2015–16 Serie A

Serie A

Season	2015–16
Champions	Juventus 32nd title
Relegated	Hellas Verona
Champions League	Juventus Napoli Roma
Europa League	Internazionale
Matches played	360
Goals scored	919 (2.55 per match)
Top goalscorer	Gonzalo Higuaín (32)[1]
Biggest home win	Napoli 6–0 Bologna (19 April 2016)[2]
Biggest away win	Goal difference of 4 6 games[2]
Highest scoring	Sampdoria 5–2 Carpi (23 August 2015)[2] Lazio 5–2 Verona (11 February 2016)[2]
Longest winning run	15 games[2] Juventus
Longest unbeaten run	26 games[2] Juventus
Longest winless run	22 games[2] Verona
Longest losing run	5 games[2] Genoa
Highest attendance	79,154 Inter 1–0 Milan (13 September 2015)[2] Inter 0–0 Juventus (18 October 2015)[3]
Lowest attendance	0 (behind closed doors) Palermo 2–2 Atalanta (20 April 2016)[2][4][5]
Average attendance	22,146[2]
← 2014–15 2016–17 → All statistics correct as of 2 May 2016.

The 2015–16 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) is the 114th season of top-tier Italian football, the 84th in a round-robin tournament, and the 6th since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. Juventus were the defending champions. The campaign began on 22 August 2015 and will end on 15 May 2016.

On 25 April 2016, Juventus succeeded in defending their title for the fifth consecutive season, after second placed Napoli lost to Roma, giving Juventus a 12 point lead with only three games left.^[6]

Events

On 28 April 2015 Carpi obtained its first promotion ever to Serie A, after debuting in Serie B the year before, becoming the 64th team to participate in Serie A since the 1929–30 season.^[7] On 16 May, Frosinone also earned its first promotion to Serie A, becoming the 65th to participate.^[8] On 9 June 2015 Bologna won Serie B play-off, returning to the Serie A after just one year.

This season of Serie A was the first season to have goal-line technology implemented after severe complaints from various teams' general managers (first Adriano Galliani) in relation to controversial ghost goals during recent seasons of Serie A.^[9]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Atalanta

Bologna

Carpi

Verona
Chievo

Empoli

Fiorentina

Frosinone

Internazionale
Milan

Juventus
Torino

Lazio
Roma

Napoli

Palermo

Genoa
Sampdoria

Sassuolo

Udinese

Locations of the 2015–16 Serie A teams

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	2014–15 season
Atalanta	Bergamo	Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	26,542	17th in Serie A
Bologna	Bologna	Stadio Renato Dall'Ara	38,279	Serie B playoffs winner
Carpi	Carpi	Stadio Alberto Braglia (Modena)	21,151	Serie B Champions
Chievo	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	38,402	14th in Serie A
Empoli	Empoli	Stadio Carlo Castellani	16,800	15th in Serie A
Fiorentina	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi	47,282	4th in Serie A
Frosinone	Frosinone	Stadio Matusa	10,000	2nd in Serie B
Genoa	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	6th in Serie A
Hellas Verona	Verona	Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	38,402	13th in Serie A
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	80,018	8th in Serie A
Juventus	Turin	Juventus Stadium	41,254	Serie A Champions
Lazio	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	3rd in Serie A
Milan	Milan	San Siro	80,018	10th in Serie A
Napoli	Naples	Stadio San Paolo	60,240	5th in Serie A
Palermo	Palermo	Stadio Renzo Barbera	36,349	11th in Serie A
Roma	Rome	Stadio Olimpico	72,698	2nd in Serie A
Sampdoria	Genoa	Stadio Luigi Ferraris	36,685	7th in Serie A
Sassuolo	Sassuolo	Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore (Reggio Emilia)	23,717	12th in Serie A
Torino	Turin	Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino	27,994	9th in Serie A
Udinese	Udine	Stadio Friuli	25,144	16th in Serie A

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Napoli	Rafael Benítez	Signed for Real Madrid	25 May 2015	Pre-season	Maurizio Sarri	12 June 2015[10]
Udinese	Andrea Stramaccioni	Resigned	1 June 2015[11]		Stefano Colantuono	4 June 2015 [12]
Sampdoria	Siniša Mihajlović	Signed for Milan	1 June 2015		Walter Zenga	4 June 2015 [13]
Milan	Filippo Inzaghi	Sacked	4 June 2015		Siniša Mihajlović	16 June 2015[14]
Empoli	Maurizio Sarri	Resigned	5 June 2015		Marco Giampaolo	9 June 2015[15]
Fiorentina	Vincenzo Montella	Sacked	8 June 2015 [16]		Paulo Sousa	21 June 2015[17]
Carpi	Fabrizio Castori	Sacked	28 September 2015[18]	20th	Giuseppe Sannino	29 September 2015[19]
Bologna	Delio Rossi	Sacked	28 October 2015	18th	Roberto Donadoni	28 October 2015[20]
Carpi	Giuseppe Sannino	Sacked	3 November 2015[21]	20th	Fabrizio Castori	3 November 2015[22]
Palermo	Giuseppe Iachini	Sacked	10 November 2015[23]	12th	Davide Ballardini	10 November 2015[23]
Sampdoria	Walter Zenga	Sacked	10 November 2015[24]	10th	Vincenzo Montella	15 November 2015[25]
Hellas Verona	Andrea Mandorlini	Sacked	30 November 2015[26]	20th	Luigi Delneri	1 December 2015[27]
Palermo	Davide Ballardini	Sacked	11 January 2016[28]	16th	Fabio Viviani (caretaker)	11 January 2016[28]
Roma	Rudi García	Sacked	13 January 2016[29]	5th	Luciano Spalletti	13 January 2016[29]
Palermo	Fabio Viviani (caretaker)[28]	End of caretaker spell	18 January 2016[28]	14th	Giovanni Tedesco	26 January 2016[30]
Palermo	Giovanni Tedesco	End of interim spell	10 February 2016[28]	14th	Giovanni Bosi	10 February 2016[31]
Palermo	Giovanni Bosi	Sacked	15 February 2016[32]	15th	Giuseppe Iachini	15 February 2016
Palermo	Giuseppe Iachini	Sacked	10 March 2016	17th	Walter Novellino	10 March 2016[33]
Udinese	Stefano Colantuono	Sacked	14 March 2016	16th	Luigi De Canio	15 March 2016[34]
Lazio	Stefano Pioli	Sacked	3 April 2016	8th	Simone Inzaghi	3 April 2016[35]
Palermo	Walter Novellino	Sacked	11 April 2016[36]	18th	Davide Ballardini	12 April 2016[37]
Milan	Siniša Mihajlović	Sacked	12 April 2016	6th	Cristian Brocchi	12 April 2016[38]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C, Q)	36	28	4	4	69	18	+51	88	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Napoli (T)	36	23	7	6	74	31	+43	76
3	Roma (T)	36	21	11	4	77	40	+37	74	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Internazionale (T)	36	19	7	10	47	34	+13	64	Qualification to UEFA Europa League group stage
5	Fiorentina	36	17	9	10	56	40	+16	60	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6	Sassuolo	36	14	13	9	45	39	+6	55
7	Milan	36	14	12	10	47	40	+7	54
8	Lazio	36	14	9	13	47	47	0	51
9	Chievo	36	13	10	13	43	42	+1	49
10	Torino	36	12	9	15	50	51	−1	45
11	Empoli	36	11	10	15	37	46	−9	43[lower-alpha 1]
12	Genoa	36	12	7	17	41	46	−5	43[lower-alpha 1]
13	Bologna	36	11	8	17	33	44	−11	41[lower-alpha 2]
14	Atalanta	36	10	11	15	38	45	−7	41[lower-alpha 2]
15	Sampdoria	36	10	10	16	48	53	−5	40
16	Udinese	36	10	8	18	33	57	−24	38
17	Carpi	36	8	11	17	34	53	−19	35
18	Palermo	36	9	8	19	35	63	−28	35	Relegation to Serie B
19	Frosinone	36	8	7	21	35	71	−36	31
20	Hellas Verona (R)	36	4	13	19	30	59	−29	25

Updated to match(es) played on 2 May 2016. 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.^[39]
(C) Champion; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated.
Notes:

1. Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa −1.
2. Bologna ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head goal difference; Bologna +1, Atalanta −1

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Juventus	17	17	16	13	13	15	12	14	12	12	10	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Napoli	14	14	14	11	12	10	6	4	2	2	4	4	2	1	3	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Roma	10	7	5	4	9	6	4	2	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Internazionale	7	3	1	1	1	2	2	3	4	4	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Fiorentina	3	10	8	3	2	1	1	1	3	3	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5
Sassuolo	5	4	6	5	3	4	8	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
Milan	19	12	12	9	7	11	11	13	10	8	6	6	7	7	8	7	6	7	8	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7
Lazio	4	13	9	10	8	5	3	6	5	6	7	9	8	10	12	12	10	10	9	9	9	8	9	9	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	8
Chievo	2	1	2	6	4	7	7	9	11	11	13	14	11	13	11	11	12	12	10	10	10	12	12	10	11	12	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	9
Torino	6	2	4	2	6	3	5	7	8	10	11	11	9	8	9	10	11	14	14	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	12	12	13	13	11	11	10	11	12	10
Empoli	18	18	17	14	14	17	16	17	15	13	12	13	16	12	10	9	8	8	7	8	8	9	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	11	14	12	12	12	11	11
Genoa	16	9	11	16	17	14	15	12	16	15	14	15	13	15	16	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	14	15	14	12	12	10	10	11	10	10	12
Bologna	12	16	19	17	18	19	20	20	18	18	18	16	17	18	15	13	15	15	15	15	12	10	10	11	10	9	9	9	9	10	12	13	13	16	15	13
Atalanta	15	8	10	12	10	8	10	8	9	7	8	8	10	9	7	8	9	9	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	15	15	14	14	15	14	13	13	14
Sampdoria	1	6	3	7	5	9	9	10	7	9	9	10	12	14	14	16	14	13	13	14	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	13	14	15	16	14	15	15	14	15
Udinese	8	11	13	18	16	13	14	15	14	15	15	17	15	11	13	15	13	11	12	13	15	15	14	14	14	15	14	16	16	16	15	16	16	14	16	16
Carpi	20	20	18	19	19	20	17	19	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Palermo	8	5	7	8	11	12	13	11	13	13	16	12	14	16	17	14	16	16	16	17	14	14	15	15	15	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	18	18
Frosinone	13	19	20	20	20	16	19	16	17	17	17	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19
Hellas Verona	11	15	15	15	15	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

Last updated: 2 May 2016
Source: Lega Serie A

	Leader
	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Group stage
	2015–16 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
	2015–16 UEFA Europa League Group stage
	2015–16 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
	Relegation to 2016–17 Serie B

Results

Home ╲ Away

ATA

BOL

CRP

CHV

EMP

FIO

FRO

GEN

HEL

INT

JUV

LAZ

MIL

NAP

PAL

ROM

SAM

SAS

TOR

UDI

Atalanta

2–0

3–0

1–0

0–0

2–3

2–0

0–2

1–1

1–1

0–2

2–1

2–1

1–3

3–0

3–3

2–1

1–1

0–1

Bologna

3–0

0–0

0–1

2–3

1–1

1–0

2–0

0–1

0–1

0–0

2–2

3–2

0–1

2–2

3–2

0–1

0–1

1–2

Carpi

1–1

1–2

1–2

1–0

0–1

2–1

4–1

0–0

1–2

2–3

0–0

0–0

1–1

1–3

2–1

1–3

2–1

2–1

Chievo

1–0

1–0

1–1

0–0

5–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

0–4

4–0

0–0

0–1

3–1

3–3

1–1

1–1

1–0

2–3

Empoli

0–1

0–0

3–0

1–3

2–0

1–2

2–0

1–0

0–1

1–3

1–0

2–2

2–2

0–0

1–3

1–1

1–0

1–1

Fiorentina

3–0

2–0

2–1

2–0

2–2

4–1

1–0

1–1

2–1

1–2

1–3

2–0

1–1

1–2

1–1

3–1

2–0

3–0

Frosinone

0–0

1–0

2–1

0–2

2–0

0–0

2–2

3–2

0–1

0–2

0–0

2–4

1–5

0–2

0–2

2–0

1–2

2–0

Genoa

0–1

1–2

3–2

1–0

0–0

4–0

2–0

1–0

0–2

0–0

1–0

0–0

4–0

2–3

2–3

2–1

3–2

2–1

Hellas Verona

2–1

0–2

1–2

3–1

0–1

0–2

1–2

1–1

3–3

1–2

2–1

0–2

0–1

1–1

0–3

1–1

2–2

1–1

Internazionale

1–0

2–1

1–1

1–0

1–4

4–0

1–0

1–0

0–0

1–2

1–0

2–0

3–1

1–0

3–1

0–1

1–2

3–1

Juventus

2–0

3–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

3–1

1–1

1–0

3–0

2–0

3–0

1–0

1–0

4–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

0–1

Lazio

2–0

2–1

0–0

4–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

5–2

2–0

0–2

1–3

0–2

1–1

1–4

1–1

0–2

3–0

2–0

Milan

0–0

0–1

0–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

3–3

2–1

1–1

3–0

1–2

1–1

0–4

3–2

4–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

Napoli

2–1

6–0

1–0

3–1

5–1

2–1

3–1

3–0

2–1

2–1

5–0

1–1

2–0

0–0

2–2

3–1

2–1

1–0

Palermo

2–2

0–0

2–2

1–0

0–1

1–3

4–1

1–0

1–1

0–3

0–3

0–2

0–1

2–4

2–0

0–1

1–3

4–1

Roma

0–2

1–1

5–1

3–1

4–1

3–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

2–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

5–0

2–1

2–2

3–2

3–1

Sampdoria

0–0

2–0

5–2

0–1

1–1

0–2

2–0

a

4–1

1–1

1–2

2–1

0–1

2–4

2–0

2–1

1–3

2–2

2–0

Sassuolo

2–2

0–2

1–0

1–1

3–2

1–1

2–2

0–1

1–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

2–1

2–2

0–2

0–0

1–1

1–1

Torino

2–1

2–0

0–0

1–2

0–1

3–1

4–2

3–3

0–0

0–1

1–4

1–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

2–0

1–3

0–1

Udinese

2–1

0–1

0–0

1–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

2–0

0–4

0–4

0–0

2–3

3–1

0–1

1–2

1–0

0–0

1–5

Updated to games played on 2 May 2016.
Source: Serie A
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers As of matches played on 2 May 2016.[1] Rank Player Club Goals 1 Gonzalo Higuaín Napoli 32 2 Paulo Dybala Juventus 16 Carlos Bacca Milan 4 Mauro Icardi Internazionale 15 5 Josip Iličić Fiorentina 13 Éder Sampdoria / Internazionale Mohamed Salah Roma 8 Nikola Kalinić Fiorentina 12 Lorenzo Insigne Napoli Massimo Maccarone Empoli Andrea Belotti Torino Leonardo Pavoletti Genoa

Top assists As of matches played on 2 May 2016.[40] Rank Player Club Assists 1 Paul Pogba Juventus 12 2 Miralem Pjanić Roma 10 Lorenzo Insigne Napoli Riccardo Saponara Empoli 5 Diego Perotti Genoa / Roma 9 Marek Hamšík Napoli 7 Paulo Dybala Juventus 8 Giacomo Bonaventura Milan 9 Franco Vázquez Palermo 7 Riccardo Meggiorini Chievo Miroslav Klose Lazio Valter Birsa Chievo José Callejón Napoli

Hat-tricks

Player	Club	Against	Result	Date
Nikola Kalinić	Fiorentina	Internazionale	4–1	27 September 2015
Suso	Genoa	Frosinone	4–0	3 April 2016
Dries Mertens	Napoli	Bologna	6–0	19 April 2016

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