2018–19 Serie A

The 2018–19 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of top-tier Italian football. Juventus won their 7th Serie A title in a row. The season was played between 18 August 2018 to 26 May 2019.

Teams
Stadiums and locations

 Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2017–18 season Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia  7th in Serie A Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara  15th in Serie A Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena  16th in Serie A Chievo Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi  13th in Serie A Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani  Serie B champions Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi  8th in Serie A Frosinone Frosinone Stadio Benito Stirpe  Serie B playoff winners Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris  12th in Serie A Internazionale Milan San Siro  4th in Serie A Juventus Turin Juventus Stadium  Serie A champions Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico  5th in Serie A Milan Milan San Siro  6th in Serie A Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo  2nd in Serie A Parma Parma Stadio Ennio Tardini  2nd in Serie B Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico  3rd in Serie A Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris  10th in Serie A Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore(Reggio Emilia)  11th in Serie A SPAL Ferrara Stadio Paolo Mazza  17th in Serie A Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino  9th in Serie A Udinese Udine Stadio Friuli  14th in Serie A

Personnel and kits
TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerSponsorsAtalanta  Gian Piero Gasperini  Alejandro Gómez Joma Radici GroupBologna  Siniša Mihajlović  Blerim Džemaili Macron Liu·JoCagliari  Rolando Maran  Luca Ceppitelli Macron IchnusaChievo  Domenico Di Carlo  Sergio Pellissier Givova PaluaniEmpoli  Aurelio Andreazzoli  Manuel Pasqual Kappa Computer GrossFiorentina  Vincenzo Montella  Germán Pezzella Le Coq Sportif Save The ChildrenFrosinone  Marco Baroni  Daniel Ciofani Zeus Sport Banca Popolare del FrusinateGenoa  Cesare Prandelli  Domenico Criscito Lotto GiocheriaInternazionale  Luciano Spalletti  Samir Handanović Nike PirelliJuventus  Massimiliano Allegri  Giorgio Chiellini Adidas JeepLazio  Simone Inzaghi  Senad Lulić Macron MarathonbetMilan  Gennaro Gattuso  Alessio Romagnoli Puma Fly EmiratesNapoli  Carlo Ancelotti  Lorenzo Insigne Kappa LeteParma  Roberto D'Aversa  Bruno Alves Erreà CetilarRoma  Claudio Ranieri  Daniele De Rossi Nike Qatar AirwaysSampdoria  Marco Giampaolo  Fabio Quagliarella Joma Invent EnergySassuolo  Roberto De Zerbi  Francesco Magnanelli Kappa MapeiSPAL  Leonardo Semplici  Mirco Antenucci Macron Tassi GroupTorino  Walter Mazzarri  Andrea Belotti Kappa SuzukiUdinese  Igor Tudor  Valon Behrami Macron Dacia

Managerial changes

 Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment Napoli  Maurizio Sarri Mutual consent 23 May 2018 Pre-season  Carlo Ancelotti 23 May 2018Bologna  Roberto Donadoni 24 May 2018  Filippo Inzaghi 13 June 2018Cagliari  Diego López 30 May 2018  Rolando Maran 7 June 2018Sassuolo  Giuseppe Iachini 5 June 2018  Roberto De Zerbi 13 June 2018Udinese  Igor Tudor 7 June 2018  Julio Velázquez 7 June 2018Chievo  Lorenzo D'AnnaSacked 9 October 2018 20th  Gian Piero Ventura 10 October 2018Genoa  Davide Ballardini 9 October 2018 11th  Ivan Jurić 9 October 2018Empoli  Aurelio Andreazzoli 5 November 2018 18th  Giuseppe Iachini 6 November 2018Chievo  Gian Piero Ventura Resigned, consensual resolution 13 November 2018 20th  Domenico Di Carlo 13 November 2018Udinese  Julio VelázquezSacked 13 November 2018 17th  Davide Nicola 13 November 2018Genoa  Ivan Jurić 7 December 2018 14th  Cesare Prandelli 7 December 2018 Frosinone  Moreno Longo 19 December 2018 19th  Marco Baroni 19 December 2018Bologna  Filippo Inzaghi 28 January 2019 18th  Siniša Mihajlović 28 January 2019 Roma  Eusebio Di Francesco 7 March 2019 5th  Claudio Ranieri 8 March 2019Empoli  Giuseppe Iachini 13 March 2019 17th  Aurelio Andreazzoli 13 March 2019Udinese  Davide Nicola 20 March 2019 16th  Igor Tudor 21 March 2019Fiorentina  Stefano Pioli Resigned 9 April 2019 10th  Vincenzo Montella 10 April 2019

League table

Results

Season statistics
Top goalscorers
+RankPlayerClubGoals1 Fabio QuagliarellaSampdoria262 Duván ZapataAtalanta233 Krzysztof PiątekGenoa/Milan1224 Cristiano RonaldoJuventus215 Arkadiusz MilikNapoli176 Francesco CaputoEmpoli16 Dries MertensNapoli Leonardo PavolettiCagliari Andrea PetagnaSPAL10 Andrea BelottiTorino15 Ciro ImmobileLazio
1 Piątek played for Genoa until matchday 20 and scored 13 goals.

Top assists
+RankPlayerClubAssists1 Alejandro GómezAtalanta11 Dries MertensNapoli3 José CallejónNapoli10 SusoMilan5 Rodrigo De PaulUdinese8 Manuel LazzariSPAL Fabio Quagliarella Sampdoria Cristiano RonaldoJuventus9 Josip IličićAtalanta7 Rade KrunićEmpoli Cengiz ÜnderRoma Duván ZapataAtalanta

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainst ResultDate Josip IličićAtalantaChievo 5–1 (A)  Dries MertensNapoliEmpoli 5–1 (H)  Duván ZapataAtalantaUdinese  3–1 (A)  Josip IličićAtalantaSassuolo 6–2 (A)  Duván Zapata4AtalantaFrosinone 5–0 (A) 

Note
4 Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home  (A) – Away

Clean sheets
RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Samir HandanovićInternazionale172 Salvatore SiriguTorino153 Gianluigi DonnarummaMilan134 Andrea ConsigliSassuolo125 Emil AuderoSampdoria11 Wojciech SzczęsnyJuventus7 Luigi SepeParma10 Łukasz SkorupskiBologna Thomas StrakoshaLazio10 Alban LafontFiorentina9

Awards
In 2019, Serie A introduced the Serie A Awards for the first time, using calculations from Opta Sports and Netco Sports to determine the best players of the season.
 Award Winner Club Most Valuable Player  Cristiano Ronaldo Juventus Best Young Player  Nicolò Zaniolo Roma Best Goalkeeper  Samir Handanović Internazionale Best Defender  Kalidou Koulibaly Napoli Best Midfielder  Sergej Milinković-Savić Lazio Best Striker  Fabio Quagliarella Sampdoria

References

Other websites

 ESPN Italian Serie A

Category:Football in Italy
Category:2018–19 in European football
Category:Serie A seasons