2014–15 Serie A

Serie A
Season 2014–15
Relegated Parma
Matches played 330
Goals scored 856 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer Carlos Tevez (20 goals)
Biggest home win Internazionale 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 22,045[1]

All statistics correct as of 28 April 2015.

The 2014–15 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) is the 113th season of top-tier Italian football, the 83rd in a round-robin tournament, and the 5th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 30 August 2014.

A total of 20 teams compete in the league: 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Serie B campaign. Juventus are the defending champions.

Events

The season will feature the return of Palermo after only one season in the second division and Empoli, whose last appearance was in the 200708 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.

Teams

Number of teams by region

Number of teams Region Team(s)
3  Emilia-RomagnaCesena, Parma and Sassuolo
 LombardyAtalanta, Internazionale and Milan
2  LazioLazio and Roma
 LiguriaGenoa and Sampdoria
 PiedmontJuventus and Torino
 TuscanyEmpoli and Fiorentina
 VenetoChievo and Verona
1  CampaniaNapoli
 Friuli-Venezia GiuliaUdinese
 SardiniaCagliari
 SicilyPalermo

Stadiums and locations

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 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
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[2] 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
Verona Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 10th in Serie A
  1. Sassuolo plays in Reggio Emilia.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Atalanta Italy Antonio Percassi Italy Edoardo Reja Italy Gianpaolo Bellini Nike Suisse Gas, Konica Minolta
Cagliari Italy Tommaso Giulini Czech Republic Zdeněk Zeman Italy Daniele Conti Kappa Sardegna, Tiscali
Cesena Italy Giorgio Lugaresi Italy Domenico Di Carlo Italy Davide Succi Lotto Aldini
Chievo Italy Luca Campedelli Italy Rolando Maran Italy Sergio Pellissier Givova Jetcoin,[3] Paluani , Banca Popolare di Verona
Empoli Italy Fabrizio Corsi Italy Maurizio Sarri Italy Davide Moro Royal NGM Mobile, Computer Gross
Fiorentina Italy Mario Cognigni Italy Vincenzo Montella Italy Manuel Pasqual Joma Volkswagen
Genoa Italy Enrico Preziosi Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Argentina Nicolás Burdisso Lotto McVitie's
Internazionale Indonesia Erick Thohir Italy Roberto Mancini Italy Andrea Ranocchia Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Andrea Agnelli Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Gianluigi Buffon Nike Jeep, Expo 2015 (part-time)
Lazio Italy Claudio Lotito Italy Stefano Pioli Italy Stefano Mauri Macron
Milan Italy Silvio Berlusconi Italy Filippo Inzaghi Italy Riccardo Montolivo Adidas Emirates Airlines
Napoli Italy Aurelio De Laurentiis Spain Rafael Benítez Slovakia Marek Hamšík Macron Lete, Pasta Garofalo
Palermo Italy Maurizio Zamparini Italy Giuseppe Iachini Italy Stefano Sorrentino Joma Palermocalcio.it, CBM Sport
Parma Italy vacant after bankruptcy Italy Roberto Donadoni Italy Alessandro Lucarelli Erreà Folletto, Navigare
Roma United States James Pallotta France Rudi García Italy Francesco Totti Nike No sponsor
Sampdoria Italy Massimo Ferrero Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Italy Angelo Palombo Kappa Various*
Sassuolo Italy Carlo Rossi Italy Eusebio Di Francesco Italy Francesco Magnanelli Sportika Mapei
Torino Italy Urbano Cairo Italy Giampiero Ventura Poland Kamil Glik Kappa Suzuki, Salami Beretta
Udinese Italy Franco Soldati Italy Andrea Stramaccioni Italy Antonio Di Natale HS Football Dacia, Alcott
Verona Italy Maurizio Setti Italy Andrea Mandorlini Italy Luca Toni Nike Leaderform, agsm, Franklin & Marshall

Managerial changes

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

Ownership changes

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (Q) 33 23 7 3 63 19 +44 76 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Lazio 33 19 5 9 63 31 +32 62
3 Roma 33 16 13 4 46 25 +21 61 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Napoli 33 16 8 9 59 43 +16 56 Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage
5 Sampdoria 33 12 15 6 41 36 +5 51 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Genoa 33 13 11 9 49 38 +11 50
7 Fiorentina 33 13 10 10 45 40 +5 49
8 Torino 33 12 12 9 40 36 +4 48
9 Internazionale 33 12 12 9 50 39 +11 48
10 Milan 33 10 13 10 46 42 +4 43
11 Palermo 33 10 12 11 46 48 2 42
12 Chievo 33 10 10 13 25 33 8 40
13 Verona 33 10 10 13 41 57 16 40
14 Empoli 33 7 17 9 38 42 4 38
15 Udinese 33 9 11 13 37 45 8 38
16 Sassuolo 33 8 12 13 40 51 11 36
17 Atalanta 33 6 14 13 31 46 15 32
18 Cagliari 33 5 9 19 38 63 25 24 Relegation to Serie B
19 Cesena 33 4 12 17 31 58 27 24
20 Parma[lower-alpha 1] (R) 33 6 5 22 27 62 35 16
Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2015. Source: Serie A
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 amount of points only once all matches between said clubs have been played.)
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Parma was docked 7 points for failing to pay over players' wages.[25][26][27]

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 29 (Fiorentina vs Sampdoria), but then postponed and played between matchdays 30 and 31, it will be added to the standings for matchday 30.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Juventus 6 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Lazio 18 8 12 15 9 8 6 5 3 3 5 6 7 6 3 3 3 3 5 4 4 6 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 2
Roma 2 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3
Napoli 4 9 15 10 8 7 7 7 7 5 3 3 3 5 7 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 5 6 4 4 4 4
Sampdoria 8 5 7 5 4 3 3 4 5 4 4 4 5 4 4 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 7 6 6 6 6 4 5 6 5 5 5
Genoa 15 15 9 8 11 11 10 9 9 6 6 5 4 3 5 6 5 7 7 7 9 7 6 7 7 7 8 10 10 10 7 7 6
Fiorentina 20 16 10 9 10 9 11 11 10 10 11 10 8 9 8 8 9 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 5 5 5 6 4 5 6 6 7
Torino 13 17 20 12 12 14 12 13 12 12 14 15 15 17 15 14 14 14 13 13 10 8 9 10 8 8 9 7 7 7 8 8 8
Internazionale 12 4 6 4 5 10 9 8 8 9 9 9 11 12 11 11 11 9 9 10 13 10 10 8 9 9 7 9 9 8 10 9 9
Milan 1 1 4 7 6 5 4 6 4 7 7 7 6 7 6 7 7 8 8 11 8 11 11 9 10 10 10 8 8 9 9 10 10
Palermo 9 14 16 14 19 19 16 18 15 13 12 13 12 11 10 10 8 10 10 8 7 9 8 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Chievo 17 11 14 17 15 16 18 19 19 20 18 18 18 16 17 16 16 16 17 18 18 17 15 16 16 16 16 15 16 13 13 14 12
Verona 14 7 3 6 7 6 8 10 11 11 10 12 14 15 13 15 15 13 14 14 14 14 16 15 15 15 14 16 15 16 14 12 13
Udinese 3 10 5 3 3 4 5 3 6 8 8 8 9 8 9 9 12 12 12 9 12 13 13 13 13 12 12 12 13 14 15 13 14
Empoli 19 20 19 19 17 12 13 14 17 17 16 14 13 13 14 13 13 15 16 16 16 15 14 14 14 13 15 13 14 15 16 16 15
Sassuolo 10 18 17 18 20 20 19 15 13 14 13 11 10 10 12 12 10 11 11 12 11 12 12 12 12 14 13 14 12 12 12 15 16
Atalanta 11 6 8 11 16 17 14 16 16 16 17 17 17 14 16 17 17 17 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 17
Cagliari 7 13 18 20 14 15 17 12 14 15 15 16 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 18 18 R R
Cesena 5 12 11 13 13 13 15 17 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 19 19 R R
Parma 16 19 13 16 18 18 20 20 20 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 R R R R

Last updated: 26 April 2015
Source: Kicker

Leader
2015–16 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2015–16 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Group stage
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2015–16 Serie B


Results

Home ╲ Away[1] ATA CAG CESCHVEMPFIOGENINTJUVLAZMILNAPPALPARROMSAMSASTORUDIVER
Atalanta 21 32 11 22 01 14 03 11 33 10 12 12 21 12 00 00
Cagliari 12 21 02 11 04 11 12 13 13 11 03 12 22 21 12 12
Cesena 22 01 22 14 03 01 22 21 11 14 00 10 01 11 23 10 11
Chievo 10 21 11 12 12 02 01 00 00 12 10 23 00 21 00 00 11 a
Empoli 00 04 20 30 11 00 02 21 22 42 30 22 01 31 00 12 00
Fiorentina 32 13 11 00 30 00 02 21 01 43 11 20 00 11 30 01
Genoa 22 20 31 02 11 11 10 10 10 12 11 20 01 01 33 11 52
Internazionale 20 14 11 01 31 a 22 00 22 30 11 21 10 70 01 12 22
Juventus 21 30 20 20 32 10 11 20 31 20 70 32 11 10 21 20 40
Lazio 30 42 30 11 40 40 01 03 31 01 21 40 a 30 32 21 01 20
Milan 01 31 20 20 11 11 13 11 01 31 20 02 31 11 12 20 22
Napoli 11 33 01 22 30 21 22 13 33 20 20 42 20 21 31 62
Palermo 50 21 10 00 21 11 01 04 12 31 21 11 11 21 22 11 21
Parma 00 00 12 01 02 10 12 20 10 12 45 10 12 02 13 02 10
Roma 11 20 20 30 11 20 42 11 22 00 10 00 02 22 30 20
Sampdoria 10 20 00 21 10 31 11 10 22 11 11 00 11 20 22 11
Sassuolo 00 11 11 10 31 13 31 11 03 01 41 03 00 11 11 21
Torino 00 11 11 21 00 21 02 11 10 22 10 11 51 01 10 01
Udinese 20 22 11 11 20 22 24 12 00 01 21 10 13 42 01 32 12
Verona 10 10 33 01 12 22 03 11 13 20 21 31 11 13 32 13

Updated to games played on 30 April 2015.
Source: Serie A
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of matches played on 29 April 2015.[28]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Carlos Tevez Juventus 20
2 Argentina Mauro Icardi Internazionale 18
Italy Luca Toni Verona
4 France Jérémy Ménez Milan 16
5 Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Napoli 15
6 Argentina Paulo Dybala Palermo 13
Italy Fabio Quagliarella Torino
8 Italy Manolo Gabbiadini Sampdoria/Napoli 12
Germany Miroslav Klose Lazio
Italy Antonio Di Natale Udinese

Top assists

As of matches played on 29 April 2015.[29]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Argentina Paulo Dybala Palermo 10
2 Italy Franco Vázquez Palermo 9
Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić Roma
4 Slovakia Marek Hamšík Napoli 8
Italy Antonio Candreva Lazio
6 Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Napoli 7
Argentina Carlos Tevez Juventus
Italy Mirko Valdifiori Empoli
Italy Antonio Di Natale Udinese
10 Brazil Felipe Anderson Lazio 6
Italy Domenico Berardi Sassuolo
Italy Andrea Bertolacci Genoa
Colombia Fredy Guarín Internazionale
Iceland Emil Hallfreðsson Verona
Italy Claudio Marchisio Juventus
Germany Miroslav Klose Lazio

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Argentina Mauro Icardi Internazionale Sassuolo 7–0 14 September 2014
Sweden Albin Ekdal Cagliari Internazionale 4–1 28 September 2014
Serbia Filip Đorđević Lazio Palermo 4–0 29 September 2014
Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Napoli Verona 6–2 26 October 2014
Italy Fabio Quagliarella Torino Sampdoria 5–1 1 February 2015

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