2011–12 Serie A

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Bologna
Average attendance23,214[3]

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

Milan were unbeaten and won the title in the 34-game 1991–92 Serie A.[6]

Since Italy dropped from third to fourth place in the

UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season,[7][8][9] 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.[citation needed
]

Teams

Stadia and locations

Locations of the 2011–12 Serie A teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2010-11 season
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

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta
Italy Stefano Colantuono Italy Gianpaolo Bellini Erreà
Bologna
Italy Stefano Pioli Italy Marco Di Vaio Macron NGM Mobile, Serenissima Ceramica (Home)/CIR Manifatture Ceramiche (Away)
Cagliari Italy Massimo Ficcadenti Italy Daniele Conti
Kappa
Sardegna
Catania
Italy Vincenzo Montella Italy Marco Biagianti Givova SP Energia Siciliana, Regione Sicilia
Cesena
Italy Mario Beretta Italy Giuseppe Colucci Adidas Technogym
Chievo Verona
Italy Domenico Di Carlo Italy Sergio Pellissier Givova Paluani/Banca Popolare di Verona/Merkur-Win, Midac Batteries
Fiorentina Italy Vincenzo Guerini Italy Alessandro Gamberini Lotto Mazda, Save the Children
Genoa
Italy Luigi De Canio Italy Marco Rossi Asics iZiPlay
Internazionale Italy Andrea Stramaccioni Argentina Javier Zanetti Nike Pirelli
Juventus
Italy Antonio Conte Italy Alessandro Del Piero Nike Betclic (Home)/Balocco (Away)
Lazio
Italy Edoardo Reja Italy Tommaso Rocchi
Puma
Clinica Paideia/Fondazione Gabriele Sandri
Lecce
Italy Serse Cosmi Uruguay Guillermo Giacomazzi Asics Veneto Banca/Banca Apulia, Betitaly
Milan
Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Massimo Ambrosini Adidas Fly Emirates
Napoli
Italy Walter Mazzarri Italy Paolo Cannavaro Macron Lete, MSC Cruises
Novara
Italy Emiliano Mondonico Italy Matteo Centurioni Joma Banca Popolare di Novara, Intesa pour Homme
Palermo
Italy Bortolo Mutti Italy Fabrizio Miccoli Legea
Eurobet Casinò, Burger King
Parma Italy Roberto Donadoni Italy Stefano Morrone Erreà Navigare, Banca Monte Parma
Roma
Luis Enrique
Italy Francesco Totti Kappa
Wind
Siena
Italy Giuseppe Sannino Italy Simone Vergassola Kappa Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Udinese Italy Francesco Guidolin Italy Antonio Di Natale Legea Dacia, Tipicamente Friulano/Lumberjack/QBell

Managerial changes

In Italy, football managers are only permitted to manage one club per season.

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
Italy Luigi De Canio End of contract 19 May 2011[11] Preseason Italy Eusebio Di Francesco 27 June 2011[12]
Cesena
Italy Massimo Ficcadenti End of contract 20 May 2011[13] Italy Marco Giampaolo 4 June 2011[14]
Bologna
Italy Alberto Malesani End of contract 26 May 2011 Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli 26 May 2011[15]
Chievo
Italy Stefano Pioli End of contract 26 May 2011[16] Italy Domenico Di Carlo 9 June 2011[17]
Juventus
Italy Luigi Delneri Sacked 31 May 2011[18] Italy Antonio Conte 31 May 2011[19]
Siena
Italy Antonio Conte Mutual consent 31 May 2011[20] Italy Giuseppe Sannino 6 June 2011[21]
Palermo
Italy Delio Rossi Mutual consent 1 June 2011[22] Italy Stefano Pioli 2 June 2011[23]
Catania
Argentina Diego Simeone Mutual consent 1 June 2011[24] Italy Vincenzo Montella 9 June 2011[25]
Genoa
Italy Davide Ballardini Sacked 4 June 2011[26] Italy Alberto Malesani 19 June 2011[27]
Roma
Italy Vincenzo Montella End of caretaker spell 9 June 2011
Luis Enrique
10 June 2011[28][29]
Internazionale Brazil Leonardo Resigned 15 June 2011[30] Italy Gian Piero Gasperini 24 June 2011[31]
Cagliari Italy Roberto Donadoni Sacked 12 August 2011[32] Italy Massimo Ficcadenti 16 August 2011[33]
Palermo
Italy Stefano Pioli Sacked 31 August 2011[34] Italy Devis Mangia 31 August 2011[34]
Internazionale Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Sacked 21 September 2011[35] 18th Italy Claudio Ranieri 21 September 2011[36]
Bologna
Italy Pierpaolo Bisoli Sacked 4 October 2011[37] 20th Italy Stefano Pioli 4 October 2011[37]
Cesena
Italy Marco Giampaolo Sacked 30 October 2011[38] 20th Italy Daniele Arrigoni 1 November 2011[39]
Fiorentina Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Sacked 7 November 2011 13th Italy Delio Rossi 7 November 2011[40]
Cagliari Italy Massimo Ficcadenti Sacked 8 November 2011[41] 10th Italy Davide Ballardini 9 November 2011[42]
Lecce
Italy Eusebio Di Francesco Sacked 4 December 2011[43] 20th Italy Serse Cosmi 4 December 2011[43]
Palermo
Italy Devis Mangia Sacked 19 December 2011[44] 10th Italy Bortolo Mutti 19 December 2011[45]
Genoa
Italy Alberto Malesani Sacked 22 December 2011[46] 10th Italy Pasquale Marino 22 December 2011[47]
Parma Italy Franco Colomba Sacked 9 January 2012[48] 15th Italy Roberto Donadoni 9 January 2012[48]
Novara
Italy Attilio Tesser Sacked 30 January 2012[49] 20th Italy Emiliano Mondonico 30 January 2012[49]
Cesena
Italy Daniele Arrigoni Mutual consent 20 February 2012[50] 20th Italy Mario Beretta 21 February 2012[51]
Novara
Italy Emiliano Mondonico Sacked 6 March 2012[52] 19th Italy Attilio Tesser 6 March 2012[52]
Cagliari Italy Davide Ballardini Sacked for just cause 11 March 2012[53] 17th Italy Massimo Ficcadenti 11 March 2012[53]
Internazionale Italy Claudio Ranieri Consensual termination 26 March 2012[54] 8th Italy Andrea Stramaccioni 26 March 2012[54]
Genoa
Italy Pasquale Marino Sacked 2 April 2012[55] 16th Italy Alberto Malesani 2 April 2012[55]
Genoa
Italy Alberto Malesani Sacked 22 April 2012[56] 17th Italy Luigi De Canio 22 April 2012[56]
Fiorentina Italy Delio Rossi Sacked 2 May 2012[57] 16th Italy Vincenzo Guerini (caretaker) 3 May 2012[58]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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
Source: Lega Serie A
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:
  1. ^
    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.
  2. ^ a b Roma finished ahead of Parma on head–to–head away goals scored: Parma 0–1 Roma, Roma 1–0 Parma.
  3. 2011–12 Italian football scandal.[59][60]
  4. ^ a b Atalanta finished ahead of Fiorentina on head–to–head away goals scored: Atalanta 2–0 Fiorentina, Fiorentina 2–2 Atalanta.
  5. ^ a b Cagliari finished ahead of Palermo on goal difference : Cagliari 2–1 Palermo, Palermo 3–2 Cagliari; Cagliari = –9, Palermo = –10.
  6. 2011–12 Italian football scandal
    .

Results

Home \ Away
ATA
BOL
CAG
CTN
CES
CHV
FIO
GEN
INT
JUV
LAZ
LCE
MIL
NAP
NOV
PAL
PAR
ROM
SIE
UDI
Atalanta
2–0 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–0
Bologna
3–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 3–2 1–3 1–1 0–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–3
Cagliari 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 0–0
Catania
2–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2
Cesena
0–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–3 3–1 2–2 2–2 2–3 0–2 0–1
Chievo
0–0 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0
Fiorentina 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–5 1–2 0–1 0–0 0–3 2–2 0–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 3–2
Genoa
2–2 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 3–2 0–0 0–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–4 3–2
Internazionale 0–0 0–3 2–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 5–4 1–2 2–1 4–1 4–2 0–3 0–1 4–4 5–0 0–0 2–1 0–1
Juventus
3–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 4–0 0–0 2–1
Lazio
2–0 1–3 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 2–2
Lecce
1–2 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 3–4 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 4–2 4–1 0–2
Milan
2–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–1
Napoli
1–3 1–1 6–3 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 6–1 1–0 3–3 0–0 4–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 2–0
Novara
0–0 0–2 0–0 3–3 3–0 1–2 0–3 1–1 3–1 0–4 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0
Palermo
2–1 3–1 3–2 1–1 0–1 4–4 2–0 5–3 4–3 0–2 5–1 2–0 0–4 1–3 2–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1
Parma
1–2 1–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 2–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 0–0 3–1 3–3 0–2 1–2 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–0
Roma
3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 5–1 2–0 1–2 1–0 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–3 2–2 5–2 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1
Siena
2–2 1–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–1 4–0 3–0 1–4 1–1 0–2 4–1 0–2 1–0 1–0
Udinese 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 2–1
Source: Lega Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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