2014–15 Serie A


The 2014–15 Serie A was the 113th season of top-tier Italian football, the 83rd in a round-robin tournament, and the fifth since its organization under a league committee separate from Serie B. It began on 30 August 2014.
A total of 20 teams compete in the league: 17 sides from the 2013–14 season and three promoted from the 2013–14 Serie B campaign. Juventus were the defending champions, successfully defending their title for the fourth consecutive time. On 2 May 2015, Juventus won the scudetto for the fourth consecutive time.

Events

The season will feature the return of Palermo after only one season in the second division and Empoli, whose last appearance was in the 2007–08 season. Cesena, the play-off winner, returned to the top level after two years in Serie B.
The pre-season saw two ownership changes: Cagliari was sold from Massimo Cellino to Milanese entrepreneur Tommaso Giulini, a former board member at Internazionale. Sampdoria was sold by Edoardo Garrone to Rome-based film businessman Massimo Ferrero.
The season was also influenced by serious financial problems surrounding Parma, involving two controversial takeovers during the season, its last chairman Giampietro Manenti being arrested on 18 March 2015 under accusation of money laundering, and the club being ultimately declared insolvent by the local court on the very next day.
The Serie A this season had the most goals on average than any of the five other top leagues in Europe.

Teams

Number of teams by region

Stadiums and locations

TeamHome cityStadiumCapacity2013–14 season
AtalantaBergamoStadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia
CagliariCagliariStadio Sant'Elia
CesenaCesenaStadio Dino Manuzzi
ChievoVeronaStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
EmpoliEmpoliStadio Carlo Castellani
FiorentinaFlorenceStadio Artemio Franchi
GenoaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris
Hellas VeronaVeronaStadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi
InternazionaleMilanSan Siro
JuventusTurinJuventus Stadium
LazioRomeStadio Olimpico
MilanMilanSan Siro
NapoliNaplesStadio San Paolo
PalermoPalermoStadio Renzo Barbera
ParmaParmaStadio Ennio Tardini
RomaRomeStadio Olimpico
SampdoriaGenoaStadio Luigi Ferraris
SassuoloSassuolo1Mapei Stadium
TorinoTurinOlimpico di Torino
UdineseUdineStadio Friuli

  1. Sassuolo plays in Reggio Emilia.

    Personnel and sponsorship

Ownership changes

League table

Positions by round

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches were not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match was scheduled for matchday 29, but then postponed and played between matchdays 30 and 31, it was added to the standings for matchday 30.

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Mauro IcardiInternazionale22
1 Luca ToniHellas Verona22
3 Carlos TevezJuventus20
4 Gonzalo HiguaínNapoli18
5 Jérémy MénezMilan16
6 Domenico BerardiSassuolo15
6 Manolo GabbiadiniSampdoria, Napoli15
8 Antonio Di NataleUdinese14
9 Paulo DybalaPalermo13
9 Iago FalqueGenoa13
9 Miroslav KloseLazio13
9 Fabio QuagliarellaTorino13
13 José CallejónNapoli11
13 Simone ZazaSassuolo11

Top assists

Most clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean sheets
1 Gianluigi BuffonJuventus18
2 Morgan De SanctisRoma16
3 Albano BizzarriChievo12
4 Samir HandanovićInternazionale11
5 Federico MarchettiLazio10
5 Emiliano VivianoSampdoria10
7 Luigi SepeEmpoli9
7 NetoFiorentina9
9 Andrea ConsigliSassuolo8
9 Antonio MiranteParma8

Hat-tricks

PlayerClubAgainstResultDate
Mauro IcardiInternazionaleSassuolo14 09 2014
Albin EkdalCagliariInternazionale28 09 2014
Filip ĐorđevićLazioPalermo29 09 2014
Gonzalo HiguaínNapoliHellas Verona26 10 2014
Fabio QuagliarellaTorinoSampdoria1 2 2015
Domenico BerardiSassuoloMilan17 5 2015