2015–16 Serie A (futsal)

Serie A
Season	2015–16
Champions	Asti
Relegated	CosenzaLazio
UEFA Futsal Cup	Asti
Biggest home win	8-0 Pescara-Latina (Rd.16)
Biggest away win	0-10 Lazio-Kaos (Rd.22)
Highest scoring	6-10 ; Latina-Real Rieti (Rd. 1) ; Napoli-Asti (Rd.2)
Longest winning run	10 matches ; Asti
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches ; Asti
Longest winless run	13 matches ; Napoli
Longest losing run	7 matches ; Napoli
	← 2014–15 2016–17 →

The 2015–16 season of the Serie A is the 33rd season of top-tier futsal in Italy, 27th known as Serie A, which began September 19, 2015 and will finish on April 16, 2016. At the end of the regular season the top eight teams will play in the championship playoffs. The quarter and semi-finals will be a best of three series and the final will be a best of five-game series. The champions will then be Italy's representative in the 2016-2017 UEFA Futsal Cup. With 13 teams participating this season the last place team will automatically be relegated to Serie A2 and the twelfth and eleventh placed teams will have a two-legged playoff to determine the second team to be relegated.

Events

Theisis the first Serie A championship to have 13 teams to play for the Scudetto. This season is the return of Montesilvano after two seasons of absence. They are the current record holder for appearances in the top flight (22 seasons). The city of Montesilvano will have the only derby of the season, which will see the seagulls opposite Acqua e Sapone. Cosenza and Carlisport Cogianco are making their debut in Serie A. Fabrizio has also changed its name and colors, becoming "FC5 Corigliano Futsal" to better represent the city of Corigliano Calabro.^[1]

Schedule Breaks

The Divisione Calcio a 5 has published the calendar of the championship on August 12.^[2] The season will break on December 5 through 12 for the World Cup qualifiers. January 23 to February 13 for the finals of the European Championship which will be played in Serbia. March 5 for the final eight of the Coppa Italia. March 19 and April 9 for the home and away play-off qualifiers for the World Cup in 2016 in Colombia.

Penalty

This season the Pescara reflects the downgrade of 1 point in the standings from the National Federal Court in the previous season for the delay of payments to its own cardholder.^[3]

Cosenza Excluded

In accepting the irrevocable resignation of its president and legal representative, on October 12, 2015, Futsal Cosenza decided the cessation of the championship with immediate effect. Since exclusion was made during the fourth round, all the matches played by the team do not count towards the league table. The team was also fined the maximum penalty by law, (30,000.00 Euros), for having seriously affected the performance of the entire season.^[4]

2015-16 Season teams

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity	2014-15 Season
Acqua e Sapone	Montesilvano	Pala Roma	1,540	4th in Serie A, semi-finalist
Asti	Asti	Pala San Quirico	1,000	3rd in Serie A, quarter-finalist
Carlisport Cogianco	Ariccia	PalaCesaroni	3,000	2nd in Serie A2 group B
Corigliano	Corigliano Calabro	PalaCorigliano	3,000	10th in Serie A
Cosenza	Cosenza	Palaferraro	1,200	1st in Serie A2 group B
Kaos	Ferrara	Palasport di Ferrara	3,504	6th in Serie A, beaten finalist
Latina	Latina	PalaSport Nicola Bianchini	2,500	8th in Serie A, quarter-finalist
Lazio	Rome	Futsal Arena	1,000	7th in Serie A, quarter-finalist
Luparense	San Martino di Lupari	PalaBruel	1,200	2nd in Serie A, semi-finalist
Montesilvano	Montesilvano	Pala Roma	1,540	1st in Serie A2 group A
Napoli	Napoli	Federazione Italiana Pallavolo		9th in Serie A
Pescara	Pescara	PalaRigopiano	1,500	1st in Serie A, Champion
Real Rieti	Rieti	Pala Malfatti		5th in Serie A, quarter-finalist

Regular season table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Asti	22	13	8	1	96	61	+35	47	Advanced to Quarter-finals
2	Pescara	22	12	6	4	85	56	+29	41^[a]
3	Real Rieti	22	12	5	5	88	76	+12	41
4	Kaos	22	9	7	6	83	65	+18	34
5	Acqua e Sapone	22	9	7	6	75	66	+9	34
6	Montesilvano	22	8	7	7	78	65	+13	31
7	Luparense	22	9	4	9	75	85	−10	31
8	Carlisport Cogianco	22	8	6	8	72	60	+12	30
9	Latina	22	8	3	11	71	83	−12	27
10	Corigliano	22	5	4	13	69	112	−43	19
11	Lazio	22	3	5	14	50	87	−37	14	Relegation playoffs
12	Napoli	22	3	4	15	76	102	−26	13	Relegation playoffs
13	Cosenza^[b]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Excluded

Updated to match(es) played on 16 April 2016. Source: Divisione Calcio a 5 – Serie A
Rules for classification: Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored
Notes:

^ 1 point penalty
^ Excluded from the championship in the 4th round.

Cosenza Games

Cosenza is excluded from playing in the championship with immediate effect (Round 4). The games held previously by the team were not considered valid for ranking. In the remaining league games, the team that would face Cosenza will now have a bye.^[5]

Calendar and Results


Rd. 1		1st Match	Rd. 14
18 Sept.	6-10	Latina-Real Rieti	1-4	19 Dec.
19 Sept.	3-3	Acqua&Sapone-Napoli	5-5
	7-3	Asti-Luparense	8-5
	3-3	Carlisport Cogianco-Montesilvano	5-5
	6-5	Corigliano-Kaos	3-5
	1-2	Lazio-Pescara	0-7
		Bye: Cosenza


Rd. 2		2nd Match	Rd. 15
25 Sept.	3-1	Luparense-Lazio	2-0	29 Dec.
25 Sept.	5-5	Pescara-Corigliano	5-2
26 Sept.	4-3	Kaos-Latina	2-3
	3-6	Montesilvano-Cosenza	n/a
	6-10	Napoli-Asti	1-2
27 Sept.	0-3	Real Rieti-Carlisport Cogianco	5-3
27 Sept.		Bye: Acqua&Sapone


Rd. 3		3rd Match	Rd. 16
2 Oct.	3-3	Asti-Acqua&Sapone	3-1	5 Jan.
4 Oct.	1-1	Lazio-Napoli	2-5
	6-3	Corigliano-Luparense	2-6
	1-3	Cosenza-Real Rieti	n/a
	3-3	Carlisport Cogianco-Kaos	2-2	4 Jan.
13 Oct.	3-4	Latina-Pescara	0-8
13 Oct.		Bye: Montesilvano


Rd. 4		4th Match	Rd. 17
10 Oct.	2-4	Luparense-Latina	5-2	8 Jan.
	4-4	Real Rieti-Montesilvano	2-1	9 Jan.
	n/a	Kaos-Cosenza	n/a	10 Jan.
	4-5	Napoli-Corigliano	8-2
	4-2	Pescara-Carlisport Cogianco	3-2
	2-0	Acqua&Sapone-Lazio	4-3
		Bye: Asti


Rd. 5		5th Match	Rd. 18
17 Oct.	6-1	Carlisport Cogianco-Luparense	2-3	16 Jan.
	0-8	Corigliano-Acqua&Sapone	5-6
	n/a	Cosenza-Pescara	n/a
	6-3	Latina-Napoli	4-3
	1-1	Lazio-Asti	3-5
	6-0	Montesilvano-Kaos	4-7
		Bye: Real Rieti


Rd. 6		6th Match	Rd. 19
24 Oct.	4-1	Acqua&Sapone-Latina	4-3	20 Jan.
	4-4	Asti-Corigliano	5-1
	2-4	Kaos-Real Rieti	4-1
	n/a	Luparense-Cosenza	n/a
	2-4	Napoli-Carlisport Cogianco	1-6
	1-3	Pescara-Montesilvano	3-3
		Bye: Lazio


Rd. 7		7th Match	Rd. 20
27 Oct.	2-1	Carlisport Cogianco-Acqua&Sapone	2-3	19 Feb.
	6-6	Corigliano-Lazio	2-7
	n/a	Cosenza-Napoli	n/a
	4-4	Latina-Asti	3-6
	7-2	Montesilvano-Luparense	3-5
	4-4	Real Rieti-Pescara	2-4
		Bye: Kaos


Rd. 8		8th Match	Rd. 21
31 Oct.	n/a	Acqua&Sapone-Cosenza	n/a	26 Feb.
	4-4	Asti-Carlisport Cogianco	4-2
	3-5	Lazio-Latina	2-4
	2-5	Luparense-Real Rieti	2-3
	3-5	Napoli-Montesilvano	5-3
	3-1	Pescara-Kaos	5-5
		Bye: Corigliano


Rd. 9		9th Match	Rd. 22
7 Nov.	2-3	Carlisport Cogianco-Lazio	5-4	11 Mar.
	n/a	Cosenza-Asti	n/a
	4-1	Kaos-Luparense	4-4
	7-1	Latina-Corigliano	3-4
	1-2	Montesilvano-Acqua&Sapone	4-3
	6-4	Real Rieti-Napoli	6-5
		Bye: Pescara


Rd. 10		10th Match	Rd. 23
14 Nov.	4-3	Acqua&Sapone-Real Rieti	3-3	26 Mar.
	3-4	Asti-Montesilvano	2-1
	2-4	Corigliano-Carlisport Cogianco	1-6
	n/a	Lazio-Cosenza	n/a
	3-3	Luparense-Pescara	3-2
	3-6	Napoli-Kaos	2-4
		Bye: Latina


Rd. 11		11th Match	Rd. 24
21 Nov.	3-5	Carlisport Cogianco-Latina	1-1	2 Apr.
	n/a	Cosenza-Corigliano	n/a
	5-2	Kaos-Acqua&Sapone	4-4
	8-2	Montesilvano-Lazio	2-2
	6-1	Pescara-Napoli	6-3
	4-4	Real Rieti-Asti	3-9
		Bye: Luparense


Rd. 12		12th Match	Rd. 25
28 Nov.	2-3	Acqua&Sapone-Pescara	3-3	5 Apr.
	3-3	Asti-Kaos	1-1
	4-4	Corigliano-Montesilvano	3-1
	n/a	Latina-Cosenza	n/a
	2-5	Lazio-Real Rieti	4-4
	4-4	Napoli-Luparense	4-6
		Bye: Carlisport Cogianco


Rd. 13		13th Match	Rd. 26
2 Dec.	n/a	Cosenza-Carlisport Cogianco	n/a	16 Apr.
	2-3	Kaos-Lazio	10-0
	6-6	Luparense-Acqua&Sapone	4-2
	3-1	Montesilvano-Latina	3-3
	3-4	Pescara-Asti	1-4
	3-2	Real Rieti-Corigliano	7-3
		Bye: Napoli

Regular Season Top Scorers

#	Player	Club	Goals
1	Kaka	Kaos	28
1	Zanchetta	Real Rieti	28
2	Jonas	Acqua e Sapone	20
3	Vieira	Carlisport Cogianco	19
4	Bordignon	Montesilvano	18
4	Hector	Real Rieti	18
5	De Oliveira	Asti	17
5	Rosa	Montesilvano	17
6	Maluko	Real Rieti	16
7	Bertoni	Asti	15
	Maina	Latina
	Fornari	Napoli
	Waltinho	Carlisport Cogianco
8	Crema	Asti	14
8	Lemine	Corigliano	14

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Relegation playoff

1st leg

April 30, 2016	Napoli	5-3	Lazio	Napoli
18:00	Fornari 13', 30', 39' De Bail 34' Bolo 39'	Report	Pol Pacheco 3' Nardacchione 21' Perri 34'	Stadium: Federazione Italiana Pallavolo

2nd leg

May 7, 2016	Lazio	1-5	Napoli	Rome
18:00	Juninho 15'	Report	Bolo 8' Milucci 28' De Bail 31' Javi Rodriguez 32', 35'	Stadium: Futsal Arena

Napoli wins 10–4 on aggregate and remains in Serie A. Lazio is relegated to Serie A2.

Championship playoffs

Calendar

Round	Date	Fixtures	Clubs
Quarter-finals	30 April 5/6/7 May 2016	8	8 → 4
Semifinals	12/17/19 May 2016	4	4 → 2
Final	25/30 May 1/7/9 June	3	2 → 1

Bracket

Quarter-finals					Semifinals					Final

1	Asti	4	5	3

8	Carlisport Cogianco	6	0	3
					1	Asti	2	4	2

					5	Acqua e Sapone	4	2	1
4	Kaos	1	2

5	Acqua e Sapone	1	5
										1	Asti	1	1 (2)	3	4 (3)

										3	Real Rieti	2	1 (1)	2	4 (2)
2	Pescara	4	6	3

7	Luparense	5	1	4
					3	Real Rieti	2	4	4

					7	Luparense	5	3	2
3	Real Rieti	7	5

6	Montesilvano	2	5

Quarter-finals

1st match

April 29, 2016	Kaos	1-1	Acqua e Sapone	Montesilvano
21:00	Vinicius 11'	Report	Schiochet 37'	Stadium: Pala Roma

April 29, 2016	Asti	4-6	Carlisport Cogianco	Ariccia
21:00	De Luca 7' (own) Bocao 24' (own) De Oliveira 29', 39' Ramon 32' Nora 34'	Report	Waltinho 27', 29' Ruben 34' Vieira 39'	Stadium: PalaCesaroni

April 30, 2016	Pescara	4-5	Luparense	San Martino di Lupari
18:00	Lara 25' Betao 30' Ercolessi 33' Salas 36'	Report	Honorio 3' Leitao 6', 22' Taborda 20' Giasson 39'	Stadium: PalaBruel

April 30, 2016	Real Rieti	7-2	Montesilvano	Montesilvano
20:00	Rafinha 8' Ghiotti 17', 25' Saul 20', 36' Hector 29', 36'	Report	Bordignon 24' Burato 31'	Stadium: PalaRoma

2nd match

May 4, 2016	Acqua e Sapone	5-2	Kaos	Ferrara
20:00	Burrito 5', 38' Mammarella 10' (own) Jonas 18' Murilo 28', 37'	Report	Tuli 10'	Stadium: Palasport di Ferrara

May 4, 2016	Carlisport Cogianco	0-5	Asti	Asti
20:30	Ruben 19' (own)	Report	Crema 15', 28' Bertoni 37' Nora 39'	Stadium: Pala San Quirico

May 5, 2016	Luparense	1-6	Pescara	Pescara
20:00	Bissoni 17'	Report	Caputo 7' Leggiero 15' Grello 17', 24' Cuzzolino 18' (pen) Rogerio 40'	Stadium: PalaRigopiano

May 5, 2016	Montesilvano	5-5	Real Rieti	Rieti
20:15	Burato 11' Hozjan 13' Morgado 37' Francini 39'	Report	Hector 3', 9' (pen) 38' (own) Zanchetta 13', 19', 40'	Stadium: Pala Malfatti

3rd Match

May 6, 2016	Carlisport Cogianco	3-3 (a.e.t)	Asti	Asti
20:45	Ruben 32' Brizzi 38' Vieira 47'	Report	De Oliveira 5' Ramon 25' Nora 42'	Stadium: Pala San Quirico

May 7, 2016	Luparense	4-3	Pescara	Pescara
20:45	Honorio 1' Giasson 3' Foglia 36' Leitao 38'	Report	Rescia 12' Betao 24' Rogerio 38'	Stadium: PalaRigopiano

Semi-finals

1st match

May 12, 2016	Asti	2-4	Acqua e Sapone	Montesilvano
20:00	Ramon 16' Bertoni 27'	Report	Paulinho 5' Burrito 7', 39' Jonas 20'	Stadium: Pala Roma

May 12, 2016	Real Rieti	2-5	Luparense	San Martino di Lupari
20:45	Zanchetta 4' Maluko 6'	Report	Foglia 14', 21' Bissoni 31', 35' Leitao 36'	Stadium: PalaBruel

2nd match

May 17, 2016	Acqua e Sapone	2-4	Asti	Asti
20:45	Mimi 25' Jonas 39'	Report	Crema 27', 28' Chimanguinho 37' Bertoni 40'	Stadium: Pala San Quirico

May 17, 2016	Luparense	3-4	Real Rieti	Rieti
20:30	Foglia 20' Moura 22' Honorio 37'	Report	Rafinha 4', 23' Ghiotti 12' Saul 20'	Stadium: Pala Malfatti

3rd match

May 19, 2016	Acqua e Sapone	1-2	Asti	Asti
20:00	Jonas 36'	Report	Nora 20' Chimanguinho 32'	Stadium: Pala San Quirico

May 19, 2016	Luparense	2-4	Real Rieti	Rieti
20:00	Ique 27'	Report	Corsini 6' Zanchetta 10' Saul 28' 33' (own) Hector 40'	Stadium: Pala Malfatti

Final

1st match

May 25, 2016	Real Rieti	2-1	Asti	Asti
20:45	Hector 22' Zanchetta 38'	Report	Romano 29'	Stadium: Pala San Quirico

2nd match

May 30, 2016	Asti	1-1 (a.e.t) (2 – 1 p)	Real Rieti	Teramo
20:45	Duarte 26'	Report	Hector 40'	Stadium: Pala San Quirico
	Penalties
	De Oliveira Bertoni Duarte		Hector Rafinha Saul

3rd match

June 1, 2016	Asti	3-2	Real Rieti	Teramo
20:45	Nora 14' Romano 29' Bertoni 37'	Report	Ghiotti 13' Hector 26'	Stadium: Pala San Quirico

4th match

June 7, 2016	Real Rieti	4-4 (a.e.t) (2 – 3 p)	Asti	Asti
20:45	Zanchetta 1', 37', 40' Hector 40'	Report	De Oliveira 7' De Luca 14' Chimanguinho 31' Bertoni 36'	Stadium: Pala San Quirico Attendance: 2,000
	Penalties
	Zanchetta Jeffe Hector		Bertoni Romano Ramon

Champion

2015–16 Serie A1 winners
Asti First title

References

^ Divisione Calcio a 5, Comunicato Ufficiale N.11 2015/2016 Archived 2015-10-06 at the Wayback Machine divisionecalcioa5.it
^ Il 18 settembre scatta la caccia al Pescara campione Archived 2015-10-06 at the Wayback Machine divisionecalcioa5.it
^ FIGC, Tribunale Federale Nazionale - Comunicato Ufficiale N.55/TFN 2014/2015 figc.it
^ Divisione Calcio a 5, Comunicato Ufficiale N.105 2015/2016 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine divisionecalcioa5.it
^ Divisione Calcio a 5, Comunicato Ufficiale N.106 2015/2016 Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine divisionecalcioa5.it
^ "Serie A Top Scorers". Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

External links

Divisione calcio a 5

[table_hth_PES0.81199993556924-5] 1 point penalty

[table_note_COS0.81199993556924-6] Excluded from the championship in the 4th round.

[CU11-1] Divisione Calcio a 5, Comunicato Ufficiale N.11 2015/2016 Archived 2015-10-06 at the Wayback Machine divisionecalcioa5.it

[2] Il 18 settembre scatta la caccia al Pescara campione Archived 2015-10-06 at the Wayback Machine divisionecalcioa5.it

[3] FIGC, Tribunale Federale Nazionale - Comunicato Ufficiale N.55/TFN 2014/2015 figc.it

[CU105-4] Divisione Calcio a 5, Comunicato Ufficiale N.105 2015/2016 Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine divisionecalcioa5.it

[7] Divisione Calcio a 5, Comunicato Ufficiale N.106 2015/2016 Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine divisionecalcioa5.it

[topscorer-8] "Serie A Top Scorers". Archived from the original on 2016-04-13. Retrieved 16 April 2016.

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