2018 -- 19 Serie A - wikipedia 2018 -- 19 Serie A Serie A Season 2018 -- 19 Dates 18 August 2018 -- 26 May 2019 Matches played 18 Goals scored 54 ( 3 per match ) Top goalscorer Six players ( 2 goals each ) Biggest home win Fiorentina 6 -- 1 Chievo ( 26 August 2018 ) Highest scoring Fiorentina 6 -- 1 Chievo ( 26 August 2018 ) ← 2017 -- 18 2019 -- 20 → All statistics correct as of 27 August 2018. The 2018 -- 19 Serie A is the 117th season of top - tier Italian football, the 87th in a round - robin tournament, and the 9th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus are the seven - time defending champions. The season is scheduled to run from 18 August 2018 to 26 May 2019. Contents 1 Events 2 Teams 2.1 Stadiums and locations 2.2 Personnel and kits 2.3 Managerial changes 3 League table 3.1 Positions by round 4 Results 5 Season statistics 5.1 Top goalscorers 5.2 Top assists 6 Number of teams by region 7 References 8 External links Events Hellas Verona and Benevento immediately returned to Serie B after finishing 19th and 20th while Crotone, finishing in 18th place, were relegated after two seasons in the top flight. On 28 April, Empoli earned the right to come back to Serie A after one year of relegation. On 18 May 2018, Parma achieved promotion having finished second in the 2017 -- 18 Serie B season, just three seasons after their bankruptcy relegation to Serie D. The last team promoted, after 2 years of absence, was Frosinone, who defeated Palermo in the Serie B play - off finals 3 -- 2 on aggregate. On 23 July, Parma were handed a 5 point deduction for the 2018 -- 19 Serie A season, following text messages from Parma player Emanuele Calaiò `` eliciting a reduced effort '' from two players of Spezia during the 2017 -- 18 season, a match Parma won 2 -- 0 to secure promotion to this season. On 14 August, the day of the Ponte Morandi bridge collapse in Genoa, the Italian Football Federation announced a minute 's silence would be had for the victims of the collapse before all Serie A matches during the opening weekend that succeeded the incident. On 16 August, the Lega Serie A postponed the opening matches for both Genoese clubs Genoa and Sampdoria that were originally scheduled for 19 August. Teams Stadiums and locations Atalanta Bologna Cagliari Chievo Empoli Fiorentina Frosinone Juventus Milan Inter Lazio Roma Napoli Parma Genoa Sampdoria SPAL Sassuolo Torino Udinese Locations of the 2018 -- 19 Serie A teams Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2017 -- 18 season Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 7004213000000000000 ♠ 21,300 7th in Serie A Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 7004382790000000000 ♠ 38,279 15th in Serie A Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena 7004162330000000000 ♠ 16,233 16th in Serie A Chievo Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 7004384020000000000 ♠ 38,402 13th in Serie A Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 7004162840000000000 ♠ 16,284 Serie B Champions Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 7004431470000000000 ♠ 43,147 8th in Serie A Frosinone Frosinone Stadio Benito Stirpe 7004162270000000000 ♠ 16,227 Serie B Playoff winner Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 7004366850000000000 ♠ 36,685 12th in Serie A Internazionale Milan San Siro 7004800180000000000 ♠ 80,018 4th in Serie A Juventus Turin Allianz Stadium 7004415070000000000 ♠ 41,507 Serie A Champions Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 7004726980000000000 ♠ 72,698 5th in Serie A Milan Milan San Siro 7004800180000000000 ♠ 80,018 6th in Serie A Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo 7004602400000000000 ♠ 60,240 2nd in Serie A Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini 7004279060000000000 ♠ 27,906 2nd in Serie B Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 7004726980000000000 ♠ 72,698 3rd in Serie A Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 7004366850000000000 ♠ 36,685 10th in Serie A Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium -- Città del Tricolore ( Reggio Emilia ) 7004237170000000000 ♠ 23,717 11th in Serie A SPAL Ferrara Stadio Paolo Mazza 7004130200000000000 ♠ 13,020 17th in Serie A Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 7004279940000000000 ♠ 27,994 9th in Serie A Udinese Udine Dacia Arena 7004251320000000000 ♠ 25,132 14th in Serie A Personnel and kits Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Sponsors Atalanta Gian Piero Gasperini Alejandro Gómez Joma Radici Group Bologna Filippo Inzaghi Blerim Džemaili Macron Liu Jo Cagliari Rolando Maran Daniele Dessena Macron Ichnusa Chievo Lorenzo D'Anna Sergio Pellissier Givova Paluani Empoli Aurelio Andreazzoli Manuel Pasqual Kappa Computer Gross Fiorentina Stefano Pioli Germán Pezzella Le Coq Sportif Save The Children Frosinone Moreno Longo Daniel Ciofani Zeus Sport Genoa Davide Ballardini Domenico Criscito Lotto Eviva Energia Internazionale Luciano Spalletti Mauro Icardi Nike Pirelli Juventus Massimiliano Allegri Giorgio Chiellini Adidas Jeep Lazio Simone Inzaghi Senad Lulić Macron Marathonbet Milan Gennaro Gattuso Alessio Romagnoli Puma Fly Emirates Napoli Carlo Ancelotti Marek Hamšík Kappa Lete Parma Roberto D'Aversa Bruno Alves Erreà Cetilar Roma Eusebio Di Francesco Daniele De Rossi Nike Qatar Airways Sampdoria Marco Giampaolo Vasco Regini Joma Invent Energy Sassuolo Roberto De Zerbi Francesco Magnanelli Kappa Mapei SPAL Leonardo Semplici Mirco Antenucci Macron Vetroresina Torino Walter Mazzarri Andrea Belotti Kappa Suzuki Udinese Julio Velázquez Kevin Lasagna Macron Dacia Managerial changes Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Napoli Maurizio Sarri Mutual consent 23 May 2018 Pre-season Carlo Ancelotti 23 May 2018 Bologna Roberto Donadoni 24 May 2018 Filippo Inzaghi 13 June 2018 Cagliari Diego López 30 May 2018 Rolando Maran 7 June 2018 Sassuolo Giuseppe Iachini 5 June 2018 Roberto De Zerbi 13 June 2018 Udinese Igor Tudor 7 June 2018 Julio Velázquez 7 June 2018 League table Pos Team Pld GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Juventus 0 0 5 + 3 6 Qualification to Champions League group stage Napoli 0 0 5 + 2 6 SPAL 0 0 0 + 2 6 Atalanta 0 7 + 4 5 Roma 0 + 1 Qualification to Europa League group stage 6 Sassuolo 0 + 1 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round 7 Udinese 0 + 1 8 Fiorentina 0 0 6 + 5 9 Genoa 0 0 + 1 10 Empoli 0 + 1 11 Internazionale 0 − 1 12 Parma 0 − 1 13 Torino 0 − 1 14 Bologna 0 0 − 1 15 Cagliari 0 − 2 16 Frosinone 0 0 − 4 17 Milan 0 0 − 1 0 18 Sampdoria 0 0 0 − 1 0 Relegation to Serie B 19 Lazio 0 0 − 3 0 20 Chievo 0 0 9 − 6 0 Updated to match ( es ) played on 27 August 2018. Source : Serie A, Soccerway Rules for classification : 1 ) Points ; 2 ) Head - to - head points ; 3 ) Head - to - head goal difference ; 4 ) Goal difference ; 5 ) Goals scored ; 6 ) Draw. 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 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 Atalanta Bologna 16 14 Cagliari 19 15 Chievo 14 20 Empoli 10 Fiorentina 10 8 Frosinone 20 16 Genoa 11 9 Internazionale 17 11 Juventus Lazio 15 19 Milan 12 17 Napoli Parma 8 12 Roma 5 5 Sampdoria 13 18 Sassuolo 6 6 SPAL 7 Torino 18 13 Udinese 9 7 Leader UEFA Champions League Group stage UEFA Europa League Group stage UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round Relegation to Serie B Updated to match ( es ) played on 27 August 2018. Source : Lega Serie A Results Home Away ATA BOL CAG CHV EMP FIO FRO GEN INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP PAR ROM SAM SAS SPA TOR UDI Atalanta -- 4 -- 0 Bologna -- 0 -- 1 Cagliari -- 2 -- 2 Chievo -- 2 -- 3 Empoli 2 -- 0 -- Fiorentina 6 -- 1 -- Frosinone 0 -- 0 -- Genoa 2 -- 1 -- Internazionale -- 2 -- 2 Juventus -- 2 -- 0 Lazio -- 1 -- 2 Milan -- Napoli 3 -- 2 -- Parma -- 2 -- 2 Roma 3 -- 3 -- Sampdoria -- Sassuolo 1 -- 0 -- SPAL 1 -- 0 -- Torino 0 -- 1 -- Udinese 1 -- 0 -- Updated to match ( es ) played on 27 August 2018. Source : Serie A 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 Top goalscorers Rank Player Club Goals Marco Benassi Fiorentina Domenico Berardi Sassuolo Rodrigo De Paul Udinese Alejandro Gómez Atalanta Leonardo Pavoletti Cagliari Emiliano Rigoni Atalanta Piotr Zieliński Napoli 8 Edin Džeko Roma Seko Fofana Udinese Emanuele Giaccherini Chievo Last updated : 27 August 2018 Top assists Rank Player Club Assists Alejandro Gómez Atalanta Allan Napoli José Callejón Napoli Domenico Criscito Genoa 5 Edin Džeko Roma Seko Fofana Udinese Gerson Fiorentina Emanuele Giaccherini Chievo Mario Pašalić Atalanta Giovanni Simeone Fiorentina Last updated : 27 August 2018 Number of teams by region Number of teams Region Team ( s ) Emilia - Romagna Bologna, Parma, Sassuolo and SPAL Lazio Frosinone, Lazio and Roma Lombardy Atalanta, Internazionale and Milan Liguria Genoa and Sampdoria Piedmont Juventus and Torino Tuscany Empoli and Fiorentina Campania Napoli Friuli - Venezia Giulia Udinese Sardinia Cagliari Veneto Chievo References ^ Jump up to : `` Italian Serie A Statistics - ESPN FC ''. ESPN FC. Jump up ^ `` Serie A and Coppa Italia changes for 2018 / 19 confirmed - Forza Italian Football ''. forzaitalianfootball.com. Jump up ^ `` L'Empoli torna in A : Caputo & co, una macchina da gol migliore della Juve ''. Calciomercato.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018. Jump up ^ `` Parma return to Serie A ! ''. Football Italia. 18 May 2018. Jump up ^ `` Frosinone promoted to Serie A ! Football Italia ''. Football-italia.net. Retrieved 2018 - 06 - 17. Jump up ^ `` Parma handed five - point deduction ''. Football Italia. 23 July 2018. Jump up ^ `` Minute 's silence for Genoa victims ''. Football Italia. 14 August 2018. Jump up ^ `` Official : Sampdoria, Genoa matches off ''. Football Italia. 16 August 2018. Jump up ^ `` PUMA AND AC MILAN ANNOUNCE LONG - TERM PARTNERSHIP '' ( Press release ). A.C. Milan. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` AC Milan sign deal with PUMA ''. ESPN FC. 12 February 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2018. 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Question: when does the new serie a season start
Answer: 18 August 2018