2015–16 Serie A

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Serie A
Season 2015–16
Champions Juventus
32nd title
Relegated Carpi
Frosinone
Hellas Verona
Champions League Juventus
Napoli
Roma
Europa League Internazionale
Fiorentina
Sassuolo
Matches played 380
Goals scored 979 (2.58 per match)
Top goalscorer Gonzalo Higuaín (36)[1]
Biggest home win Napoli 6–0 Bologna
(19 April 2016)[2]
Biggest away win Goal difference of 4
6 games[2]
Highest scoring Sampdoria 5–2 Carpi
(23 August 2015)[2]
Lazio 5–2 Verona
(11 February 2016)[2]
Longest winning run 15 games[2]
Juventus
Longest unbeaten run 26 games[2]
Juventus
Longest winless run 22 games[2]
Verona
Longest losing run 5 games[2]
Genoa
Highest attendance 79,154
Inter 1–0 Milan
(13 September 2015)[2]
Inter 0–0 Juventus
(18 October 2015)[3]
Lowest attendance 0 (behind closed doors)
Palermo 2–2 Atalanta
(20 April 2016)[2][4][5]
Average attendance 22,199[2]

The 2015–16 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 114th season of top-tier Italian football, the 84th in a round-robin tournament, and the 6th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the defending champions. The campaign began on 22 August 2015 and ended on 15 May 2016.

On 25 April 2016, Juventus succeeded in defending their title for the fifth consecutive season, after second placed Napoli lost to Roma, giving Juventus a 12 point lead with only three games left.[6]

Events

On 28 April 2015 Carpi obtained its first promotion ever to Serie A, after debuting in Serie B the year before, becoming the 64th team to participate in Serie A since the 1929–30 season.[7] On 16 May, Frosinone also earned its first promotion to Serie A, becoming the 65th to participate.[8] On 9 June 2015 Bologna won Serie B play-off, returning to the Serie A after just one year.

This season of Serie A was the first season to have goal-line technology implemented after severe complaints from various teams' general managers (first Adriano Galliani) in relation to controversial ghost goals during recent seasons of Serie A.[9]

On 20 March 2016, Gianluigi Buffon broke the previous record of Sebastiano Rossi (929 minutes) by setting a longer period of 974 minutes without conceding a goal.[10]

On 14 May, Gonzalo Higuaín broke Gunnar Nordahl's record for most goals scored in Serie A (20 teams championship) in a season (35 in 1949–50) and equaled Gino Rossetti's record in 1928–29 (that was composed of 32 teams, instead) by scoring 36 goals and winning the Capocannoniere.[11][12] [13]

Three Serie A icons also retired at the end of the season; the Verona captain Luca Toni, who scored 157 goals in 324 league appearances and was twice the league's top scorer, as well as Gianpaolo Bellini, the left-back who spent his entire career with Atalanta, making 435 appearances with the club. Both players also scored in their final games with their clubs on 8 May 2016, Toni in a 2–1 win over champions Juventus and Bellini in a 1–1 draw with Udinese;[14] and on 14 May, Christian Abbiati for Milan in the last fixture of the season at home against Roma, however, he did not get any playing time,[15] totaling 281 league appearances for the club.[16][17]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Locations of the 2015–16 Serie A teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2014–15 season
Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,542 17th in Serie A
Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 38,279 Serie B playoffs winner
Carpi Carpi Stadio Alberto Braglia (Modena) 21,151 Serie B Champions
Chievo Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 14th in Serie A
Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 16,800 15th in Serie A
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 47,282 4th in Serie A
Frosinone Frosinone Stadio Matusa 10,000 2nd in Serie B
Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685 6th in Serie A
Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 13th in Serie A
Internazionale Milan San Siro 80,018 8th in Serie A
Juventus Turin Juventus Stadium 41,254 Serie A Champions
Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 72,698 3rd in Serie A
Milan Milan San Siro 80,018 10th in Serie A
Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo 60,240 5th in Serie A
Palermo Palermo Stadio Renzo Barbera 36,349 11th in Serie A
Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 72,698 2nd in Serie A
Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685 7th in Serie A
Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia) 23,717 12th in Serie A
Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 27,994 9th in Serie A
Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli 25,144 16th in Serie A

Personnel and kits

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Team President Manager Captain Kitmaker Shirt sponsor
Atalanta Italy Antonio Percassi Italy Edoardo Reja Italy Gianpaolo Bellini Nike Suisse Gas
Bologna United States Joe Tacopina Italy Roberto Donadoni Italy Archimede Morleo Macron FAAC
Carpi Italy Claudio Caliumi Italy Fabrizio Castori Italy Filippo Porcari Givova Azimut Holding
Chievo Italy Luca Campedelli Italy Rolando Maran Italy Sergio Pellissier Givova Jetcoin
Empoli Italy Fabrizio Corsi Italy Marco Giampaolo Italy Massimo Maccarone Joma NGM Mobile, Computer Gross, Gensan
Fiorentina Italy Mario Cognigni Portugal Paulo Sousa Argentina Gonzalo Rodríguez Le Coq Sportif Save the Children
Frosinone Italy Maurizio Stirpe Italy Roberto Stellone Italy Alessandro Frara Legea Banca Popolare del Frusinate
Genoa Italy Enrico Preziosi Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Argentina Nicolás Burdisso Lotto McVitie's, Df Sport Specialist
Hellas Verona Italy Maurizio Setti Italy Luigi Delneri Italy Luca Toni Nike Leaderform, Metano Nord
Internazionale Indonesia Erick Thohir Italy Roberto Mancini Argentina Mauro Icardi Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Andrea Agnelli Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Gianluigi Buffon Adidas Jeep
Lazio Italy Claudio Lotito Italy Simone Inzaghi Argentina Lucas Biglia Macron
Milan Italy Silvio Berlusconi (honorary) Italy Cristian Brocchi Italy Riccardo Montolivo Adidas Emirates Airlines
Napoli Italy Aurelio De Laurentiis Italy Maurizio Sarri Slovakia Marek Hamšík Kappa Lete, Pasta Garofalo
Palermo Italy Maurizio Zamparini Italy Davide Ballardini Italy Stefano Sorrentino Joma
Roma United States James Pallotta Italy Luciano Spalletti Italy Francesco Totti Nike
Sampdoria Italy Massimo Ferrero Italy Vincenzo Montella Italy Angelo Palombo Joma Tempotest Parà
Sassuolo Italy Carlo Rossi Italy Eusebio Di Francesco Italy Francesco Magnanelli Kappa Mapei
Torino Italy Urbano Cairo Italy Giampiero Ventura Poland Kamil Glik Kappa Suzuki Vitara/Nyalakan Nyali†, Fratelli Beretta, Tecnoalarm
Udinese Italy Franco Soldati Italy Luigi De Canio Italy Antonio Di Natale HS Football Dacia
  • Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Diadora, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Serie A.

†Torino to appear Nyalakan Nyali branding to promote Suzuki branding in Indonesia.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Napoli Spain Rafael Benítez Signed for Real Madrid 25 May 2015 Pre-season Italy Maurizio Sarri 12 June 2015[18]
Udinese Italy Andrea Stramaccioni Resigned 1 June 2015[19] Italy Stefano Colantuono 4 June 2015 [20]
Sampdoria Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Signed for Milan 1 June 2015 Italy Walter Zenga 4 June 2015 [21]
Milan Italy Filippo Inzaghi Sacked 4 June 2015 Serbia Siniša Mihajlović 16 June 2015[22]
Empoli Italy Maurizio Sarri Resigned 5 June 2015 Italy Marco Giampaolo 9 June 2015[23]
Fiorentina Italy Vincenzo Montella Sacked 8 June 2015 [24] Portugal Paulo Sousa 21 June 2015[25]
Carpi Italy Fabrizio Castori Sacked 28 September 2015[26] 20th Italy Giuseppe Sannino 29 September 2015[27]
Bologna Italy Delio Rossi Sacked 28 October 2015 18th Italy Roberto Donadoni 28 October 2015[28]
Carpi Italy Giuseppe Sannino Sacked 3 November 2015[29] 20th Italy Fabrizio Castori 3 November 2015[30]
Palermo Italy Giuseppe Iachini Sacked 10 November 2015[31] 12th Italy Davide Ballardini 10 November 2015[31]
Sampdoria Italy Walter Zenga Sacked 10 November 2015[32] 10th Italy Vincenzo Montella 15 November 2015[33]
Hellas Verona Italy Andrea Mandorlini Sacked 30 November 2015[34] 20th Italy Luigi Delneri 1 December 2015[35]
Palermo Italy Davide Ballardini Sacked 11 January 2016[36] 16th Italy Fabio Viviani (caretaker) 11 January 2016[36]
Roma France Rudi García Sacked 13 January 2016[37] 5th Italy Luciano Spalletti 13 January 2016[37]
Palermo Italy Fabio Viviani (caretaker)[36] End of caretaker spell 18 January 2016[36] 14th Italy Giovanni Tedesco 26 January 2016[38]
Palermo Italy Giovanni Tedesco End of interim spell 10 February 2016[36] 14th Italy Giovanni Bosi 10 February 2016[39]
Palermo Italy Giovanni Bosi Sacked 15 February 2016[40] 15th Italy Giuseppe Iachini 15 February 2016
Palermo Italy Giuseppe Iachini Sacked 10 March 2016 17th Italy Walter Novellino 10 March 2016[41]
Udinese Italy Stefano Colantuono Sacked 14 March 2016 16th Italy Luigi De Canio 15 March 2016[42]
Lazio Italy Stefano Pioli Sacked 3 April 2016 8th Italy Simone Inzaghi 3 April 2016[43]
Palermo Italy Walter Novellino Sacked 11 April 2016[44] 18th Italy Davide Ballardini 12 April 2016[45]
Milan Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Sacked 12 April 2016 6th Italy Cristian Brocchi 12 April 2016[46]

League table

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Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team
Round		 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Juventus 17 17 16 13 13 15 12 14 12 12 10 7 6 5 5 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Napoli 14 14 14 11 12 10 6 4 2 2 4 4 2 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Roma 10 7 5 4 9 6 4 2 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Internazionale 7 3 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Fiorentina 3 10 8 3 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Sassuolo 5 4 6 5 3 4 8 5 6 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 6 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 6 6
Milan 19 12 12 9 7 11 11 13 10 8 6 6 7 7 8 7 6 7 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
Lazio 4 13 9 10 8 5 3 6 5 6 7 9 8 10 12 12 10 10 9 9 9 8 9 9 7 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 8 8 8
Chievo 2 1 2 6 4 7 7 9 11 11 13 14 11 13 11 11 12 12 10 10 10 12 12 10 11 12 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 8 8 9 9 9
Empoli 18 18 17 14 14 17 16 17 15 13 12 13 16 12 10 9 8 8 7 8 8 9 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 14 12 12 12 11 11 12 10
Genoa 16 9 11 16 17 14 15 12 16 15 14 15 13 15 16 17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 14 15 14 12 12 10 10 11 10 10 12 10 11
Torino 6 2 4 2 6 3 5 7 8 10 11 11 9 8 9 10 11 14 14 11 11 11 11 12 12 11 12 12 13 13 11 11 10 11 12 10 11 12
Atalanta 15 8 10 12 10 8 10 8 9 7 8 8 10 9 7 8 9 9 11 12 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 14 14 15 14 13 13 14 13 13
Bologna 12 16 19 17 18 19 20 20 18 18 18 16 17 18 15 13 15 15 15 15 12 10 10 11 10 9 9 9 9 10 12 13 13 16 15 13 14 14
Sampdoria 1 6 3 7 5 9 9 10 7 9 9 10 12 14 14 16 14 13 13 14 17 17 17 17 17 17 16 13 14 15 16 14 15 15 14 15 15 15
Palermo 8 5 7 8 11 12 13 11 13 13 16 12 14 16 17 14 16 16 16 17 14 14 15 15 15 16 17 17 17 18 18 18 19 19 18 18 17 16
Udinese 8 11 13 18 16 13 14 15 14 15 15 17 15 11 13 15 13 11 12 13 15 15 14 14 14 15 14 16 16 16 15 16 16 14 16 16 16 17
Carpi 20 20 18 19 19 20 17 19 20 20 20 20 20 19 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 17 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 18
Frosinone 13 19 20 20 20 16 19 16 17 17 17 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 18 18 18 18 18 19 19 19 18 18 19 19 19 19
Hellas Verona 11 15 15 15 15 18 18 18 19 19 19 19 19 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20

Last updated: 16 May 2016
Source: Lega Serie A

Leader
2015–16 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2015–16 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Group stage
2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
Relegation to 2016–17 Serie B

Results

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Atalanta 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1
Bologna 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 3–2 0–1 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–2
Carpi 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–2 2–3 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–3 2–1 2–1
Chievo 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–4 4–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–3
Empoli 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1
Fiorentina 3–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0
Frosinone 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 2–4 1–5 0–2 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0
Genoa 1–2 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 0–0 4–0 2–3 2–3 2–1 3–2 2–1
Hellas Verona 2–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 0–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–3 2–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–1
Internazionale 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–4 4–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 3–1
Juventus 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 5–0 1–0 2–1 0–1
Lazio 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 2–0 2–4 2–0 2–0 5–2 2–0 0–2 1–3 0–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–0
Milan 0–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–4 3–2 1–3 4–1 2–1 1–0 1–1
Napoli 2–1 6–0 1–0 3–1 5–1 2–1 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 5–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0
Palermo 2–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–3 4–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–3 0–3 0–2 0–1 2–4 2–0 0–1 1–3 4–1
Roma 0–2 1–1 5–1 3–0 3–1 4–1 3–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 5–0 2–1 2–2 3–2 3–1
Sampdoria 0–0 2–0 5–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–0 0–3 4–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–4 2–0 2–1 1–3 2–2 2–0
Sassuolo 2–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1
Torino 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–1 4–2 3–3 0–0 0–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 0–1
Udinese 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–4 0–4 0–0 2–3 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–5

Updated to games played on 15 May 2016.
Source: Serie A
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

Player Club Against Result Date
Croatia Nikola Kalinić Fiorentina Internazionale 4–1 27 September 2015
Spain Suso Genoa Frosinone 4–0 3 April 2016
Belgium Dries Mertens Napoli Bologna 6–0 19 April 2016
Argentina Gonzalo Higuaín Napoli Frosinone 4–0 14 May 2016

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