2014–15 Serie A

The 2014–15 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of top-tier Italian football, the 83rd in a round-robin tournament, and the fifth since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 30 August 2014.

Serie A

Season	2014–15
Dates	30 August 2014 – 31 May 2015
Champions	Juventus 31st title
Relegated	Cesena Cagliari Parma (to LND)
Champions League	Juventus Roma Lazio
Europa League	Fiorentina Napoli Sampdoria
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,024 (2.69 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mauro Icardi Luca Toni (22 goals each)
Best goalkeeper	Gianluigi Buffon (18 clean sheets)
Biggest home win	Inter 7–0 Sassuolo (14 September 2014) Juventus 7–0 Parma (9 November 2014)
Biggest away win	Palermo 0–4 Lazio (29 September 2014) Empoli 0–4 Cagliari (25 October 2014) Cagliari 0–4 Fiorentina (30 November 2014)
Highest scoring	Parma 4–5 Milan (14 September 2014)
Longest winning run	8 games[1] Lazio
Longest unbeaten run	20 games[1] Juventus
Longest winless run	18 games[1] Cesena
Longest losing run	6 games[1] Parma
Highest attendance	79,173[1] Milan 1–1 Internazionale (23 November 2014)
Lowest attendance	5,000[1] Chievo 2–1 Cesena (9 November 2014)
Average attendance	22,149[1]
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

A total of 20 teams competed in the league: 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Serie B campaign. Juventus were the defending champions, successfully defending their title for the fourth consecutive time. On 2 May 2015, Juventus won the Scudetto for the fourth consecutive time.^[2]

Events

2014–15 Juventus team

The season featured the return of Palermo after only one season in the second division and Empoli, whose last appearance was in the 2007–08 season. Cesena, the play-off winner, returned to the top level after two years in Serie B.

The pre-season saw two ownership changes: Cagliari was sold from Massimo Cellino to Milanese entrepreneur Tommaso Giulini, a former board member at Internazionale. Sampdoria was sold by Edoardo Garrone (son of the late Riccardo Garrone) to Rome-based film businessman Massimo Ferrero.

The season was also influenced by serious financial problems surrounding Parma, involving two controversial takeovers during the season, its last chairman Giampietro Manenti being arrested on 18 March 2015 under accusation of money laundering, and the club being ultimately declared insolvent by the local court on the very next day.

The Serie A this season had the most goals on average than any of the five other top leagues in Europe.^[3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atalanta

Cagliari

Cesena

Empoli

Fiorentina

Genoa
Sampdoria

Hellas Verona
Chievo

Internazionale
Milan

Juventus

Lazio
Roma

Napoli

Palermo

Parma

Sassuolo

Torino

Udinese

Locations of the 2014–15 Serie A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2013–14 season
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	26,542	11th in Serie A
Cagliari	Cagliari	Stadio Sant'Elia	16,000	15th in Serie A
Cesena	Cesena	Stadio Dino Manuzzi	23,900	Serie B playoffs winner
Chievo Verona	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	38,402	16th in Serie A
Empoli	Empoli	Stadio Carlo Castellani	16,800	2nd in Serie B
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	47,282	4th in Serie A
Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	13th in Serie A
Hellas Verona	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	38,402	10th in Serie A
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	80,018	5th in Serie A
Juventus	Turin	Juventus Stadium	41,254	Serie A champions
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	9th in Serie A
Milan	Milan	San Siro	80,018	8th in Serie A
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	60,240	3rd in Serie A
Palermo	Palermo	Stadio Renzo Barbera	36,349	Serie B Champions
Parma	Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini	27,906	6th in Serie A
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	2nd in Serie A
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	12th in Serie A
Sassuolo	Sassuolo1	Mapei Stadium[4]	23,717	17th in Serie A
Torino	Turin	Olimpico di Torino	27,994	7th in Serie A
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli	30,642	14th in Serie A

1. Sassuolo plays in Reggio Emilia.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
					Main	Other
Atalanta	Antonio Percassi	Edoardo Reja	Gianpaolo Bellini	Nike	SuisseGas	Front Konica Minolta Back Bergamopost/Oriocenter/Consorzio Fidi Confartigianato Bergamo - Confiab/Stone City/Caffè Toraldo/Italia Paghe/ONE Power&Gas
Cagliari	Tommaso Giulini	Gianluca Festa	Daniele Conti	Kappa	Sardegna/Brigante/Sol.Bat/Pecorino Romano/ICIB/IN.ECO/iziPlay/Fluorsid/Termomeccanica Energia/subito.it/Vestis/portalesardegna.com/CRAI/Io tifo positivo/Alarm System	Front Tiscali/Indoona Back Intesa Sanpaolo
Cesena	Giorgio Lugaresi	Domenico Di Carlo	Davide Succi	Lotto	Prink	None
Chievo Verona	Luca Campedelli	Rolando Maran	Sergio Pellissier	Givova	Paluani/Jetcoin	Front Midac Batteries Back Nobis Assicurazioni
Empoli	Fabrizio Corsi	Maurizio Sarri	Davide Moro	Royal	NGM Smartphones	Front Computer Gross Back Banca Dinamica
Fiorentina	Mario Cognigni	Vincenzo Montella	Manuel Pasqual	Joma	Save the Children/Volkswagen/Val di Fassa	Front Save the Children Back Save the Children
Genoa	Enrico Preziosi	Gian Piero Gasperini	Nicolás Burdisso	Lotto	Fuori Sanremo RadioItalia/DF Sport Specialist	Front McVitie's
Hellas Verona	Maurizio Setti	Andrea Mandorlini	Luca Toni	Nike	Franklin & Marshall	Front agsm/Leaderform Back Manila Grace
Internazionale	Erick Thohir	Roberto Mancini	Andrea Ranocchia	Nike	Pirelli	None
Juventus	Andrea Agnelli	Massimiliano Allegri	Gianluigi Buffon	Nike	Jeep/Expo 2015	None
Lazio	Claudio Lotito	Stefano Pioli	Stefano Mauri	Macron	Clinica Paideia/Associazione italiana contro le leucemie-linfomi e mieloma	None
Milan	Silvio Berlusconi	Filippo Inzaghi	Riccardo Montolivo	Adidas	Fly Emirates	None
Napoli	Aurelio De Laurentiis	Rafael Benítez	Marek Hamšík	Macron	Lete	Front Pasta Garofalo
Palermo	Maurizio Zamparini	Giuseppe Iachini	Stefano Sorrentino	Joma	Rosanero Cares	Front CBM Sport
Parma	vacant after bankruptcy	Roberto Donadoni	Alessandro Lucarelli	Erreà	Folletto	Front Energy T.I. Group/SanThè Sant'Anna Back Piazza Italia/Bava Srl/Risparmio Casa/INC Hotels/Corona Carta/Birra Parma/NordestWash/Dac a trá/Hotel Due Mari Sestri Levante/Ranieri/Caesars Palace Luxury/CRAI Tirreno/Un Posto al Sole Ristorante/Twin's Cafè/Edil P.3
Roma	James Pallotta	Rudi Garcia	Francesco Totti	Nike	Telethon	None
Sampdoria	Massimo Ferrero	Siniša Mihajlović	Angelo Palombo	Kappa	Sin City: A Dame to Kill For/Parà Tempotest	None
Sassuolo	Carlo Rossi	Eusebio Di Francesco	Francesco Magnanelli	Sportika	Mapei	None
Torino	Urbano Cairo	Giampiero Ventura	Kamil Glik	Kappa	Fratelli Beretta	Front Suzuki/Suzuki Vitara Back Tecnoalarm
Udinese	Franco Soldati	Andrea Stramaccioni	Antonio Di Natale	HS Football	Dacia	Front Alcott/Upim

• Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Diadora, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Serie A.

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Udinese	Francesco Guidolin	Change of role	20 May 2014[5]	Pre-season	Andrea Stramaccioni	4 June 2014[6]
Milan	Clarence Seedorf	Sacked	9 June 2014[7]		Filippo Inzaghi	9 June 2014[7]
Lazio	Edoardo Reja	Resigned	12 June 2014[8]		Stefano Pioli	12 June 2014[9]
Cagliari	Ivo Pulga	Sacked	20 June 2014		Zdeněk Zeman	20 June 2014[10]
Juventus	Antonio Conte	Resigned	15 July 2014		Massimiliano Allegri	16 July 2014
Chievo	Eugenio Corini	Sacked	19 October 2014[11]	17th	Rolando Maran	19 October 2014[12]
Internazionale	Walter Mazzarri		14 November 2014[13]	9th	Roberto Mancini	14 November 2014[14]
Cesena	Pierpaolo Bisoli		8 December 2014[15]	19th	Domenico Di Carlo	8 December 2014[16]
Cagliari	Zdeněk Zeman		23 December 2014[17]	18th	Gianfranco Zola	24 December 2014[18]
Atalanta	Stefano Colantuono		4 March 2015[19]	17th	Edoardo Reja	4 March 2015[19]
Cagliari	Gianfranco Zola		9 March 2015[20]	18th	Zdeněk Zeman	9 March 2015[20]
Cagliari	Zdeněk Zeman	Resigned	21 April 2015	19th	Gianluca Festa	22 April 2015

Ownership changes

Team	Previous owner	New owner	Date
Cagliari	Massimo Cellino[21]	Tommaso Giulini[21]	11 June 2014
Sampdoria	Edoardo Garrone[22]	Massimo Ferrero[22]	12 June 2014
Parma	Tommaso Ghirardi[23]	Dastraso Holding Ltd.[23]	20 December 2014
	Dastraso Holding Ltd.[24]	Giampietro Manenti[24]	9 February 2015
	Giampietro Manenti[25]	Under provisional accounting[25]	19 March 2015

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	26	9	3	72	24	+48	87	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Roma	38	19	13	6	54	31	+23	70
3	Lazio	38	21	6	11	71	38	+33	69	Qualification for the Champions League play-off round
4	Fiorentina	38	18	10	10	61	46	+15	64	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
5	Napoli	38	18	9	11	70	54	+16	63
6	Genoa[b]	38	16	11	11	62	47	+15	59
7	Sampdoria	38	13	17	8	48	42	+6	56	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
8	Internazionale	38	14	13	11	59	48	+11	55
9	Torino	38	14	12	12	48	45	+3	54
10	Milan	38	13	13	12	56	50	+6	52
11	Palermo	38	12	13	13	53	55	−2	49[c]
12	Sassuolo	38	12	13	13	49	57	−8	49[c]
13	Hellas Verona	38	11	13	14	49	65	−16	46
14	Chievo	38	10	13	15	28	41	−13	43
15	Empoli	38	8	18	12	46	52	−6	42
16	Udinese	38	10	11	17	43	56	−13	41
17	Atalanta	38	7	16	15	38	57	−19	37
18	Cagliari (R)	38	8	10	20	48	68	−20	34	Relegation to Serie B
19	Cesena (R)	38	4	12	22	36	73	−37	24
20	Parma (L, R)	38	6	8	24	33	75	−42	19[d]	Relegation to Serie D

Source: 2014–15 Serie A, 2014-15 Serie A classification.^[33]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) 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.).^[34]
(C) Champions; (L) Liquidated after the season due to bankruptcy.; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2014–15 Coppa Italia (Juventus) qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot originally meant for the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was given to the highest placed team that has obtained an UEFA license and not already qualified for European competition.
2. Genoa failed to obtain a UEFA license from Italian Football Federation. Therefore, they were barred to participate in European competitions.^[26] Genoa appealed the decision, but the appeal was denied.^[27][28]
3. Palermo finished ahead of Sassuolo on head-to-head away goals scored: Palermo 2-1 Sassuolo, Sassuolo 0-0 Palermo.
4. Parma was docked 7 points for failing to pay over players' wages.^[29][30][31] Later the club announced bankruptcy, and it was recreated without professional status.^[32]

Results

Home \ Away	ATA	CAG	CES	CHV	EMP	FIO	GEN	HEL	INT	JUV	LAZ	MIL	NAP	PAL	PAR	ROM	SAM	SAS	TOR	UDI
Atalanta		2–1	3–2	1–1	2–2	0–1	1–4	0–0	1–4	0–3	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–3	1–0	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–0
Cagliari	1–2		2–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–3	1–3	1–1	0–3	0–1	4–0	1–2	2–2	2–1	1–2	4–3
Cesena	2–2	0–1		0–1	2–2	1–4	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	1–4	0–0	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–3	1–0
Chievo	1–1	1–0	2–1		1–1	1–2	1–2	2–2	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–3	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	1–1
Empoli	0–0	0–4	2–0	3–0		2–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	4–2	3–0	2–2	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	1–2
Fiorentina	3–2	1–3	3–1	3–0	1–1		0–0	0–1	3–0	0–0	0–2	2–1	0–1	4–3	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–0
Genoa	2–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1		5–2	3–2	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–3	5–1	1–1
Hellas Verona	1–0	1–0	3–3	0–1	2–1	1–2	2–2		0–3	2–2	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–3	3–2	1–3	0–1
Internazionale	2–0	1–4	1–1	0–0	4–3	0–1	3–1	2–2		1–2	2–2	0–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	7–0	0–1	1–2
Juventus	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	4–0	1–1		2–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	7–0	3–2	1–1	1–0	2–1	2–0
Lazio	3–0	4–2	3–0	1–1	4–0	4–0	0–1	2–0	1–2	0–3		3–1	0–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	3–0	3–2	2–1	0–1
Milan	0–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	1–1	0–1	3–1		2–0	0–2	3–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	3–0	2–0
Napoli	1–1	3–3	3–2	0–1	2–2	3–0	2–1	6–2	2–2	1–3	2–4	3–0		3–3	2–0	2–0	4–2	2–0	2–1	3–1
Palermo	2–3	5–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–3	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–4	1–2	3–1		2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1
Parma	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	1–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	1–0	1–2	4–5	2–2	1–0		1–2	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–0
Roma	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	4–2	1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	0–0		0–2	2–2	3–0	2–1
Sampdoria	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–0		1–1	2–0	2–2
Sassuolo	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	3–1	1–3	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	0–3	3–2	0–1	0–0	4–1	0–3	0–0		1–1	1–1
Torino	0–0	1–1	5–0	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	1–1	5–1	0–1		1–0
Udinese	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–4	1–2	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	4–2	0–1	1–4	0–1	3–2

Updated to match(es) played on 31 May 2015. Source: Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals[35] 1 Mauro Icardi Internazionale 22 Luca Toni Hellas Verona 3 Carlos Tevez Juventus 20 4 Gonzalo Higuaín Napoli 18 5 Jérémy Ménez Milan 16 6 Domenico Berardi Sassuolo 15 Manolo Gabbiadini Sampdoria/Napoli 8 Antonio Di Natale Udinese 14 9 Paulo Dybala Palermo 13 Iago Falque Genoa Miroslav Klose Lazio Fabio Quagliarella Torino

Most clean sheets Rank Player Club Clean sheets[36] 1 Gianluigi Buffon Juventus 18 2 Morgan De Sanctis Roma 16 3 Albano Bizzarri Chievo 12 4 Samir Handanović Internazionale 11 5 Federico Marchetti Lazio 10 Emiliano Viviano Sampdoria 7 Neto Fiorentina 9 Luigi Sepe Empoli 9 Andrea Consigli Sassuolo 8 Antonio Mirante Parma Hat-tricks Main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks Player Club Against Result Date Mauro Icardi Internazionale Sassuolo 7–0 Archived 14 September 2014 at the Wayback Machine 14 September 2014 Albin Ekdal Cagliari Internazionale 4–1 Archived 8 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine 28 September 2014 Filip Đorđević Lazio Palermo 4–0 Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine 29 September 2014 Gonzalo Higuaín Napoli Hellas Verona 6–2 Archived 11 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine 26 October 2014 Fabio Quagliarella Torino Sampdoria 5–1 Archived 1 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine 1 February 2015 Domenico Berardi Sassuolo Milan 3–2 Archived 20 May 2015 at the Wayback Machine 17 May 2015