The 2021–22 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th season of top-tier Italian football, the 90th in a round-robin tournament, and the 12th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A.Lega Serie A. www.legaseriea.it. AC Milan won the title after defeating Sassuolo 3–0 at the Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore on 22 May 2022, the final matchday of the season.
AC Milan's title marked their 19th league title in their history and their first since 2011. Inter Milan, the defending champions, finished in second place, two points behind AC Milan.
Teams Two teams, Venezia and Salernitana, both returned to the Serie A after historically long absences. Venezia defeated Cittadella in the final of the promotion playoffs to secure readmission into the top league for the first time in 19 years—since the 2001-2002 season. Salernitana, meanwhile, were able to play their first Serie A match in 23 years, for the first time since 1999. Empoli returned after a two-year absence.
Crotone and Benevento were relegated to the Serie B after spending just one year each in the Serie A. Parma was relegated after a three-year stint.
Team changes Promoted from2020–21 Serie BRelegated from2020–21 Serie AEmpoliBeneventoSalernitanaCrotoneVeneziaParma
Stadiums and locations
Team Home city Stadium Capacity Atalanta Bergamo Gewiss Stadium Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi Inter Milan Milan San Siro Juventus Turin Allianz Stadium Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico Milan Milan San Siro Napoli Naples Stadio Diego Armando Maradona Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico Salernitana Salerno Stadio Arechi Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium (Reggio Emilia) Spezia La Spezia Stadio Alberto Picco Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli Venezia Venice Stadio Pier Luigi Penzo
Personnel and kits +TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor(s)MainOtherAC Milan Stefano Pioli Alessio RomagnoliPumaEmiratesAtalanta Rafael TolóiJomaPlus500Bologna Roberto SorianoMacronFacile RistrutturareCagliari Alessandro Agostini (caretaker) João PedroAdidasISOLA Artigianato di SardegnaEmpoli Simone RomagnoliKappaComputer GrossFiorentina Vincenzo Italiano Cristiano BiraghiKappaMediacomGenoa Alexander Blessin Domenico CriscitoKappaMG.K VisHellas Verona Igor Tudor Miguel VelosoMacronGruppo SinergyInter Milan Samir HandanovićNike$INTER Fan TokenJuventus Massimiliano Allegri Giorgio ChielliniAdidasJeep 4xeLazio Maurizio Sarri Ciro ImmobileMacronBinanceNapoli Luciano Spalletti Lorenzo InsigneEA7LeteRoma José Mourinho Lorenzo PellegriniNew BalanceDigitalBitsSalernitana Davide Nicola Franck RibéryZeusBCC Aquara/Caffè MottaSampdoria Marco Giampaolo Fabio QuagliarellaMacronBanca IfisSassuolo Alessio Dionisi Francesco MagnanelliPumaMapeiNoneSpezia Thiago Motta Giulio MaggioreAcerbisDistretti EcologiciTorino Ivan Jurić Andrea BelottiJomaSuzukiUdinese Gabriele Cioffi (caretaker) Bram NuytinckMacronDaciaVenezia Andrea Soncin (caretaker) Marco ModoloKappaGreen Project Agency
Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointmentNapoli Gennaro GattusoMutual consent23 May 2021Pre-season Luciano Spalletti 1 July 2021Inter Milan Antonio Conte26 May 2021 Simone Inzaghi1 July 2021Hellas Verona Ivan Jurić28 May 2021 Eusebio Di Francesco1 July 2021Empoli Alessio Dionisi15 June 2021 Aurelio Andreazzoli1 July 2021Juventus Andrea PirloSacked28 May 2021 Massimiliano Allegri1 July 2021Roma Paulo FonsecaEnd of contract30 June 2021 José Mourinho1 July 2021Fiorentina Giuseppe Iachini30 June 2021 Vincenzo Italiano1 July 2021Sassuolo Roberto De Zerbi30 June 2021 Alessio Dionisi1 July 2021Sampdoria Claudio Ranieri30 June 2021 Roberto D'Aversa4 July 2021Lazio Simone Inzaghi30 June 2021 Maurizio Sarri1 July 2021Torino Davide Nicola30 June 2021 Ivan Jurić1 July 2021Spezia Vincenzo ItalianoSigned by Fiorentina30 June 2021 Thiago Motta8 July 2021Hellas Verona Eusebio Di FrancescoSacked14 September 202119th Igor Tudor14 September 2021Cagliari Leonardo Semplici14 September 202117th Walter Mazzarri15 September 2021Salernitana Fabrizio Castori17 October 202120th Stefano Colantuono17 October 2021Genoa Davide Ballardini6 November 202117th Andriy Shevchenko7 November 2021Udinese Luca Gotti7 December 202114th Gabriele Cioffi (caretaker)7 December 2021Genoa Andriy Shevchenko15 January 202219th Abdoulay Konko (caretaker)15 January 2022Sampdoria Roberto D'Aversa17 January 202216th Marco Giampaolo19 January 2022Genoa Abdoulay KonkoEnd of caretaker spell19 January 202219th Alexander Blessin19 January 2022Salernitana Stefano ColantuonoSacked15 February 202220th Davide Nicola15 February 2022Venezia Paolo Zanetti27 April 202220th Andrea Soncin (caretaker)27 April 2022Cagliari Walter Mazzarri2 May 202217th Alessandro Agostini (caretaker)2 May 2022
League table
Results
Season statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals1 Ciro ImmobileLazio272 Dušan VlahovićFiorentina/Juventus1243 Lautaro MartínezInter Milan214 Tammy AbrahamRoma17 Giovanni SimeoneHellas Verona6 Gianluca ScamaccaSassuolo167 Domenico BerardiSassuolo158 Marko ArnautovićBologna14 Victor OsimhenNapoli10 Gerard DeulofeuUdinese13 Edin DžekoInter Milan Mario PašalićAtalanta João PedroCagliari Andrea PinamontiEmpoli 1 Vlahović played for Fiorentina until matchday 23 and scored 17 goals.
Hat-tricks
PlayerClubAgainst ResultDate Ciro ImmobileLazioSpezia 6–1 (H) Giovanni Simeone4Hellas VeronaLazio 4–1 (H) Dušan VlahovićFiorentinaSpezia 3–0 (H) Mario PašalićAtalantaVenezia 4–0 (H) Antonín BarákHellas VeronaSassuolo 4–2 (A) Giovanni SimeoneHellas VeronaVenezia 3–1 (H) Lautaro MartínezInter MilanSalernitana 5–0 (H) BetoUdineseCagliari 5–1 (H) Ciro ImmobileLazioGenoa 4–1 (A) Andrea BelottiTorinoEmpoli 3–1 (A)
Notes 4 Player scored 4 goals(H) – Home team(A) – Away team
Clean sheets RankPlayerClubClean sheets1 Mike MaignanAC Milan172 Samir HandanovićInter Milan15 Rui PatrícioRoma4 David OspinaNapoli135 Łukasz SkorupskiBologna12 Wojciech SzczęsnyJuventus7 Salvatore SiriguGenoa108 Pietro TerraccianoFiorentina99 Juan MussoAtalanta810 Ivan ProvedelSpezia7 Marco SilvestriUdinese Thomas StrakoshaLazio Guglielmo VicarioEmpoli
Discipline
Player Most yellow cards: 14 Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) Gianluca Mancini (Roma)
Most red cards: 2 Kelvin Amian (Spezia) Ethan Ampadu (Venezia) Théo Hernandez (AC Milan) Leo Skiri Østigård (Genoa) Roberto Soriano (Bologna) Adama Soumaoro (Bologna) Nicolò Zaniolo (Roma)
Team Most yellow cards: 106 Venezia Most red cards: 9 Venezia Fewest yellow cards: 63 Napoli Fewest red cards: 1 Inter Milan Juventus
Awards Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthCoach of the MonthGoal of the MonthPlayerClubCoachClubPlayerClubSeptember Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli Luciano SpallettiNapoli Lorenzo PellegriniRomaOctober Giovanni SimeoneHellas Verona Stefano PioliMilan Antonio CandrevaSampdoria November Hakan ÇalhanoğluInter Milan Gian Piero GasperiniAtalanta Keita BaldéCagliariDecember Dušan VlahovićFiorentina Simone InzaghiInter Milan Juan CuadradoJuventusJanuary Giacomo RaspadoriSassuolo Thiago MottaSpezia Lorenzo PellegriniRomaFebruary Ruslan MalinovskyiAtalanta Luciano SpallettiNapoli Ruslan MalinovskyiAtalantaMarch Victor OsimhenNapoli Stefano PioliMilan Lorenzo PellegriniRomaApril Marcelo BrozovićInter Milan Siniša MihajlovićBologna Ivan PerišićInter Milan May Sandro TonaliAC Milan Stefano PioliAC Milan Théo HernandezAC Milan
Seasonal awards
Award Winner Club Ref. Most Valuable Player Rafael Leão AC Milan Best Under-23 Victor Osimhen Napoli Best Goalkeeper Mike Maignan AC Milan Best Defender Bremer Torino Best Midfielder Marcelo Brozović Inter Milan Best Striker Ciro Immobile Lazio Coach of the Season Stefano Pioli AC Milan Goal of the Season Théo Hernandez AC Milan Team of the Year Goalkeeper Mike Maignan (AC Milan) Defence Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli) Bremer (Torino) Fikayo Tomori (AC Milan) Théo Hernandez (AC Milan) Midfield Marcelo Brozović (Inter Milan) Nicolò Barella (Inter Milan) Sergej Milinković-Savić (Lazio) Attack Ciro Immobile (Lazio) Dušan Vlahović (Fiorentina/Juventus) Rafael Leão (AC Milan)
References
External links
Official website Serie A at ESPN.com