| Competition: | Serie A |
| Season: | 2017–18 |
| Dates: | 19 August 2017 – 20 May 2018 |
| Winners: | Juventus 34th title |
| Relegated: | Crotone Hellas Verona Benevento |
| Continentalcup1: | Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Juventus Napoli Roma Internazionale |
| Continentalcup2: | Europa League |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Lazio Milan Atalanta |
| Matches: | 380 |
| Total Goals: | 1017 |
| League Topscorer: | Mauro Icardi Ciro Immobile (29 goals each)[1] |
| Biggest Home Win: | Juventus 7–0 Sassuolo (4 February 2018)[2] |
| Biggest Away Win: | Hellas Verona 0–5 Fiorentina (10 September 2017) Cagliari 0–5 Napoli (26 February 2018) Sampdoria 0–5 Internazionale (18 March 2018) Hellas Verona 0–5 Atalanta (18 March 2018) |
| Highest Scoring: | Udinese 2–6 Juventus (22 October 2017) Lazio 6–2 Benevento (31 March 2018) |
| Longest Wins: | 12 games Juventus |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 18 games Juventus |
| Longest Winless: | 18 games Benevento |
| Longest Losses: | 14 games Benevento |
| Highest Attendance: | 78,328 Internazionale 3–2 Milan (15 October 2017) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 7,000 Chievo 2–3 Bologna (22 December 2017) |
| Attendance: | 9,351,260 |
| Average Attendance: | 24,738 |
| Prevseason: | 2016–17 |
| Nextseason: | 2018–19 |
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.
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]
| Team | Home city | Stadium | Capacity | 2016–17 season | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | data-sort-value=4 | 4th in Serie A | ||
| Benevento | Stadio Ciro Vigorito | data-sort-value=20 | Serie B play-off winners | |||
| Bologna | Bologna | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara | data-sort-value=15 | 15th in Serie A | ||
| Cagliari | Cagliari | Sardegna Arena | data-sort-value=11 | 11th in Serie A | ||
| Chievo | Verona | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | data-sort-value=14 | 14th in Serie A | ||
| Crotone | Crotone | Stadio Ezio Scida | data-sort-value=17 | 17th in Serie A | ||
| Fiorentina | Florence | Stadio Artemio Franchi | data-sort-value=8 | 8th in Serie A | ||
| Genoa | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | data-sort-value=16 | 16th in Serie A | ||
| Hellas Verona | Verona | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | data-sort-value=19 | Serie B runners-up | ||
| Internazionale | Milan | San Siro | data-sort-value=7 | 7th in Serie A | ||
| Juventus | Turin | Allianz Stadium | data-sort-value=1 | Serie A champions | ||
| Lazio | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | data-sort-value=5 | 5th in Serie A | ||
| Milan | Milan | San Siro | data-sort-value=6 | 6th in Serie A | ||
| Napoli | Naples | Stadio San Paolo | data-sort-value=3 | 3rd in Serie A | ||
| Roma | Rome | Stadio Olimpico | data-sort-value=2 | 2nd in Serie A | ||
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | data-sort-value=10 | 10th in Serie A | ||
| Sassuolo | Sassuolo | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia) | data-sort-value=12 | 12th in Serie A | ||
| SPAL | Ferrara | Stadio Paolo Mazza | data-sort-value=18 | Serie B champions | ||
| Torino | Turin | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino | data-sort-value=9 | 9th in Serie A | ||
| Udinese | Udine | Dacia Arena | data-sort-value=13 | 13th in Serie A |
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Position in table | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internazionale | End of caretaker spell | 28 May 2017 | Pre-season | 9 June 2017 [22] | ||
| Roma | Mutual consent | 30 May 2017[23] | 13 June 2017[24] | |||
| Fiorentina | End of contract | 6 June 2017 |  Stefano Pioli | 6 June 2017 [25] | ||
| Sassuolo | 13 June 2017 | 20 June 2017[26] | ||||
| Cagliari | Sacked | 17 October 2017[27] | 14th | 18 October 2017[28] | ||
| Benevento | 23 October 2017 | 20th | 23 October 2017[29] | |||
| Genoa | 5 November 2017[30] | 18th | 6 November 2017[31] | |||
| Udinese | 21 November 2017[32] | 14th | 21 November 2017[33] | |||
| Sassuolo | 27 November 2017[34] | 16th | 27 November 2017[35] | |||
| Milan | 27 November 2017[36] | 7th | 27 November 2017[37] | |||
| Crotone | Resigned | 6 December 2017[38] | 16th | 8 December 2017[39] | ||
| Torino | Sacked | 4 January 2018[40] | 10th | 4 January 2018[41] | ||
| Udinese | 24 April 2018[42] | 15th | 24 April 2018[43] | |||
| Chievo | 29 April 2018[44] | 17th | 29 April 2018 |
| 1 | align=left |  Mauro Icardi | align=left | Internazionale | 29 |
| align=left | Ciro Immobile | align=left | Lazio | ||
| 3 | align=left | Paulo Dybala | align=left | Juventus | 22 |
| 4 | align=left | Fabio Quagliarella | align=left | Sampdoria | 19 |
| 5 | align=left |  Dries Mertens | align=left | Napoli | 18 |
| 6 | align=left |  Edin Džeko | align=left | Roma | 16 |
| align=left | Gonzalo Higuaín | align=left | Juventus | ||
| 8 | align=left | Giovanni Simeone | align=left | Fiorentina | 14 |
| 9 | align=left |  Iago Falque | align=left | Torino | 12 |
| align=left | Roberto Inglese | align=left | Chievo | ||
| align=left | Kevin Lasagna | align=left | Udinese | ||
| align=left | Sergej Milinković-Savić | align=left | Lazio |
See main article: List of Serie A hat-tricks.
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paulo Dybala | Juventus | Genoa | 4–2 (A) | |||
| Ciro Immobile | Lazio | Milan | 4–1 (H) | |||
| Paulo Dybala | Juventus | Sassuolo | 3–1 (A) | |||
| Dries Mertens | Napoli | Benevento | 6–0 (H) | |||
| Mauro Icardi | Internazionale | Milan | 3–2 (H) | |||
| Sami Khedira | Juventus | Udinese | 6–2 (A) | |||
| Ivan Perišić | Internazionale | Chievo | 5–0 (H) | |||
| Ciro Immobile4 | Lazio | SPAL | 5–2 (A) | |||
| Fabio Quagliarella | U.C. Sampdoria | Sampdoria | ACF Fiorentina | Fiorentina | 3–1 (H) | |
| Gonzalo Higuaín | Juventus | Sassuolo | 7–0 (H) | |||
| Mauro Icardi4 | Internazionale | Sampdoria | 5–0 (A) | |||
| Josip Iličić | Atalanta | Hellas Verona | 5–0 (A) | |||
| Andrea Belotti | Torino | Crotone | 4–1 (H) | |||
| Paulo Dybala | Juventus | Benevento | 4–2 (A) | |||
 Jordan Veretout | Fiorentina | Lazio | 3–4 (H) | |||
| Giovanni Simeone | Fiorentina | Napoli | 3–0 (H) |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pepe Reina | Napoli | 18 |
| 2 |  Alisson | Roma | 17 |
| Samir Handanović | Internazionale | ||
| 4 | Marco Sportiello | Fiorentina | 14 |
| 5 | Gianluigi Donnarumma | Milan | 12 |
| Mattia Perin | Genoa | ||
| Gianluigi Buffon | Juventus | ||
| 7 |  Thomas Strakosha | Lazio | 11 |
 Wojciech Szczęsny | Juventus | ||
| 10 | Salvatore Sirigu | Torino | 10 |
| Andrea Consigli | Sassuolo | ||
| Team | Average home attendances[45] | |
|---|---|---|
| 57,529 | ||
| Milan | 52,690 | |
| 43,050 | ||
| 39,316 | ||
| 37,450 | ||
| Lazio | 30,990 | |
| 26,092 | ||
| 20,941 | ||
| 20,903 | ||
| 20,156 | ||
| Torino | 18,596 | |
| 17,921 | ||
| 17,906 | ||
| 17,333 | ||
| 14,685 | ||
| 12,540 | ||
| 12,132 | ||
| 12,067 | ||
| 11,237 | ||
| 10,581 |
