2011–12 Serie A


The 2011–12 Serie A was the 110th season of top-tier Italian football, the 80th in a round-robin tournament, and the second since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 3 September 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012. The league was originally scheduled to start on 27 August, but this was delayed due to a strike by the players. The fixtures were drawn up on 27 July 2011.
The league title was won by Juventus, winning its 28th official Serie A title, and first since the 2002–03 season. The team completed the season undefeated, becoming the first team to do so in a 38-game league season in Italy. Perugia were undefeated in the 30-game 1978–79 season, though they finished second in the table. Milan were unbeaten and won the title in the 34-game 1991–92 season.
Since Italy dropped from third to fourth place in the UEFA association coefficient rankings at the end of the 2010–11 season, the league lost a group stage berth for the UEFA Champions League from the 2012–13 season.

Rule changes

The rules for the registration of non-EU nationals transferred from abroad were revised in the summer of 2011. Clubs could now sign two non-EU players. This was a reverse of the decision made the previous summer in the wake of Italy's failure at the 2010 World Cup that limited clubs to the signing of just one such player.

Teams

Stadia and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity
AtalantaBergamoAtleti Azzurri d'Italia
BolognaBolognaRenato Dall'Ara
CagliariCagliariSant'Elia
CataniaCataniaAngelo Massimino
CesenaCesenaDino Manuzzi
ChievoVeronaMarc'Antonio Bentegodi
FiorentinaFlorenceArtemio Franchi
GenoaGenoaLuigi Ferraris
InternazionaleMilanSan Siro
JuventusTurinJuventus Stadium
LazioRomeOlimpico
LecceLecceVia del Mare
MilanMilanSan Siro
NapoliNaplesSan Paolo
NovaraNovaraSilvio Piola
PalermoPalermoRenzo Barbera
ParmaParmaEnnio Tardini
RomaRomeOlimpico
SienaSienaArtemio Franchi
UdineseUdineFriuli

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Atalanta* Stefano Colantuono Gianpaolo BelliniErreàAXA, Konica Minolta
Bologna Stefano Pioli Marco Di VaioMacronNGM, Serenissima Ceramica
Cagliari Massimo Ficcadenti Daniele ContiKappaSardegna
Catania Vincenzo Montella Marco BiagiantiGivovaSP – Energia Siciliana
Cesena Mario Beretta Giuseppe ColucciAdidasTechnogym
Chievo Domenico Di Carlo Sergio PellissierGivovaBanca Popolare di Verona, :it:Paluani|Paluani, Midac Batteries
Fiorentina Vincenzo GueriniLottoMazda, Save the Children
Genoa Luigi De Canio Marco RossiAsicsiZiPlay
Internazionale Javier ZanettiNikePirelli
Juventus Antonio Conte Alessandro Del PieroNike:fr:BetClic|BetClic, :it:Balocco |Balocco
Lazio Edoardo Reja Tommaso RocchiPuma
Lecce Serse CosmiAsicsBanca Apulia, Veneto Banca, Betitaly
Milan Massimiliano Allegri Massimo AmbrosiniAdidasFly Emirates
Napoli Walter Mazzarri Paolo CannavaroMacronLete, MSC
Novara* Emiliano Mondonico Matteo CenturioniJomaBanca Popolare di Novara, Intesa
Palermo Bortolo Mutti Fabrizio MiccoliLegeaEurobet, Burger King
Parma Roberto Donadoni Stefano MorroneErreàNavigare, Banca Monte Parma
Roma Luis Enrique Francesco TottiKappaWIND
Siena* Giuseppe Sannino Simone VergassolaKappaBanca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Udinese Francesco Guidolin Antonio Di NataleLegeaDacia

Promoted from Serie B

Managerial changes

In Italy, football managers are only permitted to manage one club per season. For this purpose, the "season" is defined as starting when its first match kicks off, so Roberto Donadoni and Stefano Pioli, who lost their job at Cagliari and Palermo on 12 and 31 August 2011 were able to take respectively the Parma job in January 2012 and the Bologna job in October 2011 because the first matches were not until 9 September 2011.
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableReplaced byDate of appointment
Lecce Luigi De CanioEnd of contract19 5 2011Preseason Eusebio Di Francesco27 6 2011
Cesena Massimo FiccadentiEnd of contract20 5 2011Preseason Marco Giampaolo4 6 2011
Bologna Alberto MalesaniEnd of contract26 5 2011Preseason Pierpaolo Bisoli26 5 2011
Chievo Stefano PioliEnd of contract26 5 2011Preseason Domenico Di Carlo9 6 2011
Juventus Luigi DelneriSacked31 5 2011Preseason Antonio Conte31 5 2011
Siena Antonio ConteMutual consent31 5 2011Preseason Giuseppe Sannino6 6 2011
Palermo Delio RossiMutual consent1 6 2011Preseason Stefano Pioli2 6 2011
Catania Diego SimeoneMutual consent1 6 2011Preseason Vincenzo Montella9 6 2011
Genoa Davide BallardiniSacked4 6 2011Preseason Alberto Malesani19 6 2011
Roma Vincenzo MontellaEnd of caretaker spell9 6 2011Preseason Luis Enrique10 6 2011
Internazionale LeonardoResigned15 6 2011Preseason Gian Piero Gasperini24 6 2011
Cagliari Roberto DonadoniSacked12 8 2011Preseason Massimo Ficcadenti16 8 2011
Palermo Stefano PioliSacked31 8 2011Preseason Devis Mangia31 8 2011
Internazionale Gian Piero GasperiniSacked21 9 201118th Claudio Ranieri21 9 2011
Bologna Pierpaolo BisoliSacked4 10 201120th Stefano Pioli4 10 2011
Cesena Marco GiampaoloSacked30 10 201120th Daniele Arrigoni1 11 2011
Fiorentina Siniša MihajlovićSacked7 11 201113th Delio Rossi7 11 2011
Cagliari Massimo FiccadentiSacked8 11 201110th Davide Ballardini9 11 2011
Lecce Eusebio Di FrancescoSacked4 12 201120th Serse Cosmi4 12 2011
Palermo Devis MangiaSacked19 12 201110th Bortolo Mutti19 12 2011
Genoa Alberto MalesaniSacked22 12 201110th Pasquale Marino22 12 2011
Parma Franco ColombaSacked9 1 201215th Roberto Donadoni9 1 2012
Novara Attilio TesserSacked30 1 201220th Emiliano Mondonico30 1 2012
Cesena Daniele ArrigoniMutual consent20 2 201220th Mario Beretta21 2 2012
Novara Emiliano MondonicoSacked6 3 201219th Attilio Tesser6 3 2012
Cagliari Davide BallardiniSacked for just cause11 3 201217th Massimo Ficcadenti11 3 2012
Internazionale Claudio RanieriConsensual termination26 3 20128th Andrea Stramaccioni26 3 2012
Genoa Pasquale MarinoSacked02 04 201216th Alberto Malesani02 04 2012
Genoa Alberto MalesaniSacked22 04 201217th Luigi De Canio22 04 2012
Fiorentina Delio RossiSacked02 05 201216th Vincenzo Guerini 03 05 2012

League table

Positions by round

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Zlatan IbrahimovićMilan28
2 Diego MilitoInternazionale24
3 Edinson CavaniNapoli23
3 Antonio Di NataleUdinese23
5 Rodrigo PalacioGenoa19
6 Germán DenisAtalanta16
6 Fabrizio MiccoliPalermo16
8 Sebastian GiovincoParma15
9 Stevan JovetićFiorentina14
10 Miroslav KloseLazio12
10 Mattia DestroSiena12

Assists

RankPlayerClubAssists
1 Andrea PirloJuventus13
2 Fabrizio MiccoliPalermo12
3 Sebastian GiovincoParma11
4 Pablo ArmeroUdinese10
4 Antonio CassanoMilan10
6 Marek HamšíkNapoli9
6 RobinhoMilan9
8 Mirko VučinićJuventus8
9 Antonio Di NataleUdinese7
9 Juan Manuel VargasFiorentina7
9 Miralem PjanićRoma7
9 Francesco TottiRoma7
9 Sergio PellissierChievo7
9 Francesco LodiCatania7

Hat-tricks

PlayerForAgainstResultDate
NapoliMilan18 09 2011
MilanLecce23 10 2011
MilanParma26 10 2011
4InternazionalePalermo01 02 2012
PalermoInternazionale01 02 2012
AtalantaRoma26 02 2012
MilanPalermo03 03 2012
CagliariNapoli09 03 2012
CagliariCesena18 03 2012
InternazionaleGenoa01 04 2012
InternazionaleMilan06 05 2012
PalermoChievo06 05 2012
NovaraCesena06 05 2012

Number of teams by region