# 2017–18 Serie A

The 2017–18 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th season of top-tier Italian football, the 86th in a round-robin tournament and the 8th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the six-time defending champions. The season ran from 19 August 2017 to 20 May 2018.
On 13 May, Juventus won a record seventh consecutive title and 34th title overall with one game remaining following their 0–0 draw with Roma.
The season was marred by the death of Davide Astori, the captain of Fiorentina, due to heart problems.

## Events

On 13 May 2017, SPAL were mathematically promoted from Serie B after 49 years away. Five days later, Hellas Verona clinched promoted as well, one year on from being relegated. On 8 June 2017, Benevento won the promotion play-offs to earn the club a first ever promotion to Serie A; they became the 67th team to participate in the Italian top flight.
After video assistant refereeing (VAR) was privately tested in the previous season, on 10 June 2017 it was announced replay assistance would be implemented for this season. The percentage of errors in Serie A in this season was reportedly 0.89 percent, compared to 5.78 percent if VAR had not been not used.
Subsequently to the new UEFA entry criteria, Italy obtained four group stage spots for the following Champions League season, as did the other three leagues with the highest coefficient in Europe; this was an improvement on the three Champions League spots (two group stage places and one qualifying play-off place) that Serie A had received prior.
On 4 March 2018, Davide Astori, captain of Fiorentina, died in his sleep while staying in a hotel in Udine prior to Fiorentina's match against Udinese, proven to be caused by cardiac arrest determined from an autopsy conducted two days later. All Serie A, Serie B and Serie C matches scheduled for 4 March were postponed. Cagliari and Fiorentina both retired the number 13 jersey worn by Astori in his honour.
The teams that were relegated included Benevento (on 22 April 2018, after one year in Serie A), Hellas Verona (on 5 May 2018, also after one year), and Crotone (on 20 May 2018, after two seasons in the top flight).
On 13 May 2018, Juventus won their seventh title in a row and the 34th in their history following their 0–0 draw away to Roma in the penultimate matchweek. Four days later, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon announced his farewell to Serie A (and the national football team). He left the league after 23 career seasons, the last seventeen being with Juventus, having earned nine league titles and 640 caps, the second highest ever in Serie A. However, after a year away with Paris Saint-Germain, Buffon would return to Juventus and to Serie A for the 2019–20 season.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2016–17 season |
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | 21,300 | 4th in Serie A |
| Benevento | Benevento | Stadio Ciro Vigorito | 17,554 | Serie B play-off winners |
| Bologna | Bologna | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara | 38,279 | 15th in Serie A |
| Cagliari | Cagliari | Sardegna Arena | 16,233 | 11th in Serie A |
| Chievo | Verona | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 38,402 | 14th in Serie A |
| Crotone | Crotone | Stadio Ezio Scida | 16,547 | 17th in Serie A |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Stadio Artemio Franchi | 43,147 | 8th in Serie A |
| Genoa | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | 16th in Serie A |
| Hellas Verona | Verona | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 38,402 | Serie B runners-up |
| Internazionale | Milan | San Siro | 80,018 | 7th in Serie A |
| Juventus | Turin | Allianz Stadium | 41,507 | Serie A champions |
| Lazio | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 70,634 | 5th in Serie A |
| Milan | Milan | San Siro | 80,018 | 6th in Serie A |
| Napoli | Naples | Stadio San Paolo | 60,240 | 3rd in Serie A |
| Roma | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 70,634 | 2nd in Serie A |
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | 10th in Serie A |
| Sassuolo | Sassuolo | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia) | 23,717 | 12th in Serie A |
| SPAL | Ferrara | Stadio Paolo Mazza | 13,020 | Serie B champions |
| Torino | Turin | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino | 27,994 | 9th in Serie A |
| Udinese | Udine | Dacia Arena | 25,144 | 13th in Serie A |

### 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 | Alejandro Gómez | Joma | Veratour/Radici Group (in UEFA matches) | Front Modus FM Back Elettrocanali |
| Benevento | Roberto De Zerbi | Fabio Lucioni | Frankie Garage | La Molisana | Front SAPA Group Back Rillo Costruzioni |
| Bologna | Roberto Donadoni | Daniele Gastaldello | Macron | FAAC | Back Illumia |
| Cagliari | Diego López | Daniele Dessena | Macron | ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna | Front Ichnusa Back Nieddittas |
| Chievo | Lorenzo D'Anna | Sergio Pellissier | Givova | Paluani/Nobis Assicurazioni/Pescherie Viviani/CF Costruzioni/Cubi Impianti Tecnologici/Alcott/Avelia/KickOffers/Conte di Campiano/Nico Abbigliamento e Calzature/Midac Batteries/2018 World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships/Givova/Acqua Sangemini/Vicentini Carni | Front Salumi Coati Back Nobis Assicurazioni/Filo diretto Assicurazioni |
| Crotone | Walter Zenga | Alex Cordaz | Zeus Sport | Lewer | Front Abramo Customer Care Back Metal Carpinteria |
| Fiorentina | Stefano Pioli | Milan Badelj | Le Coq Sportif | Folletto/Vorwerk (in UEFA matches) | Back Save the Children |
| Genoa | Davide Ballardini | Mattia Perin | Lotto | Eviva Energia | Front Zentiva Back LeasePlan |
| Hellas Verona | Fabio Pecchia | Rômulo | Nike | Metano Nord | Front SEC Events (H)/Maticmind (A)/Sartori Vini (T) Back Chancebet |
| Internazionale | Luciano Spalletti | Mauro Icardi | Nike | Pirelli | Back Driver |
| Juventus | Massimiliano Allegri | Gianluigi Buffon | Adidas | Jeep | Back Cygames |
| Lazio | Simone Inzaghi | Senad Lulić | Macron | Sèleco | Front Clinica Paideia Back Sèleco Easy Life |
| Milan | Gennaro Gattuso | Leonardo Bonucci | Adidas | Fly Emirates | None |
| Napoli | Maurizio Sarri | Marek Hamšík | Kappa | Lete | Front Pasta Garofalo Back Kimbo Caffè |
| Roma | Eusebio Di Francesco | Daniele De Rossi | Nike | Qatar Airways | None |
| Sampdoria | Marco Giampaolo | Vasco Regini | Joma | Invent Energy | IBSA Group |
| Sassuolo | Giuseppe Iachini | Francesco Magnanelli | Kappa | Mapei | None |
| SPAL | Leonardo Semplici | Mirco Antenucci | Macron | Interspar/Tassi Group | Back BMW ErreEffe Group |
| Torino | Walter Mazzarri | Andrea Belotti | Kappa | Suzuki/Suzuki Swift | Front Fratelli Beretta Back SportPesa |
| Udinese | Igor Tudor | Danilo | HS Sport | Dacia | Front Vortice Back Magnadyne/Bluenergy |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Internazionale | Stefano Vecchi | End of caretaker spell | 28 May 2017 | Pre-season | Luciano Spalletti | 9 June 2017 |
| Roma | Luciano Spalletti | Mutual consent | 30 May 2017 | Pre-season | Eusebio Di Francesco | 13 June 2017 |
| Fiorentina | Paulo Sousa | End of contract | 6 June 2017 | Pre-season | Stefano Pioli | 6 June 2017 |
| Sassuolo | Eusebio Di Francesco | Signed by Roma | 13 June 2017 | Pre-season | Cristian Bucchi | 20 June 2017 |
| Cagliari | Massimo Rastelli | Sacked | 17 October 2017 | 14th | Diego López | 18 October 2017 |
| Benevento | Marco Baroni | Sacked | 23 October 2017 | 20th | Roberto De Zerbi | 23 October 2017 |
| Genoa | Ivan Jurić | Sacked | 5 November 2017 | 18th | Davide Ballardini | 6 November 2017 |
| Udinese | Luigi Delneri | Sacked | 21 November 2017 | 14th | Massimo Oddo | 21 November 2017 |
| Sassuolo | Cristian Bucchi | Sacked | 27 November 2017 | 16th | Giuseppe Iachini | 27 November 2017 |
| Milan | Vincenzo Montella | Sacked | 27 November 2017 | 7th | Gennaro Gattuso | 27 November 2017 |
| Crotone | Davide Nicola | Resigned | 6 December 2017 | 16th | Walter Zenga | 8 December 2017 |
| Torino | Siniša Mihajlović | Sacked | 4 January 2018 | 10th | Walter Mazzarri | 4 January 2018 |
| Udinese | Massimo Oddo | Sacked | 24 April 2018 | 15th | Igor Tudor | 24 April 2018 |
| Chievo | Rolando Maran | Sacked | 29 April 2018 | 17th | Lorenzo D'Anna | 29 April 2018 |

## League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 86 | 24 | +62 | 95 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Napoli | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 77 | 29 | +48 | 91 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Roma | 38 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 61 | 28 | +33 | 77 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Internazionale | 38 | 20 | 12 | 6 | 66 | 30 | +36 | 72 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 5 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 89 | 49 | +40 | 72 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Milan | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 42 | +14 | 64 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 7 | Atalanta | 38 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 57 | 39 | +18 | 60 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 57 | |
| 9 | Torino | 38 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 54 | 46 | +8 | 54 | |
| 10 | Sampdoria | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 54 | |
| 11 | Sassuolo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 29 | 59 | −30 | 43 | |
| 12 | Genoa | 38 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 41 | |
| 13 | Chievo | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 36 | 59 | −23 | 40 | |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 4 | 22 | 48 | 63 | −15 | 40 | |
| 15 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 40 | 52 | −12 | 39 | |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 61 | −28 | 39 | |
| 17 | SPAL | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 39 | 59 | −20 | 38 | |
| 18 | Crotone (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 40 | 66 | −26 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Hellas Verona (R) | 38 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 30 | 78 | −48 | 25 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Benevento (R) | 38 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 33 | 84 | −51 | 21 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 Internazionale finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head points: Internazionale 0–0 Lazio, Lazio 2–3 Internazionale.
* 1 2 Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
* ↑ Milan was originally banned from European competition due to violations against Financial Fair Play regulations. They appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and the ban was overturned on 20 July 2018.
* 1 2 Chievo finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Chievo 1–1 Udinese, Udinese 1–2 Chievo.

## Results

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

## Season statistics
### Clean sheets

| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Pepe Reina | Napoli | 18 |
| 2 | Alisson | Roma | 17 |
| 2 | Samir Handanović | Internazionale | 17 |
| 4 | Marco Sportiello | Fiorentina | 14 |
| 5 | Gianluigi Donnarumma | Milan | 12 |
| 5 | Mattia Perin | Genoa | 12 |
| 5 | Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus | 12 |
| 7 | Thomas Strakosha | Lazio | 11 |
| 7 | Wojciech Szczęsny | Juventus | 11 |
| 10 | Salvatore Sirigu | Torino | 10 |
| 10 | Andrea Consigli | Sassuolo | 10 |

### Attendances

| Team | Avg. home att. |
| Internazionale | 57,529 |
| Milan | 52,690 |
| Napoli | 43,050 |
| Juventus | 39,316 |
| Roma | 37,450 |
| Lazio | 30,990 |
| Fiorentina | 26,092 |
| Genoa | 20,941 |
| Bologna | 20,903 |
| Sampdoria | 20,156 |
| Torino | 18,596 |
| Atalanta | 17,921 |
| Udinese | 17,906 |
| Hellas Verona | 17,333 |
| Cagliari | 14,685 |
| Chievo | 12,540 |
| Benevento | 12,132 |
| SPAL | 12,067 |
| Sassuolo | 11,237 |
| Crotone | 10,581 |