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The 2008–09 Serie A season is the seventy-seventh since its establishment. It began on 30 August 2008 and will end on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008. Twenty teams are contesting the league, of which 17 are returning from the previous season, and three (Chievo Verona, Bologna and Lecce) were promoted from Serie B 2007-08.
The 20 clubs represent 13 different regions. The most represented region is Lombardy with three teams: Atalanta, Milan and Inter. Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, Lazio and Sicily feature 2 teams each while Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Campania, Puglia, Calabria and Sardinia are represented by one team each.
There is a record number of southern teams in the top division with 6 teams: Cagliari, Catania, Lecce, Napoli, Palermo and Reggina.
The new match ball will be the Nike T90 Omni.
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Teams
Three teams were promoted from Serie B: Chievo,Bologna and Lecce. The first two earned direct promotion, while Lecce won in the promotional playoffs, defeating AlbinoLeffe 2–1 on aggregate in a two-legged playoff final.
League table
| P |
Team |
Pld |
W |
D |
L |
GF |
GA |
GD |
Pts |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 27 | UEFA Champions League 2009–10 Group stage |
| 2 | Milan | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 26 | |
| 3 | Juventus | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 24 | |
| 4 | Napoli | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 23 | UEFA Champions League 2009-10 Third qualifying round for non-champions |
| 5 | Lazio | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 13 | +8 | 22 | UEFA Europa League 2009–10 Fourth qualifying round |
| 6 | Udinese | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 21 | UEFA Europa League 2009–10 Third qualifying round |
| 7 | Catania | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 21 | |
| 8 | Genoa | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 20 | |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 20 | |
| 10 | Atalanta | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 17 | |
| 11 | Palermo | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 16 | |
| 12 | Cagliari | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 13 | |
| 13 | Siena | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 13 | |
| 14 | Sampdoria | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 15 | −5 | 13 | |
| 15 | Lecce | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | −3 | 12 | |
| 16 | Torino | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 11 | |
| 17 | Roma | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | −7 | 11 | |
| 18 | Bologna | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 21 | −11 | 8 | Relegation to Serie B |
| 19 | Reggina | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 23 | −14 | 8 | |
| 20 | Chievo | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 6 |
Source: http://www.lega-calcio.it
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored.
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points; (C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted.
Head-to-Head: used when two or more teams need the head-to-head rules to break a tie.
Positions By Round
| Team \ Round | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atalanta | 6 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bologna | 4 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cagliari | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catania | 6 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chievo | 4 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiorentina | 8 | 15 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Genoa | 16 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Internazionale | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Juventus | 8 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lazio | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lecce | 20 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Milan | 14 | 19 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Napoli | 8 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Palermo | 18 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reggina | 14 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Roma | 8 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sampdoria | 8 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Siena | 16 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Torino | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 16 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Udinese | 3 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Last updated: 9 November 2008
; goals Ronaldinho 77 goals ; 10 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
*Amauri (Juventus)
- 5 goals
Germán Denis (Napoli)
Marco Di Vaio (Bologna)- Sergio Floccari (Atalanta)
Goran Pandev (Lazio)- Ronaldinho (Milan)
- Fabio Quagliarella (Udinese)
Results
| Home \ Away1 | ATA | BOL | CAG | CTN | CHV | FIO | GEN | INT | JUV | LAZ | LCE | MIL | NAP | PAL | REG | ROM | SAM | SIE | TOR | UDI |
| Atalanta | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Bologna | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | ||||||||||||||
| Cagliari | 5–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–0 | a | |||||||||||||
| Catania | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | |||||||||||||
| Chievo | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||
| Fiorentina | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Genoa | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 3–1 | a | 1–0 | |||||||||||||
| Internazionale | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | a | 1–0 | a | 1–0 | |||||||||||||
| Juventus | 1–1 | 4–1 | a | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||
| Lazio | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | a | 2–0 | 3–0 | |||||||||||||
| Lecce | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | ||||||||||||||
| Milan | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | |||||||||||||
| Napoli | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | a | 2–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Palermo | a | a | 3–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | ||||||||||||
| Reggina | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | |||||||||||||||
| Roma | 2–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | SUSP2 | ||||||||||||||
| Sampdoria | 2–0 | 1–1 | a | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||
| Siena | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||
| Torino | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | a | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||||||
| Udinese | 2–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
Last updated: 13 November 2008
Source: http://www.lega-calcio.it
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; White = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
2The game of Round 9 has been suspended after six minutes due to heavy rain.
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Replaced by | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siena | Mario Beretta1 | Contract not renewed | 27 May 2008 | Marco Giampaolo1 | 27 May 2008 |
| Cagliari | Davide Ballardini2 | Contract not renewed | 27 May 2008 | Massimiliano Allegri3 | 29 May 2008 |
| Internazionale | Roberto Mancini4 | Sacked | 29 May 2008 | José Mourinho5 | 02 June 2008 |
| Lecce | Giuseppe Papadopulo6 | Contract not renewed | 23 June 2008 | Mario Beretta6 | 23 June 2008 |
| Palermo | Stefano Colantuono7 | Sacked | 04 September 2008 | Davide Ballardini7 | 04 September 2008 |
| Bologna | Daniele Arrigoni8 | Sacked | 03 November 2008 | Siniša Mihajlović8 | 03 November 2008 |
| Chievo Verona | Giuseppe Iachini9 | Sacked | 04 November 2008 | Domenico Di Carlo9 | 04 November 2008 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Marco Giampaolo nuovo allenatore del Siena" (in Italian), AC Siena (2008-05-27). Retrieved on 27 May 2008.
- ^ "Ballardini va via" (in Italian), Cagliari Calcio (2008-05-27). Retrieved on 27 May 2008.
- ^ "Allegri sulla panchina del Cagliari" (in Italian), Cagliari Calcio (2008-05-29). Retrieved on 29 May 2008.
- ^ "Comunicato ufficiale F.C. Internazionale" (in Italian), FC Internazionale Milano (2008-05-29). Retrieved on 29 May 2008.
- ^ "Nuovo allenatore: Josè Mourinho all'Inter" (in Italian), FC Internazionale Milano (2008-06-02). Retrieved on 2 June 2008.
- ^ a b "Beretta nuovo allenatore del Lecce" (in Italian), US Lecce (2008-06-23). Retrieved on 23 June 2008.
- ^ a b "ESONERATO COLANTUONO. SQUADRA AFFIDATA A BALLARDINI" (in Italian), U.S. Città di Palermo (2008-09-04). Retrieved on 4 September 2008.
- ^ a b "Il Bologna a Mihajlovic" (in Italian), Bologna FC 1909 (2008-11-03). Retrieved on 3 November 2008.
- ^ a b "LA SQUADRA AFFIDATA A DOMENICO DI CARLO. OGGI ALLE 14 LA PRESENTAZIONE" (in Italian), AC ChievoVerona (2008-11-04). Retrieved on 4 November 2008.
