2019–20 Serie A
Highest scoring | Lecce 2–7 Atalanta (1 March 2020) |
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Longest winning run | Lazio (11 matches)[1] |
Longest unbeaten run | Lazio (21 matches)[1] |
Longest winless run | Brescia (14 matches)[1] |
Longest losing run | Brescia Lecce SPAL Torino (6 matches)[1] |
Highest attendance | 75,923 Internazionale 1–2 Juventus (6 October 2019) |
Lowest attendance | 8,182 Atalanta 2–3 Torino (1 September 2019)[α][β] |
Total attendance | 6,610,983[1] |
Average attendance | 27,205[1] |
← 2018–19 → |
The 2019–20 Sampdoria on 26 July 2020.[4]
The season was originally scheduled to run from 24 August 2019 to 24 May 2020.[5] However, on 9 March 2020, the Italian government halted the league until 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[3] Serie A did not resume play on this date, citing it would only resume once "health conditions allow it".[6] On 18 May, it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June.[7] On 28 May, it was announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June.[8]
Events
On 14 April 2019,
Empoli (on 26 May 2019) also after just one year.[11]
Teams that were promoted directly from
Hellas Verona (after just one season in Serie B) by winning the promotion play-off on 2 June.[14]
On 28 June 2019,
Torino entered the preliminary round.[16]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Serie A
On 22 February 2020,
Italian Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June.[8] Protocol was established wherein the entire squad would be quarantined for 14 days if one member, player or staff, tests positive for COVID-19.[23] On 18 June, Spadafora approved the softening of quarantine rules which allowed for the quarantining of only the individual who tests positive for COVID-19, whereas the rest of the squad will ramp up testing, including a rapid-response test the day before a match.[24]
Teams
Team changes
Promoted from 2018–19 Serie B |
Relegated from 2018–19 Serie A |
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Brescia | Empoli |
Lecce | Frosinone |
Hellas Verona | Chievo Verona |
Stadiums and locations
Hellas Verona