# 2011–12 Serie A

The 2011–12 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM after its headline sponsors) was the 110th season of top-tier Italian football, the 80th in a round-robin tournament, and the second since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 3 September 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012. The league was originally scheduled to start on 27 August, but this was delayed due to a strike by the players. The fixtures were drawn up on 27 July 2011.
The league title was won by Juventus, winning its 28th official Serie A title or scudetto, and first since the 2005–06 Serie A. The team completed the season undefeated, becoming the first team to do so in a 38-game league season in Italy; Perugia were undefeated in the 30-game 1978–79 Serie A, in which they finished second in the table, while Milan were unbeaten and won the title in the 34-game 1991–92 Serie A.
Since Italy dropped from third to fourth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the league lost a group stage berth for the UEFA Champions League from the 2012–13 season.

## Rule changes

The rules for the registration of non-EU (or non-EFTA or Swiss) nationals transferred from abroad were revised in the summer of 2011. Clubs could now sign two non-EU players. This was a reverse of the decision made the previous summer in the wake of Italy's failure at the 2010 World Cup that limited clubs to the signing of just one such player.

## Teams
### Stadia and locations

| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2010-11 season |
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | 24,642 | Serie B champions |
| Bologna | Bologna | Renato Dall'Ara | 39,444 | 16th in Serie A |
| Cagliari | Cagliari | Sant'Elia | 23,486 | 14th in Serie A |
| Catania | Catania | Angelo Massimino | 23,420 | 13th in Serie A |
| Cesena | Cesena | Dino Manuzzi | 23,860 | 15th in Serie A |
| Chievo Verona | Verona | Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | 39,211 | 11th in Serie A |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Artemio Franchi | 47,282 | 9th in Serie A |
| Genoa | Genoa | Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | 10th in Serie A |
| Internazionale | Milan | San Siro | 80,074 | Serie A Runner-up |
| Juventus | Turin | Juventus Stadium | 41,254 | 7th in Serie A |
| Lazio | Rome | Olimpico | 72,698 | 5th in Serie A |
| Lecce | Lecce | Via del Mare | 33,876 | 17th in Serie A |
| Milan | Milan | San Siro | 80,074 | Serie A champions |
| Napoli | Naples | San Paolo | 60,240 | 3rd in Serie A |
| Novara | Novara | Silvio Piola | 17,875 | Serie B play-off winners |
| Palermo | Palermo | Renzo Barbera | 37,242 | 8th in Serie A |
| Parma | Parma | Ennio Tardini | 27,906 | 12th in Serie A |
| Roma | Rome | Olimpico | 72,698 | 6th in Serie A |
| Siena | Siena | Artemio Franchi | 15,373 | Serie B Runner-up |
| Udinese | Udine | Friuli | 41,652 | 4th in Serie A |

### Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Atalanta | Stefano Colantuono | Gianpaolo Bellini | Erreà | AXA, Konica Minolta |
| Bologna | Stefano Pioli | Marco Di Vaio | Macron | NGM Mobile, Serenissima Ceramica (Home)/CIR Manifatture Ceramiche (Away) |
| Cagliari | Massimo Ficcadenti | Daniele Conti | Kappa | Sardegna |
| Catania | Vincenzo Montella | Marco Biagianti | Givova | SP Energia Siciliana, Regione Sicilia |
| Cesena | Mario Beretta | Giuseppe Colucci | Adidas | Technogym |
| Chievo Verona | Domenico Di Carlo | Sergio Pellissier | Givova | Paluani/Banca Popolare di Verona/Merkur-Win, Midac Batteries |
| Fiorentina | Vincenzo Guerini | Alessandro Gamberini | Lotto | Mazda, Save the Children |
| Genoa | Luigi De Canio | Marco Rossi | Asics | iZiPlay |
| Internazionale | Andrea Stramaccioni | Javier Zanetti | Nike | Pirelli |
| Juventus | Antonio Conte | Alessandro Del Piero | Nike | Betclic (Home)/Balocco (Away) |
| Lazio | Edoardo Reja | Tommaso Rocchi | Puma | Clinica Paideia/Fondazione Gabriele Sandri |
| Lecce | Serse Cosmi | Guillermo Giacomazzi | Asics | Veneto Banca/Banca Apulia, Betitaly |
| Milan | Massimiliano Allegri | Massimo Ambrosini | Adidas | Fly Emirates |
| Napoli | Walter Mazzarri | Paolo Cannavaro | Macron | Lete, MSC Cruises |
| Novara | Emiliano Mondonico | Matteo Centurioni | Joma | Banca Popolare di Novara, Intesa pour Homme |
| Palermo | Bortolo Mutti | Fabrizio Miccoli | Legea | Eurobet Casinò, Burger King |
| Parma | Roberto Donadoni | Stefano Morrone | Erreà | Navigare, Banca Monte Parma |
| Roma | Luis Enrique | Francesco Totti | Kappa | Wind |
| Siena | Giuseppe Sannino | Simone Vergassola | Kappa | Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena |
| Udinese | Francesco Guidolin | Antonio Di Natale | Legea | Dacia, Tipicamente Friulano/Lumberjack/QBell |

### Managerial changes

In Italy, football managers are only permitted to manage one club per season. For this purpose, the "season" is defined as starting when its first match kicks off, so Roberto Donadoni and Stefano Pioli, who lost their job at Cagliari and Palermo on 12 and 31 August 2011 were able to take respectively the Parma job in January 2012 and the Bologna job in October 2011 because the first matches were not until 9 September 2011.
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Lecce | Luigi De Canio | End of contract | 19 May 2011 | Preseason | Eusebio Di Francesco | 27 June 2011 |
| Cesena | Massimo Ficcadenti | End of contract | 20 May 2011 | Preseason | Marco Giampaolo | 4 June 2011 |
| Bologna | Alberto Malesani | End of contract | 26 May 2011 | Preseason | Pierpaolo Bisoli | 26 May 2011 |
| Chievo | Stefano Pioli | End of contract | 26 May 2011 | Preseason | Domenico Di Carlo | 9 June 2011 |
| Juventus | Luigi Delneri | Sacked | 31 May 2011 | Preseason | Antonio Conte | 31 May 2011 |
| Siena | Antonio Conte | Mutual consent | 31 May 2011 | Preseason | Giuseppe Sannino | 6 June 2011 |
| Palermo | Delio Rossi | Mutual consent | 1 June 2011 | Preseason | Stefano Pioli | 2 June 2011 |
| Catania | Diego Simeone | Mutual consent | 1 June 2011 | Preseason | Vincenzo Montella | 9 June 2011 |
| Genoa | Davide Ballardini | Sacked | 4 June 2011 | Preseason | Alberto Malesani | 19 June 2011 |
| Roma | Vincenzo Montella | End of caretaker spell | 9 June 2011 | Preseason | Luis Enrique | 10 June 2011 |
| Internazionale | Leonardo | Resigned | 15 June 2011 | Preseason | Gian Piero Gasperini | 24 June 2011 |
| Cagliari | Roberto Donadoni | Sacked | 12 August 2011 | Preseason | Massimo Ficcadenti | 16 August 2011 |
| Palermo | Stefano Pioli | Sacked | 31 August 2011 | Preseason | Devis Mangia | 31 August 2011 |
| Internazionale | Gian Piero Gasperini | Sacked | 21 September 2011 | 18th | Claudio Ranieri | 21 September 2011 |
| Bologna | Pierpaolo Bisoli | Sacked | 4 October 2011 | 20th | Stefano Pioli | 4 October 2011 |
| Cesena | Marco Giampaolo | Sacked | 30 October 2011 | 20th | Daniele Arrigoni | 1 November 2011 |
| Fiorentina | Siniša Mihajlović | Sacked | 7 November 2011 | 13th | Delio Rossi | 7 November 2011 |
| Cagliari | Massimo Ficcadenti | Sacked | 8 November 2011 | 10th | Davide Ballardini | 9 November 2011 |
| Lecce | Eusebio Di Francesco | Sacked | 4 December 2011 | 20th | Serse Cosmi | 4 December 2011 |
| Palermo | Devis Mangia | Sacked | 19 December 2011 | 10th | Bortolo Mutti | 19 December 2011 |
| Genoa | Alberto Malesani | Sacked | 22 December 2011 | 10th | Pasquale Marino | 22 December 2011 |
| Parma | Franco Colomba | Sacked | 9 January 2012 | 15th | Roberto Donadoni | 9 January 2012 |
| Novara | Attilio Tesser | Sacked | 30 January 2012 | 20th | Emiliano Mondonico | 30 January 2012 |
| Cesena | Daniele Arrigoni | Mutual consent | 20 February 2012 | 20th | Mario Beretta | 21 February 2012 |
| Novara | Emiliano Mondonico | Sacked | 6 March 2012 | 19th | Attilio Tesser | 6 March 2012 |
| Cagliari | Davide Ballardini | Sacked for just cause | 11 March 2012 | 17th | Massimo Ficcadenti | 11 March 2012 |
| Internazionale | Claudio Ranieri | Consensual termination | 26 March 2012 | 8th | Andrea Stramaccioni | 26 March 2012 |
| Genoa | Pasquale Marino | Sacked | 2 April 2012 | 16th | Alberto Malesani | 2 April 2012 |
| Genoa | Alberto Malesani | Sacked | 22 April 2012 | 17th | Luigi De Canio | 22 April 2012 |
| Fiorentina | Delio Rossi | Sacked | 2 May 2012 | 16th | Vincenzo Guerini (caretaker) | 3 May 2012 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 68 | 20 | +48 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Milan | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 74 | 33 | +41 | 80 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Udinese | 38 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 56 | 47 | +9 | 62 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Napoli | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 66 | 46 | +20 | 61 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 6 | Internazionale | 38 | 17 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 55 | +3 | 58 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 7 | Roma | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 60 | 54 | +6 | 56 | |
| 8 | Parma | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 54 | 53 | +1 | 56 | |
| 9 | Bologna | 38 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 51 | |
| 10 | Chievo | 38 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 35 | 45 | −10 | 49 | |
| 11 | Catania | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 47 | 52 | −5 | 48 | |
| 12 | Atalanta | 38 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 46 | |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 38 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 37 | 43 | −6 | 46 | |
| 14 | Siena | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 45 | 45 | 0 | 44 | |
| 15 | Cagliari | 38 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 43 | |
| 16 | Palermo | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 52 | 62 | −10 | 43 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 50 | 69 | −19 | 42 | |
| 18 | Lecce (R, D, R) | 38 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 56 | −16 | 36 | Relegation to Serie C1 |
| 19 | Novara (R) | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 65 | −30 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Cesena (R) | 38 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 60 | −36 | 22 | Relegation to Serie B |
* 1 2 Napoli qualified to the group stage of the Europa League as winner of the 2011–12 Coppa Italia. As they finished fifth, the sixth-placed team of the league also qualified for the Europa League.
* 1 2 Roma finished ahead of Parma on head–to–head away goals scored: Parma 0–1 Roma, Roma 1–0 Parma.
* ↑ Atalanta were deducted 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
* 1 2 Atalanta finished ahead of Fiorentina on head–to–head away goals scored: Atalanta 2–0 Fiorentina, Fiorentina 2–2 Atalanta.
* 1 2 Cagliari finished ahead of Palermo on goal difference : Cagliari 2–1 Palermo, Palermo 3–2 Cagliari; Cagliari = –9, Palermo = –10.
* ↑ Lecce were originally relegated to Serie B, but further relegated to Lega Pro Prima Divisione due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | CAG | CTN | CES | CHV | FIO | GEN | INT | JUV | LAZ | LCE | MIL | NAP | NOV | PAL | PAR | ROM | SIE | UDI |
| Atalanta | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Bologna | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 |
| Cagliari | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Catania | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 |
| Cesena | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Chievo | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Fiorentina | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 |
| Genoa | 2–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 3–2 |
| Internazionale | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–4 | | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Juventus | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Lazio | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Lecce | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–3 | | 3–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 |
| Milan | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Napoli | 1–3 | 1–1 | 6–3 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 3–1 | | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Novara | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 2–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Palermo | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–4 | 2–0 | 5–3 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 2–0 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Parma | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Roma | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 |
| Siena | 2–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 1–0 |
| Udinese | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | |

## Statistics
### Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | Milan | 28 |
| 2 | Diego Milito | Internazionale | 24 |
| 3 | Edinson Cavani | Napoli | 23 |
| 3 | Antonio Di Natale | Udinese | 23 |
| 5 | Rodrigo Palacio | Genoa | 19 |
| 6 | Germán Denis | Atalanta | 16 |
| 6 | Fabrizio Miccoli | Palermo | 16 |
| 8 | Sebastian Giovinco | Parma | 15 |
| 9 | Stevan Jovetić | Fiorentina | 14 |
| 10 | Miroslav Klose | Lazio | 12 |
| 10 | Mattia Destro | Siena | 12 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Edinson Cavani | Napoli | Milan | 3–1 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 18 September 2011 |
| Kevin-Prince Boateng | Milan | Lecce | 4–3 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 23 October 2011 |
| Antonio Nocerino | Milan | Parma | 4–1 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 26 October 2011 |
| Diego Milito$^4$ | Internazionale | Palermo | 4–4 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 1 February 2012 |
| Fabrizio Miccoli | Palermo | Internazionale | 4–4 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 1 February 2012 |
| Germán Denis | Atalanta | Roma | 4–1 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 26 February 2012 |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović | Milan | Palermo | 4–0 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 3 March 2012 |
| Joaquín Larrivey | Cagliari | Napoli | 3–6 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 9 March 2012 |
| Mauricio Pinilla | Cagliari | Cesena | 3–0 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 18 March 2012 |
| Diego Milito | Internazionale | Genoa | 5–4 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 1 April 2012 |
| Diego Milito | Internazionale | Milan | 4–2 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 6 May 2012 |
| Fabrizio Miccoli | Palermo | Chievo | 4–4 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 6 May 2012 |
| Marco Rigoni | Novara | Cesena | 3–0 Archived 30 August 2017 at the Wayback Machine | 6 May 2012 |