# 2020–21 Serie A

The 2020–21 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 119th season of top-tier Italian football, the 89th in a round-robin tournament, and the 11th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A.
Following Atalanta's draw with Sassuolo on 2 May 2021, Internazionale were confirmed as champions for the first time since the 2009–10 Serie A, ending Juventus' run of nine consecutive titles.

## Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league—the top seventeen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from Serie B. Benevento (on 29 June 2020) and Crotone (on 24 July 2020) were the two teams directly promoted from Serie B, both after a two-year absence. On 20 August 2020, Spezia won the play-offs to earn its first promotion to Serie A; they became the 66th team to participate in the Italian top-level league.

### Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic

A day following the Napoli–Genoa match on 27 September 2020, Genoa announced that fourteen of their players tested positive for COVID-19. The Genoa–Torino match scheduled for 3 October was thereby postponed.
On 3 October, two Napoli players, Piotr Zieliński and Eljif Elmas, tested positive for COVID-19, and after the denial of the authorization to leave Naples by the Local Health Authority (ASL), Napoli blocked their players' departure for the match in Turin against Juventus. The Lega Serie A decided not to postpone the match scheduled for 4 October 2020. On the day of the game, Juventus took the field, in the absence their opponents who were in a state of quarantine in Naples. On 14 October, Juventus were awarded a 3–0 victory by default, and Napoli docked one point as the Disciplinary Commission ruled Napoli did not follow the COVID-19 pandemic protocol. Following a successful appeal by Napoli to the CONI Sports Guarantee Board, these penalties were overturned on 22 December. The match was eventually recovered on 7 April 2021, more than six months after its originally scheduled date.

### Team changes

| Promoted from 2019–20 Serie B | Relegated from 2019–20 Serie A |
| Benevento | Lecce |
| Crotone | Brescia |
| Spezia | SPAL |

### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity |
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Gewiss Stadium | 25,000 |
| Benevento | Benevento | Stadio Ciro Vigorito | 16,867 |
| Bologna | Bologna | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara | 36,462 |
| Cagliari | Cagliari | Sardegna Arena | 16,416 |
| Crotone | Crotone | Stadio Ezio Scida | 16,640 |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Stadio Artemio Franchi | 45,000 |
| Genoa | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 36,600 |
| Hellas Verona | Verona | Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi | 39,371 |
| Internazionale | Milan | San Siro | 75,923 |
| Juventus | Turin | Allianz Stadium | 41,507 |
| Lazio | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 70,634 |
| Milan | Milan | San Siro | 75,923 |
| Napoli | Naples | Stadio San Paolo | 54,726 |
| Parma | Parma | Stadio Ennio Tardini | 27,906 |
| Roma | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 70,634 |
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 36,599 |
| Sassuolo | Sassuolo | Mapei Stadium | 23,717 |
| Spezia | La Spezia | Stadio Alberto Picco | 10,336 |
| Torino | Turin | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino | 27,958 |
| Udinese | Udine | Stadio Friuli | 25,144 |

### Number of teams by region

| No. of teams | Region | Team(s) |
| 3 | Emilia-Romagna | Bologna, Parma and Sassuolo |
| 3 | Liguria | Genoa, Sampdoria and Spezia |
| 3 | Lombardy | Atalanta, Inter and AC Milan |
| 2 | Campania | Benevento and Napoli |
| 2 | Lazio | Lazio and Roma |
| 2 | Piedmont | Juventus and Torino |
| 1 | Calabria | Crotone |
| 1 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Udinese |
| 1 | Sardinia | Cagliari |
| 1 | Tuscany | Fiorentina |
| 1 | Veneto | Verona |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor(s) | Shirt sponsor(s) |
| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main | Other |
| Atalanta | Gian Piero Gasperini | Rafael Tolói | Joma | Plus500 | Front Radici Group Back Gewiss Sleeves Automha |
| Benevento | Filippo Inzaghi | Nicolas Viola | Kappa | IVPC | Front Rillo Costruzioni Back Pastificio Rummo Sleeves Don Peppe |
| Bologna | Siniša Mihajlović | Andrea Poli | Macron | Facile Ristrutturare | Front Selenella Back Illumia Sleeves Scala |
| Cagliari | Leonardo Semplici | João Pedro | Adidas | ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna | Front Ichnusa Back Tiscali Sleeves Latte Arborea |
| Crotone | Serse Cosmi | Alex Cordaz | Zeus | San Vincenzo Salumi | Front Envì Group Back Biemme Finestre Sleeves Ford Vumbaca Group |
| Fiorentina | Giuseppe Iachini | Germán Pezzella | Kappa | Mediacom | Back Prima.it Sleeves Estra |
| Genoa | Davide Ballardini | Domenico Criscito | Kappa | Banca Sistema | Back Leaseplan Sleeves Synlab |
| Hellas Verona | Ivan Jurić | Miguel Veloso | Macron | Gruppo Sinergy | Front Winelivery Back Scaligera Arredamenti/SEC/Manila Grace/VetroCar Sleeves Mercedes-Benz Trivellato Industriali |
| Internazionale | Antonio Conte | Samir Handanović | Nike | Pirelli | Back Driver |
| Juventus | Andrea Pirlo | Giorgio Chiellini | Adidas | Jeep | Back Cygames |
| Lazio | Simone Inzaghi | Senad Lulić | Macron | World Food Programme / Contrader / Clinica Paideia | Back Contrader Sleeves Frecciarossa |
| Milan | Stefano Pioli | Alessio Romagnoli | Puma | Emirates | None |
| Napoli | Gennaro Gattuso | Lorenzo Insigne | Kappa | Lete | Front MSC Cruises Back Kimbo Caffè |
| Parma | Roberto D'Aversa | Bruno Alves | Erreà | Cetilar | Front Old Wild West Back Viva la Mamma Beretta Sleeves Canovi Coperture |
| Roma | Paulo Fonseca | Lorenzo Pellegrini | Nike | Qatar Airways | Back Hyundai Sleeves Iqoniq |
| Sampdoria | Claudio Ranieri | Fabio Quagliarella | Macron | Very Mobile | Back IBSA Group |
| Sassuolo | Roberto De Zerbi | Francesco Magnanelli | Puma | Mapei | None |
| Spezia | Vincenzo Italiano | Claudio Terzi | Acerbis | TEN Food & Beverage | Back Pediatrica Sleeves Iozzelli Piscine |
| Torino | Davide Nicola | Andrea Belotti | Joma | Suzuki/Suzuki Hybrid (T) | Front Fratelli Beretta Back Edilizia Acrobatica Sleeves N° 38 Wüber |
| Udinese | Luca Gotti | Rodrigo De Paul | Macron | Dacia | Front Vortice Back Bluenergy Sleeves Prosciutto di San Daniele |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Cagliari | Walter Zenga | End of contract | 2 August 2020 | Pre-season | Eusebio Di Francesco | 3 August 2020 |
| Torino | Moreno Longo | End of contract | 2 August 2020 | Pre-season | Marco Giampaolo | 7 August 2020 |
| Juventus | Maurizio Sarri | Sacked | 8 August 2020 | Pre-season | Andrea Pirlo | 8 August 2020 |
| Parma | Roberto D'Aversa | Sacked | 23 August 2020 | Pre-season | Fabio Liverani | 28 August 2020 |
| Genoa | Davide Nicola | Sacked | 26 August 2020 | Pre-season | Rolando Maran | 26 August 2020 |
| Fiorentina | Giuseppe Iachini | Sacked | 9 November 2020 | 12th | Cesare Prandelli | 9 November 2020 |
| Genoa | Rolando Maran | Sacked | 21 December 2020 | 19th | Davide Ballardini | 21 December 2020 |
| Parma | Fabio Liverani | Sacked | 7 January 2021 | 18th | Roberto D'Aversa | 7 January 2021 |
| Torino | Marco Giampaolo | Sacked | 18 January 2021 | 18th | Davide Nicola | 19 January 2021 |
| Cagliari | Eusebio Di Francesco | Sacked | 22 February 2021 | 18th | Leonardo Semplici | 22 February 2021 |
| Crotone | Giovanni Stroppa | Sacked | 1 March 2021 | 20th | Serse Cosmi | 1 March 2021 |
| Fiorentina | Cesare Prandelli | Resigned | 23 March 2021 | 14th | Giuseppe Iachini | 24 March 2021 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Inter Milan (C) | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 89 | 35 | +54 | 91 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Milan | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 41 | +33 | 79 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Atalanta | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 90 | 47 | +43 | 78 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 77 | 38 | +39 | 78 | Qualification for Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 41 | +45 | 77 | 0Qualification for Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 55 | +6 | 68 | 0Qualification for Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 58 | +10 | 62 | 0Qualification for Conference League play-off round |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 64 | 56 | +8 | 62 | |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 54 | −2 | 52 | |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 45 | |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 42 | |
| 12 | Bologna | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 65 | −14 | 41 | |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 59 | −12 | 40 | |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 58 | −16 | 40 | |
| 15 | Spezia | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 72 | −20 | 39 | |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 59 | −16 | 37 | |
| 17 | Torino | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 69 | −19 | 37 | |
| 18 | Benevento (R) | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 75 | −35 | 33 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Crotone (R) | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 45 | 92 | −47 | 23 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Parma (R) | 38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 83 | −44 | 20 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 Atalanta finished ahead of Juventus on head-to-head points: Juventus 1–1 Atalanta, Atalanta 1–0 Juventus.
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2020–21 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for the Champions League, the Europa League berth awarded to the Coppa Italia winners was passed to the sixth-placed team, and the Europa Conference League berth awarded to the sixth-placed team was passed to the seventh-placed team.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BEN | BOL | CAG | CRO | FIO | GEN | HEL | INT | JUV | LAZ | MIL | NAP | PAR | ROM | SAM | SAS | SPE | TOR | UDI |
| Atalanta | — | 2–0 | 5–0 | 5–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 3–2 |
| Benevento | 1–4 | — | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 |
| Bologna | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–5 | 3–1 | 3–4 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Cagliari | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Crotone | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 |
| Fiorentina | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 |
| Genoa | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 |
| Hellas Verona | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Internazionale | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 4–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 5–1 |
| Juventus | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | — | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| Lazio | 1–4 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Milan | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | — | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Napoli | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 4–3 | 6–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 1–3 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 5–1 |
| Parma | 2–5 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–2 |
| Roma | 1–1 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Sampdoria | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Sassuolo | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 3–3 | 0–0 |
| Spezia | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | — | 4–1 | 0–1 |
| Torino | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–4 | 0–7 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–3 |
| Udinese | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | — |

## Players' awards
### Most valuable player of the Month

| Month | Player | Club |
| September | Alejandro Gómez | Atalanta |
| October | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Milan |
| November | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus |
| December | Hakan Çalhanoğlu | Milan |
| January | Sergej Milinković-Savić | Lazio |
| February | Romelu Lukaku | Internazionale |
| March | Lorenzo Insigne | Napoli |
| April | Luis Muriel | Atalanta |
| May | Ruslan Malinovskyi | Atalanta |

### Seasonal awards

| Award | Winner | Club |
| Most Valuable Player | Romelu Lukaku | Internazionale |
| Best Young Player | Dušan Vlahović | Fiorentina |
| Best Goalkeeper | Gianluigi Donnarumma | Milan |
| Best Defender | Cristian Romero | Atalanta |
| Best Midfielder | Nicolò Barella | Internazionale |
| Best Striker | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus |
Team of the Year :
| Goalkeeper | Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan) | Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan) | Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan) | Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan) | Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan) | Gianluigi Donnarumma (Milan) |
| Defence | Achraf Hakimi (Internazionale) | Stefan de Vrij (Internazionale) | Stefan de Vrij (Internazionale) | Alessandro Bastoni (Internazionale) | Alessandro Bastoni (Internazionale) | Théo Hernandez (Milan) |
| Midfield | Nicolò Barella (Internazionale) | Nicolò Barella (Internazionale) | Franck Kessié (Milan) | Franck Kessié (Milan) | Federico Chiesa (Juventus) | Federico Chiesa (Juventus) |
| Attack | Luis Muriel (Atalanta) | Luis Muriel (Atalanta) | Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) | Cristiano Ronaldo (Juventus) | Romelu Lukaku (Internazionale) | Romelu Lukaku (Internazionale) |

## Season statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus | 29 |
| 2 | Romelu Lukaku | Internazionale | 24 |
| 3 | Luis Muriel | Atalanta | 22 |
| 4 | Dušan Vlahović | Fiorentina | 21 |
| 5 | Ciro Immobile | Lazio | 20 |
| 5 | Simy | Crotone | 20 |
| 7 | Lorenzo Insigne | Napoli | 19 |
| 8 | Domenico Berardi | Sassuolo | 17 |
| 8 | Lautaro Martínez | Internazionale | 17 |
| 10 | João Pedro | Cagliari | 16 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Henrikh Mkhitaryan | Roma | Genoa | 3–1 (A) Archived 27 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine | 8 November 2020 |
| Lautaro Martínez | Internazionale | Crotone | 6–2 (H) Archived 10 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine | 3 January 2021 |
| Dušan Vlahović | Fiorentina | Benevento | 4–1 (A) Archived 16 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine | 13 March 2021 |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus | Cagliari | 3–1 (A) Archived 16 March 2021 at the Wayback Machine | 14 March 2021 |
| Rodrigo Palacio | Bologna | Fiorentina | 3–3 (H) Archived 27 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine | 2 May 2021 |
| Ante Rebić | Milan | Torino | 7–0 (A) | 12 May 2021 |

#### Note

(H) – Home (A) – Away

### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Gianluigi Donnarumma | Milan | 14 |
| 1 | Samir Handanović | Internazionale | 14 |
| 3 | Pierluigi Gollini | Atalanta | 9 |
| 3 | Pepe Reina | Lazio | 9 |
| 5 | Bartłomiej Drągowski | Fiorentina | 8 |
| 5 | Juan Musso | Udinese | 8 |
| 5 | David Ospina | Napoli | 8 |
| 5 | Mattia Perin | Genoa | 8 |
| 9 | Andrea Consigli | Sassuolo | 7 |
| 9 | Lorenzo Montipò | Benevento | 7 |
| 9 | Marco Silvestri | Hellas Verona | 7 |
| 9 | Salvatore Sirigu | Torino | 7 |

### Discipline
#### Player

* Most yellow cards: 14
** Pasquale Schiattarella (Benevento)
* Most red cards: 2
** Rodrigo De Paul (Udinese)
** Charalampos Lykogiannis (Cagliari)

#### Team

* Most yellow cards: 100
** Lazio
* Most red cards: 6
** Juventus
* Fewest yellow cards: 59
** Internazionale
* Fewest red cards: 1
** Hellas Verona
** Parma