2013–14 Serie A Explained

Competition:Serie A
Season:2013–14
Winners:Juventus
30th title
Dates:24 August 2013 – 18 May 2014
Relegated:Livorno
Bologna
Catania
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Juventus
Roma
Napoli
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Fiorentina
Internazionale
Torino
Matches:380
Total Goals:1035
League Topscorer:Ciro Immobile
(22 goals)
Biggest Home Win:Roma 5–0 Bologna
(29 September 2013)
Sampdoria 5–0 Hellas Verona
(23 March 2014)
Biggest Away Win:Sassuolo 0–7 Internazionale
(22 September 2013)
Highest Scoring:8 goals:
Hellas Verona 3–5 Fiorentina
(13 April 2014)
Udinese 5–3 Livorno
(4 May 2014)
Longest Wins:12 games
Juventus
Longest Unbeaten:22 games
Juventus
Longest Winless:10 games
Livorno
Longest Losses:7 games
Livorno[1]
Average Attendance:23,481[2]
Prevseason:2012–13
Nextseason:2014–15

The 2013–14 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 112th season of top-tier Italian football, the 82nd in a round-robin tournament, and the 4th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. The season began on 24 August 2013 and concluded on 18 May 2014. As in previous years, Nike provided the official ball for all matches with a new Nike Incyte model used throughout the season. Juventus were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title to win a third Serie A title in a row with a record-breaking 102 points.

A total of 20 teams competed in the league: 17 sides from the 2012–13 season and three promoted from the 2012–13 Serie B campaign. Palermo, Pescara and Siena were each demoted from the top flight. They were replaced by Serie B champion Sassuolo, runner-up Hellas Verona and play-off winner Livorno. Hellas Verona returned to Serie A after an 11-year absence, Livorno after four seasons and this season marked Sassuolo's Serie A debut.

For the first time in the competition's history, there were five derbies among teams from the same city: Milan (Internazionale and Milan), Turin (Juventus and Torino), Rome (Lazio and Roma), Genoa (Genoa and Sampdoria), and Verona (Chievo and Hellas Verona).

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2012–13 season
AtalantaBergamoAtleti Azzurri d'Italia
BolognaBolognaRenato Dall'Ara
CagliariCagliariSant'Elia1
CataniaCataniaAngelo Massimino
ChievoVeronaMarc'Antonio Bentegodi
FiorentinaFlorenceArtemio Franchi
GenoaGenoaLuigi Ferraris
InternazionaleMilanSan Siro
JuventusTurinJuventus Stadium
LazioRomeOlimpico
LivornoLivornoArmando Picchi
MilanMilanSan Siro
NapoliNaplesSan Paolo
ParmaParmaEnnio Tardini
RomaRomeOlimpico
SampdoriaGenoaLuigi Ferraris
SassuoloSassuolo
(playing in Reggio Emilia)
Mapei Stadium[3]
TorinoTurinOlimpico di Torino
UdineseUdineFriuli2
Hellas VeronaVeronaMarc'Antonio Bentegodi
1Cagliari is going to play at Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste while Stadio Sant'Elia is under renovation.[4]
2Some matches may be played at Stadio Nereo Rocco in Trieste if Stadio Friuli's renovation is not finished.[5]

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamManagerCaptainKitmakerShirt sponsor
Atalanta Stefano Colantuono Gianpaolo BelliniErreàAXA, Konica Minolta
Bologna Davide Ballardini Diego PérezMacronNGM Mobile
Cagliari Ivo Pulga Daniele ContiKappaSardegna, Tirrenia
Catania Maurizio Pellegrino Mariano IzcoGivovaFiorucci, TTT Lines
Chievo Eugenio Corini Sergio PellissierGivovaPaluani/Midac Batteries/Banca Popolare di Verona, Midac Batteries/Magneti Marelli
Fiorentina Vincenzo Montella Manuel PasqualJomaMazda
Genoa Gian Piero Gasperini Daniele PortanovaLottoiZiPlay
Internazionale Walter Mazzarri Javier ZanettiNikePirelli
Juventus Antonio Conte Gianluigi BuffonNikeJeep
Lazio Edoardo Reja Stefano MauriMacronLazio Style Channel/Clinica Paideia
Livorno Davide Nicola Andrea LuciLegeaBanca Carige
Milan Clarence Seedorf Riccardo MontolivoAdidasFly Emirates
Napoli Rafael Benítez Marek HamšíkMacronLete, MSC Cruises
Parma Roberto Donadoni Alessandro LucarelliErreàFolletto, Navigare
Roma Rudi Garcia Francesco TottiIn-houseRoma Cares/Sky Sport HD/Telethon
Sampdoria Siniša Mihajlović Daniele GastaldelloKappaGamenet
Sassuolo Eusebio Di Francesco Francesco MagnanelliSportikaMapei
Torino Giampiero Ventura Kamil GlikKappaFrattelli Beretta, Suzuki/Suzuki S-Cross
Udinese Francesco Guidolin Antonio Di NataleHS FootballDacia, UPIM
Hellas Verona Andrea Mandorlini Domenico MaiettaNikeManila Grace/Franklin & Marshall, Leaderform/agsm

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
NapoliResigned [6] Pre-season [7]
InternazionaleSacked [8]
ChievoMutual consent
Genoa
CagliariDemoted to assistant coach
RomaEnd of caretaker spell
GenoaSacked [9] 15th
Catania[10] 17th
Sampdoria[11] 18th
Chievo[12] 20th [13]
Lazio[14] 10th
Bologna17th
Milan11th
Livorno19th Attilio Perotti
Catania20th
Livorno Attilio Perotti End of caretaker spell 19th
SassuoloSacked 18th
20th
Cagliari15th
Catania20th
Livorno Domenico Di Carlo 19th

League table

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Ciro ImmobileTorino22
2 Luca ToniHellas Verona20
3 Carlos TevezJuventus19
4 Antonio Di NataleUdinese17
Gonzalo HiguaínNapoli
Rodrigo PalacioInternazionale
7 Domenico BerardiSassuolo16
Fernando LlorenteJuventus
Giuseppe RossiFiorentina
10 José CallejónNapoli15
Alberto GilardinoGenoa
PaulinhoLivorno
Source:[18]

Scoring

Discipline

Hat-tricks

See main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks.

Player Team Against Result Date
Fiorentina Juventus 4–2 20 October 2013
Sassuolo Sampdoria 4–3 3 November 2013
Juventus Sassuolo 4–0 15 December 2013
Domenico Berardi4 Sassuolo Milan 4–3 12 January 2014
Fiorentina Genoa]l 3–3 26 January 2014
Torino Livorno 3–1 22 March 2014
Roma Cagliari 3–1 6 April 2014
Chievo Livorno 4–2 13 April 2014
Napoli Lazio 4–2 13 April 2014
Sassuolo Fiorentina 4–3 6 May 2014
Udinese Sampdoria 3–3 17 May 2014

Average attendance

Team Average attendance High Low
46,246 79,343 32,765
40,632 56,225 10,000
40,436 54,097 28,000
Milan39,874 75,589 29,631
38,328 39,33432,279
32,057 40,912 27,767
31,905 49,236 24,858
22,158 34,29220,076
21,172 25,164 17,729
21,145 30,929 15,227
20,055 29,878 17,875
17,024 25,559 12,572
15,197 19,945 12,172
14,252 22,262 9,750
14,194 20,140 10,543
13,753 22,0019,315
13,451 17,74010,409
10,982 18,735 8,608
9,149 20,000 5,000
4,636 4,798 4,000

Source:http://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn.htm

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Soccer Teams, Scores, Stats, News, Fixtures, Results, Tables – ESPN.
  2. Web site: Italian Serie A Stats: Team Attendance – 2013-14. ESPN. 31 March 2014.
  3. Web site: Addio serie A, il Sassuolo va a Reggio – Cronaca – ilrestodelcarlino.it. 15 June 2013.
  4. Web site: Addio is Arenas, il Cagliari torna a Sant'Elia.
  5. http://www.tuttosport.com/calcio/calciomercato/2013/06/13-265346/L%26apos%3BUdinese+pagher%26%23224%3B+i+lavori+per+lo+stadio+Nereo+Rocco Tuttosport
  6. Web site: Mazzarri: Il mio ciclo a Napoli è finito.
  7. Web site: Benitez è il nuovo allenatore del Napoli.
  8. Web site: Comunicato ufficiale di F.C. Internazionale. 7 June 2013. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060513/http://www.inter.it/it/news/62614. dead.
  9. News: Official: Genoa recall Gasperini. Football Italia. 6 October 2013. 29 September 2013.
  10. News: Rolando Maran sollevato dall'incarico. Luigi De Canio è il nuovo allenatore della prima squadra . Calcio Catania . it . Rolando Maran dismissed from managerial role. Luigi De Canio is the new first team head coach . 20 October 2013 . 20 October 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131025203700/http://www.ilcalciocatania.it/article.php?id=29444 . 25 October 2013 .
  11. News: IL SALUTO DI DELIO ROSSI: "GRAZIE A TUTTA LA SAMPDORIA". Sampdoria. 12 November 2013. 11 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131113185254/http://www.sampdoria.it/il-saluto-di-delio-rossi-grazie-a-tutta-la-sampdoria.html. 13 November 2013. dead.
  12. News: Official press release: Giuseppe Sannino relieved. Chievo Verona. 12 November 2013. 11 November 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131112111352/http://www.chievoverona.it/it/news/comunicato-ufficiale-giuseppe-sannino-sollevato-dallincarico. 12 November 2013. dead.
  13. News: Chievo, addio Di Carlo Arriva l'ex Corini. La Gazzetta dello Sport. it. 2 October 2012. 2 October 2012. Chievo, goodbye Di Carlo; former player Corini comes in.
  14. News: COMUNICATO. S.S. Lazio. 6 January 2014. 4 January 2014. 4 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140104212656/http://www.sslazio.it/news/news/1-news/4353-comunicato.html. dead.
  15. News: Cagliari Calcio . it . 24 August 2013 . Lopez ammesso al corso di Coverciano . https://archive.today/20130824123959/http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/14755/lopez-ammesso-al-corso-di-coverciano.html . dead . 24 August 2013 . 16 July 2013 .
  16. News: Cagliari Calcio . it . 24 August 2013 . Lopez: "Essere allenatore è una bella sfida" . 10 July 2013 . 14 July 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130714054600/http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/14743/lopez-essere-allenatore-e-una-bella-sfida-.html . dead .
  17. News: L'Unione Sarda . it . 24 August 2013 . Lopez al supercorso di Coverciano Ammesso anche Virgilio Perra . 16 July 2013 . 7 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211207063608/https://www.unionesarda.it/articoli/articolo/322570 . dead .
  18. Web site: Italian Serie A Stats: Top Goal Scorers – 2013-14. ESPN. 18 May 2014.