# 2013–14 Serie A

The 2013–14 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 112th season of top-tier Italian football, the 82nd in a round-robin tournament, and the 4th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. The season began on 24 August 2013 and concluded on 18 May 2014. As in previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches with a new Nike Incyte model used throughout the season. Juventus were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title to win a third Serie A title in a row with a record-breaking 102 points.
A total of 20 teams competed in the league: 17 sides from the 2012–13 season and three promoted from the 2012–13 Serie B campaign. Palermo, Pescara and Siena were each demoted from the top flight. They were replaced by Serie B champion Sassuolo, runner-up Hellas Verona and play-off winner Livorno. Hellas Verona returned to Serie A after an 11-year absence, Livorno after four seasons and this season marked Sassuolo's Serie A debut.
For the first time in the competition's history, there were five derbies among teams from the same city: Milan (Internazionale and Milan), Turin (Juventus and Torino), Rome (Lazio and Roma), Genoa (Genoa and Sampdoria), and Verona (Chievo and Hellas Verona).

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2012–13 season |
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | 26,542 | 15th in Serie A |
| Bologna | Bologna | Renato Dall'Ara | 38,279 | 13th in Serie A |
| Cagliari | Cagliari | Sant'Elia$^1$ | 5,000 | 11th in Serie A |
| Catania | Catania | Angelo Massimino | 23,420 | 8th in Serie A |
| Chievo | Verona | Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 38,402 | 12th in Serie A |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Artemio Franchi | 47,282 | 4th in Serie A |
| Genoa | Genoa | Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | 17th in Serie A |
| Internazionale | Milan | San Siro | 80,018 | 9th in Serie A |
| Juventus | Turin | Juventus Stadium | 41,254 | Serie A champions |
| Lazio | Rome | Olimpico | 72,698 | 7th in Serie A |
| Livorno | Livorno | Armando Picchi | 19,238 | Serie B playoffs winner |
| Milan | Milan | San Siro | 80,018 | 3rd in Serie A |
| Napoli | Naples | San Paolo | 60,240 | 2nd in Serie A |
| Parma | Parma | Ennio Tardini | 27,906 | 10th in Serie A |
| Roma | Rome | Olimpico | 72,698 | 6th in Serie A |
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | 14th in Serie A |
| Sassuolo | Sassuolo (playing in Reggio Emilia) | Mapei Stadium | 20,084 | Serie B Champions |
| Torino | Turin | Olimpico di Torino | 27,994 | 16th in Serie A |
| Udinese | Udine | Friuli$^2$ | 30,642 | 5th in Serie A |
| Hellas Verona | Verona | Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 38,402 | 2nd in Serie B |
$^1$Cagliari is going to play at Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste while Stadio Sant'Elia is under renovation. $^2$Some matches may be played at Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste if Stadio Friuli's renovation is not finished.

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Front shirt sponsor(s) | Front shirt sponsor(s) |
| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Main | Secondary |
| Atalanta | Stefano Colantuono | Gianpaolo Bellini | Erreà | AXA | Konica Minolta |
| Bologna | Davide Ballardini | Diego Pérez | Macron | NGM Mobile | None |
| Cagliari | Ivo Pulga | Daniele Conti | Kappa | Sardegna | Tirrenia |
| Catania | Maurizio Pellegrino | Mariano Izco | Givova | Fiorucci Salumi | TTT Lines |
| Chievo | Eugenio Corini | Sergio Pellissier | Givova | Paluani/Midac Batteries/Banca Popolare di Verona | Midac Batteries/Magneti Marelli |
| Fiorentina | Vincenzo Montella | Manuel Pasqual | Joma | Mazda | None |
| Genoa | Gian Piero Gasperini | Daniele Portanova | Lotto | iZiPlay | None |
| Internazionale | Walter Mazzarri | Javier Zanetti | Nike | Pirelli | None |
| Juventus | Antonio Conte | Gianluigi Buffon | Nike | Jeep | None |
| Lazio | Edoardo Reja | Stefano Mauri | Macron | Lazio Style Channel/Clinica Paideia | None |
| Livorno | Davide Nicola | Andrea Luci | Legea | Banca Carige | None |
| Milan | Clarence Seedorf | Riccardo Montolivo | Adidas | Fly Emirates | None |
| Napoli | Rafael Benítez | Marek Hamšík | Macron | Lete | MSC Cruises |
| Parma | Roberto Donadoni | Alessandro Lucarelli | Erreà | Folletto | Navigare |
| Roma | Rudi Garcia | Francesco Totti | In-house | Roma Cares/Sky Sport HD/Telethon | None |
| Sampdoria | Siniša Mihajlović | Daniele Gastaldello | Kappa | Gamenet | None |
| Sassuolo | Eusebio Di Francesco | Francesco Magnanelli | Sportika | Mapei | None |
| Torino | Giampiero Ventura | Kamil Glik | Kappa | Fratelli Beretta | Suzuki/Suzuki S-Cross |
| Udinese | Francesco Guidolin | Antonio Di Natale | HS Football | Dacia | UPIM |
| Hellas Verona | Andrea Mandorlini | Domenico Maietta | Nike | Manila Grace/Franklin & Marshall | Leaderform/agsm |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Napoli | Walter Mazzarri | Resigned | 19 May 2013 | Pre-season | Rafael Benítez | 27 May 2013 |
| Internazionale | Andrea Stramaccioni | Sacked | 24 May 2013 | Pre-season | Walter Mazzarri | 24 May 2013 |
| Chievo | Eugenio Corini | Mutual consent | | Pre-season | Giuseppe Sannino | 1 July 2013 |
| Genoa | Davide Ballardini | Mutual consent | | Pre-season | Fabio Liverani | 7 June 2013 |
| Cagliari | Ivo Pulga | Demoted to assistant coach | | Pre-season | Diego López | 16 July 2013 |
| Roma | Aurelio Andreazzoli | End of caretaker spell | 12 June 2013 | Pre-season | Rudi Garcia | 12 June 2013 |
| Genoa | Fabio Liverani | Sacked | 29 September 2013 | 15th | Gian Piero Gasperini | 29 September 2013 |
| Catania | Rolando Maran | Sacked | 20 October 2013 | 17th | Luigi De Canio | 20 October 2013 |
| Sampdoria | Delio Rossi | Sacked | 11 November 2013 | 18th | Siniša Mihajlović | 20 November 2013 |
| Chievo | Giuseppe Sannino | Sacked | 11 November 2013 | 20th | Eugenio Corini | 11 November 2013 |
| Lazio | Vladimir Petković | Sacked | 4 January 2014 | 10th | Edoardo Reja | 4 January 2014 |
| Bologna | Stefano Pioli | Sacked | 7 January 2014 | 17th | Davide Ballardini | 8 January 2014 |
| Milan | Massimiliano Allegri | Sacked | 13 January 2014 | 11th | Clarence Seedorf | 16 January 2014 |
| Livorno | Davide Nicola | Sacked | 13 January 2014 | 19th | Attilio Perotti | 13 January 2014 |
| Catania | Luigi De Canio | Sacked | 16 January 2014 | 20th | Rolando Maran | 16 January 2014 |
| Livorno | Attilio Perotti | End of caretaker spell | 21 January 2014 | 19th | Domenico Di Carlo | 21 January 2014 |
| Sassuolo | Eusebio Di Francesco | Sacked | 28 January 2014 | 18th | Alberto Malesani | 29 January 2014 |
| Sassuolo | Alberto Malesani | Sacked | 3 March 2014 | 20th | Eusebio Di Francesco | 3 March 2014 |
| Cagliari | Diego López | Sacked | 7 April 2014 | 15th | Ivo Pulga | 7 April 2014 |
| Catania | Rolando Maran | Sacked | 7 April 2014 | 20th | Maurizio Pellegrino | 7 April 2014 |
| Livorno | Domenico Di Carlo | Sacked | 21 April 2014 | 19th | Davide Nicola | 21 April 2014 |
* ^1 Assistant coach Diego López was promoted to head coaching role after he was admitted to the yearly UEFA Pro Licence course on 16 July 2013, with former head coach Ivo Pulga being moved to an assistant role, thus exchanging roles with respect to the previous season.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 33 | 3 | 2 | 80 | 23 | +57 | 102 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 72 | 25 | +47 | 85 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Napoli | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 77 | 39 | +38 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 65 | 44 | +21 | 65 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Internazionale | 38 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 62 | 39 | +23 | 60 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Parma | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 58 | 46 | +12 | 58 | |
| 7 | Torino | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 58 | 48 | +10 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Milan | 38 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 57 | 49 | +8 | 57 | |
| 9 | Lazio | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 56 | |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 62 | 68 | −6 | 54 | |
| 11 | Atalanta | 38 | 15 | 5 | 18 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 50 | |
| 12 | Sampdoria | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 48 | 62 | −14 | 45 | |
| 13 | Udinese | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 46 | 57 | −11 | 44 | |
| 14 | Genoa | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 41 | 50 | −9 | 44 | |
| 15 | Cagliari | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 53 | −19 | 39 | |
| 16 | Chievo | 38 | 10 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 36 | |
| 17 | Sassuolo | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 43 | 72 | −29 | 34 | |
| 18 | Catania (R) | 38 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 34 | 66 | −32 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Bologna (R) | 38 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 28 | 58 | −30 | 29 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Livorno (R) | 38 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 39 | 77 | −38 | 25 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 Since the 2013–14 Coppa Italia champions Napoli and runners–up Fiorentina qualified for the 2014–15 European football season thus 4th, 5th and 6th in Serie A (barring any failure to receive a "UEFA licence" from the FIGC or a ban from European competition) would qualify for group stage, play-off round and third qualifying round respectively.
* 1 2 Torino finished ahead of Milan on goal difference : Torino 2-2 Milan, Milan 1-1 Torino; Torino = +10, Milan = +8.
* ↑ The FIGC rejected the application of Parma for a UEFA license, because Parma had overdue tax debt; their place went to seventh-place Torino, which had a UEFA license.
* 1 2 Udinese finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head away goals scored: Udinese 1-0 Genoa, Udinese 3-3 Genoa.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | CAG | CTN | CHV | FIO | GEN | HEL | INT | JUV | LAZ | LIV | MIL | NAP | PAR | ROM | SAM | SAS | TOR | UDI |
| Atalanta | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Bologna | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Cagliari | 2–1 | 0–3 | | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Catania | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Chievo | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 |
| Fiorentina | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 |
| Genoa | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–5 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–3 |
| Hellas Verona | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–5 | 3–0 | | 0–2 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Internazionale | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Juventus | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Lazio | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 |
| Livorno | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–4 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 |
| Milan | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Napoli | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 |
| Parma | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Roma | 3–1 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Sampdoria | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 5–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–5 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | 3–4 | 2–2 | 3–0 |
| Sassuolo | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–7 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–4 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Torino | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| Udinese | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 5–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |

## Average attendance

| Team | Average attendance | High | Low |
| Internazionale | 46,246 | 79,343 | 32,765 |
| Napoli | 40,632 | 56,225 | 10,000 |
| Roma | 40,436 | 54,097 | 28,000 |
| Milan | 39,874 | 75,589 | 29,631 |
| Juventus | 38,328 | 39,334 | 32,279 |
| Fiorentina | 32,057 | 40,912 | 27,767 |
| Lazio | 31,905 | 49,236 | 24,858 |
| Sampdoria | 22,158 | 34,292 | 20,076 |
| Hellas Verona | 21,172 | 25,164 | 17,729 |
| Bologna | 21,145 | 30,929 | 15,227 |
| Genoa | 20,055 | 29,878 | 17,875 |
| Torino | 17,024 | 25,559 | 12,572 |
| Catania | 15,197 | 19,945 | 12,172 |
| Udinese | 14,252 | 22,262 | 9,750 |
| Atalanta | 14,194 | 20,140 | 10,543 |
| Sassuolo | 13,753 | 22,001 | 9,315 |
| Parma | 13,451 | 17,740 | 10,409 |
| Livorno | 10,982 | 18,735 | 8,608 |
| Chievo | 9,149 | 20,000 | 5,000 |
| Cagliari | 4,636 | 4,798 | 4,000 |
    Source:http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm