2015–16 in Italian football

Football in Italy
Season 2015–16
Men's football
Serie A Juventus
Serie B Cagliari
Coppa Italia Juventus
Supercoppa Italiana Juventus
← 2014–15 Italy 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Italy.

Promotions and relegations (pre-season)

Teams promoted to Serie A

Teams relegated from Serie A

Teams promoted to Serie B

Teams relegated from Serie B

National teams

Italy national football team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 10 7 3 0 16 7 +9 24 Qualify for final tournament
2  Croatia[lower-alpha 1] 10 6 3 1 20 5 +15 20
3  Norway 10 6 1 3 13 10 +3 19 Advance to play-offs
4  Bulgaria 10 3 2 5 9 12 −3 11
5  Azerbaijan 10 1 3 6 7 18 −11 6
6  Malta 10 0 2 8 3 16 −13 2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ↑ Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.
Croatia  1–1  Italy
Mandžukić  11' Report Candreva  36' (pen.)
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Italy  1–0  Malta
Pellè  69' Report
Attendance: 12,551[2]
Italy  1–0  Bulgaria
De Rossi  6' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 21,000[3]
Azerbaijan  1–3  Italy
Nazarov  31' Report Éder  11'
El Shaarawy  43'
Darmian  65'
Attendance: 48,000[4]
Italy  2–1  Norway
Florenzi  73'
Pellè  82'		 Report Tettey  23'
Attendance: 30,000[5]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Friendlies

League season

Serie A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus (C) 38 29 4 5 75 20 +55 91 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Napoli 38 25 7 6 80 32 +48 82
3 Roma 38 23 11 4 83 41 +42 80 Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4 Internazionale 38 20 7 11 50 38 +12 67 Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
5 Fiorentina 38 18 10 10 60 42 +18 64
6 Sassuolo 38 16 13 9 49 40 +9 61 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
7 Milan 38 15 12 11 49 43 +6 57
8 Lazio 38 15 9 14 52 52 0 54
9 Chievo 38 13 11 14 43 45 −2 50
10 Empoli 38 12 10 16 40 49 −9 46[lower-alpha 2]
11 Genoa 38 13 7 18 45 48 −3 46[lower-alpha 2]
12 Torino 38 12 9 17 52 55 −3 45[lower-alpha 3]
13 Atalanta 38 11 12 15 41 47 −6 45[lower-alpha 3]
14 Bologna 38 11 9 18 33 45 −12 42
15 Sampdoria 38 10 10 18 48 61 −13 40
16 Palermo 38 10 9 19 38 65 −27 39[lower-alpha 4]
17 Udinese 38 10 9 19 35 60 −25 39[lower-alpha 4]
18 Carpi (R) 38 9 11 18 37 57 −20 38 Relegation to Serie B
19 Frosinone (R) 38 8 7 23 35 76 −41 31
20 Hellas Verona (R) 38 5 13 20 34 63 −29 28
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.[8]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Since the winners of the 2015–16 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 fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
  2. 1 2 Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.
  3. 1 2 Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 pts, Atalanta 0 pts.
  4. 1 2 Palermo ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points; Palermo 6 pts, Udinese 0 pts.

Serie B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cagliari (C, P) 42 25 8 9 78 41 +37 83 Promotion to Serie A
2 Crotone (P) 42 23 13 6 61 36 +25 82
3 Trapani 42 20 13 9 64 49 +15 73 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Pescara (O, P) 42 21 9 12 69 52 +17 72
5 Bari 42 19 11 12 58 48 +10 68
6 Cesena[lower-alpha 1] 42 19 11 12 57 37 +20 68
7 Spezia 42 17 15 10 47 45 +2 66
8 Novara[lower-alpha 2] 42 19 10 13 57 35 +22 65
9 Virtus Entella 42 17 13 12 51 40 +11 64
10 Perugia 42 14 13 15 40 40 0 55
11 Brescia 42 14 12 16 55 64 −9 54
12 Ternana 42 15 8 19 50 56 −6 53
13 Vicenza 42 11 16 15 41 53 −12 49
14 Avellino 42 13 10 19 52 66 −14 49
15 Ascoli 42 13 8 21 45 64 −19 47
16 Latina 42 10 16 16 44 51 −7 46
17 Pro Vercelli 42 11 13 18 43 53 −10 46
18 Salernitana (O) 42 9 18 15 48 62 −14 45 Qualification to relegation play-out
19 Virtus Lanciano[lower-alpha 3] (R) 42 12 12 18 43 56 −13 44
20 Livorno (R) 42 10 12 20 45 57 −12 42 Relegation to Lega Pro
21 Modena (R) 42 11 9 22 37 55 −18 42
22 Como (R) 42 5 18 19 39 64 −25 33
Source: Lega Serie B
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. ↑ Cesena at the beginning was deducted one point for financial irregularities, then the deduction was removed.[9]
  2. ↑ Novara was deducted two points for administrative irregularities.[10]
  3. ↑ Virtus Lanciano was deducted four points for financial irregularities.[11]

Lega Pro

Group A Group B Group C
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Cittadella (C, P) 34 76
2 Pordenone 34 65
3 Bassano Virtus 34 62
4 Alessandria 34 57
5 Padova 34 54
6 Cremonese 34 53
7 Reggiana 34 52
8 FeralpiSalò 34 50
9 Pavia (R) 34 49
10 Südtirol 34 44
11 Renate 34 43
12 Giana Erminio 34 42
13 Lumezzane 34 42
14 Pro Piacenza (O) 34 39
15 Mantova (O) 34 34
16 Cuneo (R) 34 34
17 AlbinoLeffe 34 20
18 Pro Patria (R) 34 7
Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champion;
(O) Play-off winner;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated.
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 SPAL (C, P) 34 71
2 Pisa (O, P) 34 62
3 Maceratese 34 58
4 Ancona 34 53
5 Carrarese 34 51
6 Siena 34 46
7 Pontedera 34 45
8 Teramo 34 43
9 Arezzo 34 42
10 Tuttocuoio 34 40
11 Santarcangelo 34 39
12 Pistoiese 34 39
13 Lucchese 34 39
14 Prato (O) 34 37
15 Rimini (R) 34 36
16 L'Aquila (R) 34 33
17 Lupa Roma 34 27
18 Savona (R) 34 22
Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champion;
(O) Play-off winner;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated.
Pos Team Pld Pts
1 Benevento (C, P) 34 70
2 Foggia 34 65
3 Lecce 34 63
4 Casertana 34 63
5 Cosenza 34 60
6 Matera 34 53
7 Fidelis Andria 34 45
8 Messina 34 45
9 Paganese 34 42
10 Juve Stabia 34 42
11 Catanzaro 34 41
12 Akragas 34 40
13 Catania 34 39
14 Monopoli (O) 34 39
15 Melfi 34 30
16 Martina Franca (R) 34 22
17 Ischia (R) 34 21
18 Lupa Castelli Romani 34 12
Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champion;
(O) Play-off winner;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated.

Serie D

Cup competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

Juventus 2–0 Lazio
Mandžukić  69'
Dybala  73'		 Report
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Luca Banti
Juventus
Lazio
GK1Italy Gianluigi Buffon (c)
CB15Italy Andrea Barzagli
CB19Italy Leonardo Bonucci
CB4Uruguay Martín Cáceres
RWB26Switzerland Stephan Lichtsteiner
LWB33France Patrice Evra
RM27Italy Stefano Sturaro 90'
CM8Italy Claudio Marchisio
LM10France Paul Pogba
CF11France Kingsley Coman 61'
CF17Croatia Mario Mandžukić 80'
Substitutes:
GK25Brazil Neto
GK34Brazil Rubinho
DF2Chile Mauricio Isla
DF24Italy Daniele Rugani
DF42Italy Giulio Parodi
MF20Italy Simone Padoin
MF37Argentina Roberto Pereyra 90'
MF40Italy Mattia Vitale
MF43Colombia Andrés Tello
FW7Italy Simone Zaza
FW14Spain Fernando Llorente 80'
FW21Argentina Paulo Dybala 61'
Manager:
Italy Massimiliano Allegri
GK22Italy Federico Marchetti
RB26Romania Ștefan Radu
CB6Argentina Santiago Gentiletti
CB3Netherlands Stefan de Vrij
LB8Serbia Dušan Basta
RM32Italy Danilo Cataldi 75'
CM20Argentina Lucas Biglia (c)
LM23Nigeria Ogenyi Onazi
AM10Brazil Felipe Anderson 87'
AM87Italy Antonio Candreva
CF11Germany Miroslav Klose 61'
Substitutes:
GK55Italy Guido Guerrieri
GK99Albania Etrit Berisha
DF2Netherlands Wesley Hoedt
DF4Spain Patric
DF29France Abdoulay Konko
DF33Brazil Maurício
MF7England Ravel Morrison 87'
MF21Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić
MF70Australia Chris Ikonomidis
FW9Serbia Filip Đorđević 61'
FW14Senegal Keita
FW88Netherlands Ricardo Kishna 75'
Manager:
Italy Stefano Pioli

Coppa Italia

Milan 0–1 (a.e.t.) Juventus
Report Morata  110'
Milan
Juventus


GK99Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma
RB96Italy Davide Calabria
CB17Colombia Cristián ZapataYellow card 50'
CB13Italy Alessio Romagnoli
LB2Italy Mattia De Sciglio
DM18Italy Riccardo Montolivo (c) 108'
CM27Slovakia Juraj Kucka 112'
CM16Italy Andrea Poli 84'
RW10Japan Keisuke HondaYellow card 88'
CF70Colombia Carlos Bacca
LW28Italy Giacomo Bonaventura
Substitutes:
GK1Spain Diego López
DF4Italy José MauriYellow card 119' 108'
DF5France Philippe Mexès
FW7France Jérémy Ménez
FW9Brazil Luiz Adriano
FW19France M'Baye NiangYellow card 101' 84'
GK32Italy Christian Abbiati
DF33Brazil Alex
FW45Italy Mario Balotelli 112'
MF72Ghana Kevin-Prince Boateng
MF73Italy Manuel Locatelli
MF91Italy Andrea Bertolacci
Manager:
Italy Cristian Brocchi
GK25Brazil Neto
CB24Italy Daniele RuganiYellow card 120+2'
CB15Italy Andrea BarzagliYellow card 105'
CB3Italy Giorgio Chiellini (c)Yellow card 117'
RWB26Switzerland Stephan Lichtsteiner 75'
CM18Gabon Mario Lemina
CM11Brazil Hernanes 108'
CM10France Paul PogbaYellow card 62'
LWB33France Patrice Evra 62'
CF21Argentina Paulo Dybala
CF17Croatia Mario Mandžukić
Substitutes:
GK1Italy Gianluigi Buffon
FW7Italy Simone Zaza
FW9Spain Álvaro MorataYellow card 119' 108'
DF12Brazil Alex Sandro 62'
FW16Colombia Juan Cuadrado 75'
MF20Italy Simone Padoin
MF22Ghana Kwadwo Asamoah
MF27Italy Stefano Sturaro
GK34Brazil Rubinho
MF37Argentina Roberto Pereyra
Manager:
Italy Massimiliano Allegri

Match rules

References

  1. ↑ "Russia given abandoned Montenegro tie by forfeit after riot". BBC Sport. 8 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Italy vs. Malta". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Italy vs. Bulgaria". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Azerbaijan vs. Italy - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Italy vs. Norway - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  6. ↑ https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/international-tournaments/fixtures-results/date=20151101/index.html
  7. ↑ https://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/international-tournaments/fixtures-results/date=20151101/index.html
  8. ↑ "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  9. ↑ "TFN: un punto di penalizzazione in classifica al Cesena" (in Italian). FIGC. 9 December 2015.
  10. ↑ "TFN: 2 punti di penalizzazione a Novara e Varese" (in Italian). FIGC. 24 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "TFN: -1 alla Virtus Lanciano, penalizzate anche 7 società di Lega Pro e Dilettanti" (in Italian). FIGC. 3 November 2015.
  1. ↑ Due to punishment handed by UEFA for crowd trouble in their home match against Norway on 28 March 2015, Croatia must play their next home qualifying game behind closed doors, and the Croatian FA were fined €50,000.[1]
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