2007–08 Serie A

Serie A
Season	2007–08
Champions	Internazionale 16th title
Relegated	Empoli Parma Livorno
Champions League	Internazionale Roma Juventus Fiorentina
UEFA Cup	Milan Sampdoria Udinese
Matches played	380
Goals scored	970 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alessandro Del Piero (21)
Highest scoring	Udinese 3–5 Genoa Roma 4–4 Napoli Torino 4–4 Parma
Average attendance	23,887
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Serie A football season was the seventy-sixth since its establishment, and started on August 26, 2007 and ended on May 18, 2008.^[1] Internazionale successfully defended the championship on the final day of the season, finishing first with 85 points, three ahead of Roma.

Events

Plusvalenze investigation

Inquiries are being conducted by the CO.VI.SOC. (Italian football's financial watchdogs) into the finances of four Serie A clubs (Internazionale, Milan, Sampdoria, and Reggina) who stand accused of falsely inflating player values - a practice known as plusvalenze in Italian - in order to qualify financially for the 2005–06 Serie A. If the allegations prove true, penalties could range from fines to point deductions, relegation to Serie B, and even the stripping of Internazionale's 2005-06 scudetto (which was actually stripped from Juventus as a result of the Calciopoli scandal before being awarded to Internazionale).^[2]

Serie A 2007-08 team distribution

Lazio fan killed by police

Banner depicting Gabriele Sandri, displayed by Lazio supporters in the Curva Nord of the Stadio Olimpico in Rome.

On the morning of November 11, 2007 26-year-old Lazio fan Gabriele Sandri, a DJ from Rome, was killed by a shot in his neck while sitting inside a car,^[3] by a policeman, after Some other fans of Lazio violently assaulted with stones a group of Juventus ultras on the A1 Motorway service station of Badia al Pino in Arezzo.^[4] Early reports suggested that a stray bullet from a gun, set to distract the group of ultras, hit the Lazio fan in the neck as he sat in a car and killed him.^[4] An emergency meeting set up between Lega Calcio president Antonio Matarrese and police chief Antonio Manganelli decided that the game between Inter and Lazio would be called off, but the rest of the fixtures would go ahead that day, starting at a slightly later time (about 10 minutes later).^[5] The Atalanta–Milan game was eventually suspended following unrest caused by local ultras attempting to break off the protection glass in order to invade the pitch and stop the match. Later in the afternoon, the Italian Football Federation chose to postpone also the game between AS Roma and Cagliari, whose kick off was scheduled for 8.30 pm at Stadio Olimpico, Rome. However, this did not prevent violent riots, as hundreds of armed hooligans attacked a police barracks and the CONI (Italian Olympic National Committee) headquarters in Rome.^[6]

Though Sandri's death was later held by some to have been caused by a tragic error by a policeman who claimed his gun went off as he was running.^[7] and prosecutors then opted initially to open an inquiry into manslaughter against the policeman.,^[8] nevertheless the initial hearing held that Sandri's death was culpable homicide, and the policeman involved (Luigi Spaccarotella) was condemned to 6 years imprisonment. On appeal, the higher court not only confirmed this judgment, but increased the punishment to 9 years and 4 months as an element of intentionality was found.^[9]

Final week

The championship was decided in the final week, as Inter, who managed to secure even an 11-point advantage to rivals Roma in mid-season, lost almost all of it in the final weeks, maintaining only a one-point advantage with only one match to play. In the final week, both Inter and Roma were scheduled to play away matches opposed to relegation-battling sides, respectively Parma and Catania. Both matches were successively forbidden to be attended by Inter and Roma fans. In the end, Inter secured the scudetto with a 2–0 win, with both goals being scored in the second half by Zlatan Ibrahimović, who recovered from a long-time injury in time to play the game, whereas Roma only managed to achieve a 1–1 draw at Stadio Angelo Massimino against Walter Zenga's Catania, a result which allowed the Sicilian side to escape relegation at the expense of Empoli and Parma.

2007–08 teams

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	2006-2007 season
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	26,378	8th in Serie A
Cagliari	Cagliari	Stadio Sant'Elia	23,486	16th in Serie A
Catania	Catania	Stadio Angelo Massimino	23,420	13th in Serie A
Empoli	Empoli	Stadio Carlo Castellani	19,795	7th in Serie A
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	47,282	6th in Serie A
Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	3rd in Serie B
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	82,955	Serie A Champions
Juventus	Turin	Stadio delle Alpi	69,000	Serie B Champions
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	82,307	3rd in Serie A
Livorno	Livorno	Stadio Armando Picchi	19,238	11th in Serie A
Milan	Milan	San Siro	82,955	4th in Serie A
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	60,240	2nd in Serie B
Palermo	Palermo	Stadio Renzo Barbera	37,242	5th in Serie A
Parma	Parma	Stadio Ennio Tardini	27,906	12th in Serie A
Reggina	Reggio Calabria	Stadio Oreste Granillo	27,454	16th in Serie A
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	82,307	2nd in Serie A
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	9th in Serie A
Siena	Siena	Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena	15,373	15th in Serie A
Torino	Turin	Stadio Olimpico di Torino	27,168	17th in Serie A
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli	41,652	10th in Serie A

Personnels and Sponsoring

Team	Head Coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta	Luigi Delneri	Asics	Sit In Sport- Daihatsu
Cagliari	Nedo Sonetti Davide Ballardini	Umbro	Tiscali
Catania	Silvio Baldini	Legea	Energia Siciliana
Empoli	Luigi Cagni Alberto Malesani	Asics	Navigare Computer Gross
Fiorentina	Cesare Prandelli	Lotto	Toyota
Genoa	Gian Piero Gasperini	Errea	Eurobet
Inter	Roberto Mancini	Nike	Pirelli
Juventus	Claudio Ranieri	Nike	New Holland
Lazio	Delio Rossi	Puma	So. Spe Edileuropa
Livorno	Giancarlo Camolese	Asics	Banca Carige
Milan	Carlo Ancelotti	Adidas	Bwin
Napoli	Edoardo Reja	Diadora	Lete
Parma	Domenico Di Carlo	Errea	Kome Il Granchio Gondolino Coreggio
Palermo	Francesco Guidolin	Lotto	No Sponsor
Reggina	Renzo Ulivieri Massimo Ficcadenti Nevio Orlandi	Onze	Gicos
Roma	Luciano Spalletti	Kappa	WIND
Sampdoria	Walter Mazzarri	Kappa	ERG
Siena	Andrea Mandorlini Mario Beretta	Lotto	Montepaschi
Udinese	Pasquale Marino	Lotto	Kia Motors

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Internazionale !Internazionale (C)	38	25	10	3	69	26	+43	85	2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
2	Roma !Roma	38	24	10	4	72	37	+35	82	2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueGroup stage
3	Juventus !Juventus	38	20	12	6	72	37	+35	72	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
4	Fiorentina !Fiorentina	38	19	9	10	55	39	+16	66	2008–09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
5	Milan !Milan	38	18	10	10	66	38	+28	64	2008–09 UEFA Cup First round
6	Sampdoria !Sampdoria	38	17	9	12	56	46	+10	60
7	Udinese !Udinese	38	16	9	13	48	53	−5	057¹
8	Napoli !Napoli	38	14	8	16	50	53	−3	50	2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round
9	Atalanta !Atalanta	38	12	12	14	52	56	−4	48
10	Genoa !Genoa	38	13	9	16	44	52	−8	48
11	Palermo !Palermo	38	12	11	15	47	57	−10	47
12	Lazio !Lazio	38	11	13	14	47	51	−4	46
13	Siena !Siena	38	9	17	12	40	45	−5	44
14	Cagliari !Cagliari	38	11	9	18	40	56	−16	042^*
15	Torino !Torino	38	8	16	14	36	49	−13	40
16	Reggina !Reggina	38	9	13	16	37	56	−19	40
17	Catania !Catania	38	8	13	17	33	45	−12	37
18	Empoli !Empoli (R)	38	9	9	20	29	52	−23	36	Relegation to Serie B
19	Parma !Parma (R)	38	7	13	18	42	62	−20	34
20	Livorno !Livorno (R)	38	6	12	20	35	60	−25	30

Updated to games played on May 18, 2008.
Source: Serie A
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) number of goals scored
¹ The 7th-placed team qualified for the UEFA Cup due to both of the Coppa Italia finalists, Roma and Internazionale, finishing 6th or higher.
^* Cagliari was docked 3 points for filing an unauthorized lawsuit, but the penalty was later reversed.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.
Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Atalanta !ATA	Cagliari !CAG	Catania !CTN	Empoli !EMP	Fiorentina !FIO	Genoa !GEN	Internazionale !INT	Juventus !JUV	Lazio !LAZ	Livorno !LIV	Milan !MIL	Napoli !NAP	Palermo !PAL	Parma !PAR	Reggina !REG	Roma !ROM	Sampdoria !SAM	Siena !SIE	Torino !TOR	Udinese !UDI
Atalanta !Atalanta		2–2	0–0	4–1	2–2	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–1	3–2	2–1	5–1	1–3	2–0	2–2	1–2	4–1	2–2	2–2	0–0
Cagliari !Cagliari	1–0		1–1	2–0	2–1	2–1	0–2	2–3	1–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–3	1–0	3–0	0–1
Catania !Catania	1–2	2–1		1–0	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–0	1–2	2–0
Empoli !Empoli	0–1	4–1	2–0		0–2	1–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	0–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–2	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–1
Fiorentina !Fiorentina	2–2	5–1	2–1	3–1		3–1	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–2	3–0	2–1	1–2
Genoa !Genoa	2–1	2–0	2–1	0–1	0–0		1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–3	2–0	3–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–3	3–0	3–2
Internazionale !Internazionale	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–0	4–1		1–2	3–0	2–0	2–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	4–0	1–1
Juventus !Juventus	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	2–3	1–0	1–1		5–2	5–1	3–2	1–0	5–0	3–0	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–1
Lazio !Lazio	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–1	2–3		2–0	1–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–1
Livorno !Livorno	1–1	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–3	1–1	2–2	1–3	0–1		1–4	1–2	2–4	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	0–1	0–0
Milan !Milan	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1		5–2	2–1	1–1	5–1	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–0	4–1
Napoli !Napoli	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	1–2	1–0	3–1	2–2	1–0	3–1		1–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–1
Palermo !Palermo	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–3	0–0	3–2	2–2	1–0	2–1	2–1		1–1	1–1	0–2	0–1	2–3	1–1	1–1
Parma !Parma	2–3	1–1	2–2	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	3–2	0–0	1–2	2–1		3–0	0–3	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–0
Reggina !Reggina	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–1		0–2	1–0	4–0	1–3	1–3
Roma !Roma	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0	3–2	1–4	2–2	3–2	1–1	2–1	4–4	1–0	4–0	2–0		2–0	3–0	4–1	2–1
Sampdoria !Sampdoria	3–0	1–1	3–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	1–1	3–3	0–0	2–0	0–5	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	0–3		1–0	2–2	3–0
Siena !Siena	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–0	1–0	0–1	2–3	1–0	1–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	2–2	2–0	0–0	3–0	1–2		0–0	1–1
Torino !Torino	1–0	2–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	3–1	4–4	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–1		0–1
Udinese !Udinese	2–0	0–2	2–1	2–2	3–1	3–5	0–0	1–2	2–2	2–0	0–1	0–5	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–3	3–2	2–0	2–1

Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Updated to games played May 17, 2008^[10]

21 goals

Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus)

20 goals

David Trezeguet (Juventus)

19 goals

Marco Borriello (Genoa)

17 goals

15 goals

Amauri (Palermo)
Kaká (Milan)

14 goals

Coaches

Club	Head coach	From	To
Atalanta	Delneri, LuigiLuigi Delneri	000000002007-06-09-0000June 9, 2007^[11]
Cagliari	Giampaolo, MarcoMarco Giampaolo	000000002007-02-26-0000February 26, 2007^[12]	000000002007-11-13-0000November 13, 2007^[13]
	Sonetti, NedoNedo Sonetti	000000002007-11-13-0000November 13, 2007^[14]	000000002007-12-27-0000December 27, 2007^[15]
	Ballardini, DavideDavide Ballardini	000000002007-12-27-0000December 27, 2007^[15]
Catania	Baldini, SilvioSilvio Baldini	000000002007-06-03-0000June 3, 2007^[16]	000000002008-03-31-0000March 31, 2008^[17]
Catania	Zenga, WalterWalter Zenga	000000002008-04-01-0000April 1, 2008^[18]
Empoli	Cagni, LuigiLuigi Cagni	000000002006-01-19-0000January 19, 2006^[19]	000000002007-11-26-0000November 26, 2007^[20]
	Malesani, AlbertoAlberto Malesani	000000002007-11-26-0000November 26, 2007^[20]	000000002008-03-31-0000March 31, 2008^[21]
	Cagni, LuigiLuigi Cagni	000000002008-03-31-0000March 31, 2008^[21]
Fiorentina	Prandelli, CesareCesare Prandelli	000000002005-06-10-0000June 10, 2005^[22]
Genoa	Gasperini, Gian PieroGian Piero Gasperini	000000002006-06-29-0000June 29, 2006^[23]
Internazionale	Mancini, RobertoRoberto Mancini	000000002004-07-07-0000July 7, 2004^[24]
Juventus	Ranieri, ClaudioClaudio Ranieri	000000002007-06-04-0000June 4, 2007^[25]
Lazio	Rossi, DelioDelio Rossi	000000002005-06-10-0000June 10, 2005^[22]
Livorno	Orsi, FernandoFernando Orsi	000000002007-03-21-0000March 21, 2007^[26]	000000002007-10-09-0000October 9, 2007^[27]
	Camolese, GiancarloGiancarlo Camolese	000000002007-10-10-0000October 10, 2007^[28]	000000002008-04-28-0000April 28, 2008^[29]
	Orsi, FernandoFernando Orsi	000000002008-04-28-0000April 28, 2008^[29]
Milan	Ancelotti, CarloCarlo Ancelotti	000000002001-11-05-0000November 5, 2001^[30]
Napoli	Reja, EdoardoEdoardo Reja	000000002005-01-18-0000January 18, 2005^[31]
Palermo	Colantuono, StefanoStefano Colantuono	000000002007-06-07-0000June 7, 2007^[32]	000000002007-11-26-0000November 26, 2007^[33]
	Guidolin, FrancescoFrancesco Guidolin	000000002007-11-26-0000November 26, 2007^[33]	000000002008-03-24-0000March 24, 2008^[34]
	Colantuono, StefanoStefano Colantuono	000000002008-03-24-0000March 24, 2008^[34]
Parma	Di Carlo, DomenicoDomenico Di Carlo	000000002007-06-12-0000June 12, 2007^[35]	000000002008-03-10-0000March 10, 2008^[36]
	Cuper, HectorHéctor Cúper	000000002008-03-11-0000March 11, 2008^[37]	000000002008-05-12-0000May 12, 2008^[38]
	Manzo, AndreaAndrea Manzo	000000002008-05-12-0000May 12, 2008^[38]
Reggina	Ficcadenti, MassimoMassimo Ficcadenti	000000002007-07-01-0000July 1, 2007^[39]	000000002007-11-01-0000November 1, 2007^[40]
	Ulivieri, RenzoRenzo Ulivieri	000000002007-11-01-0000November 1, 2007^[41]	000000002008-03-03-0000March 3, 2008^[42]
	Orlandi, NevioNevio Orlandi	000000002008-03-03-0000March 3, 2008^[42]
Roma	Spalletti, LucianoLuciano Spalletti	000000002005-06-17-0000June 17, 2005^[43]
Sampdoria	Mazzarri, WalterWalter Mazzarri	000000002007-05-31-0000May 31, 2007^[44]
Siena	Mandorlini, AndreaAndrea Mandorlini	000000002007-06-12-0000June 12, 2007^[45]	000000002007-11-12-0000November 12, 2007^[46]
Siena	Beretta, MarioMario Beretta	000000002007-11-12-0000November 12, 2007^[46]
Torino	Novellino, WalterWalter Novellino	000000002007-06-06-0000June 6, 2007^[47]	000000002008-04-16-0000April 16, 2008^[48]
Torino	De Biasi, GianniGianni De Biasi	000000002008-04-16-0000April 16, 2008^[48]
Udinese	Marino, PasqualePasquale Marino	000000002007-06-05-0000June 5, 2007^[49]

2007–08 events

Atalanta: on June 9, 2007 Luigi Delneri was announced as new head coach following Stefano Colantuono's departure to Palermo.^[11]
Cagliari: on November 13 Cagliari chairman Massimo Cellino sacked Marco Giampaolo and replaced him with veteran coach Nedo Sonetti, who already served twice with the rossoblu before this new appointment.^[13]^[14] On December 19 Sonetti tendered his resignation, after he managed to achieve only one point in three matches in charge, and Cellino called Giampaolo to serve again as rossoblu head coach.^[50] However, Giampaolo, still linked to Cagliari by a contract, turned down the opportunity to return.^[51] The next day, the club announced that it had rejected Sonetti's resignation.^[52] Sonetti was ultimately sacked only a few days later, on December 27, following a crushing 5–1 loss to Fiorentina, and replaced by Davide Ballardini, who served as Cagliari head coach in the early weeks of the 2005–06 season.^[15]
Catania: on June 3, 2007 Silvio Baldini was announced as new head coach.^[16] The team initially enjoyed a good shape, notably gaining a spot in the Coppa Italia semi-finals, but lost position with time, being in 16th place as of Week 31, only three points ahead of last-placed Empoli, convincing Baldini to leave the club with mutual consent on March 31, 2008.^[17] He was replaced the next day by Walter Zenga, former head coach of Red Star Belgrade and Steaua București, at his first coaching experience with a Serie A team.^[18]
Empoli: on November 26, 2007 the Tuscan side chose to sack Luigi Cagni, who achieved only ten points in fourteen matches (18th place in the league table) and failed to win the UEFA Cup 2007-08 first round, replacing him with Alberto Malesani.^[20] On March 31, 2008, after a 2–0 home loss to Sampdoria which left Empoli alone in last place, the board decided to sack Malesani, reinstalling Cagni in charge.^[21]
Juventus: on June 4, 2007 former Parma head coach Claudio Ranieri was unveiled as new boss.^[25]
Livorno: on October 9, 2007 Fernando Orsi was sacked following a string of poor results that brought the team down to bottom place in the league with two points and no win after seven games.^[27] The position was then filled by Giancarlo Camolese the next day.^[28] Camolese initially managed to improve Livorno's performances; however in the final part of the season Livorno entered into a deep result crisis that led them down to the league bottom, with three matches remaining, and Camolese being ultimately sacked on April 28, 2008, with Orsi re-appointed back at the helm of the amaranto.^[29]
Palermo: on June 7, 2007 Stefano Colantuono of Atalanta was announced to be the next rosanero boss for the 2007-08 season.^[32] However, on November 26 Colantuono was sacked following a 5–0 defeat to Juventus, and club chairman Maurizio Zamparini appointed Francesco Guidolin as his replacement, inaugurating a fourth spell with Palermo for the tactician.^[33] However, results did not improve under Guidolin, and three consecutive losses, followed by some controversial post-match comments in a 2–3 home loss to Genoa on March 22, 2008 led Zamparini to re-appoint Colantuono at the helm of the rosanero on March 24.^[34]
Parma: on June 12, 2007 Domenico Di Carlo was announced as new boss following the departure of Claudio Ranieri.^[35] However, as Parma struggled to keep themselves off the relegation battle, Di Carlo was sacked on March 10, 2008 following a 1–2 home defeat to Sampdoria.^[36] The next day the club announced to have appointed Héctor Cúper as new head coach.^[37] The Argentine boss did not manage to improve results, with Parma finding themselves in 18th place with only one remaining match to be played at home against first-placed Internazionale, only two points behind the last Serie A spot. On May 12 Parma chairman Tommaso Ghirardi then surprisingly announced to have sacked Cúper, replacing him with youth team coach Andrea Manzo for the final league matchday in a desperate attempt to escape relegation.^[38]
Reggina: on June 23, 2007 news reports announced Massimo Ficcadenti as new boss following the departure of Walter Mazzarri.^[53] However, on June 27 Verona announced they were not giving Ficcadenti permission to leave the club and move to Reggina.^[54]^[55] On July 1, Reggina finally announced on their website to have appointed Ficcadenti as coach, after he successfully rescinded his contract with Verona.^[39] Ficcadenti was however sacked on November 1, following a 3–1 home loss to last-placed Livorno and no wins in the first ten league days,^[40] and veteran coach Renzo Ulivieri was appointed to replace him.^[41] However, on March 3, 2008 the club management decided to dismiss Ulivieri from his post following a 0–0 home draw to Palermo, as Reggina was filling the 19th place with 22 points, and replaced him with team scout and former youth team coach Nevio Orlandi.^[42]
Sampdoria: on May 31, 2007 Walter Mazzarri was named new Samp boss.^[44]
Siena: on June 12, 2007 Andrea Mandorlini was confirmed new head coach following separation by mutual consent between the club and its boss Mario Beretta.^[45]^[56] However Mandorlini was sacked on November 12, after a 2–3 home loss to Livorno which left the team in last place, and Beretta accepted to return at Siena.^[46]
Torino: on June 6, 2007 former Sampdoria boss Walter Novellino was announced head coach for the new season, replacing Gianni De Biasi.^[47] On April 16, 2008, following a string of disappointing results that left the granata only four points ahead the relegation zone, leading to heavy criticisms from the supporting fanbase, Torino president Urbano Cairo chose to sack Novellino and reappoint De Biasi, a fan favourite, as head coach.^[48]
Udinese: on June 5, 2007 former Catania boss Pasquale Marino was officially unveiled as new head coach.^[49]

Footnotes

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1 2 Football Italia (2007-11-11). "Lazio fan killed - Serie A stopped?". Archived from the original on 2007-11-13. Retrieved 2007-11-11.
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Serie A
2017–18 clubs	Atalanta Benevento Bologna Cagliari Chievo Crotone Fiorentina Genoa Hellas Verona Internazionale Juventus Lazio Milan Napoli Roma Sampdoria Sassuolo SPAL Torino Udinese
Former clubs	Alessandria Ancona Ascoli Avellino Bari Brescia Carpi Casale Catania Catanzaro Cesena Como Cremonese Empoli Foggia Frosinone Lecce Lecco Legnano Livorno Lucchese Mantova Messina Modena Novara Padova Palermo Parma Pescara Perugia Piacenza Pisa Pistoiese Pro Patria Pro Vercelli Reggiana Reggina Salernitana Siena Ternana Treviso Triestina Varese Venezia Vicenza
Organisations	Lega Serie A Lega Calcio (defunct)
Competition	Teams winners Players foreign Managers Broadcasters
Statistics and awards	Records Team of the Year Footballer of the Year Coach of the Year Goalkeeper of the Year Referee of the Year Football Club of the Year Italian Footballer of the Year Foreign Footballer of the Year Young Footballer of the Year Defender of the Year Top scorers Players with 100+ goals
Finances	Richest clubs: Deloitte list Forbes' list
Associated competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Serie B Serie C Serie D European UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League

Serie A seasons
Prima Categoria Prima Divisione Divisione Nazionale	1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29
Other	1921–22 (C.C.I.)^† 1944 1945–46^†
Serie A seasons	1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18
^†Championships recognized as official by the Italian Football Federation

Football in Italy
Overview	National association League system List of clubs List of venues Records Scudetto Cadetti Capocannoniere
International	Italy Under-21 Under-20 Under-19 Under-18 Under-17 Under-16 Under-15 Italy women
Leagues	Lega Serie A Lega Serie B Serie C Lega Nazionale Dilettanti Lega Calcio defunct
League competitions	Serie A Prima Divisione defunct Divisione Nazionale defunct Serie B Serie C Lega Pro Prima Divisione defunct Lega Pro Seconda Divisione defunct Serie D Eccellenza Promozione Prima Categoria Seconda Categoria Terza Categoria
Cup competitions	Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana Coppa Italia Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega Pro Supercoppa di Lega di Seconda Divisione defunct Coppa Italia Serie D Coppa Italia Dilettanti
Youth competitions	Campionato Nazionale Primavera Coppa Italia Primavera Supercoppa Primavera Torneo di Viareggio Campionato Nazionale Dante Berretti
Women's competitions	Serie A Coppa Italia Supercoppa Italiana
Awards	Gran Galà del Calcio AIC Italian Football Hall of Fame
Miscellaneous	Totonero 1980 Totonero 1986 Italian Law 91/1981, Article 18B financial doping scandals 2006 Italian football scandal 2011–12 Italian football scandal 2015 Italian football scandal Article 52 of N.O.I.F. Serie A players Foreign Serie A players Foreign Serie B players
Seasons	1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18

2007–08 in Italian football

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Domestic leagues

Domestic cups

Coppa Italia
Coppa Italia Serie C

Club seasons

Serie A

Atalanta
Cagliari
Catania
Empoli
Fiorentina
Genoa
Internazionale
Juventus
Lazio
Livorno
Milan
Napoli
Palermo
Parma
Reggina
Roma
Sampdoria
Siena
Torino
Udinese

Serie B

Serie C1

Serie C2

Summer 2007 transfers (co-ownership)
Winter 2007–08 transfers
Summer 2008 transfers (July, August, co-ownership)

2007–08 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '07 '08 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '07 '08 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '07 '08 Faroe Islands '07 '08 Finland '07 '08 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '07 '08 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '07 '08 Latvia '07 '08 Lithuania '07 '08 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '07 '08 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '07 '08 Romania Russia '07 '08 San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '07 '08 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '07 '08 Finland '07 '08 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '07 '08 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '07 '08 Latvia '07 '08 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '07 '08 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '07 '08 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '07 '08 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '07 '08 France Germany Hungary Iceland '07 '08 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '07 '08 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) Intertoto Cup '07 '08 Super Cup '07 '08

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