2014–15 Serie A Explained

Competition:Serie A
Season:2014–15
Dates:30 August 2014 –
31 May 2015
Winners:Juventus
31st title
Relegated:Cesena
Cagliari
Parma (to LND)
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Juventus
Roma
Lazio
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Fiorentina
Napoli
Sampdoria
Matches:380
Total Goals:1024
League Topscorer:Mauro Icardi
Luca Toni
(22 goals each)
Best Goalkeeper:Gianluigi Buffon
(18 clean sheets)
Biggest Home Win: 7–0 Sassuolo
(14 September 2014)
Juventus 7–0 Parma
(9 November 2014)
Biggest Away Win:Palermo 0–4 Lazio
(29 September 2014)
Empoli 0–4 Cagliari
(25 October 2014)
Cagliari 0–4 Fiorentina
(30 November 2014)
Highest Scoring:Parma 4–5 Milan
(14 September 2014)
Longest Wins:8 games[1]
Lazio
Longest Unbeaten:20 games
Juventus
Longest Winless:18 games
Cesena
Longest Losses:6 games
Parma
Highest Attendance:79,173
Milan 1–1
(23 November 2014)
Lowest Attendance:5,000
Chievo 2–1 Cesena
(9 November 2014)
Average Attendance:22,149
Prevseason:2013–14
Nextseason:2015–16

The 2014–15 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of top-tier Italian football, the 83rd in a round-robin tournament, and the fifth since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 30 August 2014.

A total of 20 teams competed in the league: 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Serie B campaign. Juventus were the defending champions, successfully defending their title for the fourth consecutive time. On 2 May 2015, Juventus won the Scudetto for the fourth consecutive time.[2]

Events

The season will feature the return of Palermo after only one season in the second division and Empoli, whose last appearance was in the 2007–08 season. Cesena, the play-off winner, returned to the top level after two years in Serie B.

The pre-season saw two ownership changes: Cagliari was sold from Massimo Cellino to Milanese entrepreneur Tommaso Giulini, a former board member at Internazionale. Sampdoria was sold by Edoardo Garrone (son of the late Riccardo Garrone) to Rome-based film businessman Massimo Ferrero.

The season was also influenced by serious financial problems surrounding Parma, involving two controversial takeovers during the season, its last chairman Giampietro Manenti being arrested on 18 March 2015 under accusation of money laundering, and the club being ultimately declared insolvent by the local court on the very next day.

The Serie A this season had the most goals on average than any of the five other top leagues in Europe.[3]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2013–14 season
AtalantaBergamoStadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
CagliariCagliariStadio Sant'Elia
CesenaCesenaStadio Dino Manuzzi
Chievo VeronaVeronaStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
EmpoliEmpoliStadio Carlo Castellani
FiorentinaFlorenceStadio Artemio Franchi
GenoaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris
Hellas VeronaVeronaStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
InternazionaleMilanSan Siro
JuventusTurinJuventus Stadium
LazioRomeStadio Olimpico
MilanMilanSan Siro
NapoliNaplesStadio San Paolo
PalermoPalermoStadio Renzo Barbera
ParmaParmaStadio Ennio Tardini
RomaRomeStadio Olimpico
SampdoriaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris
SassuoloSassuolo1Mapei Stadium[4]
TorinoTurinOlimpico di Torino
UdineseUdineStadio Friuli
  1. Sassuolo plays in Reggio Emilia.

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamPresidentManagerCaptainKitmakerShirt sponsor (front)Shirt sponsor (back)
Atalanta Antonio Percassi Edoardo Reja Gianpaolo BelliniNikeSuisseGas, Konica MinoltaBergamopost/Oriocenter/Consorzio Fidi Confartigianato Bergamo - Confiab/Stone City/Caffè Toraldo/Italia Paghe/ONE Power&Gas
Cagliari Tommaso Giulini Gianluca Festa Daniele ContiKappaSardegna/Brigante/Sol.Bat/Pecorino Romano/ICIB/IN.ECO/iziPlay/Fluorsid/Termomeccanica Energia/subito.it/Vestis/portalesardegna.com/CRAI/Io tifo positivo/Alarm System, Tiscali/indoonaIntesa Sanpaolo
Cesena Giorgio Lugaresi Domenico Di Carlo Davide SucciLottoPrinkNone
Chievo Verona Luca Campedelli Rolando Maran Sergio PellissierGivovaPaluani/Jetcoin, Midac BatteriesNobis
Empoli Fabrizio Corsi Maurizio Sarri Davide MoroRoyalNGM Smartphones, Computer GrossBanca Dinamica
Fiorentina Mario Cognigni Vincenzo Montella Manuel PasqualJomaSave the Children/Volkswagen/Val di FassaSave the Children
Genoa Enrico Preziosi Gian Piero Gasperini Nicolás BurdissoLottoFuori Sanremo RadioItalia/DF Sport Specialist, McVitie'sNone
Hellas Verona Maurizio Setti Andrea Mandorlini Luca ToniNikeFranklin & Marshall, agsm/LeaderformManila Grace
Internazionale Erick Thohir Roberto Mancini Andrea RanocchiaNikePirelliNone
Juventus Andrea Agnelli Massimiliano Allegri Gianluigi BuffonNikeJeep/Expo 2015None
Lazio Claudio Lotito Stefano Pioli Stefano MauriMacronClinica Paideia/Associazione italiana contro le leucemie-linfomi e mielomaNone
Milan Silvio Berlusconi Filippo Inzaghi Riccardo MontolivoAdidasFly EmiratesNone
Napoli Aurelio De Laurentiis Rafael Benítez Marek HamšíkMacronLete, Pasta GarofaloNone
Palermo Maurizio Zamparini Giuseppe Iachini Stefano SorrentinoJomaRosanero Cares, CBM SportNone
Parma vacant after bankruptcy Roberto Donadoni Alessandro LucarelliErreàFolletto, Energy T.I. Group/SanThè Sant'AnnaPiazza Italia/Bava/Risparmio Casa/INC Hotels/Corona Carta/Birra Parma/NordestWash/Dac a trá/Hotel Due Mari Sestri Levante/Ranieri/Caesars Palace Luxury/CRAI Tirreno/Un Posto al Sole Ristorante/Twin's Cafè/Edil P.3
Roma James Pallotta Rudi Garcia Francesco TottiNikeTelethonNone
Sampdoria Massimo Ferrero Siniša Mihajlović Angelo PalomboKappa/Parà TempotestNone
Sassuolo Carlo Rossi Eusebio Di Francesco Francesco MagnanelliSportikaMapeiNone
Torino Urbano Cairo Giampiero Ventura Kamil GlikKappaFrattelli Beretta, Suzuki/Suzuki VitaraTecnoalarm
Udinese Franco Soldati Andrea Stramaccioni Antonio Di NataleHS FootballDacia, Alcott/UpimNone

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
UdineseChange of role [5] Pre-season [6]
MilanSacked [7]
LazioResigned [8] [9]
CagliariSacked [10]
JuventusResigned
ChievoSacked [11] 17th [12]
Internazionale[13] 9th [14]
Cesena[15] 19th [16]
Cagliari[17] 18th [18]
Atalanta[19] 17th
Cagliari[20] 18th
CagliariResigned 19th

Ownership changes

TeamPrevious ownerNew ownerDate
Cagliari Massimo Cellino[21] Tommaso Giulini
Sampdoria Edoardo Garrone[22] Massimo Ferrero
Parma Tommaso Ghirardi[23] Dastraso Holding Ltd.
Dastraso Holding Ltd.[24] Giampietro Manenti
Giampietro Manenti[25] Under provisional accounting

League table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches were not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match was scheduled for matchday 29 (Fiorentina vs Sampdoria), but then postponed and played between matchdays 30 and 31, it was added to the standings for matchday 30.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals[26]
1 Mauro IcardiInternazionale22
Luca ToniHellas Verona
3 Carlos TevezJuventus20
4 Gonzalo HiguaínNapoli18
5 Jérémy MénezMilan16
6 Domenico BerardiSassuolo15
Manolo GabbiadiniSampdoria/Napoli
8 Antonio Di NataleUdinese14
9 Paulo DybalaPalermo13
Iago FalqueGenoa
Miroslav KloseLazio
Fabio QuagliarellaTorino

Most clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets[27]
1 Gianluigi BuffonJuventus18
2 Morgan De SanctisRoma16
3 Albano BizzarriChievo12
4 Samir HandanovićInternazionale11
5 Federico MarchettiLazio10
Emiliano VivianoSampdoria
7 NetoFiorentina9
Luigi SepeEmpoli
9 Andrea ConsigliSassuolo8
Antonio MiranteParma

Hat-tricks

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

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Mauro IcardiInternazionaleSassuolo7–0
Albin EkdalCagliariInternazionale4–1
Filip ĐorđevićLazioPalermo4–0
Gonzalo HiguaínNapoliHellas Verona6–2
Fabio QuagliarellaTorinoSampdoria5–1
Domenico BerardiSassuoloMilan3–2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2014–15 Italian Serie A statistics . ESPN FC . 4 November 2014.
  2. Web site: Juventus win fourth straight Serie A title with away victory at Sampdoria. 2 May 2015. ESPN. 3 May 2015.
  3. https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/world-of-sport/1024-goals--serie-a-was-the-highest-scoring-league-in-europe-this-season-090941358.html
  4. Web site: Addio serie A, il Sassuolo va a Reggio - Il Resto Del Carlino - Modena. MonrifNet.
  5. News: Udinese, Guidolin lascia la panchina. Sarà supervisore tecnico . La Gazzetta dello Sport . it . 20 May 2014 . 5 June 2014 . Udinese, Guidolin leaves the dugout. He will be technical supervisor .
  6. News: Comunicato: è Andrea Stramaccioni il nuovo allenatore . Udinese Calcio . it . 4 June 2014 . 4 June 2014 . Statement: Andrea Stramaccioni is the new head coach . 6 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140606202653/http://www.udinese.it/portal/IT/handle/?hil&page=redazione_approfondimenti&vid=2639 . dead .
  7. News: AC Milan: Filippo Inzaghi replaces Clarence Seedorf . BBC Sport . 9 June 2014 . 10 June 2014 .
  8. News: Edy Reja saluta la Lazio . SS Lazio . Edy Reja says goodbye to Lazio . it . 12 June 2014 . 12 June 2014 . 14 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714151053/http://www.sslazio.it/news/news/1-news/4672-edy-reja-saluta-la-lazio-.html . dead .
  9. News: Stefano Pioli è il nuovo allenatore della S.S. Lazio . SS Lazio . Stefano Pioli is the new Lazio head coach . it . 12 June 2014 . 12 June 2014 . 16 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140616025458/http://www.sslazio.it/news/news/1-news/4673-stefano-pioli-e-il-nuovo-allenatore-della-ss-lazio.html . dead .
  10. News: Serie A: Cagliari appoint former Roma coach Zdenek Zeman as new manager . Sky Sports . 2 July 2014 . 15 July 2014 .
  11. News: Comunicato ufficiale: Eugenio Corini sollevato dall'incarico . AC Chievo Verona . it . 19 October 2014 . 19 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141023034951/http://www.chievoverona.it/it/news/comunicato-ufficiale-eugenio-corini-sollevato-dallincarico . 23 October 2014 . dead.
  12. News: Comunicato ufficiale: Rolando Maran è il nuovo allenatore della Prima squadra . AC Chievo Verona . it . 19 October 2014 . 19 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141023035024/http://www.chievoverona.it/it/news/comunicato-ufficiale-rolando-maran-%C3%A8-il-nuovo-allenatore-della-prima-squadra . 23 October 2014 . dead.
  13. News: FC INTERNAZIONALE CLUB STATEMENT . FC Internazionale Milano . 14 November 2014 . 14 November 2014 . 31 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150131053942/http://www.inter.it/en/news/46908 . dead .
  14. News: ROBERTO MANCINI APPOINTED AS INTER'S NEW COACH . FC Internazionale Milano . 14 November 2014 . 14 November 2014 . 27 January 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150127084636/http://www.inter.it/en/news/46910 . dead .
  15. News: COMUNICATO UFFICIALE - Bisoli sollevato dall'incarico di allenatore della prima squadra . AC Cesena . 8 December 2014 . 24 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150405173142/http://www.cesenacalcio.it/it/news/2014/12/08/comunicato-ufficiale-2215.html . 5 April 2015 . dead.
  16. News: Di Carlo nuovo tecnico del Cesena Calcio . AC Cesena . 8 December 2014 . 24 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141209154708/http://www.cesenacalcio.it/it/news/2014/12/08/di-carlo-nuovo-tecnico-del-cesena-calcio-2216.html . 9 December 2014 . dead.
  17. News: Comunicato del Cagliari Calcio . Cagliari Calcio . 23 December 2014 . 23 December 2014 . it . 25 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141225233038/http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/16809/comunicato-del-cagliari-calcio.html . dead .
  18. News: Bentornato Gianfranco . Cagliari Calcio . 24 December 2014 . 24 December 2014 . it . 26 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141226205402/http://www.cagliaricalcio.net/news/16814/bentornato-gianfranco.html . dead .
  19. News: Comunicato Atalanta BC . Atalanta BC . 4 March 2015 . 4 March 2015 . it . https://web.archive.org/web/20150306164619/http://www.atalanta.it/site/paginalive/comunicati-dal-club/Stagione-2014-2015/2015-03/04-03-Comunicato-Atalanta-B.C..html . 6 March 2015 . dead.
  20. News: Gianfranco Zola sacked as Serie A Cagliari rehire Zdenek Zeman. BBC . 9 March 2015 . 9 March 2015.
  21. News: Cagliari, Cellino ha venduto a Giulini: la firma nella notte . it . 26 October 2014 . La Repubblica . 11 June 2014 .
  22. News: Sampdoria, cambio clamoroso. Garrone ha venduto a Ferrero . it . 26 October 2014 . La Gazzetta dello Sport . 12 June 2014 .
  23. News: PARMA FC ALLA DASTRASO HOLDINGS LIMITED. IL PRESIDENTE FABIO GIORDANO: PAGAMENTI E NON RETROCEDERE LE PRIORITÀ . it . 21 December 2014 . Parma FC . 20 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141220122242/http://fcparma.com/news/parma-fc-alla-dastraso-holdings-limited-il-presidente-fabio-giordano-pagare-le-scadenze-e-non-retrocedere-le-nostre-priorita?lang=it . 20 December 2014 . usurped.
  24. News: COMUNICATO STAMPA . it . 10 February 2015 . Parma FC . 9 February 2015 . usurped . https://web.archive.org/web/20150210024049/http://fcparma.com/news/comunicato-stampa-14?lang=it . 10 February 2015 .
  25. News: NOMINA CURATORI PARMA FC . it . 28 March 2015 . Parma FC . 19 March 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402135810/http://fcparma.com/news/nomina-curatori-parma-fc?lang=it . 2 April 2015 . usurped.
  26. Web site: 2014–15 Serie A top goalscorers . Serie A . 18 May 2015 . 25 November 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141125120516/http://www.legaseriea.it/en/serie-a-tim/campionato-classifica/marcatori . dead .
  27. Web site: Serie A Stats 2014-2015 - Top Scorers, Most Assists, Clean Sheets - Football News Guru.