2021–22 Serie A
The 2021–22 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was 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.
Internazionale were the defending champions.
| Season | 2021–22 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 21 August 2021 – 22 May 2022 |
| Champions | Milan 19th title |
| Relegated | Cagliari Genoa Venezia |
| Champions League | Milan Internazionale Napoli Juventus |
| Europa League | Lazio Roma |
| Europa Conference League | Fiorentina |
| Matches played | 380 |
| Goals scored | 1,089 (2.87 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Ciro Immobile (27 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Fiorentina 6–0 Genoa (17 January 2022) |
| Biggest away win | Salernitana 0–5 Internazionale (17 December 2021) |
| Highest scoring | Lazio 4–4 Udinese (2 December 2021) Udinese 2–6 Atalanta (9 January 2022) Atalanta 4–4 Torino (27 April 2022) |
| Longest winning run | Internazionale Napoli (8 matches) |
| Longest unbeaten run | Milan Juventus (16 matches) |
| Longest winless run | Genoa (26 matches) |
| Longest losing run | Venezia (10 matches) |
| Highest attendance | 74,947 Internazionale 3–1 Roma (23 April 2022) |
| Lowest attendance | 2,511 Empoli 1–2 Venezia (11 September 2021) |
| Total attendance | 6,908,853 |
| Average attendance | 18,181 |
← 2020–21 2022–23 → | |
On 22 May 2022, following victory in their final match against Sassuolo, Milan were crowned champions for the first time since the 2010–11 season, earning a nineteenth overall title.
Teams
Twenty teams competed 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. Six days later, Salernitana officially confirmed a return to the top flight after 22 years of absence. 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.
Team changes
| Promoted from 2020–21 Serie B | Relegated from 2020–21 Serie A |
|---|---|
| Empoli | Benevento |
| Salernitana | Crotone |
| Venezia | Parma |
Stadiums and locations
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Gewiss Stadium | 19,768 |
| Bologna | Bologna | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara | 36,462 |
| Cagliari | Cagliari | Sardegna Arena | 16,416 |
| Empoli | Empoli | Stadio Carlo Castellani | 16,284 |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Stadio Artemio Franchi | 43,147 |
| Genoa | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 36,599 |
| Hellas Verona | Verona | Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi | 39,371 |
| Internazionale | Milan | San Siro | 75,923 |
| Juventus | Turin | Allianz Stadium | 41,507 |
| Lazio | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 70,634 |
| Milan | Milan | San Siro | 75,923 |
| Napoli | Naples | Stadio Diego Armando Maradona | 54,726 |
| Roma | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 70,634 |
| Salernitana | Salerno | Stadio Arechi | 26,000 |
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 36,599 |
| Sassuolo | Sassuolo | Mapei Stadium (Reggio Emilia) | 21,525 |
| Spezia | La Spezia | Stadio Alberto Picco | 11,512 |
| Torino | Turin | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino | 28,958 |
| Udinese | Udine | Stadio Friuli | 25,144 |
| Venezia | Venice | Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo | 11,150 |
Number of teams by region
No. of teams | Region | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Liguria | Genoa, Sampdoria and Spezia |
 Lombardy | Atalanta, Inter and AC Milan | |
| 2 |  Campania | Napoli and Salernitana |
 Emilia-Romagna | Bologna and Sassuolo | |
 Lazio | Lazio and Roma | |
 Piedmont | Juventus and Torino | |
 Tuscany | Empoli and Fiorentina | |
 Veneto | Verona and Venezia | |
| 1 |  Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Udinese |
 Sardinia | Cagliari |
Personnel and kits
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 | Pre-season | Luciano Spalletti | 1 July 2021 |
| Internazionale | Antonio Conte | 26 May 2021 | Simone Inzaghi | 1 July 2021 | ||
| Hellas Verona |  Ivan Jurić | 28 May 2021 | Eusebio Di Francesco | 1 July 2021 | ||
| Empoli | Alessio Dionisi | 15 June 2021 | Aurelio Andreazzoli | 1 July 2021 | ||
| Juventus | Andrea Pirlo | Sacked | 28 May 2021 | Massimiliano Allegri | 1 July 2021 | |
| Roma |  Paulo Fonseca | End of contract | 30 June 2021 | José Mourinho | 1 July 2021 | |
| Fiorentina | Giuseppe Iachini | 30 June 2021 | Vincenzo Italiano | 1 July 2021 | ||
| Sassuolo | Roberto De Zerbi | 30 June 2021 | Alessio Dionisi | 1 July 2021 | ||
| Sampdoria | Claudio Ranieri | 30 June 2021 | Roberto D'Aversa | 4 July 2021 | ||
| Lazio | Simone Inzaghi | 30 June 2021 | Maurizio Sarri | 1 July 2021 | ||
| Torino | Davide Nicola | 30 June 2021 | Ivan Jurić | 1 July 2021 | ||
| Spezia | Vincenzo Italiano | Signed by Fiorentina | 30 June 2021 | Thiago Motta | 8 July 2021 | |
| Hellas Verona | Eusebio Di Francesco | Sacked | 14 September 2021 | 19th | Igor Tudor | 14 September 2021 |
| Cagliari | Leonardo Semplici | 14 September 2021 | 17th | Walter Mazzarri | 15 September 2021 | |
| Salernitana | Fabrizio Castori | 17 October 2021 | 20th | Stefano Colantuono | 17 October 2021 | |
| Genoa | Davide Ballardini | 6 November 2021 | 17th |  Andriy Shevchenko | 7 November 2021 | |
| Udinese | Luca Gotti | 7 December 2021 | 14th | Gabriele Cioffi (caretaker) | 7 December 2021 | |
| Genoa | Andriy Shevchenko | 15 January 2022 | 19th |  Abdoulay Konko (caretaker) | 15 January 2022 | |
| Sampdoria | Roberto D'Aversa | 17 January 2022 | 16th | Marco Giampaolo | 19 January 2022 | |
| Genoa | Abdoulay Konko | End of caretaker spell | 19 January 2022 | 19th |  Alexander Blessin | 19 January 2022 |
| Salernitana | Stefano Colantuono | Sacked | 15 February 2022 | 20th | Davide Nicola | 15 February 2022 |
| Venezia | Paolo Zanetti | 27 April 2022 | 20th | Andrea Soncin (caretaker) | 27 April 2022 | |
| Cagliari | Walter Mazzarri | 2 May 2022 | 17th | Alessandro Agostini (caretaker) | 2 May 2022 |
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Milan (C) | 38 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 69 | 31 | +38 | 86 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Internazionale | 38 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 84 | 32 | +52 | 84 | |
| 3 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 31 | +43 | 79 | |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 57 | 37 | +20 | 70 | |
| 5 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 77 | 58 | +19 | 64 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 59 | 43 | +16 | 63 | |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 59 | 51 | +8 | 62 | Qualification for the Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Atalanta | 38 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 65 | 48 | +17 | 59 | |
| 9 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 65 | 59 | +6 | 53 | |
| 10 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 46 | 41 | +5 | 50 | |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 64 | 66 | −2 | 50 | |
| 12 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 61 | 58 | +3 | 47 | |
| 13 | Bologna | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 44 | 55 | −11 | 46 | |
| 14 | Empoli | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 50 | 70 | −20 | 41 | |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 46 | 63 | −17 | 36 | |
| 16 | Spezia | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 41 | 71 | −30 | 36 | |
| 17 | Salernitana | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 33 | 78 | −45 | 31 | |
| 18 | Cagliari (R) | 38 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 34 | 68 | −34 | 30 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Genoa (R) | 38 | 4 | 16 | 18 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 28 | |
| 20 | Venezia (R) | 38 | 6 | 9 | 23 | 34 | 69 | −35 | 27 |
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)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
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:
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ciro Immobile | Lazio | 27 |
| 2 |  Dušan Vlahović | Fiorentina/Juventus1 | 24 |
| 3 |  Lautaro Martínez | Inter Milan | 21 |
| 4 |  Tammy Abraham | Roma | 17 |
| Giovanni Simeone | Hellas Verona | ||
| 6 | Gianluca Scamacca | Sassuolo | 16 |
| 7 | Domenico Berardi | Sassuolo | 15 |
| 8 |  Marko Arnautović | Bologna | 14 |
 Victor Osimhen | Napoli | ||
| 10 |  Gerard Deulofeu | Udinese | 13 |
 Edin Džeko | Inter Milan | ||
| Mario Pašalić | Atalanta | ||
| João Pedro | Cagliari | ||
| Andrea Pinamonti | Empoli |
1 Vlahović played for Fiorentina until matchday 23 and scored 17 goals.
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 |
 Antonín Barák | Hellas Verona | Sassuolo | 4–2 (A) | 16 January 2022 |
| Giovanni Simeone | Hellas Verona | Venezia | 3–1 (H) | 27 February 2022 |
| Lautaro Martínez | Inter Milan | Salernitana | 5–0 (H) | 4 March 2022 |
| Beto | Udinese | Cagliari | 5–1 (H) | 3 April 2022 |
| Ciro Immobile | Lazio | Genoa | 4–1 (A) | 10 April 2022 |
| Andrea Belotti | Torino | Empoli | 3–1 (A) | 1 May 2022 |
- Notes
4 Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team
Clean sheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Maignan | Milan | 17 |
| 2 |  Samir Handanović | Inter Milan | 15 |
| Rui Patrício | Roma | ||
| 4 |  David Ospina | Napoli | 13 |
| 5 |  Łukasz Skorupski | Bologna | 12 |
| Wojciech Szczęsny | Juventus | ||
| 7 | Salvatore Sirigu | Genoa | 10 |
| 8 | Pietro Terracciano | Fiorentina | 9 |
| 9 | Juan Musso | Atalanta | 8 |
| 10 | Ivan Provedel | Spezia | 7 |
| Marco Silvestri | Udinese | ||
 Thomas Strakosha | Lazio | ||
| Guglielmo Vicario | Empoli |
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 14
Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo)
Gianluca Mancini (Roma)
- Most red cards: 2
- Kelvin Amian (Spezia)
Ethan Ampadu (Venezia)- Théo Hernandez (Milan)
Leo Skiri Østigård (Genoa)- Roberto Soriano (Bologna)
- Adama Soumaoro (Bologna)
- Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma)
Team
- Most yellow cards: 106
- Most red cards: 9
- Fewest yellow cards: 63
- Fewest red cards: 1
Awards
Monthly awards
| Month | Player of the Month | Coach of the Month | Goal of the Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Coach | Club | Player | Club | |
| September |  Kalidou Koulibaly | Napoli | Luciano Spalletti | Napoli | Lorenzo Pellegrini | Roma |
| October | Giovanni Simeone | Hellas Verona | Stefano Pioli | Milan | Antonio Candreva | Sampdoria |
| November |  Hakan Çalhanoğlu | Inter Milan | Gian Piero Gasperini | Atalanta | Keita Baldé | Cagliari |
| December | Dušan Vlahović | Fiorentina | Simone Inzaghi | Inter Milan | Juan Cuadrado | Juventus |
| January | Giacomo Raspadori | Sassuolo | Thiago Motta | Spezia | Lorenzo Pellegrini | Roma |
| February | Ruslan Malinovskyi | Atalanta | Luciano Spalletti | Napoli | Ruslan Malinovskyi | Atalanta |
| March | Victor Osimhen | Napoli | Stefano Pioli | Milan | Lorenzo Pellegrini | Roma |
| April | Marcelo Brozović | Inter Milan | Siniša Mihajlović | Bologna | Ivan Perišić | Inter Milan |
| May | Sandro Tonali | Milan | Stefano Pioli | Milan | Théo Hernandez | Milan |
Seasonal awards
| Award | Winner | Club | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Most Valuable Player | Rafael Leão | Milan | |
| Best Young Player | Victor Osimhen | Napoli | |
| Best Goalkeeper | Mike Maignan | Milan | |
| Best Defender |  Bremer | Torino | |
| Best Midfielder | Marcelo Brozović | Inter Milan | |
| Best Striker | Ciro Immobile | Lazio | |
| Coach of the Season | Stefano Pioli | Milan | |
| Goal of the Season | Théo Hernandez | Milan |
| Team of the Year | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Mike Maignan (Milan) | |||
| Defence | Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) | Bremer (Torino) | Fikayo Tomori (Milan) | Théo Hernandez (Milan) |
| Midfield | Marcelo Brozović (Inter Milan) | Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) | Sergej Milinković-Savić (Lazio) | |
| Attack | Ciro Immobile (Lazio) | Dušan Vlahović (Fiorentina/Juventus) | Rafael Leão (Milan) | |
References
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