away)	Giletti	Tenute Piccini
Fiorentina	Vincenzo Montella	Germán Pezzella	Le Coq Sportif	Save The Children	Dream Loud Entertainment	NGM
Frosinone	Marco Baroni	Daniel Ciofani	Zeus Sport	Banca Popolare del Frusinate, Santero 958/Confetti Maxtris	Francia Latticini	Tiger Shop
Genoa	Cesare Prandelli	Domenico Criscito	Lotto	Giocheria, Zentiva	LeasePlan	None
Internazionale	Luciano Spalletti	Samir Handanović	Nike	Pirelli	Driver	None
Juventus	Massimiliano Allegri	Giorgio Chiellini	Adidas	Jeep	Cygames	None
Lazio	Simone Inzaghi	Senad Lulić	Macron	Marathonbet	Sèleco	Paideia
Milan	Gennaro Gattuso	Alessio Romagnoli	Puma	Fly Emirates	None	None
Napoli	Carlo Ancelotti	Lorenzo Insigne	Kappa	Lete, Pasta Garofalo	Caffè Kimbo	None
Parma	Roberto D'Aversa	Bruno Alves	Erreà	Cetilar, Aon	Viva la Mamma Beretta	Il Valutatore
Roma	Claudio Ranieri	Daniele De Rossi	Nike	Qatar Airways	Hyundai	None
Sampdoria	Marco Giampaolo	Fabio Quagliarella	Joma	Invent Energy	IBSA	None
Sassuolo	Roberto De Zerbi	Francesco Magnanelli	Kappa	Mapei	None	None
SPAL	Leonardo Semplici	Mirco Antenucci	Macron	Tassi Group	ErreEffe Group	Pentaferte
Torino	Walter Mazzarri	Andrea Belotti	Kappa	Suzuki, Frattelli Beretta	SportPesa	N°38 Wüber
Udinese	Igor Tudor	Valon Behrami	Macron	Dacia, Vortice	Bluenergy	None

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Napoli	Maurizio Sarri	Mutual consent	23 May 2018	Pre-season	Carlo Ancelotti	23 May 2018
Bologna	Roberto Donadoni		24 May 2018		Filippo Inzaghi	13 June 2018
Cagliari	Diego López		30 May 2018		Rolando Maran	7 June 2018
Sassuolo	Giuseppe Iachini		5 June 2018		Roberto De Zerbi	13 June 2018
Udinese	Igor Tudor		7 June 2018		Julio Velázquez	7 June 2018
Chievo	Lorenzo D'Anna	Sacked	9 October 2018	20th	Gian Piero Ventura	10 October 2018
Genoa	Davide Ballardini		9 October 2018	11th	Ivan Jurić	9 October 2018
Empoli	Aurelio Andreazzoli		5 November 2018	18th	Giuseppe Iachini	6 November 2018
Chievo	Gian Piero Ventura	Resigned, consensual resolution	13 November 2018	20th	Domenico Di Carlo	13 November 2018
Udinese	Julio Velázquez	Sacked	13 November 2018	17th	Davide Nicola	13 November 2018
Genoa	Ivan Jurić		7 December 2018	14th	Cesare Prandelli	7 December 2018
Frosinone	Moreno Longo		19 December 2018	19th	Marco Baroni	19 December 2018
Bologna	Filippo Inzaghi		28 January 2019	18th	Siniša Mihajlović	28 January 2019
Roma	Eusebio Di Francesco		7 March 2019	5th	Claudio Ranieri	8 March 2019
Empoli	Giuseppe Iachini		13 March 2019	17th	Aurelio Andreazzoli	13 March 2019
Udinese	Davide Nicola		20 March 2019	16th	Igor Tudor	21 March 2019
Fiorentina	Stefano Pioli	Resigned	9 April 2019	10th	Vincenzo Montella	10 April 2019

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	28	6	4	70	30	+40	90	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
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	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
7	Torino	38	16	15	7	52	37	+15	63	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
8	Lazio	38	17	8	13	56	46	+10	59	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
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

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. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played).
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	CAG	CHV	EMP	FIO	FRO	GEN	INT	JUV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PAR	ROM	SAM	SAS	SPA	TOR	UDI
Atalanta	—	4–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	3–1	4–0	2–1	4–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–2	3–0	3–3	0–1	3–1	2–1	0–0	2–0
Bologna	1–2	—	2–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	0–4	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–2	0–0	3–2	4–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–1	2–2	2–1
Cagliari	0–1	2–0	—	2–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	2–1	0–0	1–2
Chievo	1–5	2–2	0–3	—	0–0	3–4	1–0	0–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–2	1–3	1–1	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–4	0–1	0–2
Empoli	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–2	—	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–2	0–1	1–1	2–1	3–3	0–2	2–4	3–0	2–4	4–1	2–1
Fiorentina	2–0	0–0	1–1	6–1	3–1	—	0–1	0–0	3–3	0–3	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	3–3	0–1	3–0	1–1	1–0
Frosinone	0–5	0–0	1–1	0–0	3–3	1–1	—	1–2	1–3	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	3–2	2–3	0–5	0–2	0–1	1–2	1–3
Genoa	3–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–4	2–0	2–1	0–2	1–2	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–1	2–2
Internazionale	0–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	3–0	5–0	—	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–0
Juventus	1–1	2–0	3–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	1–0	—	2–0	2–1	3–1	3–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	4–1
Lazio	1–3	3–3	3–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	0–3	1–2	—	1–1	1–2	4–1	3–0	2–2	2–2	4–1	1–1	2–0
Milan	2–2	2–1	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	2–3	0–2	1–0	—	0–0	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1
Napoli	1–2	3–2	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	4–0	1–1	4–1	1–2	2–1	3–2	—	3–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	4–2
Parma	1–3	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	—	0–2	3–3	2–1	2–3	0–0	2–2
Roma	3–3	2–1	3–0	2–2	2–1	2–2	4–0	3–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–4	2–1	—	4–1	3–1	0–2	3–2	1–0
Sampdoria	1–2	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	2–0	0–1	—	0–0	2–1	1–4	4–0
Sassuolo	2–6	2–2	3–0	4–0	3–1	3–3	2–2	5–3	1–0	0–3	1–1	1–4	1–1	0–0	0–0	3–5	—	1–1	1–1	0–0
SPAL	2–0	1–1	2–2	0–0	2–2	1–4	0–3	1–1	1–2	2–1	1–0	2–3	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–2	0–2	—	0–0	0–0
Torino	2–0	2–3	1–1	3–0	3–0	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–3	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–2	1–0	—	1–0
Udinese	1–3	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	—

Award	Winner	Club
Most Valuable Player	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus
Best Young Player	Nicolò Zaniolo	Roma
Best Goalkeeper	Samir Handanović	Internazionale
Best Defender	Kalidou Koulibaly	Napoli
Best Midfielder	Sergej Milinković-Savić	Lazio
Best Striker	Fabio Quagliarella	Sampdoria

Team of the Year
Goalkeeper	Samir Handanović (Internazionale)
Defence	João Cancelo (Juventus)	Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli)		Giorgio Chiellini (Juventus)		Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma)
Midfield	Nicolò Barella (Cagliari)		Miralem Pjanić (Juventus)		Josip Iličić (Atalanta)
Attack	Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria)		Duván Zapata (Atalanta)		Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)

2018–19 Serie A

Events

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Hat-tricks

Clean sheets

Awards

References

External links

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Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Fabio Quagliarella	Sampdoria	26
2	Duván Zapata	Atalanta	23
3	Krzysztof Piątek	Genoa/Milan¹	22
4	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	21
5	Arkadiusz Milik	Napoli	17
6	Francesco Caputo	Empoli	16
	Dries Mertens	Napoli
	Leonardo Pavoletti	Cagliari
	Andrea Petagna	SPAL
10	Andrea Belotti	Torino	15
10	Ciro Immobile	Lazio	15

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Josip Iličić	Atalanta	Chievo	5–1 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	21 October 2018
Dries Mertens	Napoli	Empoli	5–1 (H) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	2 November 2018
Duván Zapata	Atalanta	Udinese	3–1 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	9 December 2018
Josip Iličić	Atalanta	Sassuolo	6–2 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	29 December 2018
Duván Zapata⁴	Atalanta	Frosinone	5–0 (A) Archived 21 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine	20 January 2019

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Samir Handanović	Internazionale	17
2	Salvatore Sirigu	Torino	15
3	Gianluigi Donnarumma	Milan	13
4	Andrea Consigli	Sassuolo	12
5	Emil Audero	Sampdoria	11
5	Wojciech Szczęsny	Juventus	11
7	Luigi Sepe	Parma	10
	Łukasz Skorupski	Bologna
	Thomas Strakosha	Lazio
10	Alban Lafont	Fiorentina	9