# 2009–10 Serie A

The 2009–10 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 108th season of top-tier Italian football, the 78th in a round-robin tournament. There were three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that were relegated following the 2008–09 season. Nike provided a new match ball – the T90 Ascente – for this season. Following the season, citing a larger television contract, the seventeen teams that survived the season and the three promoted sides formed a new league akin to England's Premier League.
The title race was only settled on the last day of the season. The title was won by Internazionale, their fifth title in a row. Inter would go on to complete the first and only treble by an Italian team by winning the Coppa Italia and Champions League.

## Teams

The following 20 teams participated in the 2009–10 season:
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2008–09 season |
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | 26,393 | 11th in Serie A |
| Bari | Bari | San Nicola | 58,270 | Serie B Champions |
| Bologna | Bologna | Renato Dall'Ara | 39,444 | 17th in Serie A |
| Cagliari | Cagliari | Sant'Elia | 23,486 | 9th in Serie A |
| Catania | Catania | Angelo Massimino | 23,420 | 15th in Serie A |
| Chievo Verona | Verona | Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 39,211 | 16th in Serie A |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Artemio Franchi (Florence) | 47,282 | 4th in Serie A |
| Genoa | Genoa | Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | 5th in Serie A |
| Internazionale | Milan | San Siro | 80,074 | Serie A Champions |
| Juventus | Turin | Olimpico di Torino | 27,994 | 2nd in Serie A |
| Lazio | Rome | Olimpico | 72,698 | 10th in Serie A |
| Livorno | Livorno | Armando Picchi | 19,238 | Serie B Playoff Winners |
| Milan | Milan | San Siro | 80,074 | 3rd in Serie A |
| Napoli | Naples | San Paolo | 60,240 | 12th in Serie A |
| Palermo | Palermo | Renzo Barbera | 37,242 | 8th in Serie A |
| Parma | Parma | Ennio Tardini | 27,906 | Serie B Runners-up |
| Roma | Rome | Olimpico | 72,698 | 6th in Serie A |
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | 13th in Serie A |
| Siena | Siena | Artemio Franchi (Siena) | 15,373 | 14th in Serie A |
| Udinese | Udine | Friuli | 41,652 | 7th in Serie A |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Head Coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Atalanta | Bortolo Mutti | Cristiano Doni | Errea | Sit In Sport, Daihatsu |
| Bari | Giampiero Ventura | Jean François Gillet | Errea | Banca Popolare di Bari, Radionorba |
| Bologna | Franco Colomba | Marco Di Vaio | Macron | COGEI/Serenissima CIR/Ceramica Serenissima/Cerasarda, bigpoker.it |
| Cagliari | Massimiliano Allegri | Diego López | Macron | Dahlia TV, Sardegna |
| Catania | Gianluca Atzori | Giuseppe Mascara | Legea | SP Energia Siciliana, Provincia di Catania |
| Chievo Verona | Domenico Di Carlo | Sergio Pellissier | Givova | Banca Popolare di Verona/Merkur-Win |
| Fiorentina | Cesare Prandelli | Riccardo Montolivo | Lotto | Toyota |
| Genoa | Gian Piero Gasperini | Marco Rossi | Asics | Gaudì Jeans |
| Internazionale | José Mourinho | Javier Zanetti | Nike | Pirelli |
| Juventus | Alberto Zaccheroni | Alessandro Del Piero | Nike | New Holland |
| Lazio | Edoardo Reja | Tommaso Rocchi | Puma | Edileuropa |
| Livorno | Gennaro Ruotolo | Francesco Tavano | Asics | Gruppo Banca Carige |
| Milan | Leonardo | Massimo Ambrosini | Adidas | Bwin |
| Napoli | Walter Mazzarri | Paolo Cannavaro | Macron | Lete |
| Palermo | Walter Zenga | Fabrizio Miccoli | Lotto | BetShop/Eurobet |
| Parma | Francesco Guidolin | Stefano Morrone | Errea | Navigare, Banca Monte Parma |
| Roma | Claudio Ranieri | Francesco Totti | Kappa | Wind |
| Sampdoria | Luigi Delneri | Angelo Palombo | Kappa | Erg Mobile |
| Siena | Alberto Malesani | Simone Vergassola | Kappa | Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena |
| Udinese | Pasquale Marino | Antonio Di Natale | Lotto | Automobile Dacia/Frankie Garage, DESPAR/Metalnova/Uniqa/Latterie Friulane/Banca Popolare di Verona/dearchitettura.com/Vitis/Transine/Bibione |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Position in table |
| Milan | Carlo Ancelotti | Signed by Chelsea | 1 June 2009 | Pre-season | Leonardo | 1 June 2009 | Pre-season |
| Sampdoria | Walter Mazzarri | Mutual consent | 1 June 2009 | Pre-season | Luigi Delneri | 1 June 2009 | Pre-season |
| Palermo | Davide Ballardini | Removed from managerial duties | 5 June 2009 | Pre-season | Walter Zenga | 5 June 2009 | Pre-season |
| Atalanta | Luigi Delneri | Contract expired | 1 June 2009 | Pre-season | Angelo Gregucci | 5 June 2009 | Pre-season |
| Catania | Walter Zenga | Mutual consent | 1 June 2009 | Pre-season | Gianluca Atzori | 10 June 2009 | Pre-season |
| Lazio | Delio Rossi | Contract expired | 8 June 2009 | Pre-season | Davide Ballardini | 16 June 2009 | Pre-season |
| Bari | Antonio Conte | Mutual consent | 23 June 2009 | Pre-season | Giampiero Ventura | 29 June 2009 | Pre-season |
| Livorno | Gennaro Ruotolo | End of caretaker spell | 9 July 2009 | Pre-season | Vittorio Russo | 13 July 2009 | Pre-season |
| Roma | Luciano Spalletti | Resigned | 1 September 2009 | 20th | Claudio Ranieri | 2 September 2009 | 20th |
| Atalanta | Angelo Gregucci | Sacked | 21 September 2009 | 20th | Antonio Conte | 21 September 2009 | 20th |
| Napoli | Roberto Donadoni | Sacked | 6 October 2009 | 15th | Walter Mazzarri | 6 October 2009 | 15th |
| Bologna | Giuseppe Papadopulo | Sacked | 20 October 2009 | 18th | Franco Colomba | 20 October 2009 | 18th |
| Livorno | Vittorio Russo | Sacked | 21 October 2009 | 20th | Serse Cosmi | 21 October 2009 | 20th |
| Siena | Marco Giampaolo | Sacked | 29 October 2009 | 20th | Marco Baroni | 29 October 2009 | 20th |
| Palermo | Walter Zenga | Sacked | 23 November 2009 | 12th | Delio Rossi | 23 November 2009 | 12th |
| Siena | Marco Baroni | Removed from managerial duties | 23 November 2009 | 20th | Alberto Malesani | 23 November 2009 | 20th |
| Catania | Gianluca Atzori | Sacked | 8 December 2009 | 19th | Siniša Mihajlović | 8 December 2009 | 19th |
| Udinese | Pasquale Marino | Sacked | 22 December 2009 | 15th | Gianni De Biasi | 22 December 2009 | 15th |
| Atalanta | Antonio Conte | Resigned | 7 January 2010 | 19th | Walter Bonacina (caretaker) | 7 January 2010 | 19th |
| Atalanta | Walter Bonacina | End of caretaker spell | 11 January 2010 | 19th | Bortolo Mutti | 11 January 2010 | 19th |
| Juventus | Ciro Ferrara | Sacked | 29 January 2010 | 6th | Alberto Zaccheroni | 29 January 2010 | 6th |
| Lazio | Davide Ballardini | Sacked | 10 February 2010 | 18th | Edoardo Reja | 10 February 2010 | 18th |
| Udinese | Gianni De Biasi | Sacked | 21 February 2010 | 16th | Pasquale Marino | 21 February 2010 | 16th |
| Livorno | Serse Cosmi | Sacked | 5 April 2010 | 20th | Gennaro Ruotolo | 5 April 2010 | 20th |
| Cagliari | Massimiliano Allegri | Sacked | 13 April 2010 | 13th | Giorgio Melis (caretaker) | 13 April 2010 | 12th |
* ^1 Davide Ballardini was removed from his managerial duties on 5 June, contemporarily to Walter Zenga's appointment as new head coach. He successively rescinded his contract by mutual consent on 13 June.
* ^2 Gennaro Ruotolo had originally accepted to stay at Livorno as a permanent head coach after he guided the team to success through the Serie B promotion playoffs in June 2009. However, on 9 July the Technical Sector of the Italian Football Federation announced Ruotolo could not serve as head coach in the Serie A, as he was lacking the required UEFA Pro coaching badges. Following these events, UEFA Pro licensed coach Vittorio Russo was appointed as head coach, with Ruotolo actually serving as joint head coach to him despite appearing as assistant manager to Russo himself. He was successively removed from his assistant coaching post on 20 September.
* ^3 Siena Primavera (under-19 team) coach Marco Baroni was appointed permanent first team coach on 29 October, only to be moved back to his previous role on 23 November.
* ^4 Gennaro Ruotolo was allowed to act as head coach without having the required UEFA Pro coaching badges only after having received temporary dispensation from the Italian Football Federation for a 60-day period.
* ^5 Youth team coach Giorgio Melis was allowed to act as caretaker without having the required UEFA Pro coaching badges after receiving temporary dispensation from the Italian Football Federation for a 60-day period.
The list does not include Serse Cosmi's resignation from Livorno on 24 January 2010, as it was rejected by the club two days later following a meeting between Cosmi and club chairman Aldo Spinelli, with no competitive game scheduled in between the short vacancy period.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Internazionale (C) | 38 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 75 | 34 | +41 | 82 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Roma | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 68 | 41 | +27 | 80 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 20 | 10 | 8 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 70 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 4 | Sampdoria | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 49 | 41 | +8 | 67 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 5 | Palermo | 38 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 59 | 47 | +12 | 65 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Napoli | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 50 | 43 | +7 | 59 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 7 | Juventus | 38 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 55 | 56 | −1 | 55 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 8 | Parma | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 46 | 51 | −5 | 52 | |
| 9 | Genoa | 38 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 57 | 61 | −4 | 51 | |
| 10 | Bari | 38 | 13 | 11 | 14 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 50 | |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 38 | 13 | 8 | 17 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 47 | |
| 12 | Lazio | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 39 | 43 | −4 | 46 | |
| 13 | Catania | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 44 | 45 | −1 | 45 | |
| 14 | Chievo | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 44 | |
| 15 | Udinese | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 54 | 59 | −5 | 44 | |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 56 | 58 | −2 | 44 | |
| 17 | Bologna | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 42 | 55 | −13 | 42 | |
| 18 | Atalanta (R) | 38 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 35 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Siena (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 40 | 67 | −27 | 31 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Livorno (R) | 38 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 27 | 61 | −34 | 29 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 3 Chievo finished ahead of Udinese and Cagliari on head-to-head points: Chievo: 8 pts, Udinese: 6 pts, Cagliari: 1 pts.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BAR | BOL | CAG | CTN | CHV | FIO | GEN | INT | JUV | LAZ | LIV | MIL | NAP | PAL | PAR | ROM | SAM | SIE | UDI |
| Atalanta | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–5 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 |
| Bari | 4–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Bologna | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Cagliari | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 |
| Catania | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Chievo | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Fiorentina | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Genoa | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 0–5 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 3–0 |
| Internazionale | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 5–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| Juventus | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 3–3 | 1–0 |
| Lazio | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Livorno | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| Milan | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–2 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 |
| Napoli | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | | 0–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Palermo | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Parma | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Roma | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–2 |
| Sampdoria | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| Siena | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–5 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | | 2–1 |
| Udinese | 1–3 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Antonio Di Natale | Udinese | 29 |
| 2 | Diego Milito | Internazionale | 22 |
| 3 | Fabrizio Miccoli | Palermo | 19 |
| 3 | Giampaolo Pazzini | Sampdoria | 19 |
| 5 | Alberto Gilardino | Fiorentina | 15 |
| 6 | Barreto | Bari | 14 |
| 6 | Marco Borriello | Milan | 14 |
| 6 | Francesco Totti | Roma | 14 |
| 6 | Mirko Vučinić | Roma | 14 |
| 10 | Edinson Cavani | Palermo | 13 |
| 10 | Alessandro Matri | Cagliari | 13 |