2015–16 Serie A

Serie A
Season 2015–16
Matches played 250
Goals scored 645 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer Gonzalo Higuaín (24)[1]
Biggest home win Napoli 5–0 Lazio
(20 September 2015)[2]
Biggest away win Goal difference of 4
5 games[2]
Highest scoring Sampdoria 5–2 Carpi
(23 August 2015)
Lazio 5–2 Verona
(11 February 2016)[2]
Longest winning run 15 games[2]
Juventus
Longest unbeaten run 15 games[2]
Juventus
Longest winless run 22 games[2]
Verona
Longest losing run 5 games[2]
Genoa
Highest attendance 79,154
Inter 1–0 Milan
(13 September 2015)[2]
Inter 0–0 Juventus
(18 October 2015)[3]
Lowest attendance 5,268
Carpi 2–1 Udinese
(9 January 2016)[2]
Average attendance 22,001[2]
2016–17

All statistics correct as of 14 February 2016.

The 2015–16 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) is the 114th season of top-tier Italian football, the 84th in a round-robin tournament, and the 6th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus are the defending champions. The campaign began on 22 August 2015 and will end on 15 May 2016.

Events

On 28 April 2015 Carpi obtained its first promotion ever to Serie A, after debuting in Serie B the year before, becoming the 64th team to participate in Serie A since the 1929–30 season.[4] On 16 May, Frosinone also earned its first promotion to Serie A, becoming the 65th to participate.[5] On 9 June 2015 Bologna won Serie B play-off, returning to the Serie A after just one year.

This season of Serie A is likely to be the first season to have goal-line technology implemented after severe complaints from various teams' general managers (first Adriano Galliani) in relation to controversial ghost goals during recent seasons of Serie A.[6]

Teams

Number of teams by region

Number of teams Region Team(s)
3  Emilia-RomagnaBologna, Carpi and Sassuolo
 LazioFrosinone, Lazio and Roma
 LombardyAtalanta, Internazionale and Milan
2  LiguriaGenoa and Sampdoria
 PiedmontJuventus and Torino
 TuscanyEmpoli and Fiorentina
 VenetoChievo and Hellas Verona
1  CampaniaNapoli
 Friuli-Venezia GiuliaUdinese
 SicilyPalermo

Stadiums and Locations

Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2014–15 season
Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,542 17th in Serie A
Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 38,279 Serie B playoffs winner
Carpi Carpi Stadio Alberto Braglia (Modena) 21,151 Serie B Champions
Chievo Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 14th in Serie A
Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 16,800 15th in Serie A
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 47,282 4th in Serie A
Frosinone Frosinone Stadio Matusa 10,000 2nd in Serie B
Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685 6th in Serie A
Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 13th in Serie A
Internazionale Milan Giuseppe Meazza 80,018 8th in Serie A
Juventus Turin Juventus Stadium 41,254 Serie A Champions
Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 72,698 3rd in Serie A
Milan Milan San Siro 80,018 10th in Serie A
Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo 60,240 5th in Serie A
Palermo Palermo Stadio Renzo Barbera 36,349 11th in Serie A
Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 72,698 2nd in Serie A
Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685 7th in Serie A
Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia) 23,717 12th in Serie A
Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico di Torino 27,994 9th in Serie A
Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli 25,144 16th in Serie A

Personnel and sponsorship

Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Atalanta Italy Antonio Percassi Italy Edoardo Reja Italy Gianpaolo Bellini Nike Suisse Gas
Bologna United States Joe Tacopina Italy Roberto Donadoni Italy Archimede Morleo Macron FAAC
Carpi Italy Claudio Caliumi Italy Fabrizio Castori Italy Filippo Porcari Givova Azimut Holding
Chievo Italy Luca Campedelli Italy Rolando Maran Italy Sergio Pellissier Givova Jetcoin
Empoli Italy Fabrizio Corsi Italy Marco Giampaolo Italy Massimo Maccarone Joma NGM Mobile, Computer Gross, Gensan
Fiorentina Italy Mario Cognigni Portugal Paulo Sousa Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez Le Coq Sportif Save the Children
Frosinone Italy Maurizio Stirpe Italy Roberto Stellone Italy Alessandro Frara Legea Banca Popolare del Frusinate
Genoa Italy Enrico Preziosi Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Argentina Nicolás Burdisso Lotto McVitie's, Df Sport Specialist
Hellas Verona Italy Maurizio Setti Italy Luigi Delneri Italy Luca Toni Nike Leaderform, Metano Nord
Internazionale Indonesia Erick Thohir Italy Roberto Mancini Argentina Mauro Icardi Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Andrea Agnelli Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Gianluigi Buffon Adidas Jeep
Lazio Italy Claudio Lotito Italy Stefano Pioli Argentina Lucas Biglia Macron
Milan Italy Silvio Berlusconi (honorary) Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Italy Riccardo Montolivo Adidas Emirates Airlines
Napoli Italy Aurelio De Laurentiis Italy Maurizio Sarri Slovakia Marek Hamšík Kappa Lete, Pasta Garofalo
Palermo Italy Maurizio Zamparini Italy Giovanni Tedesco Italy Stefano Sorrentino Joma
Roma United States James Pallotta Italy Luciano Spalletti Italy Francesco Totti Nike
Sampdoria Italy Massimo Ferrero Italy Vincenzo Montella Italy Angelo Palombo Joma Tempotest Parà
Sassuolo Italy Carlo Rossi Italy Eusebio Di Francesco Italy Francesco Magnanelli Kappa Mapei
Torino Italy Urbano Cairo Italy Giampiero Ventura Poland Kamil Glik Kappa Fratelli Beretta
Udinese Italy Franco Soldati Italy Stefano Colantuono Italy Antonio Di Natale HS Football Dacia, Alcott

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Napoli Spain Rafael Benítez Signed for Real Madrid 25 May 2015 Pre-season Italy Maurizio Sarri 12 June 2015[7]
Udinese Italy Andrea Stramaccioni Resigned 1 June 2015[8] Italy Stefano Colantuono 4 June 2015 [9]
Sampdoria Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Signed for Milan 1 June 2015 Italy Walter Zenga 4 June 2015 [10]
Milan Italy Filippo Inzaghi Sacked 4 June 2015 Serbia Siniša Mihajlović 16 June 2015[11]
Empoli Italy Maurizio Sarri Resigned 5 June 2015 Italy Marco Giampaolo 9 June 2015[12]
Fiorentina Italy Vincenzo Montella Sacked 8 June 2015 [13] Portugal Paulo Sousa 21 June 2015[14]
Carpi Italy Fabrizio Castori Sacked 28 September 2015[15] 20th Italy Giuseppe Sannino 29 September 2015[16]
Bologna Italy Delio Rossi Sacked 28 October 2015 18th Italy Roberto Donadoni 28 October 2015[17]
Carpi Italy Giuseppe Sannino Sacked 3 November 2015[18] 20th Italy Fabrizio Castori 3 November 2015[19]
Palermo Italy Giuseppe Iachini Sacked 10 November 2015[20] 12th Italy Davide Ballardini 10 November 2015[20]
Sampdoria Italy Walter Zenga Sacked 10 November 2015[21] 10th Italy Vincenzo Montella 15 November 2015[22]
Hellas Verona Italy Andrea Mandorlini Sacked 30 November 2015[23] 20th Italy Luigi Delneri 1 December 2015[24]
Palermo Italy Davide Ballardini Sacked 11 January 2016[25] 16th Italy Fabio Viviani (caretaker) 11 January 2016[25]
Roma France Rudi García Sacked 13 January 2016[26] 5th Italy Luciano Spalletti 13 January 2016[26]
Palermo Italy Fabio Viviani (caretaker)[25] End of caretaker spell 18 January 2016[25] 14th Italy Giovanni Tedesco 26 January 2016[27]
Palermo Italy Giovanni Tedesco End of interim spell 10 February 2016[25] 14th Italy Giovanni Bosi 10 February 2016[28]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus 25 18 3 4 46 15 +31 57 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Napoli 25 17 5 3 53 20 +33 56
3 Fiorentina 25 15 4 6 44 24 +20 49 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Roma 25 13 8 4 47 27 +20 47 Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage
5 Internazionale 25 13 6 6 31 22 +9 45 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 Milan 25 12 7 6 37 27 +10 43
7 Lazio 25 10 6 9 34 34 0 36
8 Sassuolo 25 8 11 6 29 29 0 35
9 Empoli 25 9 7 9 30 34 4 34
10 Bologna 25 10 3 12 29 31 2 33
11 Torino 25 8 7 10 33 33 0 31
12 Chievo 25 8 7 10 30 33 3 31
13 Atalanta 25 7 8 10 23 27 4 29
14 Udinese 25 7 6 12 21 38 17 27
15 Palermo 25 7 5 13 27 42 15 26
16 Genoa 25 6 7 12 25 30 5 25
17 Sampdoria 25 6 7 12 36 43 7 25
18 Frosinone 25 6 4 15 26 51 25 22 Relegation to Serie B
19 Carpi 25 4 7 14 23 43 20 19
20 Hellas Verona 25 1 12 12 21 42 21 15
Updated to match(es) played on 14 February 2016. Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-Head points; 3) Head-to-Head goal difference; 4) Head-to-Head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Away goals; 8) Draw.[29]

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.

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
Atalanta 15 8 10 12 10 8 10 8 9 7 8 8 10 9 7 8 9 9 11 12 13 13 13 13 13
Bologna 12 16 19 17 18 19 20 20 18 18 18 16 17 18 15 13 15 15 15 15 12 10 10 11 10
Carpi 20 20 18 19 19 20 17 19 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 19
Chievo 2 1 2 6 4 7 7 9 11 11 13 14 11 13 11 11 12 12 10 10 10 12 12 10 11
Empoli 18 18 17 14 14 17 16 17 15 13 12 13 16 12 10 9 8 8 7 8 8 9 8 8 9
Fiorentina 3 10 8 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Frosinone 13 19 20 20 20 16 19 16 17 17 17 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 18
Genoa 16 9 11 16 17 14 15 12 16 15 14 15 13 15 16 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16
Hellas Verona 11 15 15 15 15 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20
Internazionale 7 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 5
Juventus 17 17 16 13 13 15 12 14 12 12 10 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1
Lazio 4 13 9 10 8 5 3 6 5 6 7 9 8 10 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 8 9 9 7
Milan 19 12 12 9 7 11 11 13 10 8 6 6 7 7 8 7 6 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
Napoli 14 14 14 11 12 10 6 4 2 2 4 4 2 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
Palermo 8 5 7 8 11 12 13 11 13 13 16 12 14 16 17 14 16 16 16 17 14 14 15 15 15
Roma 10 7 5 4 9 6 4 2 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4
Sampdoria 1 6 3 7 5 9 9 10 7 9 9 10 12 14 14 16 14 13 13 14 17 17 17 17 17
Sassuolo 5 4 6 5 3 4 8 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8
Torino 6 2 4 2 6 3 5 7 8 10 11 11 9 8 9 10 11 14 14 11 11 11 11 12 12
Udinese 8 11 13 18 16 13 14 15 14 15 15 17 15 11 13 15 13 11 12 13 15 15 14 14 14

Last updated: 14 February 2016
Source: Lega Serie A

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 2016–17 Serie B

Results

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Atalanta 30 00 20 02 11 11 21 13 30 21 11 01
Bologna 30 01 23 11 10 01 22 32 01 22 32 01 12
Carpi 12 12 01 00 12 23 00 00 11 13 21 21 21
Chievo 10 11 11 01 04 40 01 33 11 11 10 23
Empoli 01 30 13 12 20 01 13 10 22 22 10 11
Fiorentina 30 20 21 20 22 41 10 21 13 20 12 20 30
Frosinone 00 10 21 02 20 22 32 02 24 15 02 20 12
Genoa 01 12 32 00 20 02 00 10 00 40 23 21
Hellas Verona 21 02 a 01 02 11 33 12 02 01 11 11 22 11
Internazionale 10 11 10 14 40 10 10 00 12 10 10 01
Juventus 20 31 11 31 11 10 30 a 10 10 10 21 01
Lazio 21 00 41 20 20 52 02 13 02 11 a 11 30 20
Milan 00 01 10 21 20 21 11 30 04 32 41 21 11
Napoli 10 51 21 21 21 50 20 00 22 31 21 10
Palermo 22 10 01 13 41 10 11 03 02 24 01 13 41
Roma 02 51 31 31 20 11 21 20 11 a 21 22 31
Sampdoria 00 20 52 11 02 a 41 11 12 24 20 21 13 22
Sassuolo 22 02 10 11 11 22 10 21 21 22 02 11
Torino 20 12 01 31 42 33 00 01 a 11 21 11 20 01
Udinese 21 01 12 10 11 04 04 00 23 01 10 00

Updated to games played on 14 February 2016.
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 14 February 2016.[1]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Napoli 24
2 Argentina Paulo Dybala Juventus 13
3 Italy Éder Sampdoria / Internazionale 12
Colombia Carlos Bacca Milan
5 Italy Leonardo Pavoletti Genoa 10
Croatia Nikola Kalinić Fiorentina
Slovenia Josip Iličić Fiorentina
Italy Lorenzo Insigne Napoli
Argentina Mauro Icardi Internazionale
Italy Massimo Maccarone Empoli
11 Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić Roma 8
Italy Mattia Destro Bologna
Italy Alberto Paloschi Chievo

Top assists

As of matches played on 3 February 2016.[30]
Rank Player Club Assists
1 Italy Lorenzo Insigne Napoli 10
2 Argentina Paulo Dybala Juventus 8
3 Italy Giacomo Bonaventura Milan 7
Italy Riccardo Saponara Empoli
Spain José Callejón Napoli
Bosnia and Herzegovina Miralem Pjanić Roma
7 Slovakia Marek Hamšík Napoli 6
Slovenia Valter Birsa Chievo
Italy Riccardo Meggiorini Chievo
Italy Franco Vázquez Palermo

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Croatia Nikola Kalinić Fiorentina Internazionale 4–1 27 September 2015

Attendances

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Roma 173,074 60,133 56,040 57,691 0.43803280323047+43.8%
2 Internazionale 193,431 79,154 34,548 48,358 0.29396339505512+29.3%
3 Juventus 103,305 41,305 28,899 34,435 -0.8931860036832410.6%
4 Milan 68,071 34,382 33,689 34,036 -0.92665396133957.3%
5 Fiorentina 89,037 33,904 25,085 29,679 -0.98060529967621.9%
6 Napoli 84,205 40,311 18,766 28,068 -0.8698940060745113.0%
7 Lazio 72,530 28,716 19,464 24,177 -0.6810422535211331.8%
8 Bologna 70,857 28,436 15,576 23,619 0.56905600212582+56.9%1
9 Genoa 65,871 25,115 19,462 21,957 0.051479743319605+5.1%
10 Sampdoria 64,580 21,835 20,976 21,527 -0.966376369186573.3%
11 Palermo 60,588 22,608 17,730 20,196 0.15630367571281+15.6%
12 Hellas Verona 56,534 22,255 16,591 18,845 -0.975818144159072.4%
13 Udinese 55,189 26,774 13,200 18,396 1.0144546649146+101.4%
14 Torino 51,712 20,482 13,590 17,237 0.00017407450388762+0.0%
15 Atalanta 28,869 14,546 14,323 14,435 -0.921010655267027.8%
16 Chievo 41,500 19,500 12,000 13,833 0.29862936537739+29.8%
17 Sassuolo 28,619 13,755 7,500 9,540 -0.7290233837689127.0%
18 Carpi 28,522 10,591 5,268 9,507 2.1480132450331+214.8%1
19 Frosinone 18,000 9,000 6,444 9,000 0.72018348623853+72.0%1
20 Empoli 24,566 9,632 7,625 8,189 -0.8873117347491611.2%
League total 1,374,060 79,154 7,309 22,486+1.2%

Updated to games played on 28 September 2015
Source: World Football

Notes:
1: Team played last season in Serie B

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