The 2009–10 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th season of top-tier Italian football, the 78th in a round-robin tournament. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that were relegated following the 2008–09 season. Nike provided a new match ball – the T90 Ascente – for this season. Following the season, citing a larger television contract, the seventeen teams that survived the season and the three promoted sides formed a new league akin to England's Premier League.Italy's Serie A confirms breakaway league , Fox Sports 26 August 2009 Retrieved 11 September 2009
The title race was only settled on the last day of the season. The title was won by Internazionale, their fifth title in a row. Inter would go on to complete the first and only treble by an Italian team by winning the Coppa Italia and Champions League.
Teams The following 20 teams participated in the 2009–10 season:
Club City Stadium Capacity 2008–09 season Atalanta Bergamo Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,393 11th in Serie A Bari Bari San Nicola 58,270 Serie B Champions Bologna Bologna Renato Dall'Ara 39,444 17th in Serie A Cagliari Cagliari Sant'Elia 23,486 9th in Serie A Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 23,420 15th in Serie A Chievo Verona Verona Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 39,211 16th in Serie A Fiorentina Florence Artemio Franchi (Florence) 47,282 4th in Serie A Genoa Genoa Luigi Ferraris 36,685 5th in Serie A Internazionale Milan San Siro 80,074 Serie A Champions Juventus Turin Olimpico di Torino 27,994 2nd in Serie A Lazio Rome Olimpico 72,698 10th in Serie A Livorno Livorno Armando Picchi 19,238 Serie B Playoff WinnersMilan Milan San Siro 80,074 3rd in Serie A Napoli Naples San Paolo 60,240 12th in Serie A Palermo Palermo Renzo Barbera 37,242 8th in Serie A Parma Parma Ennio Tardini 27,906 Serie B Runners-up Roma Rome Olimpico 72,698 6th in Serie A Sampdoria Genoa Luigi Ferraris 36,685 13th in Serie A Siena Siena Artemio Franchi (Siena) 15,373 14th in Serie A Udinese Udine Friuli 41,652 7th in Serie A
Personnel and sponsorship Team Head coachCaptain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor Atalanta Bortolo Mutti Cristiano Doni Errea Sit In Sport, Daihatsu Bari Giampiero Ventura Jean François Gillet Errea Banca Popolare di Bari, Radionorba Bologna Franco Colomba Marco Di Vaio Macron COGEI/Serenissima CIR/Ceramica Serenissima/Cerasarda, bigpoker.it Cagliari Massimiliano Allegri Diego López Macron Dahlia TV, Sardegna Catania Gianluca Atzori Giuseppe Mascara Legea SP Energia Siciliana, Provincia di Catania Chievo Verona Domenico Di Carlo Sergio Pellissier Givova Banca Popolare di Verona/Merkur-Win Fiorentina Cesare Prandelli Riccardo Montolivo Lotto Toyota Genoa Gian Piero Gasperini Marco Rossi Asics Gaudì Jeans Internazionale José Mourinho Javier Zanetti Nike Pirelli Juventus Alberto Zaccheroni Alessandro Del Piero Nike New Holland Lazio Edoardo Reja Tommaso Rocchi Puma Edileuropa Livorno Gennaro Ruotolo Francesco Tavano Asics Gruppo Banca CarigeMilan Leonardo Massimo Ambrosini Adidas Bwin Napoli Walter Mazzarri Paolo Cannavaro Macron Lete Palermo Walter Zenga Fabrizio Miccoli Lotto BetShop/Eurobet Parma Francesco Guidolin Stefano Morrone Errea Navigare, Banca Monte Parma Roma Claudio Ranieri Francesco Totti Kappa Wind Sampdoria Luigi Delneri Angelo Palombo Kappa Erg Mobile Siena Alberto Malesani Simone Vergassola Kappa Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena Udinese Pasquale Marino Antonio Di Natale Lotto Automobile Dacia/Frankie Garage, DESPAR/Metalnova/Uniqa/Latterie Friulane/Banca Popolare di Verona/dearchitettura.com/Vitis/Transine/Bibione
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentPosition in tableMilan Carlo Ancelotti Signed by Chelsea Pre-season Leonardo Pre-season Sampdoria Walter Mazzarri Mutual consent Luigi Delneri Palermo Davide Ballardini Removed from managerial duties Walter Zenga Atalanta Luigi Delneri Contract expired Angelo Gregucci Catania Walter Zenga Mutual consent Gianluca Atzori Lazio Delio Rossi Contract expired Davide Ballardini Bari Antonio Conte Mutual consent Giampiero Ventura Livorno Gennaro Ruotolo End of caretaker spell Vittorio Russo Roma Luciano Spalletti Resigned 20th Claudio Ranieri 20th Atalanta Angelo Gregucci Sacked Antonio Conte Napoli Roberto Donadoni 15th Walter Mazzarri 15th Bologna Giuseppe Papadopulo 18th Franco Colomba 18th Livorno Vittorio Russo 20th Serse Cosmi 20th Siena Marco Giampaolo Marco Baroni Palermo Walter Zenga 12th Delio Rossi 12th Siena Marco Baroni Removed from managerial duties 20th Alberto Malesani 20th Catania Gianluca Atzori Sacked 19th Siniša Mihajlović 19th Udinese Pasquale Marino 15th Gianni De Biasi 15th Atalanta Antonio Conte Resigned 19th Walter Bonacina (caretaker) 19th Atalanta Walter Bonacina End of caretaker spell Bortolo Mutti Juventus Ciro Ferrara Sacked 6th Alberto Zaccheroni 6th Lazio Davide Ballardini 18th Edoardo Reja 18th Udinese Gianni De Biasi 16th Pasquale Marino 16th Livorno Serse Cosmi 20th Gennaro Ruotolo 20th Cagliari Massimiliano Allegri 13th Giorgio Melis (caretaker) 12th Davide Ballardini was removed from his managerial duties on 5 June, contemporarily to Walter Zenga's appointment as new head coach. He successively rescinded his contract by mutual consent on 13 June. Gennaro Ruotolo had originally accepted to stay at Livorno as a permanent head coach after he guided the team to success through the Serie B promotion playoffs in June 2009. However, on 9 July the Technical Sector of the Italian Football Federation announced Ruotolo could not serve as head coach in the Serie A, as he was lacking the required UEFA Pro coaching badges. Following these events, UEFA Pro licensed coach Vittorio Russo was appointed as head coach, with Ruotolo actually serving as joint head coach to him despite appearing as assistant manager to Russo himself. He was successively removed from his assistant coaching post on 20 September. Siena Primavera (under-19 team) coach Marco Baroni was appointed permanent first team coach on 29 October, only to be moved back to his previous role on 23 November. Gennaro Ruotolo was allowed to act as head coach without having the required UEFA Pro coaching badges only after having received temporary dispensation from the Italian Football Federation for a 60-day period. Youth team coach Giorgio Melis was allowed to act as caretaker without having the required UEFA Pro coaching badges after receiving temporary dispensation from the Italian Football Federation for a 60-day period.
The list does not include Serse Cosmi's resignation from Livorno on 24 January 2010, as it was rejected by the club two days later following a meeting between Cosmi and club chairman Aldo Spinelli, with no competitive game scheduled in between the short vacancy period.
League table
Results
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals 1 Antonio Di Natale Udinese 29 2 Diego Milito Internazionale 22 3 Fabrizio Miccoli Palermo 19 Giampaolo Pazzini Sampdoria 5 Alberto Gilardino Fiorentina 15 6 Barreto Bari 14 Marco Borriello Milan Francesco Totti Roma Mirko Vučinić Roma 10 Edinson Cavani Palermo 13 Alessandro Matri Cagliari Awards The 2009–10 Serie A season concluded with historical individual achievements, heavily dominated by Inter Milan after winning the continental treble.
Individual Awards The official awards organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC) for the 2009–10 season were as follows:
Award Winner Club Nationality Serie A Footballer of the Year Diego Milito Inter Milan Argentine Best Foreign Footballer Diego Milito Inter Milan Argentine Best Italian Footballer Antonio Di Natale Udinese Italian Best Goalkeeper Júlio César Inter Milan Brazilian Best Defender (Shared) Giorgio Chiellini Juventus Italian Walter Samuel Inter Milan Argentine Best Young Footballer Javier Pastore Palermo Argentine Best Coach José Mourinho Inter Milan Portuguese Best Referee Emidio Morganti — Italian Serie A Top Scorer (Capocannoniere) Antonio Di Natale (29 goals) Udinese Italian
Team of the Year Goalkeeper Marco Storari(Sampdoria) Defenders Maicon(Inter Milan) Lúcio(Inter Milan) Alessandro Nesta(Milan) Javier Zanetti(Inter Milan) Midfielders Angelo Palombo(Sampdoria) Wesley Sneijder(Inter Milan) Andrea Cossu(Cagliari) Forwards Antonio Di Natale(Udinese) Diego Milito(Inter Milan) Fabrizio Miccoli(Palermo)
Attendances Source:
# Club Avg. attendance Highest 1 Internazionale 56,195 80,018 2 AC Milan 42,809 78,467 3 AS Roma 40,975 61,898 4 SSC Napoli 40,797 56,211 5 SS Lazio 36,154 61,615 6 ACF Fiorentina 27,428 38,389 7 Genoa CFC 25,585 33,265 8 AS Bari 25,391 51,943 9 UC Sampdoria 25,240 34,494 10 US Città di Palermo 25,017 35,872 11 Juventus FC 22,924 25,779 12 Bologna FC 19,470 33,067 13 Udinese Calcio 17,356 23,874 14 Parma FC 17,061 21,323 15 Calcio Catania 15,342 20,941 16 Cagliari Calcio 14,649 23,000 17 Atalanta BC 12,914 20,764 18 ChievoVerona 11,922 28,136 19 AC Siena 11,241 15,373 20 AS Livorno Calcio 10,668 15,982
References
External links
2009–10 Serie A Season at RSSSF 2009–10 Serie A Season at ESPN