2012–13 Serie A

The 2012–13 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th season of top-tier Italian football, the 81st in a round-robin tournament, and the 3rd since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 25 August 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013.^[5] Juventus were the defending champions.

Serie A

Season	2012–13
Dates	25 August 2012 – 19 May 2013
Champions	Juventus 29th title
Relegated	Palermo Siena Pescara
Champions League	Juventus Napoli Milan
Europa League	Fiorentina Udinese Lazio
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,000 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Edinson Cavani (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Sampdoria 6–0 Pescara Lazio 6–0 Bologna
Biggest away win	Pescara 1–6 Juventus
Highest scoring	Torino 3–5 Napoli
Longest winning run	9 games Juventus[1]
Longest unbeaten run	14 games Milan[2]
Longest winless run	19 games Pescara[3]
Longest losing run	8 games Pescara[3]
Highest attendance	79,341[4] Internazionale 1–1 Milan
Lowest attendance	6,300[4] Udinese 1–1 Palermo
Average attendance	24,655[4]
← 2011–12 2013–14 →

A total of 20 teams contested the league, comprising 17 sides from the 2011–12 season and three promoted from the 2011–12 Serie B. As in the previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches, with a new Nike Maxim Serie A model to be used throughout the season for all matches.^[6]

On 21 August 2012, FIGC allowed Serie A teams to have up to 12 substitution players on the bench for each game.^[7][8]

Events

The 2012–13 season features the return of Pescara, Torino, and Sampdoria, who were promoted back to Serie A after nineteen, three, and one years respectively. It is also Cagliari's first season out of Stadio Sant'Elia after more than 40 years, following its closure due to safety issues; as a replacement, the team agreed to renovate the Stadio Is Arenas located in Quartu Sant'Elena, in order to use it as its home venue for this season (Cagliari has ongoing plans to build its own brand-new stadium in the next few years).^[9] The fixtures were presented on 26 July in a lavish hour-long televised ceremony.

Teams

2012–13 Juventus team

Atalanta

Bologna

Cagliari

Catania

Chievo

Fiorentina

Genoa
Sampdoria

Internazionale
Milan

Juventus

Lazio
Roma

Napoli

Palermo

Parma

Pescara

Siena

Torino

Udinese

Locations of the 2012–13 Serie A teams

Stadiums and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2011–12 season
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	26,542	12th in Serie A
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara	38,279	9th in Serie A
Cagliari	Cagliari	Stadio Is Arenas	16,214	15th in Serie A
Catania	Catania	Stadio Angelo Massimino	23,420	11th in Serie A
Chievo Verona	Verona	Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi	38,402	10th in Serie A
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	47,282	13th in Serie A
Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	17th in Serie A
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	80,074	6th in Serie A
Juventus	Turin	Juventus Stadium	41,254	Serie A champions
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	4th in Serie A
Milan	Milan	San Siro	80,074	Serie A Runner-up
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	60,240	5th in Serie A
Palermo	Palermo	Stadio Renzo Barbera	37,242	16th in Serie A
Parma	Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini	27,906	8th in Serie A
Pescara	Pescara	Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia	24,500	Serie B champions
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	7th in Serie A
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	Serie B play-off winners
Siena	Siena	Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena	15,373	14th in Serie A
Torino	Turin	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino	27,994	Serie B Runner-up
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli	30,642	3rd in Serie A

Personnel and kits

Team	Manager	Captain	Kitmaker	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta	Stefano Colantuono	Gianpaolo Bellini	Erreà	AXA, Konica Minolta
Bologna	Stefano Pioli	Alessandro Diamanti	Macron	NGM Mobile, Serenissima Ceramica
Cagliari	Ivo Pulga	Daniele Conti	Kappa	Sardegna, Tirrenia
Catania	Rolando Maran	Marco Biagianti	Givova	Arancia Rossa di Sicilia, TTT Lines
Chievo	Eugenio Corini	Sergio Pellissier	Givova	Paluani/Banca Popolare di Verona/youbanking.it, Midac Batteries
Fiorentina	Vincenzo Montella	Manuel Pasqual	Joma	Mazda, Save the Children
Genoa	Davide Ballardini	Marco Rossi	Lotto	iZiPlay
Internazionale	Andrea Stramaccioni	Javier Zanetti	Nike	Pirelli
Juventus	Antonio Conte	Gianluigi Buffon	Nike	Jeep
Lazio	Vladimir Petković	Stefano Mauri	Macron	Clinica Paideia
Milan	Massimiliano Allegri	Massimo Ambrosini	Adidas	Fly Emirates
Napoli	Walter Mazzarri	Paolo Cannavaro	Macron	Lete, MSC Cruises
Palermo	Giuseppe Sannino	Fabrizio Miccoli	Puma	Eurobet, Italiacom
Parma	Roberto Donadoni	Stefano Morrone	Erreà	Folletto, Navigare
Pescara	Cristian Bucchi	Emmanuel Cascione	Erreà	Acqua Santa Croce, Risparmio Casa
Roma	Aurelio Andreazzoli	Francesco Totti	Kappa	Wind
Sampdoria	Delio Rossi	Daniele Gastaldello	Kappa	Gamenet
Siena	Giuseppe Iachini	Simone Vergassola	Kappa	Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Torino	Giampiero Ventura	Rolando Bianchi	Kappa	Frattelli Beretta, Aruba.it
Udinese	Francesco Guidolin	Antonio Di Natale	Legea	Dacia, QBell

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Palermo	Bortolo Mutti	End of contract	13 May 2012	Pre-season	Giuseppe Sannino	6 June 2012[10]
Fiorentina	Vincenzo Guerini	End of contract	13 May 2012		Vincenzo Montella	11 June 2012[11]
Roma	Luis Enrique	Mutual consent	13 May 2012[12]		Zdeněk Zeman	4 June 2012[13]
Lazio	Edoardo Reja	Mutual consent	18 May 2012[14]		Vladimir Petković	2 June 2012[15]
Pescara	Zdeněk Zeman	Signed by Roma	4 June 2012[13]		Giovanni Stroppa	8 June 2012[16]
Catania	Vincenzo Montella	Mutual consent	4 June 2012[17]		Rolando Maran	11 June 2012[18]
Siena	Giuseppe Sannino	Mutual consent	6 June 2012[19]		Serse Cosmi	27 June 2012[20]
Sampdoria	Giuseppe Iachini	Mutual consent	2 July 2012[21]		Ciro Ferrara	2 July 2012[22]
Palermo	Giuseppe Sannino	Sacked	16 September 2012[23]	18th	Gian Piero Gasperini	16 September 2012[23]
Chievo	Domenico Di Carlo	Sacked	2 October 2012[24]	18th	Eugenio Corini	2 October 2012[24]
Cagliari	Massimo Ficcadenti	Sacked	2 October 2012[25]	20th	Ivo Pulga	2 October 2012[25]
Genoa	Luigi De Canio	Sacked	22 October 2012[26]	9th	Luigi Delneri	22 October 2012[26]
Pescara	Giovanni Stroppa	Resigned	18 November 2012[27]	18th	Cristiano Bergodi	20 November 2012[27]
Siena	Serse Cosmi	Sacked	17 December 2012[28]	20th	Giuseppe Iachini	17 December 2012[28]
Sampdoria	Ciro Ferrara	Sacked	17 December 2012[29]	14th	Delio Rossi	17 December 2012[29]
Genoa	Luigi Delneri	Sacked	21 January 2013[30]	18th	Davide Ballardini	21 January 2013[30]
Roma	Zdeněk Zeman	Sacked	2 February 2013[31]	8th	Aurelio Andreazzoli	2 February 2013[31]
Palermo	Gian Piero Gasperini	Sacked	4 February 2013[32]	20th	Alberto Malesani	5 February 2013[33]
Palermo	Alberto Malesani	Sacked	24 February 2013[34]	20th	Gian Piero Gasperini	24 February 2013[34]
Pescara	Cristiano Bergodi	Sacked	3 March 2013[35]	20th	Cristian Bucchi	5 March 2013[36]
Palermo	Gian Piero Gasperini	Mutual consent	11 March 2013[37]	20th	Giuseppe Sannino	12 March 2013[38]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	27	6	5	71	24	+47	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Napoli	38	23	9	6	73	36	+37	78
3	Milan	38	21	9	8	67	39	+28	72	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Fiorentina	38	21	7	10	72	44	+28	70	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
5	Udinese	38	18	12	8	59	45	+14	66	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
6	Roma	38	18	8	12	71	56	+15	62
7	Lazio	38	18	7	13	51	42	+9	61	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
8	Catania	38	15	11	12	50	46	+4	56
9	Inter Milan	38	16	6	16	55	57	−2	54
10	Parma	38	13	10	15	45	46	−1	49
11	Cagliari	38	12	11	15	43	55	−12	47
12	Chievo	38	12	9	17	37	52	−15	45
13	Bologna	38	11	11	16	46	52	−6	44
14	Sampdoria	38	11	10	17	43	51	−8	42[b]
15	Atalanta	38	11	9	18	39	56	−17	40[c]
16	Torino	38	8	16	14	46	55	−9	39[b]
17	Genoa	38	8	14	16	38	52	−14	38
18	Palermo (R)	38	6	14	18	34	54	−20	32	Relegation to Serie B
19	Siena (R)	38	9	9	20	36	57	−21	30[d]
20	Pescara (R)	38	6	4	28	27	84	−57	22

Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th goal difference; 5th number of goals scored; 6th public draw.
(Head-to-head record is applied for clubs with the same number of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played)^[43]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Lazio qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage after winning 2012–13 Coppa Italia.
2. Sampdoria and Torino were docked 1 point due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.^[39][40]
3. Atalanta was docked 2 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.^[41][42]
4. Siena was docked 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.^[39]

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	BOL	CAG	CTN	CHV	FIO	GEN	INT	JUV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PAL	PAR	PES	ROM	SAM	SIE	TOR	UDI
Atalanta		1–1	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–2	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–3	0–0	2–1	1–5	1–1
Bologna	2–1		3–0	4–0	4–0	2–1	0–0	1–3	0–2	0–0	1–3	0–3	3–0	1–2	1–1	3–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Cagliari	1–1	1–0		0–0	0–2	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–0	1–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–3	3–1	4–2	4–3	0–1
Catania	2–1	1–0	0–0		2–1	2–1	3–2	2–3	0–1	4–0	1–3	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	3–0	0–0	3–1
Chievo	1–0	2–0	0–0	0–0		1–1	0–1	0–2	1–2	1–3	0–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2
Fiorentina	4–1	1–0	4–1	2–0	2–1		3–2	4–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–2	4–1	4–3	2–1
Genoa	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	2–4	0–1		0–0	1–3	3–2	0–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	4–1	2–4	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–0
Internazionale	3–4	0–1	2–2	2–0	3–1	2–1	1–1		1–2	1–3	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	3–2	0–2	2–2	2–5
Juventus	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3		0–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–2	3–0	3–0	4–0
Lazio	2–0	6–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–1	1–0	0–2		3–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	3–0
Milan	0–1	2–1	2–0	4–2	5–1	1–3	1–0	0–1	1–0	3–0		1–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–1
Napoli	3–2	2–3	3–2	2–0	1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	3–0	2–2		3–0	3–1	5–1	4–1	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–1
Palermo	1–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–1	0–3	0–0	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–2	0–3		1–3	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–2	0–0	2–3
Parma	2–0	0–2	4–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	2–1		3–0	3–2	2–1	0–0	4–1	0–3
Pescara	0–0	2–3	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–5	2–0	0–3	1–6	0–3	0–4	0–3	1–0	2–0		0–1	2–3	2–3	0–2	0–1
Roma	2–0	2–3	2–4	2–2	0–1	4–2	3–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	4–2	2–1	4–1	2–0	1–1		1–1	4–0	2–0	2–3
Sampdoria	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–3	3–1	0–2	3–2	0–1	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–0	6–0	3–1		2–1	1–1	0–2
Siena	0–2	1–0	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	1–2	3–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–3	1–0		0–0	2–2
Torino	2–1	1–0	0–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–4	3–5	0–0	1–3	3–0	1–2	0–0	3–2		0–0
Udinese	2–1	0–0	4–1	2–2	3–1	3–1	0–0	3–0	1–4	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0	1–0

Source: Lega Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[44] 1 Edinson Cavani Napoli 29 2 Antonio Di Natale Udinese 23 3 Stephan El Shaarawy Milan 16 Dani Osvaldo Roma 5 Germán Denis Atalanta 15 Miroslav Klose Lazio Erik Lamela Roma Giampaolo Pazzini Milan 9 Gonzalo Bergessio Catania 13 Alberto Gilardino Bologna Stevan Jovetić Fiorentina

Scoring First goal of the season: Maicosuel for Udinese against Fiorentina (25 August 2012) Fastest goal of the season: 18 seconds Arturo Vidal for Juventus against Internazionale (3 November 2012) Latest goal of the season: 90+5 minutes Panagiotis Kone for Bologna against Catania (30 September 2012) Josip Iličić for Palermo against Catania (21 April 2013) Largest winning margin: 6 goals[45] Sampdoria 6–0 Pescara (27 January 2013) Lazio 6–0 Bologna (5 May 2013) Highest scoring game: 8 goals[45] Torino 3–5 Napoli (30 March 2013) Most goals scored by a single team: 6 goals[45] Pescara 1–6 Juventus (10 November 2012) Sampdoria 6–0 Pescara (27 January 2013) Lazio 6–0 Bologna (5 May 2013) Most goals scored by a losing team: 3 goals[45] Cagliari 4–3 Torino (24 February 2013) Torino 3–5 Napoli (30 March 2013) Internazionale 3–4 Atalanta (7 April 2013) Fiorentina 4–3 Torino (21 April 2013) Clean sheets Most clean sheets: 19[45] Juventus Fewest clean sheets: 5[45] Pescara Discipline Most yellow cards (club): 111[46] Atalanta Most yellow cards (player): 16[47] Daniele Conti (Cagliari) Most red cards (club): 13[46] Atalanta Most red cards (player): 2[47] Davide Astori (Cagliari) Kevin-Prince Boateng (Milan) Carlos Carmona (Atalanta) Andrea Costa (Sampdoria) Danilo (Udinese) Felipe (Siena) Daniele Gastaldello (Sampdoria) Kamil Glik (Torino) Thomas Heurtaux (Udinese) Federico Peluso (Atalanta) Luca Rossettini (Cagliari) Vladimír Weiss (Pescara) Fewest yellow cards (club): 77[46] Juventus