2020–21 Serie A

The 2020–21 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th season of top-tier Italian football, the 89th in a round-robin tournament, and the 11th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Inter Milan won the title with four matches remaining after second-placed Atalanta drew against Sassuolo.^[2]

Serie A

Season	2020–21
Dates	19 September 2020 – 23 May 2021
Champions	Inter Milan 19th title
Relegated	Benevento Crotone Parma
Champions League	Inter Milan AC Milan Atalanta Juventus
Europa League	Napoli Lazio
Europa Conference League	Roma
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1,163 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorer	Cristiano Ronaldo (29 goals)
Biggest home win	Napoli 6–0 Genoa (27 September 2020) Napoli 6–0 Fiorentina (17 January 2021)
Biggest away win	Torino 0–7 AC Milan (12 May 2021)
Highest scoring	Inter Milan 6–2 Crotone (3 January 2021) Lazio 5–3 Benevento (18 April 2021)
Longest winning run	Inter Milan (11 matches)[1]
Longest unbeaten run	Inter Milan (20 matches)[1]
Longest winless run	Parma (17 matches)[1]
Longest losing run	Parma (9 matches)[1]
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

Inter Milan's title was their 19th in club history and their first in 11 years. It ended Juventus's run of nine consecutive league titles, as they finished in fourth place, 13 points behind Inter Milan.

Teams

Benevento and Crotone were the two teams directly promoted from Serie B—both after a two-year absence.^[3][4]

On 20 August 2020, Spezia won a playoff match to earn their first promotion to Serie A; they became the 66th team to participate in the Italian top-tier league.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

A day following the Napoli–Genoa match on 27 September 2020, Genoa announced that 14 of their players tested positive for COVID-19.^[5][6] The Genoa–Torino match scheduled for 3 October 2020 was thereby postponed.^[7]

On 3 October 2020, two Napoli players, Piotr Zieliński and Eljif Elmas, tested positive for COVID-19, and after being denied authorization to leave Naples by the Local Health Authority (ASL), Napoli blocked their players' departure for their match in Turin against Juventus.^[8][9][10] The league decided not to postpone the match scheduled for 4 October 2020. On the day of the game, Juventus took to the field despite the absence of their opponents, who were quarantining in Naples.^[11] Juventus were awarded a 3–0 victory by default and Napoli were docked one point as the Disciplinary Commission ruled Napoli did not follow the country's COVID-19 pandemic protocol.^[12] Following a successful appeal by Napoli to the CONI Sports Guarantee Board, these penalties were overturned on 22 December 2020.^[13] The match was eventually recovered on 7 April 2021, more than six months after its originally scheduled date.

Team changes

Promoted from 2019–20 Serie B	Relegated from 2019–20 Serie A
Benevento	Lecce
Crotone	Brescia
Spezia	SPAL

Stadiums and locations

Atalanta

Benevento

Bologna

Cagliari

Crotone

Fiorentina

Genoa

Verona

Inter Milan

Juventus

Lazio

AC Milan

Napoli

Parma

Roma

Sampdoria

Sassuolo

Spezia

Torino

Udinese

Locations of the 2020–21 Serie A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity
Atalanta	Bergamo	Gewiss Stadium	25,000
Benevento	Benevento	Stadio Ciro Vigorito	16,867
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara	36,462
Cagliari	Cagliari	Sardegna Arena	16,416
Crotone	Crotone	Stadio Ezio Scida	16,640
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	45,000
Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,600
Hellas Verona	Verona	Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi	39,371
Inter Milan	Milan	San Siro	75,923
Juventus	Turin	Allianz Stadium	41,507
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	70,634
AC Milan	Milan	San Siro	75,923
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	54,726
Parma	Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini	27,906
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	70,634
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,599
Sassuolo	Sassuolo	Mapei Stadium	23,717
Spezia	La Spezia	Stadio Alberto Picco[α]	10,336
Torino	Turin	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino	27,958
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli	25,144

Personnel and kits

Team	Head Coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor(s)
				Main	Other
Atalanta	Gian Piero Gasperini	Rafael Tolói	Joma	Plus500	Front Radici Group Back Gewiss Sleeves Automha
Benevento	Filippo Inzaghi	Nicolas Viola	Kappa	IVPC	Front Rillo Costruzioni Back Pastificio Rummo Sleeves Don Peppe
Bologna	Siniša Mihajlović	Andrea Poli	Macron	Facile Ristrutturare	Front Selenella Back Illumia Sleeves Scala
Cagliari	Leonardo Semplici	João Pedro	Adidas	ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna	Front Ichnusa Back Tiscali Sleeves Latte Arborea
Crotone	Serse Cosmi	Alex Cordaz	Zeus	San Vincenzo Salumi	Front Envì Group Back Biemme Finestre Sleeves Ford Vumbaca Group
Fiorentina	Giuseppe Iachini	Germán Pezzella	Kappa	Mediacom	Back Prima.it Sleeves Estra
Genoa	Davide Ballardini	Domenico Criscito	Kappa	Banca Sistema	Back Leaseplan Sleeves Synlab
Hellas Verona	Ivan Jurić	Miguel Veloso	Macron	Gruppo Sinergy	Front Winelivery Back Scaligera Arredamenti/SEC/Manila Grace/VetroCar Sleeves Mercedes-Benz Trivellato Industriali
Inter Milan	Antonio Conte	Samir Handanović	Nike	Pirelli	Back Driver
Juventus	Andrea Pirlo	Giorgio Chiellini	Adidas	Jeep	Back Cygames
Lazio	Simone Inzaghi	Senad Lulić	Macron	World Food Programme / Contrader / Clinica Paideia	Back Contrader Sleeves Frecciarossa
AC Milan	Stefano Pioli	Alessio Romagnoli	Puma	Emirates	None
Napoli	Gennaro Gattuso	Lorenzo Insigne	Kappa	Lete	Front MSC Cruises Back Kimbo Caffè
Parma	Roberto D'Aversa	Bruno Alves	Erreà	Cetilar	Front Old Wild West Back Viva la Mamma Beretta Sleeves Canovi Coperture
Roma	Paulo Fonseca	Lorenzo Pellegrini	Nike	Qatar Airways	Back Hyundai Sleeves Iqoniq
Sampdoria	Claudio Ranieri	Fabio Quagliarella	Macron[15]	Very Mobile	Back IBSA Group
Sassuolo	Roberto De Zerbi	Francesco Magnanelli	Puma	Mapei	None
Spezia	Vincenzo Italiano	Claudio Terzi	Acerbis	TEN Food & Beverage	Back Pediatrica Sleeves Iozzelli Piscine
Torino	Davide Nicola	Andrea Belotti	Joma	Suzuki/Suzuki Hybrid (T)	Front Fratelli Beretta Back Edilizia Acrobatica Sleeves N° 38 Wüber
Udinese	Luca Gotti	Rodrigo De Paul	Macron	Dacia	Front Vortice Back Bluenergy Sleeves Prosciutto di San Daniele

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Cagliari	Walter Zenga	End of contract	2 August 2020[16]	Pre-season	Eusebio Di Francesco	3 August 2020[17]
Torino	Moreno Longo		2 August 2020		Marco Giampaolo	7 August 2020[18]
Juventus	Maurizio Sarri	Sacked	8 August 2020[19]		Andrea Pirlo	8 August 2020[20]
Parma	Roberto D'Aversa		23 August 2020[21]		Fabio Liverani	28 August 2020[22]
Genoa	Davide Nicola		26 August 2020		Rolando Maran	26 August 2020[23]
Fiorentina	Giuseppe Iachini		9 November 2020[24]	12th	Cesare Prandelli	9 November 2020[24]
Genoa	Rolando Maran		21 December 2020[25]	19th	Davide Ballardini	21 December 2020[25]
Parma	Fabio Liverani		7 January 2021[26]	18th	Roberto D'Aversa	7 January 2021[27]
Torino	Marco Giampaolo		18 January 2021[28]	18th	Davide Nicola	19 January 2021[29]
Cagliari	Eusebio Di Francesco		22 February 2021[30]	18th	Leonardo Semplici	22 February 2021[31]
Crotone	Giovanni Stroppa		1 March 2021[32]	20th	Serse Cosmi	1 March 2021[33]
Fiorentina	Cesare Prandelli	Resigned	23 March 2021[34]	14th	Giuseppe Iachini	24 March 2021[35]

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Inter Milan (C)	38	28	7	3	89	35	+54	91	Qualification for Champions League group stage
2	Milan	38	24	7	7	74	41	+33	79
3	Atalanta	38	23	9	6	90	47	+43	78[a]
4	Juventus	38	23	9	6	77	38	+39	78[a]
5	Napoli	38	24	5	9	86	41	+45	77	0Qualification for Europa League group stage[b]
6	Lazio	38	21	5	12	61	55	+6	68
7	Roma	38	18	8	12	68	58	+10	62	0Qualification for Conference League play-off round[b]
8	Sassuolo	38	17	11	10	64	56	+8	62
9	Sampdoria	38	15	7	16	52	54	−2	52
10	Hellas Verona	38	11	12	15	46	48	−2	45
11	Genoa	38	10	12	16	47	58	−11	42
12	Bologna	38	10	11	17	51	65	−14	41
13	Fiorentina	38	9	13	16	47	59	−12	40
14	Udinese	38	10	10	18	42	58	−16	40
15	Spezia	38	9	12	17	52	72	−20	39
16	Cagliari	38	9	10	19	43	59	−16	37
17	Torino	38	7	16	15	50	69	−19	37
18	Benevento (R)	38	7	12	19	40	75	−35	33	Relegation to Serie B
19	Crotone (R)	38	6	5	27	45	92	−47	23
20	Parma (R)	38	3	11	24	39	83	−44	20

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)^[36]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Atalanta finished ahead of Juventus on head-to-head points: Juventus 1–1 Atalanta, Atalanta 1–0 Juventus.
2. Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

Results

*Internazionale = Inter Milan, Milan = AC Milan*

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

Source: Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Players' awards

Most valuable player of the Month

Main article: Serie A Player of the Month

Month	Player	Club	Ref.
September	Alejandro Gómez	Atalanta	[37]
October	Zlatan Ibrahimović	AC Milan	[38]
November	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	[39]
December	Hakan Çalhanoğlu	AC Milan	[40]
January	Sergej Milinković-Savić	Lazio	[41]
February	Romelu Lukaku	Inter Milan	[42]
March	Lorenzo Insigne	Napoli	[43]
April	Luis Muriel	Atalanta	[44]
May	Ruslan Malinovskyi	Atalanta	[45]

Seasonal awards

Main article: Serie A Awards

^[46]

Award	Winner	Club	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Romelu Lukaku	Inter Milan	[47]
Best Under-23	Dušan Vlahović	Fiorentina	[48]
Best Goalkeeper	Gianluigi Donnarumma	AC Milan	[49]
Best Defender	Cristian Romero	Atalanta	[50]
Best Midfielder	Nicolò Barella	Inter Milan	[51]
Best Striker	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	[52]

Team of the Year[53]
Goalkeeper	Gianluigi Donnarumma (AC Milan)
Defence	Achraf Hakimi (Inter Milan)	Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan)		Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan)		Théo Hernandez (AC Milan)
Midfield	Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan)		Franck Kessié (AC Milan)		Federico Chiesa (Juventus)
Attack	Luis Muriel (Atalanta)		Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus)		Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan)

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals[54]
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	29
2	Romelu Lukaku	Inter Milan	24
3	Luis Muriel	Atalanta	22
4	Dušan Vlahović	Fiorentina	21
5	Ciro Immobile	Lazio	20
	Simy	Crotone
7	Lorenzo Insigne	Napoli	19
8	Domenico Berardi	Sassuolo	17
	Lautaro Martínez	Inter Milan
10	João Pedro	Cagliari	16

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Henrikh Mkhitaryan	Roma	Genoa	3–1 (A)	8 November 2020
Lautaro Martínez	Inter Milan	Crotone	6–2 (H)	3 January 2021
Dušan Vlahović	Fiorentina	Benevento	4–1 (A)	13 March 2021
Cristiano Ronaldo	Juventus	Cagliari	3–1 (A)	14 March 2021
Rodrigo Palacio	Bologna	Fiorentina	3–3 (H)	2 May 2021
Ante Rebić	AC Milan	Torino	7–0 (A)	12 May 2021

Note

(H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets[55]
1	Gianluigi Donnarumma	AC Milan	14
	Samir Handanović	Inter Milan
3	Pierluigi Gollini	Atalanta	9
	Pepe Reina	Lazio
5	Bartłomiej Drągowski	Fiorentina	8
	Juan Musso	Udinese
	David Ospina	Napoli
	Mattia Perin	Genoa
9	Andrea Consigli	Sassuolo	7
	Lorenzo Montipò	Benevento
	Marco Silvestri	Hellas Verona
	Salvatore Sirigu	Torino

Discipline

Player

• Most yellow cards: 14
  • Pasquale Schiattarella (Benevento)
• Most red cards: 2
  • Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese)
  • Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari)

Team

• Most yellow cards: 100
  • Lazio
• Most red cards: 6
  • Juventus
• Fewest yellow cards: 59
  • Inter Milan
• Fewest red cards: 1
  • Hellas Verona
  • Parma