The 2011–12 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM after its headline sponsors) was the 110th season of top-tier Italian football, the 80th in a round-robin tournament, and the second since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 3 September 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012. The league was originally scheduled to start on 27 August, but this was delayed due to a strike by the players. The fixtures were drawn up on 27 July 2011.
The league title was won by Juventus, winning its 28th official Serie A title or scudetto, and first since the 2005–06 Serie A. The team completed the season undefeated, becoming the first team to do so in a 38-game league season in Italy; Perugia were undefeated in the 30-game 1978–79 Serie A, in which they finished second in the table, while Milan were unbeaten and won the title in the 34-game 1991–92 Serie A.
Since Italy dropped from third to fourth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the league lost a group stage berth for the UEFA Champions League from the 2012–13 season.
Rule changes The rules for the registration of non-EU (or non-EFTA or Swiss) nationals transferred from abroad were revised in the summer of 2011. Clubs could now sign two non-EU players. This was a reverse of the decision made the previous summer in the wake of Italy's failure at the 2010 World Cup that limited clubs to the signing of just one such player.
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity2010-11 season Atalanta Bergamo Atleti Azzurri d'Italia Serie B champions Bologna Bologna Renato Dall'Ara 16th in Serie A Cagliari Cagliari Sant'Elia 14th in Serie A Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 13th in Serie A Cesena Cesena Dino Manuzzi 15th in Serie A Chievo Verona Verona Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 11th in Serie A Fiorentina Florence Artemio Franchi 9th in Serie A Genoa Genoa Luigi Ferraris 10th in Serie A Internazionale Milan San Siro Serie A Runner-up Juventus Turin Juventus Stadium 7th in Serie A Lazio Rome Olimpico 5th in Serie A Lecce Lecce Via del Mare 17th in Serie AMilan Milan San Siro Serie A champions Napoli Naples San Paolo 3rd in Serie A Novara Novara Silvio Piola Serie B play-off winners Palermo Palermo Renzo Barbera 8th in Serie A Parma Parma Ennio Tardini 12th in Serie A Roma Rome Olimpico 6th in Serie A Siena Siena Artemio Franchi Serie B Runner-up Udinese Udine Friuli 4th in Serie A
Personnel and sponsorship
Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsorAtalanta Stefano Colantuono Gianpaolo BelliniErreàAXA, Konica MinoltaBologna Stefano Pioli Marco Di VaioMacronNGM Mobile, Serenissima Ceramica (Home)/CIR Manifatture Ceramiche (Away)Cagliari Massimo Ficcadenti Daniele ContiKappaSardegnaCatania Vincenzo Montella Marco BiagiantiGivovaSP Energia Siciliana, Regione SiciliaCesena Mario Beretta Giuseppe ColucciAdidasTechnogymChievo Verona Domenico Di Carlo Sergio PellissierGivovaPaluani/Banca Popolare di Verona/Merkur-Win, Midac BatteriesFiorentina Vincenzo GueriniLottoMazda, Save the ChildrenGenoa Luigi De Canio Marco RossiAsicsiZiPlayInternazionale Javier ZanettiNikePirelliJuventus Antonio Conte Alessandro Del PieroNikeBetclic (Home)/Balocco (Away)Lazio Edoardo Reja Tommaso RocchiPumaClinica Paideia/Fondazione Gabriele SandriLecce Serse CosmiAsicsVeneto Banca/Banca Apulia, BetitalyMilan Massimiliano Allegri Massimo AmbrosiniAdidasFly EmiratesNapoli Walter Mazzarri Paolo CannavaroMacronLete, MSC CruisesNovara Emiliano Mondonico Matteo CenturioniJomaBanca Popolare di Novara, Intesa pour HommePalermo Bortolo Mutti Fabrizio MiccoliLegeaEurobet Casinò, Burger KingParma Roberto Donadoni Stefano MorroneErreàNavigare, Banca Monte ParmaRoma Luis Enrique Francesco TottiKappaWindSiena Giuseppe Sannino Simone VergassolaKappaBanca Monte dei Paschi di SienaUdinese Francesco Guidolin Antonio Di NataleLegeaDacia, Tipicamente Friulano/Lumberjack/QBell
Managerial changes In Italy, football managers are only permitted to manage one club per season. For this purpose, the "season" is defined as starting when its first match kicks off, so Roberto Donadoni and Stefano Pioli, who lost their job at Cagliari and Palermo on 12 and 31 August 2011 were able to take respectively the Parma job in January 2012 and the Bologna job in October 2011 because the first matches were not until 9 September 2011.
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Lecce Luigi De Canio End of contract Preseason Eusebio Di Francesco Cesena Massimo Ficcadenti End of contract Marco Giampaolo Bologna Alberto Malesani End of contract Pierpaolo Bisoli Chievo Stefano Pioli End of contract Domenico Di Carlo Juventus Luigi Delneri Sacked Antonio Conte Siena Antonio Conte Mutual consent Giuseppe Sannino Palermo Delio Rossi Mutual consent Stefano Pioli Catania Diego Simeone Mutual consent Vincenzo Montella Genoa Davide Ballardini Sacked Alberto Malesani Roma Vincenzo Montella End of caretaker spell Luis Enrique Internazionale Leonardo Resigned Gian Piero Gasperini Cagliari Roberto Donadoni Sacked Massimo Ficcadenti Palermo Stefano Pioli Sacked Devis Mangia Internazionale Gian Piero Gasperini Sacked 18th Claudio Ranieri Bologna Pierpaolo Bisoli Sacked 20th Stefano Pioli Cesena Marco Giampaolo Sacked 20th Daniele Arrigoni Fiorentina Siniša Mihajlović Sacked 13th Delio Rossi Cagliari Massimo Ficcadenti Sacked 10th Davide Ballardini Lecce Eusebio Di Francesco Sacked 20th Serse Cosmi Palermo Devis Mangia Sacked 10th Bortolo Mutti Genoa Alberto Malesani Sacked 10th Pasquale Marino Parma Franco Colomba Sacked 15th Roberto Donadoni Novara Attilio Tesser Sacked 20th Emiliano Mondonico Cesena Daniele Arrigoni Mutual consent 20th Mario Beretta Novara Emiliano Mondonico Sacked 19th Attilio Tesser Cagliari Davide Ballardini Sacked for just cause 17th Massimo Ficcadenti Internazionale Claudio Ranieri Consensual termination 8th Andrea Stramaccioni Genoa Pasquale Marino Sacked 16th Alberto Malesani Genoa Alberto Malesani Sacked 17th Luigi De Canio Fiorentina Delio Rossi Sacked 16th Vincenzo Guerini (caretaker)
League table
Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Zlatan Ibrahimović Milan 282 Diego Milito Internazionale 243 Edinson Cavani Napoli23 Antonio Di Natale Udinese5 Rodrigo Palacio Genoa 196 Germán Denis Atalanta 16 Fabrizio Miccoli Palermo8 Sebastian Giovinco Parma159 Stevan Jovetić Fiorentina 1410 Miroslav Klose Lazio 12 Mattia Destro Siena
Hat-tricks
Player For Against Result Date NapoliMilan3–1 MilanLecce4–3 MilanParma4–1 4 InternazionalePalermo4–4 PalermoInternazionale4–4 AtalantaRoma4–1 MilanPalermo4–0 CagliariNapoli3–6 CagliariCesena3–0 InternazionaleGenoa5–4 InternazionaleMilan4–2 PalermoChievo4–4 NovaraCesena3–0 Awards The Gran Galà del Calcio AIC 2012 was the second edition of the awards ceremony organized by the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC), recognizing the best performers of the 2011–12 Serie A. The awards were presented on 27 January 2013 at the Teatro Dal Verme in Milan. Award Winner Club Player of the Year Andrea Pirlo Juventus Coach of the Year Antonio Conte Juventus Best Young Player Stephan El Shaarawy / Luis Muriel Milan / Udinese Best Club Juventus Juventus Best Referee Nicola Rizzoli
AIC Team of the Year Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus) Defence Christian Maggio (Napoli) Andrea Barzagli (Juventus) Thiago Silva (Milan) Federico Balzaretti (Palermo) Midfield Claudio Marchisio (Juventus) Andrea Pirlo (Juventus) Antonio Nocerino (Milan) Attack Zlatan Ibrahimović (Milan) Edinson Cavani (Napoli) Antonio Di Natale (Udinese)
Attendances
Source:
No. Club Avg. attendance Highest 1 Milan 49,020 79,522 2 Internazionale 44,806 78,222 3 Napoli 39,808 57,402 4 Juventus 37,545 40,944 5 Roma 36,219 50,801 6 Lazio 32,410 57,148 7 Fiorentina 21,412 36,387 8 Bologna 19,257 30,321 9 Palermo 19,218 28,941 10 Genoa 18,698 27,527 11 Udinese 18,595 28,588 12 Cesena 16,410 23,343 13 Atalanta 15,492 22,335 14 Catania 15,387 20,839 15 Parma 13,646 19,481 16 Novara 10,957 17,649 17 Cagliari 10,698 20,120 18 Siena 10,128 15,265 19 Lecce 9,961 23,298 20 ChievoVerona 9,649 22,000
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