Serie A Team of the Year explained

Serie A Team of the Year
Sport:	Association football
Competition:	Serie A
Awardedfor:	Eleven footballers considered to have performed the best in their position in each given Serie A season
Country:	Italy
Presenter:	Italian Footballers' Association (AIC)
First:	2010–11
Number:	13
Mostwins:	Nicolò Barella Gianluigi Buffon Giorgio Chiellini (5 times each)

The AIC Serie A Team of the Year (in Italian: Squadra dell’anno AIC) is an annual award given to a set of eleven footballers in the top tier of Italian football, the Serie A, who are considered to have performed the best during the previous calendar season. It is awarded within the Gran Galà del Calcio event.

The award has been presented since the 2010–11 season. The shortlist is compiled by the members of the players' trade union, the Italian Footballers' Association (AIC).

Winners

Players in bold also won the Serie A Footballer of the Year award.

2010–11

Source:^[1]

Position Player Club Appearance GK 1 DF 1 DF 1 DF 1 DF 1 MF 1 MF 1 MF 1 FW 1 FW 1 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović 1

2011–12

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Position Player Club Appearance GK 1 DF 2 DF 2 DF 1 DF 1 MF 2 MF Andrea Pirlo 1 MF 1 FW 2 FW 2 FW 2

2012–13

Source:^{[3] [4]}

Position Player Club Appearance GK 2 DF 3 DF 2 DF 1 DF 1 MF 1 MF Andrea Pirlo 2 MF 1 FW 3 FW 3 FW 1

2013–14

Source:^[5]

Position Player Club Appearance GK 2 DF 1 DF 3 DF 1 DF 1 MF 2 MF Andrea Pirlo 3 MF 1 FW 1 FW 1 FW 1

2014–15

Source:^[6]

Position Player Club Appearance GK 3 DF 2 DF 1 DF 1 DF 2 MF 1 MF 4 MF 2 FW 1 FW 1 FW Carlos Tevez 2

2015–16

Source:^[7]

Position Player Club Appearance GK 4 DF 1 DF Leonardo Bonucci 2 DF 4 DF 3 MF 2 MF 1 MF 3 MF 2 FW 1 FW 2

2016–17

Source:^[8]

Position Player Club Appearance GK Gianluigi Buffon 5 DF 1 DF 3 DF 2 DF 1 MF 3 MF 2 MF 3 FW 1 FW 3 FW 2

2017–18

Source:^[9]

Position Player Club Appearance GK 1 DF 1 DF 3 DF 4 DF 2 MF 1 MF 3 MF 4 FW 3 FW 2 FW Mauro Icardi 2

2018–19

Source:^[10]

Position Player Club Appearance GK 3 DF 2 DF 4 DF 5 DF 1 MF 1 MF 4 MF 1 FW 1 FW 1 FW Cristiano Ronaldo 1

2019–20

Source:^[11]

Position Player Club Appearance GK 1 DF 1 DF 1 DF 4 DF 1 MF 2 MF 1 MF 1 FW 4 FW 3 FW Cristiano Ronaldo 2

2020–21

Source:^[12]

Position Player Club Appearance GK 2 DF 1 DF 2 DF 1 DF 2 MF 3 MF 1 MF 1 FW 1 FW Romelu Lukaku 1 FW 3

2021–22

Source:^[13]

Position Player Club Appearance GK 1 DF 1 DF 1 DF Milan 1 DF 3 MF 4 MF Internazionale 1 MF 2 FW 4 FW Rafael Leão 1 FW 1

2022–23

Source:^[14]

Position Player Club Appearance GK 2 DF 2 DF 2 DF Napoli 1 DF 4 MF 5 MF Internazionale 1 MF 1 FW 1 FW 2 FW Victor Osimhen 1

Appearances by player

• 5 times: Nicolò Barella, Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini
• 4 times: Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Paulo Dybala, Théo Hernandez, Kalidou Koulibaly, Ciro Immobile, Andrea Pirlo, Miralem Pjanić, Radja Nainggolan
• 3 times: Edinson Cavani, Antonio Di Natale, Marek Hamšík, Samir Handanović, Gonzalo Higuaín, Christian Maggio, Paul Pogba, Cristiano Ronaldo
• 2 times: Alessandro Bastoni, João Cancelo, Matteo Darmian, Stefan de Vrij, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Gianluigi Donnarumma, Zlatan Ibrahimović, Rafael Leão, Mauro Icardi, Claudio Marchisio, Mike Maignan, Sergej Milinković-Savić, Alex Sandro, Thiago Silva, Carlos Tevez, Arturo Vidal
• 1 time: Luis Alberto, Alisson, Dani Alves, Pablo Armero, Kwadwo Asamoah, Mario Balotelli, Federico Balzaretti, Medhi Benatia, Kevin-Prince Boateng, Bremer, Marcelo Brozović, Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Federico Chiesa, Mattia De Sciglio, Alejandro Gómez, Robin Gosens, Achraf Hakimi, Josip Iličić, Franck Kessié, Kim Min-jae, Aleksandar Kolarov, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Stanislav Lobotka, Romelu Lukaku, Dries Mertens, Thiago Motta, Luis Muriel, Alessandro Nesta, Antonio Nocerino, Victor Osimhen, Fabio Quagliarella, Andrea Ranocchia, Daniele Rugani, Fikayo Tomori, Luca Toni, Borja Valero, Dušan Vlahović, Duván Zapata

Appearances by club

Club	Appearances
Juventus	49
Napoli	22
Milan	21
Internazionale	19
Roma	8
Lazio
Atalanta	5
Udinese	5
Torino	4
Fiorentina
Cagliari	1
Empoli	1
Genoa	1
Hellas Verona	1
Palermo	1
Sampdoria	1

External links

• List of Gran Galà del Calcio winners on the AIC official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: 24 January 2012 . GRAN GALA’ AIC 2011/ Ibra miglior giocatore, El Shaarawy giovane della B, ecco tutti i vincitori . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200204215904/https://www.ilsussidiario.net/news/calcio-e-altri-sport/milan/2012/1/24/gran-gala-aic-2011-ibra-miglior-giocatore-el-shaarawy-giovane-della-b-ecco-tutti-i-vincitori/235131/ . 4 February 2020 . 3 March 2021 . IlSussidiario.net . it.
2. Web site: 28 January 2013 . Gala' Aic, Pirlo eletto giocatore 2012 . 3 March 2021 . Rai Sport . it.
3. News: Gran Gala Del Calcio 2013 – Winners. it. Forza Italian Football. 27 January 2014. 27 January 2014.
4. News: Pirlo e Conte distinguidos em Itália. Pirlo and Conte distinguished in Italy. pt. ZeroZero. 28 January 2014. 28 January 2014.
5. News: Pirlo considerado o jogador do ano na Serie A. Pirlo considered the player of the year in Serie A. pt. ZeroZero. 15 December 2014. 16 December 2014.
6. Web site: Oscar del Calcio, dominio Juve. Buffon: "Donnarumma ha doti da grande". Serie A Oscars, Juve dominate. Buffon: "Donnarumma has the characteristics to be great". La Gazzetta dello Sport. it. 14 December 2015. 14 December 2015.
7. Web site: Gran Galà del calcio, la Juventus fa incetta di premi. Il Corriere della Sera. it. 31 January 2017. 31 January 2017.
8. Web site: Buffon named best player . 27 November 2017 . Football Italia . 28 November 2017.
9. Web site: Serie A Team of 2017-18. 3 December 2018 . Football Italia . 3 December 2018.
10. Web site: Gran Gala del Calcio 2019 winners . Football Italia . 2 December 2019. 2 December 2019.
11. Web site: Gran Galà del Calcio: The winners. 19 March 2021. Football Italia. 19 March 2021.
12. Web site: Gran Galà del Calcio 2021: trionfano Lukaku e Girelli! Scopri tutti gli altri premiati. 19 March 2021. Gran Galà del Calcio. 21 March 2022. 21 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220321141803/https://grangala.assocalciatori.it/gran-gala-del-calcio-2021-trionfano-lukaku-e-girelli-scopri-tutti-gli-altri-premiati/. live. it.
13. Web site: Ecco tutti i vincitori del Gran Galà del Calcio 2022. 18 October 2022. Gran Galà del Calcio. 18 October 2022. it.
14. Web site: 4 December 2023 . Gran Galà del Calcio: tutti i vincitori della serata LIVE . 5 December 2023 . Sky Sport . it.