2015–16 in Italian football

Football in Italy
Season	2015–16
Men's football
Serie A	Juventus
Serie B	Cagliari
Coppa Italia	Juventus
Supercoppa Italiana	Juventus

The 2015–16 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Italy.

Promotions and relegations (pre-season)

Teams promoted to Serie A

Teams relegated from Serie A

Teams promoted to Serie B

Teams relegated from Serie B

National teams

Italy national football team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	7	3	0	16	7	+9	24	Qualify for final tournament
2	Croatia^[a]	10	6	3	1	20	5	+15	20	Qualify for final tournament
3	Norway	10	6	1	3	13	10	+3	19	Advance to play-offs
4	Bulgaria	10	3	2	5	9	12	−3	11
5	Azerbaijan	10	1	3	6	7	18	−11	6
6	Malta	10	0	2	8	3	16	−13	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.

12 June 2015

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Croatia	1–1	Italy
Mandžukić 11'	Report	Candreva 36' (pen.)

Stadion Poljud, Split

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Martin Atkinson (England)

3 September 2015

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Italy	1–0	Malta
Pellè 69'	Report

Stadio Artemio Franchi, Florence

Attendance: 12,551^[2]

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

6 September 2015

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Italy	1–0	Bulgaria
De Rossi 6' (pen.)	Report

Stadio Renzo Barbera, Palermo

Attendance: 21,000^[3]

Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

10 October 2015

18:00
(21:00 UTC+5)

Azerbaijan	1–3	Italy
Nazarov 31'	Report	Éder 11' El Shaarawy 43' Darmian 65'

National Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 48,000^[4]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

13 October 2015

20:45
(20:45 UTC+2)

Italy	2–1	Norway
Florenzi 73' Pellè 82'	Report	Tettey 23'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 30,000^[5]

Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Friendlies

31 March 2015 Friendly	Italy	1–1	England	Torino, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Pellè 29'	Report	Townsend 79'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 31,138 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

16 June 2015 Friendly	Italy	0–1	Portugal	Genève, Switzerland
		Report	Éder 52'	Stadium: Stade de Genève

13 November 2015 Friendly	Belgium	3–1	Italy	Brussels, Belgium^[6]
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Vertonghen 13', 25' Witsel 33' De Bruyne 74' Batshuayi 82'	Report	Candreva 3' Éder 27' Chiellini 34' Antonelli 90'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) Friendly	Italy	2–2	Romania	Bologna, Italy^[7]
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Marchisio 55' (pen.) Éder 56' Gabbiadini 66' Candreva 90'	Report	Stancu 8' Hoban 15' Andone 89' Chiricheș 90'	Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara Attendance: 22,511 Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)

24 March 2016 Friendly	Italy	1–1	Spain	Udine, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Insigne 68'	Report	Aduriz 70'	Stadium: Stadio Friuli Attendance: 23,300 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

29 March 2016 Friendly	Germany	4–1	Italy	Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Kroos 24' Götze 45' Hector 59' Özil 75' (pen.)	Report	El Shaarawy 83'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 62,653 Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

League season

Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	29	4	5	75	20	+55	91	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Napoli	38	25	7	6	80	32	+48	82	Qualification to Champions League group stage
3	Roma	38	23	11	4	83	41	+42	80	Qualification to Champions League play-off round
4	Internazionale	38	20	7	11	50	38	+12	67	Qualification to Europa League group stage^[a]
5	Fiorentina	38	18	10	10	60	42	+18	64	Qualification to Europa League group stage^[a]
6	Sassuolo	38	16	13	9	49	40	+9	61	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
7	Milan	38	15	12	11	49	43	+6	57
8	Lazio	38	15	9	14	52	52	0	54
9	Chievo	38	13	11	14	43	45	−2	50
10	Empoli	38	12	10	16	40	49	−9	46^[b]
11	Genoa	38	13	7	18	45	48	−3	46^[b]
12	Torino	38	12	9	17	52	55	−3	45^[c]
13	Atalanta	38	11	12	15	41	47	−6	45^[c]
14	Bologna	38	11	9	18	33	45	−12	42
15	Sampdoria	38	10	10	18	48	61	−13	40
16	Palermo	38	10	9	19	38	65	−27	39^[d]
17	Udinese	38	10	9	19	35	60	−25	39^[d]
18	Carpi (R)	38	9	11	18	37	57	−20	38	Relegation to Serie B
19	Frosinone (R)	38	8	7	23	35	76	−41	31
20	Hellas Verona (R)	38	5	13	20	34	63	−29	28

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.^[8]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Since the winners of the 2015–16 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 fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
^ ^a ^b Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.
^ ^a ^b Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.
^ ^a ^b Palermo ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points; Palermo 6 points, Udinese 0 points.

Serie B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Cagliari (C, P)	42	25	8	9	78	41	+37	83	Promotion to Serie A
2	Crotone (P)	42	23	13	6	61	36	+25	82	Promotion to Serie A
3	Trapani	42	20	13	9	64	49	+15	73	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Pescara (O, P)	42	21	9	12	69	52	+17	72	Qualification to promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Bari	42	19	11	12	58	48	+10	68	Qualification to promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Cesena^[a]	42	19	11	12	57	37	+20	68
7	Spezia	42	17	15	10	47	45	+2	66
8	Novara^[b]	42	19	10	13	57	35	+22	65
9	Virtus Entella	42	17	13	12	51	40	+11	64
10	Perugia	42	14	13	15	40	40	0	55
11	Brescia	42	14	12	16	55	64	−9	54
12	Ternana	42	15	8	19	50	56	−6	53
13	Vicenza	42	11	16	15	41	53	−12	49
14	Avellino	42	13	10	19	52	66	−14	49
15	Ascoli	42	13	8	21	45	64	−19	47
16	Latina	42	10	16	16	44	51	−7	46
17	Pro Vercelli	42	11	13	18	43	53	−10	46
18	Salernitana (O)	42	9	18	15	48	62	−14	45	Relegation play-out
19	Virtus Lanciano^[c] (R, E, R, R)	42	12	12	18	43	56	−13	44	Bankruptcy after play-out
20	Livorno (R)	42	10	12	20	45	57	−12	42	Relegation to Lega Pro
21	Modena (R)	42	11	9	22	37	55	−18	42
22	Como (R)	42	5	18	19	39	64	−25	33

Source: Lega Serie B
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Cesena at the beginning was deducted one point for financial irregularities, then the deduction was removed.^[9]
^ Novara was deducted two points for administrative irregularities.^[10]
^ Virtus Lanciano was deducted four points for financial irregularities.^[11]

Lega Pro

Group A
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Cittadella (C, P)	34	76
2	Pordenone	34	65
3	Bassano Virtus	34	62
4	Alessandria	34	57
5	Padova	34	54
6	Cremonese	34	53
7	Reggiana	34	52
8	Feralpisalò	34	50
9	Pavia (R)	34	49
10	Südtirol	34	44
11	Renate	34	43
12	Giana Erminio	34	42
13	Lumezzane	34	42
14	Pro Piacenza (O)	34	39
15	Mantova (O)	34	34
16	Cuneo (R)	34	34
17	AlbinoLeffe	34	20
18	Pro Patria (R)	34	7

Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated

Group B
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	SPAL (C, P)	34	71
2	Pisa (O, P)	34	62
3	Maceratese	34	58
4	Ancona	34	53
5	Carrarese	34	51
6	Siena	34	46
7	Pontedera	34	45
8	Teramo	34	43
9	Arezzo	34	42
10	Tuttocuoio	34	40
11	Santarcangelo	34	39
12	Pistoiese	34	39
13	Lucchese	34	39
14	Prato (O)	34	37
15	Rimini (R)	34	36
16	L'Aquila (R)	34	33
17	Lupa Roma	34	27
18	Savona (R)	34	22

Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated

Group C
Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Benevento (C, P)	34	70
2	Foggia	34	65
3	Lecce	34	63
4	Casertana	34	63
5	Cosenza	34	60
6	Matera	34	53
7	Fidelis Andria	34	45
8	Messina	34	45
9	Paganese	34	42
10	Juve Stabia	34	42
11	Catanzaro	34	41
12	Akragas	34	40
13	Catania	34	39
14	Monopoli (O)	34	39
15	Melfi	34	30
16	Martina Franca (R)	34	22
17	Ischia (R)	34	21
18	Lupa Castelli Romani	34	12

Source: Lega Pro
(C) Champions;
(O) Play-off winners;
(P) Promoted;
(R) Relegated

Serie D

Cup competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

8 August 2015

20:00 UTC+08:00

Juventus	2–0	Lazio
Mandžukić 69' Dybala 73'	Report

Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai, China

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Luca Banti

Juventus

Lazio



GK	1	Gianluigi Buffon (c)
CB	15	Andrea Barzagli
CB	19	Leonardo Bonucci
CB	4	Martín Cáceres
RWB	26	Stephan Lichtsteiner
LWB	33	Patrice Evra
RM	27	Stefano Sturaro	90'
CM	8	Claudio Marchisio
LM	10	Paul Pogba
CF	11	Kingsley Coman	61'
CF	17	Mario Mandžukić	80'
Substitutes:
GK	25	Neto
GK	34	Rubinho
DF	2	Mauricio Isla
DF	24	Daniele Rugani
DF	42	Giulio Parodi
MF	20	Simone Padoin
MF	37	Roberto Pereyra	90'
MF	40	Mattia Vitale
MF	43	Andrés Tello
FW	7	Simone Zaza
FW	14	Fernando Llorente	80'
FW	21	Paulo Dybala	61'
Manager:
Massimiliano Allegri



GK	22	Federico Marchetti
RB	26	Ștefan Radu
CB	6	Santiago Gentiletti
CB	3	Stefan de Vrij
LB	8	Dušan Basta
RM	32	Danilo Cataldi	75'
CM	20	Lucas Biglia (c)
LM	23	Ogenyi Onazi
AM	10	Felipe Anderson	87'
AM	87	Antonio Candreva
CF	11	Miroslav Klose	61'
Substitutes:
GK	55	Guido Guerrieri
GK	99	Etrit Berisha
DF	2	Wesley Hoedt
DF	4	Patric
DF	29	Abdoulay Konko
DF	33	Maurício
MF	7	Ravel Morrison	87'
MF	21	Sergej Milinković-Savić
MF	70	Chris Ikonomidis
FW	9	Filip Đorđević	61'
FW	14	Keita
FW	88	Ricardo Kishna	75'
Manager:
Stefano Pioli

Coppa Italia

21 May 2016

20:45 CEST (UTC+2)

Milan	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Juventus
	Report	Morata 110'

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Referee: Gianluca Rocchi

Milan

Juventus



GK	99	Gianluigi Donnarumma
RB	96	Davide Calabria
CB	17	Cristián Zapata	50'
CB	13	Alessio Romagnoli
LB	2	Mattia De Sciglio
DM	18	Riccardo Montolivo (c)		108'
CM	27	Juraj Kucka		112'
CM	16	Andrea Poli		84'
RW	10	Keisuke Honda	88'
CF	70	Carlos Bacca
LW	28	Giacomo Bonaventura
Substitutes:
GK	1	Diego López
DF	4	José Mauri	119'	108'
DF	5	Philippe Mexès
FW	7	Jérémy Ménez
FW	9	Luiz Adriano
FW	19	M'Baye Niang	101'	84'
GK	32	Christian Abbiati
DF	33	Alex
FW	45	Mario Balotelli		112'
MF	72	Kevin-Prince Boateng
MF	73	Manuel Locatelli
MF	91	Andrea Bertolacci
Manager:
Cristian Brocchi



GK	25	Neto
CB	24	Daniele Rugani	120+2'
CB	15	Andrea Barzagli	105'
CB	3	Giorgio Chiellini (c)	117'
RWB	26	Stephan Lichtsteiner		75'
CM	18	Mario Lemina
CM	11	Hernanes		108'
CM	10	Paul Pogba	62'
LWB	33	Patrice Evra		62'
CF	21	Paulo Dybala
CF	17	Mario Mandžukić
Substitutes:
GK	1	Gianluigi Buffon
FW	7	Simone Zaza
FW	9	Álvaro Morata	119'	108'
DF	12	Alex Sandro		62'
FW	16	Juan Cuadrado		75'
MF	20	Simone Padoin
MF	22	Kwadwo Asamoah
MF	27	Stefano Sturaro
GK	34	Rubinho
MF	37	Roberto Pereyra
Manager:
Massimiliano Allegri

Match rules

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

References

^ "Russia given abandoned Montenegro tie by forfeit after riot". BBC Sport. 8 April 2015.
^ "Italy vs. Malta". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ "Italy vs. Bulgaria". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
^ "Azerbaijan vs. Italy - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^ "Italy vs. Norway - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
^ FIFA.com
^ FIFA.com
^ "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
^ "TFN: un punto di penalizzazione in classifica al Cesena" (in Italian). FIGC. 9 December 2015.
^ "TFN: 2 punti di penalizzazione a Novara e Varese" (in Italian). FIGC. 24 July 2015.
^ "TFN: -1 alla Virtus Lanciano, penalizzate anche 7 società di Lega Pro e Dilettanti" (in Italian). FIGC. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "National Federal Tribunal decision" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 19 November 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Communicato Ufficiale N.16/CFA" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 29 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "TFN: -1 alla Virtus Lanciano, penalizzate anche 7 società di Lega Pro e Dilettanti" (in Italian). FIGC. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.
^ "Respinti i ricorsi di Benevento e Ischia Isola Verde, 1 punto di penalizzazione al Savona" (in Italian). FIGC. 10 December 2015.
^ "LEGA PRO, ridotta a due punti la penalizzazione del Matera" (in Italian). itasportpress.it. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

^ Due to punishment handed by UEFA for crowd trouble in their home match against Norway on 28 March 2015, Croatia must play their next home qualifying game behind closed doors, and the Croatian FA were fined €50,000.^[1]

[table_note_CRO0.15354649869425-1] Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.

[table_note_res_ELGS0.20614160187828-10] Since the winners of the 2015–16 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 fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.

[table_hth_EMP0.20614160187828-11] Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.

[table_hth_TOR0.20614160187828-12] Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.

[table_hth_PAL0.20614160187828-13] Palermo ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points; Palermo 6 points, Udinese 0 points.

[table_note_CES0.56058239404139-16] Cesena at the beginning was deducted one point for financial irregularities, then the deduction was removed.^[9]

[table_note_NOV0.56058239404139-18] Novara was deducted two points for administrative irregularities.^[10]

[table_note_VLA0.56058239404139-20] Virtus Lanciano was deducted four points for financial irregularities.^[11]

[2] "Russia given abandoned Montenegro tie by forfeit after riot". BBC Sport. 8 April 2015.

[4] "Italy vs. Malta". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[5] "Italy vs. Bulgaria". Retrieved 16 September 2015.

[6] "Azerbaijan vs. Italy - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

[7] "Italy vs. Norway - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.

[8] FIFA.com

[9] FIFA.com

[14] "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.

[2015_figc2-15] "TFN: un punto di penalizzazione in classifica al Cesena" (in Italian). FIGC. 9 December 2015.

[2015_figc1-17] "TFN: 2 punti di penalizzazione a Novara e Varese" (in Italian). FIGC. 24 July 2015.

[2015_figc3-19] "TFN: -1 alla Virtus Lanciano, penalizzate anche 7 società di Lega Pro e Dilettanti" (in Italian). FIGC. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.

[figc1-21] "National Federal Tribunal decision" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 19 November 2015.

[figc-22] "Communicato Ufficiale N.16/CFA" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 29 August 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[figc2-23] "TFN: -1 alla Virtus Lanciano, penalizzate anche 7 società di Lega Pro e Dilettanti" (in Italian). FIGC. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 27 December 2015.

[24] "Respinti i ricorsi di Benevento e Ischia Isola Verde, 1 punto di penalizzazione al Savona" (in Italian). FIGC. 10 December 2015.

[25] "LEGA PRO, ridotta a due punti la penalizzazione del Matera" (in Italian). itasportpress.it. 30 July 2015. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[croatia-ban-3] Due to punishment handed by UEFA for crowd trouble in their home match against Norway on 28 March 2015, Croatia must play their next home qualifying game behind closed doors, and the Croatian FA were fined €50,000.^[1]

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