2015–16 in Italian football

Football in Italy

Season	2015–16
Serie A	Juventus
Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus
← 2014–15 2016–17 →

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

Promotions and relegations (pre-season)

Teams promoted to Serie A

• Carpi
• Frosinone
• Bologna

Teams relegated from Serie A

• Cagliari
• Cesena
• Parma

Teams promoted to Serie B

• Novara
• Teramo
• Salernitana
• Como

Teams relegated from Serie B

• Virtus Entella
• Cittadella
• Brescia
• Varese

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		—	1–1	2–1	1–0	2–1	1–0
2	Croatia[lower-alpha 1]	10	6	3	1	20	5	+15	20			1–1	—	5–1	3–0	6–0	2–0
3	Norway	10	6	1	3	13	10	+3	19	Advance to play-offs		0–2	2–0	—	2–1	0–0	2–0
4	Bulgaria	10	3	2	5	9	12	−3	11			2–2	0–1	0–1	—	2–0	1–1
5	Azerbaijan	10	1	3	6	7	18	−11	6			1–3	0–0	0–1	1–2	—	2–0
6	Malta	10	0	2	8	3	16	−13	2			0–1	0–1	0–3	0–1	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the match against Italy at Stadion Poljud. In addition, the Croatian Football Federation were ordered to play their next two home matches of UEFA competition behind closed doors and not to play any of its remaining qualifying games at Poljud. A fine of €100,000 was also imposed.^[1] The Croatian Football Federation appealed against the decision and a hearing was scheduled for 17 September 2015. Croatia's appeal was rejected.^[2]

Croatia  v  Italy

12 June 2015 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)

Croatia	1–1	Italy
Mandžukić  11'	Report	Candreva  36' (pen.)

Stadion Poljud, Split Attendance: 0[note 1] Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

Italy  v  Malta

3 September 2015 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)

Italy	1–0	Malta
Pellè  69'	Report

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence Attendance: 12,551[4] Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Italy  v  Bulgaria

6 September 2015 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)

Italy	1–0	Bulgaria
De Rossi  6' (pen.)	Report

Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo Attendance: 21,000[5] Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

Azerbaijan  v  Italy

10 October 2015 18:00 (21:00 UTC+5)

Azerbaijan	1–3	Italy
Nazarov  31'	Report	Éder  11' El Shaarawy  43' Darmian  65'

National Stadium, Baku Attendance: 48,000[6] Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

Italy  v  Norway

13 October 2015 20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)

Italy	2–1	Norway
Florenzi  73' Pellè  82'	Report	Tettey  23'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome Attendance: 30,000[7] Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Friendlies

Italy  v  England

31 March 2015 Friendly	Italy	1–1	England	Torino, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pellè  29'	Report	Townsend  79'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 31,138 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Italy  v  Portugal

16 June 2015 Friendly	Italy	0–1	Portugal	Genève, Switzerland
		Report	Éder  52'	Stadium: Stade de Genève

Belgium  v  Italy

13 November 2015 Friendly	Belgium	3–1	Italy	Brussels, Belgium[8]
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vertonghen  13',  25' Witsel  33' De Bruyne  74' Batshuayi  82'	Report	Candreva  3' Éder  27' Chiellini  34' Antonelli  90'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Italy  v  Romania

17 November 2015 Friendly	Italy	2–2	Romania	Bologna, Italy[9]
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marchisio  55' (pen.) Éder  56' Gabbiadini  66' Candreva  90'	Report	Stancu  8' Hoban  15' Andone  89' Chiricheș  90'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 22,511 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

Italy  v  Spain

24 March 2016 Friendly	Italy	1–1	Spain	Udine, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Insigne  68'	Report	Aduriz  70'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 23,300 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Germany  v  Italy

29 March 2016 Friendly	Germany	4–1	Italy	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kroos  24' Götze  45' Hector  59' Özil  75' (pen.)	Report	El Shaarawy  83'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 62,653 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

League season

Serie A

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 (Q)	37	20	7	10	49	35	+14	67	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	37	11	10	16	38	48	−10	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 7 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.^[10]
(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

Serie B

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Crotone	38	22	11	5	58	31	+27	77	Promotion to Serie A
2	Cagliari	38	22	7	9	68	38	+30	73
3	Trapani	38	18	11	9	58	47	+11	65	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Bari	38	18	10	10	54	41	+13	64
5	Pescara	38	19	7	12	59	49	+10	64
6	Spezia	38	16	13	9	45	40	+5	61
7	Virtus Entella	38	16	12	10	46	37	+9	60
8	Cesena[lower-alpha 1]	38	16	10	12	51	34	+17	58
9	Novara[lower-alpha 2]	38	17	9	12	51	34	+17	58
10	Brescia	38	14	12	12	50	55	−5	54
11	Perugia	38	14	10	14	38	37	+1	52
12	Ternana	38	13	6	19	43	51	−8	45
13	Avellino	38	12	9	17	48	58	−10	45
14	Ascoli	38	13	6	19	42	57	−15	45
15	Pro Vercelli	38	10	12	16	38	47	−9	42
16	Vicenza	38	9	15	14	37	50	−13	42
17	Latina	38	9	13	16	40	48	−8	40
18	Modena	38	11	7	20	34	45	−11	40	Qualification to relegation play-offs
19	Salernitana	38	8	16	14	45	57	−12	40
20	Virtus Lanciano[lower-alpha 3]	38	12	10	16	39	47	−8	39	Relegation to Lega Pro
21	Livorno	38	9	9	20	37	51	−14	36
22	Como	38	4	17	17	33	60	−27	29

Updated to match(es) played on 24 April 2016. Source: Lega Serie B
Notes:

1. Cesena at the beginning was deducted one point for financial irregularities, then the deduction was removed.^[11]
2. Novara was deducted two points for administrative irregularities.^[12]
3. Virtus Lanciano was deducted seven points for financial irregularities.^[13]

Lega Pro

Serie D

Cup competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

Juventus v Lazio

8 August 2015 20:00 UTC+08:00

Juventus	2–0	Lazio
Mandžukić  69' Dybala  73'	Report

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Luca Banti

Juventus

Lazio

GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon (c) CB 15 Andrea Barzagli CB 19 Leonardo Bonucci CB 4 Martín Cáceres RWB 26 Stephan Lichtsteiner LWB 33 Patrice Evra RM 27 Stefano Sturaro  90' CM 8 Claudio Marchisio LM 10 Paul Pogba CF 11 Kingsley Coman  61' CF 17 Mario Mandžukić  80' Substitutes: GK 25 Neto GK 34 Rubinho DF 2 Mauricio Isla DF 24 Daniele Rugani DF 42 Giulio Parodi MF 20 Simone Padoin MF 37 Roberto Pereyra  90' MF 40 Mattia Vitale MF 43 Andrés Tello FW 7 Simone Zaza FW 14 Fernando Llorente  80' FW 21 Paulo Dybala  61' Manager: Massimiliano Allegri

GK 22 Federico Marchetti RB 26 Ștefan Radu CB 6 Santiago Gentiletti CB 3 Stefan de Vrij LB 8 Dušan Basta RM 32 Danilo Cataldi  75' CM 20 Lucas Biglia (c) LM 23 Ogenyi Onazi AM 10 Felipe Anderson  87' AM 87 Antonio Candreva CF 11 Miroslav Klose  61' Substitutes: GK 55 Guido Guerrieri GK 99 Etrit Berisha DF 2 Wesley Hoedt DF 4 Patric DF 29 Abdoulay Konko DF 33 Maurício MF 7 Ravel Morrison  87' MF 21 Sergej Milinković-Savić MF 70 Chris Ikonomidis FW 9 Filip Đorđević  61' FW 14 Keita Baldé Diao FW 88 Ricardo Kishna  75' Manager: Stefano Pioli

Coppa Italia

References

1. "Croatia deducted one European Qualifiers point". UEFA.com. 23 July 2015.
2. "Point deduction stands for Croatia". UEFA.com. 18 September 2015.
3. "Russia given abandoned Montenegro tie by forfeit after riot". BBC Sport. 8 April 2015.
4. "Italy vs. Malta". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
5. "Italy vs. Bulgaria". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
6. "Azerbaijan vs. Italy - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
7. "Italy vs. Norway - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
8. http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/international-tournaments/fixtures-results/date=20151101/index.html
9. http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/international-tournaments/fixtures-results/date=20151101/index.html
10. "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
11. "TFN: un punto di penalizzazione in classifica al Cesena" (in Italian). FIGC. 9 December 2015.
12. "TFN: 2 punti di penalizzazione a Novara e Varese" (in Italian). FIGC. 24 July 2015.
13. "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.^[3]