2017–18 Serie A

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Serie A
Season2017–18
Dates19 August 2017 – 20 May 2018
ChampionsJuventus
34th title
RelegatedCrotone
Hellas Verona
Benevento
Champions LeagueJuventus
Napoli
Roma
Internazionale
Europa LeagueLazio
Milan
Atalanta
Matches played380
Goals scored1,017 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorerMauro Icardi
Ciro Immobile
(29 goals each)[1]
Biggest home winJuventus 7–0 Sassuolo
(4 February 2018)[2]
Biggest away winHellas Verona 0–5 Fiorentina
(10 September 2017)[2]
Cagliari 0–5 Napoli
(26 February 2018)[2]
Sampdoria 0–5 Internazionale
(18 March 2018)[2]
Hellas Verona 0–5 Atalanta
(18 March 2018)[2]
Highest scoringUdinese 2–6 Juventus
(22 October 2017)
Lazio 6–2 Benevento
(31 March 2018)[2]
Longest winning run12 games[2]
Juventus
Longest unbeaten run18 games[2]
Juventus
Longest winless run18 games[2]
Benevento
Longest losing run14 games[2]
Benevento
Highest attendance78,328
Internazionale 3–2 Milan
(15 October 2017)[2]
Lowest attendance7,000
Chievo 2–3 Bologna
(22 December 2017)[2]
Total attendance9,351,260[2]
Average attendance24,738[2]

The 2017–18 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 116th season of top-tier Italian football, the 86th in a round-robin tournament and the 8th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the six-time defending champions. The season ran from 19 August 2017 to 20 May 2018.[3][4]

On 13 May, Juventus won a record seventh consecutive title and 34th title overall with one game remaining following their 0–0 draw with Roma.[5]

The season was marred by the death of Davide Astori, the captain of Fiorentina, due to heart problems.

Events[edit]

On 13 May 2017, SPAL were mathematically promoted from Serie B after 49 years away.[6] Five days later, Hellas Verona clinched promoted as well, one year on from being relegated. On 8 June 2017, Benevento won the promotion play-offs to earn the club a first ever promotion to Serie A; they became the 67th team to participate in the Italian top flight.[7]

After video assistant refereeing (VAR) was privately tested in the previous season, on 10 June 2017 it was announced replay assistance would be implemented for this season.[8] The percentage of errors in Serie A in this season was reportedly 0.89 percent, compared to 5.78 percent if VAR had not been not used.[9]

Subsequently to the new UEFA entry criteria, Italy obtained four group stage spots for the following Champions League season, as did the other three leagues with the highest coefficient in Europe; this was an improvement on the three Champions League spots (two group stage places and one qualifying play-off place) that Serie A had received prior.

On 4 March 2018, Davide Astori, captain of Fiorentina, died in his sleep while staying in a hotel in Udine prior to Fiorentina's match against Udinese, proven to be caused by cardiac arrest determined from an autopsy conducted two days later.[10] All Serie A, Serie B and Serie C matches scheduled for 4 March were postponed.[11] Cagliari and Fiorentina both retired the number 13 jersey worn by Astori in his honour.[12][13]

The teams that were relegated included Benevento (on 22 April 2018, after one year in Serie A),[14] Hellas Verona (on 5 May 2018, also after one year),[15] and Crotone (on 20 May 2018, after two seasons in the top flight).[16]

On 13 May 2018, Juventus won their seventh title in a row and the 34th in their history following their 0–0 draw away to Roma in the penultimate matchweek.[17] Four days later, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon announced his farewell to Serie A (and the national football team).[18][19] He left the league after 23 career seasons, the last seventeen being with Juventus, having earned nine league titles and 640 caps, the second highest ever in Serie A.[20] However, after a year away with Paris Saint-Germain, Buffon would return to Juventus and to Serie A for the 2019–20 season.[21]

Teams[edit]

Stadiums and locations[edit]

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Locations of the 2017–18 Serie A teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2016–17 season
Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 21,300 4th in Serie A
Benevento Benevento Stadio Ciro Vigorito 17,554 Serie B play-off winners
Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 38,279 15th in Serie A
Cagliari Cagliari Sardegna Arena 16,233 11th in Serie A
Chievo Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 14th in Serie A
Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida 16,547 17th in Serie A
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 43,147 8th in Serie A
Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685 16th in Serie A
Hellas Verona Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 Serie B runners-up
Internazionale Milan San Siro 80,018 7th in Serie A
Juventus Turin Allianz Stadium 41,507 Serie A champions
Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 70,634 5th in Serie A
Milan Milan San Siro 80,018 6th in Serie A
Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo 60,240 3rd in Serie A
Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 70,634 2nd in Serie A
Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685 10th in Serie A
Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
(Reggio Emilia) 		23,717 12th in Serie A
SPAL Ferrara Stadio Paolo Mazza 13,020 Serie B champions
Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 27,994 9th in Serie A
Udinese Udine Dacia Arena 25,144 13th in Serie A

Personnel and kits[edit]

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor (front) Shirt sponsor (back)
Atalanta Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Argentina Alejandro Gómez Joma Veratour/Radici Group (in UEFA matches), Modus FM Elettrocanali
Benevento Italy Roberto De Zerbi Italy Fabio Lucioni FG Sport La Molisana, SAPA Group Rillo Costruzioni
Bologna Italy Roberto Donadoni Italy Daniele Gastaldello Macron FAAC Illumia
Cagliari Uruguay Diego López Italy Daniele Dessena Macron ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna, Ichnusa Nieddittas
Chievo Italy Lorenzo D'Anna Italy Sergio Pellissier Givova Paluani/Nobis/Pescherie Viviani/CF Costruzioni/Cubi Impianti Tecnologici/Alcott/Avelia/KickOffers/Conte di Campiano/Nico Abbigliamento e Calzature/Midac Batteries/2018 World Cadets and Juniors Fencing Championships/Givova/Acqua Sangemini/Vicentini Carni, Coati Salumi Nobis/Filo diretto
Crotone Italy Walter Zenga Italy Alex Cordaz Zeus Sport Lewer, Abramo Metal Carpinteria
Fiorentina Italy Stefano Pioli Croatia Milan Badelj Le Coq Sportif Folletto/Vorwerk (in UEFA matches) Save the Children
Genoa Italy Davide Ballardini Italy Mattia Perin Lotto Eviva Energia, Zentiva LeasePlan
Hellas Verona Italy Fabio Pecchia Italy Rômulo Nike Metano Nord, SEC Events (Home)/Maticmind (Away)/Sartori Vini (Third) Chancebet
Internazionale Italy Luciano Spalletti Argentina Mauro Icardi Nike Pirelli Driver
Juventus Italy Massimiliano Allegri Italy Gianluigi Buffon Adidas Jeep Cygames
Lazio Italy Simone Inzaghi Bosnia and Herzegovina Senad Lulić Macron Sèleco Sèleco Easy Life
Milan Italy Gennaro Gattuso Italy Leonardo Bonucci Adidas Fly Emirates None
Napoli Italy Maurizio Sarri Slovakia Marek Hamšík Kappa Lete, Pasta Garofalo Caffè Kimbo
Roma Italy Eusebio Di Francesco Italy Daniele De Rossi Nike Qatar Airways None
Sampdoria Italy Marco Giampaolo Italy Vasco Regini Joma Invent Energy IBSA Group
Sassuolo Italy Giuseppe Iachini Italy Francesco Magnanelli Kappa Mapei None
SPAL Italy Leonardo Semplici Italy Mirco Antenucci Macron Interspar/Tassi Group ErreEffeGroup
Torino Italy Walter Mazzarri Italy Andrea Belotti Kappa Suzuki, Fratelli Beretta SportPesa
Udinese Croatia Igor Tudor Brazil Danilo HS Sport Dacia, Vortice Magnadyne/Bluenergy

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Internazionale Italy Stefano Vecchi End of caretaker spell 28 May 2017 Pre-season Italy Luciano Spalletti 9 June 2017 [22]
Roma Italy Luciano Spalletti Mutual consent 30 May 2017[23] Italy Eusebio Di Francesco 13 June 2017[24]
Fiorentina Portugal Paulo Sousa End of contract 6 June 2017 Italy Stefano Pioli 6 June 2017 [25]
Sassuolo Italy Eusebio Di Francesco Signed by Roma 13 June 2017 Italy Cristian Bucchi 20 June 2017[26]
Cagliari Italy Massimo Rastelli Sacked 17 October 2017[27] 14th Uruguay Diego López 18 October 2017[28]
Benevento Italy Marco Baroni 23 October 2017 20th Italy Roberto De Zerbi 23 October 2017[29]
Genoa Croatia Ivan Jurić 5 November 2017[30] 18th Italy Davide Ballardini 6 November 2017[31]
Udinese Italy Luigi Delneri 21 November 2017[32] 14th Italy Massimo Oddo 21 November 2017[33]
Sassuolo Italy Cristian Bucchi 27 November 2017[34] 16th Italy Giuseppe Iachini 27 November 2017[35]
Milan Italy Vincenzo Montella 27 November 2017[36] 7th Italy Gennaro Gattuso 27 November 2017[37]
Crotone Italy Davide Nicola Resigned 6 December 2017[38] 16th Italy Walter Zenga 8 December 2017[39]
Torino Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Sacked 4 January 2018[40] 10th Italy Walter Mazzarri 4 January 2018[41]
Udinese Italy Massimo Oddo 24 April 2018[42] 15th Croatia Igor Tudor 24 April 2018[43]
Chievo Italy Rolando Maran 29 April 2018[44] 17th Italy Lorenzo D'Anna 29 April 2018

League table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 38 30 5 3 86 24 +62 95 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Napoli 38 28 7 3 77 29 +48 91
3 Roma 38 23 8 7 61 28 +33 77
4 Internazionale 38 20 12 6 66 30 +36 72[a]
5 Lazio 38 21 9 8 89 49 +40 72[a] Qualification to Europa League group stage[b]
6 Milan[c] 38 18 10 10 56 42 +14 64
7 Atalanta 38 16 12 10 57 39 +18 60 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[b]
8 Fiorentina 38 16 9 13 54 46 +8 57
9 Torino 38 13 15 10 54 46 +8 54
10 Sampdoria 38 16 6 16 56 60 −4 54
11 Sassuolo 38 11 10 17 29 59 −30 43
12 Genoa 38 11 8 19 33 43 −10 41
13 Chievo 38 10 10 18 36 59 −23 40[d]
14 Udinese 38 12 4 22 48 63 −15 40[d]
15 Bologna 38 11 6 21 40 52 −12 39
16 Cagliari 38 11 6 21 33 61 −28 39
17 SPAL 38 8 14 16 39 59 −20 38
18 Crotone (R) 38 9 8 21 40 66 −26 35 Relegation to Serie B
19 Hellas Verona (R) 38 7 4 27 30 78 −48 25
20 Benevento (R) 38 6 3 29 33 84 −51 21
Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[48]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Internazionale finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head points: Internazionale 0–0 Lazio, Lazio 2–3 Internazionale.
  2. ^ a b Since the winners of the 2017–18 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the sixth-placed team and the spot awarded to the sixth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the seventh-placed team.
  3. ^ Milan was originally banned from European competition due to violations against Financial Fair Play regulations.[45] They appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and the ban was overturned on 20 July 2018.[46][47]
  4. ^ a b Chievo finished ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points: Chievo 1–1 Udinese, Udinese 1–2 Chievo.

Results[edit]

Home \ Away ATA BEN BOL CAG CHV CRO FIO GEN HEL INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP ROM SAM SAS SPA TOR UDI
Atalanta — 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 5–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 2–2 3–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0
Benevento 0–3 — 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–3 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–4 1–5 2–2 0–2 0–4 3–2 1–2 1–2 0–1 3–3
Bologna 0–1 3–0 — 1–1 1–2 2–3 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 1–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–2
Cagliari 1–0 2–1 0–0 — 0–2 1–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–5 0–1 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–4 2–1
Chievo 1–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 — 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–4 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1
Crotone 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 — 2–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–3 0–1 0–2 4–1 4–1 2–3 2–2 0–3
Fiorentina 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 — 0–0 1–4 1–1 0–2 3–4 1–1 3–0 2–4 1–2 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–1
Genoa 1–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–3 — 3–1 2–0 2–4 2–3 0–1 2–3 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–1
Hellas Verona 0–5 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 0–3 0–5 0–1 — 1–2 1–3 0–3 3–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1
Internazionale 2–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 5–0 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 — 2–3 0–0 3–2 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 1–1 1–3
Juventus 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 — 1–2 3–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 7–0 4–1 4–0 2–0
Lazio 1–1 6–2 1–1 3–0 5–1 4–0 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–3 0–1 — 4–1 1–4 0–0 4–0 6–1 0–0 1–3 3–0
Milan 0–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 5–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 — 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1
Napoli 3–1 6–0 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 — 2–4 3–2 3–1 1–0 2–2 4–2
Roma 1–2 5–2 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–1 — 0–1 1–1 3–1 3–0 3–1
Sampdoria 3–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 4–1 5–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 0–5 3–2 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 — 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1
Sassuolo 0–3 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–3 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 — 1–1 1–1 0–1
SPAL 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–5 0–4 2–3 0–3 3–1 0–1 — 2–2 3–2
Torino 1–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 4–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 0–1 2–2 3–0 2–1 — 2–0
Udinese 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 4–0 0–4 2–6 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 4–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 —
Source: Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics[edit]

Clean sheets[edit]

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Spain Pepe Reina Napoli 18
2 Brazil Alisson Roma 17
Slovenia Samir Handanović Internazionale
4 Italy Marco Sportiello Fiorentina 14
5 Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma Milan 12
Italy Mattia Perin Genoa
Italy Gianluigi Buffon Juventus
7 Albania Thomas Strakosha Lazio 11
Poland Wojciech Szczęsny Juventus
10 Italy Salvatore Sirigu Torino 10
Italy Andrea Consigli Sassuolo

Attendances[edit]

Team Average home attendances[49]
Internazionale 57,529
Milan 52,690
Napoli 43,050
Juventus 39,316
Roma 37,450
Lazio 30,990
Fiorentina 26,092
Genoa 20,941
Bologna 20,903
Sampdoria 20,156
Torino 18,596
Atalanta 17,921
Udinese 17,906
Hellas Verona 17,333
Cagliari 14,685
Chievo 12,540
Benevento 12,132
SPAL 12,067
Sassuolo 11,237
Crotone 10,581

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