2011–12 Serie A
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.[4] The league was originally scheduled to start on 27 August, but this was delayed due to a strike by the players.[5] The fixtures were drawn up on 27 July 2011.
The league title was won by
Since Italy dropped from third to fourth place in the
Rule changes
The rules for the registration of non-EU (or non-
Teams
Stadia and locations
Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2010-11 season |
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Atalanta
|
Bergamo | Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | 24,642 | Serie B champions |
Bologna
|
Bologna | Renato Dall'Ara | 39,444 | 16th in Serie A |
Cagliari | Cagliari | Sant'Elia | 23,486 | 14th in Serie A |
Catania
|
Catania | Angelo Massimino | 23,420 | 13th in Serie A |
Cesena
|
Cesena | Dino Manuzzi | 23,860 | 15th in Serie A |
Chievo Verona
|
Verona | Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
|
39,211 | 11th in Serie A |
Fiorentina | Florence | Artemio Franchi | 47,282 | 9th in Serie A |
Genoa
|
Genoa | Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | 10th in Serie A |
Internazionale | Milan | San Siro | 80,074 | Serie A Runner-up |
Juventus
|
Turin | Juventus Stadium | 41,254 | 7th in Serie A |
Lazio
|
Rome | Olimpico | 72,698 | 5th in Serie A |
Lecce
|
Lecce | Via del Mare
|
33,876 | 17th in Serie A |
Milan
|
Milan | San Siro | 80,074 | Serie A champions |
Napoli
|
Naples | San Paolo
|
60,240 | 3rd in Serie A |
Novara
|
Novara | Silvio Piola | 17,875 | Serie B play-off winners |
Palermo
|
Palermo | Renzo Barbera | 37,242 | 8th in Serie A |
Parma | Parma | Ennio Tardini | 27,906 | 12th in Serie A |
Roma
|
Rome | Olimpico | 72,698 | 6th in Serie A |
Siena
|
Siena | Artemio Franchi | 15,373 | Serie B Runner-up |
Udinese | Udine | Friuli | 41,652 | 4th in Serie A |
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
In Italy, football managers are only permitted to manage one club per season.
Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
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Lecce |
Luigi De Canio | End of contract | 19 May 2011[11] | Preseason | Eusebio Di Francesco | 27 June 2011[12] |
Cesena |
Massimo Ficcadenti | End of contract | 20 May 2011[13] | Marco Giampaolo | 4 June 2011[14] | |
Bologna |
Alberto Malesani | End of contract | 26 May 2011 | Pierpaolo Bisoli | 26 May 2011[15] | |
Chievo |
Stefano Pioli | End of contract | 26 May 2011[16] | Domenico Di Carlo | 9 June 2011[17] | |
Juventus |
Luigi Delneri | Sacked | 31 May 2011[18] | Antonio Conte | 31 May 2011[19] | |
Siena |
Antonio Conte | Mutual consent | 31 May 2011[20] | Giuseppe Sannino | 6 June 2011[21] | |
Palermo |
Delio Rossi | Mutual consent | 1 June 2011[22] | Stefano Pioli | 2 June 2011[23] | |
Catania |
Diego Simeone | Mutual consent | 1 June 2011[24] | Vincenzo Montella | 9 June 2011[25] | |
Genoa |
Davide Ballardini | Sacked | 4 June 2011[26] | Alberto Malesani | 19 June 2011[27] | |
Roma |
Vincenzo Montella | End of caretaker spell | 9 June 2011 | Luis Enrique |
10 June 2011[28][29] | |
Internazionale | Leonardo | Resigned | 15 June 2011[30] | Gian Piero Gasperini | 24 June 2011[31] | |
Cagliari | Roberto Donadoni | Sacked | 12 August 2011[32] | Massimo Ficcadenti | 16 August 2011[33] | |
Palermo |
Stefano Pioli | Sacked | 31 August 2011[34] | Devis Mangia | 31 August 2011[34] | |
Internazionale | Gian Piero Gasperini | Sacked | 21 September 2011[35] | 18th | Claudio Ranieri | 21 September 2011[36] |
Bologna |
Pierpaolo Bisoli | Sacked | 4 October 2011[37] | 20th | Stefano Pioli | 4 October 2011[37] |
Cesena |
Marco Giampaolo | Sacked | 30 October 2011[38] | 20th | Daniele Arrigoni | 1 November 2011[39] |
Fiorentina | Siniša Mihajlović | Sacked | 7 November 2011 | 13th | Delio Rossi | 7 November 2011[40] |
Cagliari | Massimo Ficcadenti | Sacked | 8 November 2011[41] | 10th | Davide Ballardini | 9 November 2011[42] |
Lecce |
Eusebio Di Francesco | Sacked | 4 December 2011[43] | 20th | Serse Cosmi | 4 December 2011[43] |
Palermo |
Devis Mangia | Sacked | 19 December 2011[44] | 10th | Bortolo Mutti | 19 December 2011[45] |
Genoa |
Alberto Malesani | Sacked | 22 December 2011[46] | 10th | Pasquale Marino | 22 December 2011[47] |
Parma | Franco Colomba | Sacked | 9 January 2012[48] | 15th | Roberto Donadoni | 9 January 2012[48] |
Novara |
Attilio Tesser | Sacked | 30 January 2012[49] | 20th | Emiliano Mondonico | 30 January 2012[49] |
Cesena |
Daniele Arrigoni | Mutual consent | 20 February 2012[50] | 20th | Mario Beretta | 21 February 2012[51] |
Novara |
Emiliano Mondonico | Sacked | 6 March 2012[52] | 19th | Attilio Tesser | 6 March 2012[52] |
Cagliari | Davide Ballardini | Sacked for just cause | 11 March 2012[53] | 17th | Massimo Ficcadenti | 11 March 2012[53] |
Internazionale | Claudio Ranieri | Consensual termination | 26 March 2012[54] | 8th | Andrea Stramaccioni | 26 March 2012[54] |
Genoa |
Pasquale Marino | Sacked | 2 April 2012[55] | 16th | Alberto Malesani | 2 April 2012[55] |
Genoa |
Alberto Malesani | Sacked | 22 April 2012[56] | 17th | Luigi De Canio | 22 April 2012[56] |
Fiorentina | Delio Rossi | Sacked | 2 May 2012[57] | 16th | Vincenzo Guerini (caretaker) | 3 May 2012[58] |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Juventus (C)
|
38 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
2 | Milan
|
38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 74 | 33 | +41 | 80 | |
3 | Udinese | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
4 | Lazio
|
38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
5 | Napoli
|
38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League group stage[a] |
6 | Internazionale | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[a] |
7 | Roma
|
38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 56[b] | |
8 | Parma
|
38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 56[b] | |
9 | Bologna
|
38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 51 | |
10 | Chievo
|
38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 49 | |
11 | Catania
|
38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 48 | |
12 | Atalanta[c]
|
38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 46[d] | |
13 | Fiorentina | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 46[d] | |
14 | Siena
|
38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 44 | |
15 | Cagliari | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 43[e] | |
16 | Palermo
|
38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 43[e] | |
17 | Genoa
|
38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 69 | −19 | 42 | |
18 | Lecce (R, D, R)
|
38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 36 | Relegation to Serie C1[f] |
19 | Novara (R)
|
38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
20 | Cesena (R)
|
38 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 22 |
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
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ group stage of the Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Coppa Italia. As they finished fifth, the sixth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
- ^ a b Roma finished ahead of Parma on head–to–head away goals scored: Parma 0–1 Roma, Roma 1–0 Parma.
- ^ a b Atalanta finished ahead of Fiorentina on head–to–head away goals scored: Atalanta 2–0 Fiorentina, Fiorentina 2–2 Atalanta.
- ^ a b Cagliari finished ahead of Palermo on goal difference : Cagliari 2–1 Palermo, Palermo 3–2 Cagliari; Cagliari = –9, Palermo = –10.
- 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
Results
Statistics
Top goalscorers
Hat-tricks
References
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