2008–09 Serie A

107th season of top-tier Italian football

Football league season
Serie A
Season2008–09
Dates30 August 2008 – 31 May 2009
ChampionsInternazionale
17th title
RelegatedTorino
Reggina
Lecce
Champions LeagueInternazionale
Juventus
Milan
Fiorentina
Europa LeagueGenoa
Roma
Lazio
Matches played380
Goals scored988 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorerZlatan Ibrahimović
(25 goals)
Biggest home winSampdoria 5–0 Reggina
Biggest away winRoma 0–4 Internazionale
Siena 1–5 Milan
Palermo 0–4 Catania
Highest scoringUdinese 6–2 Cagliari
Average attendance25,324

The 2008–09 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of top-tier Italian football, the 77th in a round-robin tournament. It began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008. 20 teams competed in the league, 17 of which returned from the previous season, and three (Chievo, Bologna and Lecce) were promoted from 2007–08 Serie B.

20 clubs represented 13 different regions. The most represented region was Lombardy with three teams: Atalanta, A.C. Milan, and Inter Milan. Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, Lazio and Sicily featured two teams each while Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Campania, Apulia, Calabria, and Sardinia were represented by one team each. There was a record number of southern teams in the top division with six teams: Cagliari, Catania, Lecce, Napoli, Palermo, and Reggina.

The new match ball was the Nike T90 Omni.

On 16 May 2009, Internazionale won the league by holding an unassailable lead after A.C. Milan's loss away to Udinese.

Rule changes

The 2008–09 season saw new rules relating to the transfer of player registration introduced. Clubs without non-EU players in their squad were allowed three incoming non-EU player transfers (whereas previously only newly promoted clubs could have three). Clubs with one non-EU player were allowed two such transfers and clubs with two non-EU players were permitted one transfer and a further one if they cancelled the registration of one of their non-EU players or that player gained EU nationality. Clubs with three or more non-EU players were given two conditional quotas with the caveat that the release (as opposed to transfer) of two non-EU players as free agent would only allow for one further non-EU signing.[1]

Teams

Three teams were promoted from Serie B: Chievo, Bologna, and Lecce. The first two earned direct promotion, while Lecce won the promotional playoffs, defeating AlbinoLeffe 2–1 on aggregate in a two-legged playoff final.

Stadia and locations

Club City Stadium Capacity 2007–08 season
Atalanta Bergamo Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,393 9th in Serie A
Bologna Bologna Renato Dall'Ara 39,444 2nd in Serie B
Cagliari Cagliari Sant'Elia 23,486 14th in Serie A
Catania Catania Angelo Massimino 23,420 17th in Serie A
Chievo Verona Verona Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 39,211 Serie B Champions
Fiorentina Florence Artemio Franchi (Florence) 47,282 4th in Serie A
Genoa Genoa Luigi Ferraris 36,685 10th in Serie A
Internazionale Milan San Siro 80,074 Serie A Champions
Juventus Turin Olimpico di Torino 27,500 3rd in Serie A
Lazio Rome Olimpico 72,700 12th in Serie A
Lecce Lecce Via del Mare 33,876 Serie B Playoff Winners
Milan Milan San Siro 80,074 5th in Serie A
Napoli Naples San Paolo 60,240 8th in Serie A
Palermo Palermo Renzo Barbera 37,242 11th in Serie A
Reggina Reggio Calabria Oreste Granillo 27,454 16th in Serie A
Roma Rome Olimpico 72,700 2nd in Serie A
Sampdoria Genoa Luigi Ferraris 36,685 6th in Serie A
Siena Siena Artemio Franchi (Siena) 15,373 13th in Serie A
Torino Turin Olimpico di Torino 27,500 15th in Serie A
Udinese Udine Friuli 41,652 7th in Serie A

Personnel and sponsoring

Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Atalanta Italy Luigi Delneri Italy Cristiano Doni Asics Sit in Sport, Daihatsu
Bologna Serbia Siniša Mihajlović Italy Marcello Castellini Macron Unipol, COGEI
Cagliari Italy Massimiliano Allegri Uruguay Diego López Macron Tiscali, Sky
Catania Italy Walter Zenga Italy Davide Baiocco Legea SP Energia Siciliana, Provincia di Catania
Chievo Italy Domenico Di Carlo Italy Sergio Pellissier Lotto Paluani/Banca Popolare di Verona
Fiorentina Italy Cesare Prandelli Italy Dario Dainelli Lotto Toyota
Genoa Italy Gian Piero Gasperini Italy Marco Rossi Asics Eurobet
Internazionale Portugal José Mourinho Argentina Javier Zanetti Nike Pirelli
Juventus Italy Claudio Ranieri Italy Alessandro Del Piero Nike New Holland
Lazio Italy Delio Rossi Italy Tommaso Rocchi Puma Pro Evolution Soccer 2009/Groupama/Cucciolone Algida
Lecce Italy Mario Beretta Italy Andrea Zanchetta Asics Salento, Lachifarma
Milan Italy Carlo Ancelotti Italy Paolo Maldini Adidas Bwin
Napoli Italy Edoardo Reja Italy Paolo Cannavaro Diadora Lete
Palermo Italy Davide Ballardini Italy Fabio Liverani Lotto BetShop
Reggina Italy Nevio Orlandi Italy Francesco Cozza Onze Gicos, Regione Calabria
Roma Italy Luciano Spalletti Italy Francesco Totti Kappa Wind
Sampdoria Italy Walter Mazzarri Italy Angelo Palombo Kappa ERG/Air One (in cup and UEFA matches)
Siena Italy Marco Giampaolo Italy Simone Vergassola Umbro Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Torino Italy Walter Novellino Italy Alessandro Rosina Kappa Movida/MG.K Vis/Renault Trucks, Reale Mutua
Udinese Italy Pasquale Marino Italy Antonio Di Natale Lotto Lotto/Automobile Dacia, Regione Friuli/Il Granchio

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Replaced by Date of appointment
Siena Italy Mario Beretta[2] Contract expired 27 May 2008 Italy Marco Giampaolo[2] 27 May 2008
Cagliari Italy Davide Ballardini[3] Contract expired 27 May 2008 Italy Massimiliano Allegri[4] 29 May 2008
Internazionale Italy Roberto Mancini[5] Sacked 29 May 2008 Portugal José Mourinho[6] 2 June 2008
Lecce Italy Giuseppe Papadopulo[7] Contract expired 23 June 2008 Italy Mario Beretta[7] 23 June 2008
Palermo Italy Stefano Colantuono[8] Sacked 4 September 2008 Italy Davide Ballardini[8] 4 September 2008
Bologna Italy Daniele Arrigoni[9] Sacked 3 November 2008 Serbia Siniša Mihajlović[9] 3 November 2008
Chievo Verona Italy Giuseppe Iachini[10] Sacked 4 November 2008 Italy Domenico Di Carlo[10] 4 November 2008
Torino Italy Gianni De Biasi[11] Sacked 8 December 2008 Italy Walter Novellino[11] 8 December 2008
Reggina Italy Nevio Orlandi[12] Sacked 16 December 2008 Italy Giuseppe Pillon[13] 16 December 2008
Reggina Italy Giuseppe Pillon[14] Sacked 25 January 2009 Italy Nevio Orlandi[14] 25 January 2009
Lecce Italy Mario Beretta[15] Sacked 9 March 2009 Italy Luigi De Canio[16] 9 March 2009
Napoli Italy Edoardo Reja[17] Sacked 10 March 2009 Italy Roberto Donadoni[17] 10 March 2009
Torino Italy Walter Novellino[18] Sacked 24 March 2009 Italy Giancarlo Camolese[18] 24 March 2009
Bologna Serbia Siniša Mihajlović[19] Sacked 14 April 2009 Italy Giuseppe Papadopulo[19] 14 April 2009
Juventus Italy Claudio Ranieri[20] Sacked 18 May 2009 Italy Ciro Ferrara[1][21] 18 May 2009

^1 Juventus youth sector chief Ciro Ferrara was originally appointed on a temporary basis for the two final weeks of the season. The appointment was made permanent on 5 June 2009.[22]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Internazionale (C) 38 25 9 4 70 32 +38 84 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Juventus 38 21 11 6 69 37 +32 74[a]
3 Milan 38 22 8 8 70 35 +35 74[a]
4 Fiorentina 38 21 5 12 53 38 +15 68[b] Qualification to Champions League play-off round
5 Genoa 38 19 11 8 56 39 +17 68[b] Qualification to Europa League play-off round[c]
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 64 61 +3 63 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
7 Udinese 38 16 10 12 61 50 +11 58
8 Palermo 38 17 6 15 57 50 +7 57
9 Cagliari 38 15 8 15 49 50 −1 53
10 Lazio 38 15 5 18 46 55 −9 50 Qualification to Europa League play-off round[c]
11 Atalanta 38 13 8 17 45 48 −3 47
12 Napoli 38 12 10 16 43 45 −2 46[d]
13 Sampdoria 38 11 13 14 49 52 −3 46[d]
14 Siena 38 12 8 18 33 44 −11 44
15 Catania 38 12 7 19 41 51 −10 43
16 Chievo 38 8 14 16 35 49 −14 38
17 Bologna 38 9 10 19 43 62 −19 37
18 Torino (R) 38 8 10 20 37 61 −24 34 Relegation to Serie B
19 Reggina (R) 38 6 13 19 30 62 −32 31
20 Lecce (R) 38 5 15 18 37 67 −30 30
Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Juventus finished ahead of Milan on head-to-head points: Juventus 4–2 Milan, Milan 1–1 Juventus.
  2. ^ a b Fiorentina finished ahead of Genoa on head-to-head points: Fiorentina 1–0 Genoa, Genoa 3–3 Fiorentina.
  3. ^ a b Lazio qualified for the play-off round of the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League by winning the 2008–09 Coppa Italia.
  4. ^ a b Napoli finished ahead of Sampdoria on head-to-head points: Napoli 2–0 Sampdoria, Sampdoria 2–2 Napoli.

Results

Home \ Away ATA BOL CAG CTN CHV FIO GEN INT JUV LAZ LCE MIL NAP PAL REG ROM SAM SIE TOR UDI
Atalanta 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 3–0 4–2 1–0 2–0 3–0
Bologna 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 1–4 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–4 5–2 0–3
Cagliari 0–1 5–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–4 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–0
Catania 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 3–2 2–0 0–3 3–2 0–2
Chievo 1–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2
Fiorentina 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–2
Genoa 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 3–3 0–2 3–2 0–1 4–1 2–0 3–2 1–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 2–0
Internazionale 4–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 4–2 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–3 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–0
Juventus 2–2 4–1 2–3 1–1 3–3 1–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 4–2 1–0 1–2 4–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0
Lazio 0–1 2–0 1–4 1–0 0–3 3–0 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–3
Lecce 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–3 1–1 3–3 2–2
Milan 3–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–3 3–0 2–1 5–1 5–1
Napoli 0–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–2 2–2
Palermo 3–2 4–1 5–1 0–4 3–0 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–0 5–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–2
Reggina 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–2 2–3 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–2
Roma 2–0 2–1 3–2 4–3 0–0 1–0 3–0 0–4 1–4 1–0 3–2 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 1–1
Sampdoria 1–0 2–0 3–3 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 3–2 2–1 2–2 0–2 5–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 2–2
Siena 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–3 2–0 1–2 1–5 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–1
Torino 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 1–4 2–3 1–3 0–1 1–3 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–0
Udinese 3–0 1–0 6–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 2–1 3–3 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0
Source: lega-calcio.it (in Italian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Internazionale supporters celebrate the 17th title
Zlatan Ibrahimović, top scorer of the season with 25 goals

Source: gazzetta.it (in Italian)

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Internazionale 25
2 Argentina Diego Milito Genoa 24
Italy Marco Di Vaio Bologna
4 Italy Alberto Gilardino Fiorentina 19
5 Brazil Kaká Milan 16
6 Brazil Alexandre Pato Milan 15
7 Italy Robert Acquafresca Cagliari 14
Uruguay Edinson Cavani Palermo
Italy Fabrizio Miccoli Palermo
10 Italy Alessandro Del Piero Juventus 13
Italy Filippo Inzaghi Milan
Romania Adrian Mutu Fiorentina
Italy Sergio Pellissier Chievo
Italy Fabio Quagliarella Udinese
Italy Francesco Totti Roma
Argentina Mauro Zárate Lazio

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