# 2012–13 Serie A

The 2012–13 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 111th season of top-tier Italian football, the 81st in a round-robin tournament, and the 3rd since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 25 August 2012 and ended on 19 May 2013. Juventus were the defending champions.
A total of 20 teams contested the league, comprising 17 sides from the 2011–12 season and three promoted from the 2011–12 Serie B. As in the previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches, with a new Nike Maxim Serie A model to be used throughout the season for all matches.
On 21 August 2012, FIGC allowed Serie A teams to have up to 12 substitution players on the bench for each game.

## Events

The 2012–13 season features the return of Pescara, Torino, and Sampdoria, who were promoted back to Serie A after nineteen, three, and one years respectively. It is also Cagliari's first season out of Stadio Sant'Elia after more than 40 years, following its closure due to safety issues; as a replacement, the team agreed to renovate the Stadio Is Arenas located in Quartu Sant'Elena, in order to use it as its home venue for this season (Cagliari has ongoing plans to build its own brand-new stadium in the next few years). The fixtures were presented on 26 July in a lavish hour-long televised ceremony.

## Teams
### Stadiums and locations

| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity | 2011–12 season |
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | 26,542 | 12th in Serie A |
| Bologna | Bologna | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara | 38,279 | 9th in Serie A |
| Cagliari | Cagliari | Stadio Is Arenas | 16,214 | 15th in Serie A |
| Catania | Catania | Stadio Angelo Massimino | 23,420 | 11th in Serie A |
| Chievo Verona | Verona | Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi | 38,402 | 10th in Serie A |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Stadio Artemio Franchi | 47,282 | 13th in Serie A |
| Genoa | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | 17th in Serie A |
| Internazionale | Milan | San Siro | 80,074 | 6th in Serie A |
| Juventus | Turin | Juventus Stadium | 41,254 | Serie A champions |
| Lazio | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 72,698 | 4th in Serie A |
| Milan | Milan | San Siro | 80,074 | Serie A Runner-up |
| Napoli | Naples | Stadio San Paolo | 60,240 | 5th in Serie A |
| Palermo | Palermo | Stadio Renzo Barbera | 37,242 | 16th in Serie A |
| Parma | Parma | Stadio Ennio Tardini | 27,906 | 8th in Serie A |
| Pescara | Pescara | Stadio Adriatico – Giovanni Cornacchia | 24,500 | Serie B champions |
| Roma | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | 72,698 | 7th in Serie A |
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | Serie B play-off winners |
| Siena | Siena | Stadio Artemio Franchi – Montepaschi Arena | 15,373 | 14th in Serie A |
| Torino | Turin | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino | 27,994 | Serie B Runner-up |
| Udinese | Udine | Stadio Friuli | 30,642 | 3rd in Serie A |

### Personnel and kits

| Team | Manager | Captain | Kitmaker | Shirt sponsor |
| Atalanta | Stefano Colantuono | Gianpaolo Bellini | Erreà | AXA, Konica Minolta |
| Bologna | Stefano Pioli | Alessandro Diamanti | Macron | NGM Mobile, Serenissima Ceramica |
| Cagliari | Ivo Pulga | Daniele Conti | Kappa | Sardegna, Tirrenia |
| Catania | Rolando Maran | Marco Biagianti | Givova | Arancia Rossa di Sicilia, TTT Lines |
| Chievo | Eugenio Corini | Sergio Pellissier | Givova | Paluani/Banca Popolare di Verona/youbanking.it, Midac Batteries |
| Fiorentina | Vincenzo Montella | Manuel Pasqual | Joma | Mazda, Save the Children |
| Genoa | Davide Ballardini | Marco Rossi | Lotto | iZiPlay |
| Internazionale | Andrea Stramaccioni | Javier Zanetti | Nike | Pirelli |
| Juventus | Antonio Conte | Gianluigi Buffon | Nike | Jeep |
| Lazio | Vladimir Petković | Stefano Mauri | Macron | Clinica Paideia |
| Milan | Massimiliano Allegri | Massimo Ambrosini | Adidas | Fly Emirates |
| Napoli | Walter Mazzarri | Paolo Cannavaro | Macron | Lete, MSC Cruises |
| Palermo | Giuseppe Sannino | Fabrizio Miccoli | Puma | Eurobet, Italiacom |
| Parma | Roberto Donadoni | Stefano Morrone | Erreà | Folletto, Navigare |
| Pescara | Cristian Bucchi | Emmanuel Cascione | Erreà | Acqua Santa Croce, Risparmio Casa |
| Roma | Aurelio Andreazzoli | Francesco Totti | Kappa | Wind |
| Sampdoria | Delio Rossi | Daniele Gastaldello | Kappa | Gamenet |
| Siena | Giuseppe Iachini | Simone Vergassola | Kappa | Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena |
| Torino | Giampiero Ventura | Rolando Bianchi | Kappa | Frattelli Beretta, Aruba.it |
| Udinese | Francesco Guidolin | Antonio Di Natale | Legea | Dacia, QBell |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
| Palermo | Bortolo Mutti | End of contract | 13 May 2012 | Pre-season | Giuseppe Sannino | 6 June 2012 |
| Fiorentina | Vincenzo Guerini | End of contract | 13 May 2012 | Pre-season | Vincenzo Montella | 11 June 2012 |
| Roma | Luis Enrique | Mutual consent | 13 May 2012 | Pre-season | Zdeněk Zeman | 4 June 2012 |
| Lazio | Edoardo Reja | Mutual consent | 18 May 2012 | Pre-season | Vladimir Petković | 2 June 2012 |
| Pescara | Zdeněk Zeman | Signed by Roma | 4 June 2012 | Pre-season | Giovanni Stroppa | 8 June 2012 |
| Catania | Vincenzo Montella | Mutual consent | 4 June 2012 | Pre-season | Rolando Maran | 11 June 2012 |
| Siena | Giuseppe Sannino | Mutual consent | 6 June 2012 | Pre-season | Serse Cosmi | 27 June 2012 |
| Sampdoria | Giuseppe Iachini | Mutual consent | 2 July 2012 | Pre-season | Ciro Ferrara | 2 July 2012 |
| Palermo | Giuseppe Sannino | Sacked | 16 September 2012 | 18th | Gian Piero Gasperini | 16 September 2012 |
| Chievo | Domenico Di Carlo | Sacked | 2 October 2012 | 18th | Eugenio Corini | 2 October 2012 |
| Cagliari | Massimo Ficcadenti | Sacked | 2 October 2012 | 20th | Ivo Pulga | 2 October 2012 |
| Genoa | Luigi De Canio | Sacked | 22 October 2012 | 9th | Luigi Delneri | 22 October 2012 |
| Pescara | Giovanni Stroppa | Resigned | 18 November 2012 | 18th | Cristiano Bergodi | 20 November 2012 |
| Siena | Serse Cosmi | Sacked | 17 December 2012 | 20th | Giuseppe Iachini | 17 December 2012 |
| Sampdoria | Ciro Ferrara | Sacked | 17 December 2012 | 14th | Delio Rossi | 17 December 2012 |
| Genoa | Luigi Delneri | Sacked | 21 January 2013 | 18th | Davide Ballardini | 21 January 2013 |
| Roma | Zdeněk Zeman | Sacked | 2 February 2013 | 8th | Aurelio Andreazzoli | 2 February 2013 |
| Palermo | Gian Piero Gasperini | Sacked | 4 February 2013 | 20th | Alberto Malesani | 5 February 2013 |
| Palermo | Alberto Malesani | Sacked | 24 February 2013 | 20th | Gian Piero Gasperini | 24 February 2013 |
| Pescara | Cristiano Bergodi | Sacked | 3 March 2013 | 20th | Cristian Bucchi | 5 March 2013 |
| Palermo | Gian Piero Gasperini | Mutual consent | 11 March 2013 | 20th | Giuseppe Sannino | 12 March 2013 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Juventus (C) | 38 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 71 | 24 | +47 | 87 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Napoli | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 73 | 36 | +37 | 78 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 3 | Milan | 38 | 21 | 9 | 8 | 67 | 39 | +28 | 72 | Qualification for the Champions League play-off round |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 38 | 21 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 44 | +28 | 70 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Udinese | 38 | 18 | 12 | 8 | 59 | 45 | +14 | 66 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 71 | 56 | +15 | 62 | |
| 7 | Lazio | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 51 | 42 | +9 | 61 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 8 | Catania | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 50 | 46 | +4 | 56 | |
| 9 | Inter Milan | 38 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 55 | 57 | −2 | 54 | |
| 10 | Parma | 38 | 13 | 10 | 15 | 45 | 46 | −1 | 49 | |
| 11 | Cagliari | 38 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 43 | 55 | −12 | 47 | |
| 12 | Chievo | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 52 | −15 | 45 | |
| 13 | Bologna | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 46 | 52 | −6 | 44 | |
| 14 | Sampdoria | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 42 | |
| 15 | Atalanta | 38 | 11 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 56 | −17 | 40 | |
| 16 | Torino | 38 | 8 | 16 | 14 | 46 | 55 | −9 | 39 | |
| 17 | Genoa | 38 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 38 | 52 | −14 | 38 | |
| 18 | Palermo (R) | 38 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 34 | 54 | −20 | 32 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Siena (R) | 38 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 36 | 57 | −21 | 30 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 20 | Pescara (R) | 38 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 27 | 84 | −57 | 22 | Relegation to Serie B |
* ↑ Lazio qualified for the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League group stage after winning 2012–13 Coppa Italia.
* 1 2 Sampdoria and Torino were docked 1 point due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
* ↑ Atalanta was docked 2 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.
* ↑ Siena was docked 6 points due to involvement in the 2011–12 Italian football scandal.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ATA | BOL | CAG | CTN | CHV | FIO | GEN | INT | JUV | LAZ | MIL | NAP | PAL | PAR | PES | ROM | SAM | SIE | TOR | UDI |
| Atalanta | | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 |
| Bologna | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Cagliari | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 0–1 |
| Catania | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 |
| Chievo | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 |
| Fiorentina | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 3–2 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 4–3 | 2–1 |
| Genoa | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 0–1 | | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–4 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Internazionale | 3–4 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 2–5 |
| Juventus | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 |
| Lazio | 2–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Milan | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Napoli | 3–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | | 3–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Palermo | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 |
| Parma | 2–0 | 0–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 |
| Pescara | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–6 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Roma | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–3 |
| Sampdoria | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–1 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Siena | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Torino | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 3–5 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 0–0 |
| Udinese | 2–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |