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2016–17 Serie A

The2016–17 Serie A(known as theSerie ATIMfor sponsorship reasons) was the 115th season of top-tier Italianfootball,the 85th in around-robin tournament,and the 7th since its organization under a league committee separate fromSerie B.Juventuswere the defending champions. The season ran from 20 August 2016 to 28 May 2017.[3][4][5]

Serie A
Juventus celebrating their title win
Season2016–17
Dates20 August 2016 –
28 May 2017
ChampionsJuventus
33rd title
RelegatedEmpoli
Palermo
Pescara
Champions LeagueJuventus
Roma
Napoli
Europa LeagueAtalanta
Lazio
Milan
Matches played380
Goals scored1,123 (2.96 per match)
Top goalscorerEdin Džeko
(29 goals)[1]
Biggest home winInternazionale7–1 Atalanta
(12 March 2017)[2]
Biggest away winBologna1–7 Napoli
(4 February 2017)[2]
Highest scoringLazio 7–3Sampdoria
(7 May 2017)[2]
Longest winning run7 games[2]
Internazionale
Juventus
Longest unbeaten run16 games[2]
Juventus
Longest winless run22 games[2]
Pescara
Longest losing run9 games[2]
Palermo
Highest attendance78,328
Internazionale 2–2 Milan
(15 April 2017)[2]
Lowest attendance510
Crotone1–1 Palermo
(18 September 2016)[2]
Total attendance8,113,386[2]
Average attendance22,047[2]

On 21 May, Juventus won a record sixth consecutive title and 33rd title overall with a game in hand following their 3–0 win overCrotone.[6]

Events

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On 14 April 2016, it was announced that Serie A was selected by theInternational Football Association Boardto testvideo assistant refereeing,which were initially private for the 2016–17 season, before allowing them to become a live pilot phase with replay assistance in the 2017–18 season at the latest. On the decision, FIGC PresidentCarlo Tavecchiosaid, "We were among the first supporters of using technology on the pitch and we believe we have everything required to offer our contribution to this important experiment."[7]

On 29 April 2016,Crotoneearned their first ever promotion to Serie A.[8]One week later,Cagliariwas also promoted after just one year inSerie B.[9]On 9 June 2016,Pescarawon theSerie B play-offto return to Serie A after a 3-year absence.[10]

On 13 April 2017, historicalMilanpresidentSilvio Berlusconisold the ownership of the club to Chinese-born, Luxembourg-basedRossoneri Sport Investment Lux,withLi Yonghongas representing acting chairman.[11]The formerPrime Ministerleft the club after 31 years and 29 trophies.

On 28 May 2017,Francesco Totti,AS Romalegendary footballer, played his last match againstGenoa.

Teams

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Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 2016–17 Serie A teams
Team Home city Stadium Capacity 2015–16 season
Atalanta Bergamo Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia 26,542 13th in Serie A
Bologna Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 38,279 14th in Serie A
Cagliari Cagliari Stadio Sant'Elia 16,000 Serie B champions
Chievo Verona Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi 38,402 9th in Serie A
Crotone Crotone Stadio Ezio Scida 16,547 Serie B runners-up
Empoli Empoli Stadio Carlo Castellani 16,800 10th in Serie A
Fiorentina Florence Stadio Artemio Franchi 47,282 5th in Serie A
Genoa Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685 11th in Serie A
Internazionale Milan San Siro 80,018 4th in Serie A
Juventus Turin Juventus Stadium 41,507 Serie A champions
Lazio Rome Stadio Olimpico 72,698 8th in Serie A
Milan Milan San Siro 80,018 7th in Serie A
Napoli Naples Stadio San Paolo 60,240 2nd in Serie A
Palermo Palermo Stadio Renzo Barbera 36,349 16th in Serie A
Pescara Pescara Stadio Adriatico 20,476 Serie B playoffs winners
Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico 72,698 3rd in Serie A
Sampdoria Genoa Stadio Luigi Ferraris 36,685 15th in Serie A
Sassuolo Sassuolo Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore
(Reggio Emilia) 		23,717 6th in Serie A
Torino Turin Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino 27,994 12th in Serie A
Udinese Udine Dacia Arena 25,144 17th in Serie A

Personnel and kits

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Team Head Coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor(s)
Main Other
Atalanta Gian Piero Gasperini Cristian Raimondi Nike SuisseGas/TWS
Front
  • Modus FM/Toulà Catering
Back
  • Elettrocanali
Bologna Roberto Donadoni Daniele Gastaldello Macron FAAC
Back
  • Illumia
Cagliari Massimo Rastelli Daniele Dessena Macron ISOLA Artigianato di Sardegna
Front
Back
  • Eva Arredamenti
Chievo Rolando Maran Sergio Pellissier Givova Paluani/Pescherie Viviani/Cubi e Perina/Centro Atlante Verona/Midac Batteries/VOL Ortofrutta/Salumi Negri/I. Bis Trading/Nobis Assicurazioni/Salumi Coati/Nico Abbigliamento e Calzature/958 Santero/CF Costruzioni/Italgreen/Candiano Sicily
Front
  • Midac Batteries/Bottagisio Sport Center/Karrell
Back
  • Filo diretto Assicurazioni/Nobis Assicurazioni
Crotone Davide Nicola Claiton Zeus Sport Vieni in Calabria/Sovreco/Metal Carpinteria
Back
  • Metal Carpinteria
Empoli Giovanni Martusciello Massimo Maccarone Joma Gensan
Front
  • Computer Gross
Back
  • Giletti SpA
Fiorentina Paulo Sousa Gonzalo Rodríguez Le Coq Sportif Folletto/Vorwerk(in UEFA matches)
Back
Genoa Ivan Jurić Nicolás Burdisso Lotto Prénatal/Eviva Energia
Front
Back
Internazionale Stefano Vecchi(caretaker) Mauro Icardi Nike Pirelli
Back
Juventus Massimiliano Allegri Gianluigi Buffon Adidas Jeep/Jeep Compass None
Lazio Simone Inzaghi Lucas Biglia Macron Clinica Paideia/Libera. Associazioni, nomi e numeri contro le mafie/Sèleco None
Milan Vincenzo Montella Riccardo Montolivo Adidas Fly Emirates None
Napoli Maurizio Sarri Marek Hamšík Kappa Lete
Front
  • Pasta Garofalo
Back
  • Kimbo Caffè
Palermo Diego Bortoluzzi(caretaker) Roberto Vitiello Joma Lewer/Bisaten
Back
  • Bisaten/Giuseppe Di Maria
Pescara Zdeněk Zeman Ledian Memushaj Errea Saquella Caffè
Front
  • Officina Metalmeccanica Angelucci
Back
  • Armata di Mare
Roma Luciano Spalletti Francesco Totti Nike Telethon None
Sampdoria Marco Giampaolo Angelo Palombo Joma Veratour/Invent Energy
Front
  • Lino Sonego
Back
Sassuolo Eusebio Di Francesco Francesco Magnanelli Kappa Mapei None
Torino Siniša Mihajlović Marco Benassi Kappa Suzuki/Suzuki Ignis
Front
Back
  • Tecnoalarm
Udinese Luigi Delneri Danilo HS Sport Dacia
Front
  • Vortice
Back
  • Magnadyne

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Replaced by Date of appointment
Empoli Marco Giampaolo Mutual consent 15 May 2016 Pre-season Giovanni Martusciello 26 May 2016[12]
Udinese Luigi De Canio End of interim spell 19 May 2016 Giuseppe Iachini 19 May 2016[13]
Torino Gian Piero Ventura Signed byItaly 25 May 2016 Siniša Mihajlović 25 May 2016[14]
Genoa Gian Piero Gasperini Signed byAtalanta 14 June 2016[15] Ivan Jurić 28 June 2016[16]
Atalanta Edoardo Reja Sacked 14 June 2016 Gian Piero Gasperini 14 June 2016[15]
Crotone Ivan Jurić Signed byGenoa 23 June 2016 Davide Nicola 23 June 2016[17]
Sampdoria Vincenzo Montella Signed byMilan 28 June 2016 Marco Giampaolo 4 July 2016[18]
Milan Cristian Brocchi End of Interim spell 28 June 2016 Vincenzo Montella 28 June 2016[19]
Lazio Simone Inzaghi 6 July 2016 Marcelo Bielsa 6 July 2016[20]
Lazio Marcelo Bielsa Resigned 8 July 2016[21] Simone Inzaghi 8 July 2016[22]
Internazionale Roberto Mancini Mutual consent 8 August 2016[23] Frank de Boer 9 August 2016[24]
Palermo Davide Ballardini 6 September 2016[25] 15th Roberto De Zerbi 6 September 2016[26]
Udinese Giuseppe Iachini Sacked 2 October 2016[27] 16th Luigi Delneri 4 October 2016[28]
Internazionale Frank de Boer 1 November 2016[29] 12th Stefano Vecchi(caretaker) 1 November 2016[30]
Internazionale Stefano Vecchi End of interim spell 8 November 2016 9th Stefano Pioli 8 November 2016[31]
Palermo Roberto De Zerbi Sacked 30 November 2016 20th Eugenio Corini 30 November 2016[32]
Palermo Eugenio Corini Resigned 24 January 2017[33] 19th Diego López 26 January 2017[34]
Pescara Massimo Oddo Sacked 14 February 2017[35] 20th Luciano Zauri(interim) 14 February 2017
Pescara Luciano Zauri End of interim spell 14 February 2017 20th Zdeněk Zeman 17 February 2017[36]
Genoa Ivan Jurić Sacked 19 February 2017 16th Andrea Mandorlini 19 February 2017[37]
Genoa Andrea Mandorlini 10 April 2017 16th Ivan Jurić 10 April 2017[38]
Palermo Diego López 11 April 2017 19th Diego Bortoluzzi(caretaker) 11 April 2017[39]
Internazionale Stefano Pioli 9 May 2017 7th Stefano Vecchi(caretaker) 10 May 2017[40][41]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Juventus(C) 38 29 4 5 77 27 +50 91 Qualification for theChampions League group stage
2 Roma 38 28 3 7 90 38 +52 87
3 Napoli 38 26 8 4 94 39 +55 86 Qualification for theChampions League play-off round
4 Atalanta 38 21 9 8 62 41 +21 72 Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a]
5 Lazio 38 21 7 10 74 51 +23 70
6 Milan 38 18 9 11 57 45 +12 63 Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round[a]
7 Internazionale 38 19 5 14 72 49 +23 62
8 Fiorentina 38 16 12 10 63 57 +6 60
9 Torino 38 13 14 11 71 66 +5 53
10 Sampdoria 38 12 12 14 49 55 −6 48
11 Cagliari 38 14 5 19 55 76 −21 47
12 Sassuolo 38 13 7 18 58 63 −5 46
13 Udinese 38 12 9 17 47 56 −9 45
14 Chievo 38 12 7 19 43 61 −18 43
15 Bologna 38 11 8 19 40 58 −18 41
16 Genoa 38 9 9 20 38 64 −26 36
17 Crotone 38 9 7 22 34 58 −24 34
18 Empoli(R) 38 8 8 22 29 61 −32 32 Relegation toSerie B
19 Palermo(R) 38 6 8 24 33 77 −44 26
20 Pescara(R) 38 3 9 26 37 81 −44 18
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.[42]
(C)Champions;(R)Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^abSince the winners of the2016–17 Coppa Italia,Juventus,qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

Results

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Home \ Away ATA BOL CAG CHV CRO EMP FIO GEN INT JUV LAZ MIL NAP PAL PES ROM SAM SAS TOR UDI
Atalanta — 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–0 2–1 2–2 3–4 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–3
Bologna 0–2 — 2–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–7 3–1 3–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–0
Cagliari 3–0 1–1 — 4–0 2–1 3–2 3–5 4–1 1–5 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–5 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–1 4–3 2–3 2–1
Chievo 1–4 1–1 1–0 — 1–2 4–0 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–3 1–3 1–1 2–0 3–5 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–0
Crotone 1–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 — 4–1 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0
Empoli 0–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 — 0–4 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–4 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–0
Fiorentina 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 — 3–3 5–4 2–1 3–2 0–0 3–3 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–0
Genoa 0–5 1–1 3–1 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–0 — 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–0 0–0 3–4 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–1 1–1
Internazionale 7–1 1–1 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 — 2–1 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 2–1 5–2
Juventus 3–1 3–0 4–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 — 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 1–0 4–1 3–1 1–1 2–1
Lazio 2–1 1–1 4–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 1–3 0–1 — 1–1 0–3 6–2 3–0 0–2 7–3 2–1 3–1 1–0
Milan 0–0 3–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 — 1–2 4–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 4–3 3–2 0–1
Napoli 0–2 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 4–2 — 1–1 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 5–3 3–0
Palermo 1–3 0–0 1–3 0–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–3 — 1–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 1–4 1–3
Pescara 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–4 1–2 5–0 1–2 0–2 2–6 1–1 2–2 2–0 — 1–4 1–1 1–3 0–0 1–3
Roma 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 4–0 3–2 2–1 3–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 4–1 3–2 — 3–2 3–1 4–1 4–0
Sampdoria 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–4 1–1 3–1 3–2 — 3–2 2–0 0–0
Sassuolo 0–3 0–1 6–2 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 4–1 0–3[a] 1–3 2–1 — 0–0 1–0
Torino 1–1 5–1 5–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–3 2–2 2–2 0–5 3–1 5–3 3–1 1–1 5–3 — 2–2
Udinese 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 2–1 1–2 4–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 —
Source:Serie A
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
  1. ^The Lega Serie A announced on 30 August 2016 thatSassuolowere found guilty for fielding an ineligible player in their match againstPescarain Round 2. They decided to award the match to Pescara as a 3–0 forfeit win; the match originally finished 2–1 to Sassuolo.[43]

Season statistics

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Attendances

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Team Av. home att.[44]
Internazionale 46,620
Milan 40,294
Juventus 39,489
Napoli 36,605
Roma 32,638
Fiorentina 26,470
Lazio 21,947
Bologna 21,912
Genoa 20,347
Sampdoria 19,852
Torino 19,300
Udinese 17,448
Atalanta 16,946
Cagliari 13,467
Chievo 13,368
Pescara 13,308
Palermo 13,204
Sassuolo 12,362
Empoli 9,483
Crotone 8,222

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