2015–16 Serie A (futsal)

Serie A
Season 2015–16
Biggest home win 8-0 Pescara-Latina (Rd.16)
Biggest away win 0-8 Corigliano-Acqua&Sapone
Highest scoring 6-10
Latina-Real Rieti (Rd. 1)
Napoli-Asti (Rd.2)
Longest winning run 5 matches
Real Rieti
Longest unbeaten run

6 matches
Montesilvano

Real Rieti
Longest winless run 13 matches
Napoli
Longest losing run 7 matches
Napoli
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The 2015–16 season of the Serie A is the 33rd season of top-tier futsal in Italy, 27th known as Serie A, which began September 19, 2015 and will finish on April 16, 2016. At the end of the regular season the top eight teams will play in the championship playoffs. The quarter and semi-finals will be a best of three series and the final will be a best of five game series. The champions will then be Italy's representative in the 2016-2017 UEFA Futsal Cup. With 13 teams participating this season the last place team will automatically be relegated to Serie A2 and the twelfth and eleventh placed teams will have a two-legged playoff to determine the second team to be relegated.

Events

The is the first Serie A championship to have 13 teams to play for the Scudetto. This season is the return of Montesilvano after two seasons of absence. They are the current record holder for appearances in the top flight (22 seasons). The city of Montesilvano will have the only derby of the season, which will see the seagulls opposite Acqua e Sapone. Cosenza and Carlisport Cogianco are making their debut in Serie A. Fabrizio has also changed its name and colors, becoming "FC5 Corigliano Futsal" to better represent the city of Corigliano Calabro.[1]

Schedule Breaks

The Divisione Calcio a 5 has published the calendar of the championship on August 12.[2] The season will break on December 5 through 12 for the World Cup qualifiers. January 23 to February 13 for the finals of the European Championship which will be played in Serbia. March 5 for the final eight of the Coppa Italia. March 19 and April 9 for the home and away play-off qualifiers for the World Cup in 2016 in Colombia.

Penalty

This season the Pescara reflects the downgrade of 1 point in the standings from the National Federal Court in the previous season for the delay of payments to its own cardholder.[3]

Cosenza Excluded

In accepting the irrevocable resignation of its president and legal representative, on October 12, 2015 Futsal Cosenza decided the cessation of the championship with immediate effect. Since exclusion was made during the fourth round, all the matches played by the team do not count towards the league table. The team was also fined the maximum penalty by law, (30,000.00 Euros), for having seriously affected the performance of the entire season.[4]

2015-16 Season Teams

Team Location Stadium Capacity 2014-15 Season
Acqua e Sapone Montesilvano Pala Roma 1,540 4th in Serie A, semi-finalist
Asti Asti Pala San Quirico 1,000 3rd in Serie A, quarter-finalist
Carlisport Cogianco Ariccia PalaCesaroni 3,000 2nd in Serie A2 group B
Corigliano Corigliano Calabro PalaCorigliano 3,000 10th in Serie A
Cosenza Cosenza Palaferraro 1,200 1st in Serie A2 group B
Kaos Ferrara Palasport di Ferrara 3,504 6th in Serie A, beaten finalist
Latina Latina PalaSport Nicola Bianchini 2,500 8th in Serie A, quarter-finalist
Lazio Rome Futsal Arena 1,000 7th in Serie A, quarter-finalist
Luparense San Martino di Lupari PalaBruel 1,200 2nd in Serie A, semi-finalist
Montesilvano Montesilvano Pala Roma 1,540 1st in Serie A2 group A
Napoli Napoli Federazione Italiana Pallavolo 9th in Serie A
Pescara Pescara PalaRigopiano 1,500 1st in Serie A, Champion
Real Rieti Rieti Pala Malfatti 5th in Serie A, quarter-finalist

Regular season table

Pos Team Pts PD W D L GF GA GD
1. [5] Pescara 321510326133+18
2. Real Rieti 30149325942+17
3. Asti 25146716046+14
4. Montesilvano 25137425432+22
5. Acqua e Sapone 22146444738+9
6. Carlisport Cogianco 20155554843+5
7. Latina 19156185060-10
8. Kaos 181453644440
9. Luparense 15154384865-17
10. Corigliano 13153485077-27
11. Napoli 10152495367-14
12. Lazio 91523102855-27
-[6] Cosenza

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Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
Matches played through 10 January 2016
Source:Divsione Calcio a 5 – Serie A

Cosenza Games

Cosenza is excluded from playing in the championship with immediate effect (Round 4). The games held previously by the team were not considered valid for ranking. In the remaining league games, the team that would face Cosenza will now have a bye.[7]

Calendar and Results

Rd. 1
1st Match
Rd. 14
18 Sept. 6-10 Latina-Real Rieti 1-4 19 Dec.
19 Sept. 3-3 Acqua&Sapone-Napoli 5-5
7-3 Asti-Luparense 8-5
3-3 Carlisport Cogianco-Montesilvano 5-5
6-5 Corigliano-Kaos 3-5
1-2 Lazio-Pescara 0-7
Bye: Cosenza
Rd. 2
2nd Match
Rd. 15
25 Sept. 3-1 Luparense-Lazio 2-029 Dec.
5-5 Pescara-Corigliano 5-2
26 Sept. 4-3 Kaos-Latina 2-3
3-6 Montesilvano-Cosenza n/a
6-10 Napoli-Asti 1-2
27 Sept. 0-3 Real Rieti-Carlisport Cogianco 5-3
Bye: Acqua&Sapone


Rd. 3
3rd Match
Rd. 16
2 Oct. 3-3 Asti-Acqua&Sapone 3-15 Jan.
4 Oct. 1-1 Lazio-Napoli 2-5
6-3 Corigliano-Luparense 2-6
1-3 Cosenza-Real Rieti n/a
3-3 Carlisport Cogianco-Kaos 2-24 Jan.
13 Oct.3-4 Latina-Pescara 0-8
Bye: Montesilvano
Rd. 4
4th Match
Rd. 17
10 Oct.2-4 Luparense-Latina 5-28 Jan.
4-4 Real Rieti-Montesilvano 2-19 Jan.
n/a Kaos-Cosenza n/a10 Jan.
4-5 Napoli-Corigliano 8-2
4-2 Pescara-Carlisport Cogianco 3-2
2-0 Acqua&Sapone-Lazio 4-3
Bye: Asti


Rd. 5
5th Match
Rd. 18
17 Oct. 6-1 Carlisport Cogianco-Luparense - 16 Jan.
0-8 Corigliano-Acqua&Sapone -
n/a Cosenza-Pescara n/a
6-3 Latina-Napoli -
1-1 Lazio-Asti -
6-0 Montesilvano-Kaos -
Bye: Real Rieti
Rd. 6
6th Match
Rd. 19
24 Oct.4-1 Acqua&Sapone-Latina - 20 Jan.
4-4 Asti-Corigliano -
2-4 Kaos-Real Rieti -
n/a Luparense-Cosenza n/a
2-4 Napoli-Carlisport Cogianco -
1-3 Pescara-Montesilvano -
Bye: Lazio


Rd. 7
7th Match
Rd. 20
27 Oct.2-1 Carlisport Cogianco-Acqua&Sapone - 20 Feb.
6-6 Corigliano-Lazio -
n/a Cosenza-Napoli n/a
4-4 Latina-Asti -
7-2 Montesilvano-Luparense -
4-4 Real Rieti-Pescara -
Bye: Kaos
Rd. 8
8th Match
Rd. 21
31 Oct. n/a Acqua&Sapone-Cosenza n/a 27 Feb.
4-4 Asti-Carlisport Cogianco -
3-5 Lazio-Latina -
2-5 Luparense-Real Rieti -
3-5 Napoli-Montesilvano -
3-1 Pescara-Kaos -
Bye: Corigliano


Rd. 9
9th Match
Rd. 22
7 Nov.2-3 Carlisport Cogianco-Lazio - 12 Mar.
n/a Cosenza-Asti n/a
4-1 Kaos-Luparense -
7-1 Latina-Corigliano -
1-2 Montesilvano-Acqua&Sapone -
6-4 Real Rieti-Napoli -
Bye: Pescara
Rd. 10
10th Match
Rd. 23
14 Nov.4-3 Acqua&Sapone-Real Rieti - 26 Mar.
3-4 Asti-Montesilvano -
2-4 Corigliano-Carlisport Cogianco -
n/a Lazio-Cosenza n/a
3-3 Luparense-Pescara -
3-6 Napoli-Kaos -
Bye: Latina
Rd. 11
11th Match
Rd. 24
21 Nov.3-5 Carlisport Cogianco-Latina - 2 Apr.
n/a Cosenza-Corigliano n/a
5-2 Kaos-Acqua&Sapone -
8-2 Montesilvano-Lazio -
6-1 Pescara-Napoli -
4-4 Real Rieti-Asti -
Bye: Luparense
Rd. 12
12th Match
Rd. 25
28 Nov.2-3 Acqua&Sapone-Pescara - 5 Apr.
3-3 Asti-Kaos -
4-4 Corigliano-Montesilvano -
n/a Latina-Cosenza n/a
2-5 Lazio-Real Rieti -
4-4 Napoli-Luparense -
Bye: Carlisport Cogianco


Rd. 13
13th Match
Rd. 26
2 Dec. n/a Cosenza-Carlisport Cogianco n/a 16 Apr.
2-3 Kaos-Lazio -
6-6 Luparense-Acqua&Sapone -
3-1 Montesilvano-Latina -
3-4 Pescara-Asti -
3-2 Real Rieti-Corigliano -
Bye: Napoli

Top Goalscorers

20 goals
17 goals
14 goals
13 goals
12 goals
11 goals
10 goals
9 goals

References

External links

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