The 2017–18 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th season of top-tier Italian football, the 86th in a round-robin tournament and the 8th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the six-time defending champions. The season ran from 19 August 2017 to 20 May 2018.
On 13 May, Juventus won a record seventh consecutive title and 34th title overall with one game remaining following their 0–0 draw with Roma.
The season was marred by the death of Davide Astori, the captain of Fiorentina, due to heart problems.
Events On 13 May 2017, SPAL were mathematically promoted from Serie B after 49 years away. Five days later, Hellas Verona clinched promoted as well, one year on from being relegated. On 8 June 2017, Benevento won the promotion play-offs to earn the club a first ever promotion to Serie A; they became the 67th team to participate in the Italian top flight.
After video assistant refereeing (VAR) was privately tested in the previous season, on 10 June 2017 it was announced replay assistance would be implemented for this season. The percentage of errors in Serie A in this season was reportedly 0.89 percent, compared to 5.78 percent if VAR had not been not used.
Subsequently to the new UEFA entry criteria, Italy obtained four group stage spots for the following Champions League season, as did the other three leagues with the highest coefficient in Europe; this was an improvement on the three Champions League spots (two group stage places and one qualifying play-off place) that Serie A had received prior.
On 4 March 2018, Davide Astori, captain of Fiorentina, died in his sleep while staying in a hotel in Udine prior to Fiorentina's match against Udinese, proven to be caused by cardiac arrest determined from an autopsy conducted two days later. All Serie A, Serie B and Serie C matches scheduled for 4 March were postponed. Cagliari and Fiorentina both retired the number 13 jersey worn by Astori in his honour.
The teams that were relegated included Benevento (on 22 April 2018, after one year in Serie A), Hellas Verona (on 5 May 2018, also after one year), and Crotone (on 20 May 2018, after two seasons in the top flight).
On 13 May 2018, Juventus won their seventh title in a row and the 34th in their history following their 0–0 draw away to Roma in the penultimate matchweek. Four days later, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon announced his farewell to Serie A (and the national football team). He left the league after 23 career seasons, the last seventeen being with Juventus, having earned nine league titles and 640 caps, the second highest ever in Serie A. However, after a year away with Paris Saint-Germain, Buffon would return to Juventus and to Serie A for the 2019–20 season.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2016–17 season Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 4th in Serie A Benevento Benevento Stadio Ciro Vigorito Serie B play-off winners Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 15th in Serie A Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena 11th in Serie A Chievo Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 14th in Serie A Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida 17th in Serie A Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 8th in Serie A Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 16th in Serie A Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi Serie B runners-up Internazionale Milan San Siro 7th in Serie A Juventus Turin Allianz Stadium Serie A champions Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 5th in Serie A Milan Milan San Siro 6th in Serie A Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo 3rd in Serie A Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 2nd in Serie A Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 10th in Serie A Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore(Reggio Emilia) 12th in Serie A SPAL Ferrara Stadio Paolo Mazza Serie B champions Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 9th in Serie A Udinese Udine Dacia Arena 13th in Serie A
Personnel and kits TeamHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor(s)MainOtherAtalanta Gian Piero Gasperini Alejandro Gómez Joma Veratour/Radici Group (in UEFA matches)Benevento Roberto De Zerbi Fabio Lucioni Frankie Garage La MolisanaBologna Roberto Donadoni Daniele Gastaldello Macron FAACCagliari Diego López Daniele Dessena Macron ISOLA Artigianato di SardegnaChievo Lorenzo D'Anna Sergio Pellissier Givova Paluani/Nobis Assicurazioni/Pescherie Viviani/CF Costruzioni/Cubi Impianti Tecnologici/Alcott/Avelia/KickOffers/Conte di Campiano/Nico Abbigliamento e Calzature/Midac Batteries/2018 World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships/Givova/Acqua Sangemini/Vicentini CarniCrotone Walter Zenga Alex Cordaz Zeus Sport LewerFiorentina Stefano Pioli Milan Badelj Le Coq Sportif Folletto/Vorwerk (in UEFA matches)Genoa Davide Ballardini Mattia Perin Lotto Eviva EnergiaHellas Verona Fabio Pecchia Rômulo Nike Metano NordInternazionale Luciano Spalletti Mauro Icardi Nike PirelliJuventus Massimiliano Allegri Gianluigi Buffon Adidas JeepLazio Simone Inzaghi Senad Lulić Macron SèlecoMilan Gennaro Gattuso Leonardo Bonucci Adidas Fly EmiratesNoneNapoli Maurizio Sarri Marek Hamšík Kappa LeteRoma Eusebio Di Francesco Daniele De Rossi Nike Qatar AirwaysNoneSampdoria Marco Giampaolo Vasco Regini Joma Invent EnergyIBSA GroupSassuolo Giuseppe Iachini Francesco Magnanelli Kappa MapeiNoneSPAL Leonardo Semplici Mirco Antenucci Macron Interspar/Tassi GroupTorino Walter Mazzarri Andrea Belotti Kappa Suzuki/Suzuki SwiftUdinese Igor Tudor Danilo HS Sport Dacia
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Internazionale Stefano Vecchi End of caretaker spell 28 May 2017 Pre-season Luciano Spalletti 9 June 2017 Roma Luciano Spalletti Mutual consent 30 May 2017 Eusebio Di Francesco 13 June 2017 Fiorentina Paulo Sousa End of contract 6 June 2017 Stefano Pioli6 June 2017 Sassuolo Eusebio Di Francesco Signed by Roma 13 June 2017 Cristian Bucchi 20 June 2017 Cagliari Massimo Rastelli Sacked 17 October 2017 14th Diego López 18 October 2017 Benevento Marco Baroni 23 October 2017 20th Roberto De Zerbi 23 October 2017 Genoa Ivan Jurić 5 November 2017 18th Davide Ballardini 6 November 2017 Udinese Luigi Delneri 21 November 2017 14th Massimo Oddo 21 November 2017 Sassuolo Cristian Bucchi 27 November 2017 16th Giuseppe Iachini 27 November 2017 Milan Vincenzo Montella 27 November 2017 7th Gennaro Gattuso 27 November 2017 Crotone Davide Nicola Resigned 6 December 2017 16th Walter Zenga 8 December 2017 Torino Siniša Mihajlović Sacked 4 January 2018 10th Walter Mazzarri 4 January 2018 Udinese Massimo Oddo 24 April 2018 15th Igor Tudor 24 April 2018 Chievo Rolando Maran 29 April 2018 17th Lorenzo D'Anna 29 April 2018
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers +RankPlayerClubGoals1 Mauro IcardiInternazionale29 Ciro ImmobileLazio3 Paulo DybalaJuventus224 Fabio QuagliarellaSampdoria195 Dries MertensNapoli186 Edin DžekoRoma16 Gonzalo HiguaínJuventus8 Giovanni SimeoneFiorentina149 Iago FalqueTorino12 Roberto IngleseChievo Kevin LasagnaUdinese Sergej Milinković-SavićLazio
Hat-tricks
PlayerClubAgainst ResultDate Paulo DybalaJuventusGenoa 4–2 (A) Ciro ImmobileLazioMilan 4–1 (H) Paulo DybalaJuventusSassuolo 3–1 (A) Dries MertensNapoliBenevento 6–0 (H) Mauro IcardiInternazionaleMilan 3–2 (H) Sami KhediraJuventusUdinese 6–2 (A) Ivan PerišićInternazionaleChievo 5–0 (H) Ciro Immobile4LazioSPAL 5–2 (A) Fabio QuagliarellaSampdoriaFiorentina 3–1 (H) Gonzalo HiguaínJuventusSassuolo 7–0 (H) Mauro Icardi4InternazionaleSampdoria 5–0 (A) Josip IličićAtalantaHellas Verona 5–0 (A) Andrea BelottiTorinoCrotone 4–1 (H) Paulo DybalaJuventusBenevento 4–2 (A) Jordan VeretoutFiorentinaLazio 3–4 (H) Giovanni SimeoneFiorentinaNapoli 3–0 (H)
Note 4 Player scored four goals; (H) – Home (A) – Away
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Pepe ReinaNapoli182 AlissonRoma17 Samir HandanovićInternazionale4 Marco SportielloFiorentina145 Gianluigi DonnarummaMilan12 Mattia PerinGenoa Gianluigi BuffonJuventus7 Thomas StrakoshaLazio11 Wojciech SzczęsnyJuventus10 Salvatore SiriguTorino10 Andrea ConsigliSassuolo Awards Gran Galà del Calcio AIC: 2017–18 Individual Awards Player of the Year (MVP) Mauro Icardi(Inter Milan) Coach of the Year Massimiliano Allegri(Juventus) Club of the Year Juventus Goalkeeper of the Year Alisson(Roma)
AIC Team of the Year: 2017–18 Serie A Goalkeeper Alisson(Roma) Defenders João Cancelo(Inter Milan) Giorgio Chiellini(Juventus) Kalidou Koulibaly(Napoli) Alex Sandro(Juventus) Midfielders Radja Nainggolan(Roma) Miralem Pjanić(Juventus) Sergej Milinković-Savić(Lazio) Forwards Paulo Dybala(Juventus) Mauro Icardi(Inter Milan) Ciro Immobile(Lazio)
Attendances Team Avg. home att. Internazionale 57,529Milan 52,690 Napoli 43,050 Juventus 39,316 Roma 37,450 Lazio 30,990 Fiorentina 26,092 Genoa 20,941 Bologna 20,903 Sampdoria 20,156 Torino 18,596 Atalanta 17,921 Udinese 17,906 Hellas Verona 17,333 Cagliari 14,685 Chievo 12,540 Benevento 12,132 SPAL 12,067 Sassuolo 11,237 Crotone 10,581
References
External links
Official website