Series A 2008/09

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Series A 2008/09
master Inter Milan
Champions League Inter Milan
Juventus Turin
Champions League
qualification		 AC Milan
AC Florence
Europe League CFC Genoa
AS Roma
Lazio Rome
Cup winners Lazio Rome
Relegated Turin FC
Reggina Calcio
US Lecce
Teams 20th
Games 380
Gates 988  (ø 2.60 per game)
Top scorer Zlatan Ibrahimović
( Inter Milan )
← Serie A 2007/08
The Serie A teams of the 2008/09 season

The Serie A 2008/09 was the 77th season in the top Italian men's soccer division. It started on August 30, 2008 and ended on May 31, 2009 with the delivery of the Scudetto, the Italian championship trophy. Champion was defending champion Inter Milan , who won the fourth championship in a row and his 17th overall. The top scorer was Zlatan Ibrahimović with 25 goals, second place was shared by Marco Di Vaio from FC Bologna and Diego Milito from CFC Genoa with 24 goals each.

A total of 20 teams took part in the championship, the first 17 of Serie A 2007/08 and three promoted teams from Serie B , AC Chievo Verona , FC Bologna and US Lecce . The 20 clubs represented 13 of the 20 Italian regions . Lombardy was most strongly represented with three clubs, Atalanta Bergamo , AC Milan and Inter Milan . Piedmont , Liguria , Tuscany , Lazio and Sicily each provide two teams, while Friuli-Venezia Giulia , Veneto , Emilia-Romagna , Campania , Apulia , Calabria and Sardinia were each represented by one team. A new record was set even before the start of the season, as never before had six teams from southern Italy played in Serie A. The T90 Omni football from Nike is used as the match ball . The cup competition, the Coppa Italia , was won by Lazio Rome in the final against Sampdoria Genoa on penalties.

Teams

society city Stadion capacity Result 2007/08
Atalanta Bergamo Bergamo Atleti Azzurri d'Italia stadium 26393 9th in Serie A
Bologna FC Bologna Stadio Renato Dall'Ara 39444 2nd in series B
Cagliari Calcio Cagliari Stadio Sant'Elia 23486 14th in Serie A
Catania Calcio Catania Angelo Massimino Stadium 23420 17th in Serie A
AC Chievo Verona Verona Marcantonio Bentegodi stadium 39211 1. in series B
AC Florence Florence Artemio Franchi Stadium 47282 4th in Serie A
CFC genoa Genoa Luigi Ferraris Stadium (Marassi) 36685 10th in Serie A
Inter Milan Milan Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) 82955 1. in Serie A
Juventus Turin Turin Stadio Olimpico di Torino 27168 3rd in Serie A
Lazio Rome Rome Stadio Olimpico di Roma 82307 12th in Serie A
US Lecce Lecce Via Del Mare stadium 36285 Serie B playoff winners
AC Milan Milan Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro) 82955 5th in series A
SSC Naples Naples San Paolo Stadium 60240 8th in Serie A
US Palermo Palermo Renzo Barbera Stadium 37242 11th in Serie A
Reggina Calcio Reggio Calabria Oreste Granillo Stadium 27454 16th in Serie A
AS Roma Rome Stadio Olimpico di Roma 82307 2nd in Serie A
Sampdoria Genoa Genoa Luigi Ferraris Stadium (Marassi) 36685 6th in Serie A
AC Siena Siena Artemio Franchi Stadium, Siena 15373 13th in Serie A
Torino FC Turin Stadio Olimpico di Torino 27168 15th in Serie A
Udinese Calcio Udine Friuli Stadium 41652 7th in Serie A

AC Chievo Verona and FC Bologna rose directly from Serie B. Then there was the US Lecce , who defeated UC AlbinoLeffe 2-1 in the playoff final for promotion.

Closing table

League leader
Bottom of the table
Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Inter Milan (M)  38  25th  9  4th 070:320 +38 84
 2. Juventus Turin  38  21st  11  6th 069:370 +32 74
 3. AC Milan  38  22nd  8th  8th 070:350 +35 74
 4th AC Florence  38  21st  5  12 053:380 +15 68
 5. CFC genoa  38  19th  11  8th 056:390 +17 68
 6th AS Roma  38  18th  9  11 064:610  +3 63
 7th Udinese Calcio  38  16  10  12 061:500 +11 58
 8th. US Palermo  38  17th  6th  15th 057:500  +7 57
 9. Cagliari Calcio  38  15th  8th  15th 049:500  −1 53
10. Lazio Rome (P)  38  15th  5  18th 046:550  −9 50
11. Atalanta Bergamo  38  13  8th  17th 045:480  −3 47
12. SSC Naples  38  12  10  16 043:450  −2 46
13. Sampdoria Genoa  38  11  13  14th 049:520  −3 46
14th AC Siena  38  12  8th  18th 033:440 −11 44
15th Catania Calcio  38  12  7th  19th 041:510 −10 43
16. Chievo Verona (N)  38  8th  14th  16 035:490 −14 38
17th FC Bologna (N)  38  9  10  19th 043:620 −19 37
18th Torino FC  38  8th  10  20th 037:610 −24 34
19th Reggina Calcio  38  6th  13  19th 030:620 −32 31
20th US Lecce (N)  38  5  15th  18th 037:670 −30 30th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Italian champion and participation in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League
Participation in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League
Participation in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League qualification
Participation in qualifying for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League
Relegation to Serie B
(M) Last year's champion
(P) Previous year's cup winner
(N) Newcomers from the B series

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row.

2008/09 Inter Milan AS Roma Juventus Turin AC Milan Udinese Calcio SSC Naples Atalanta Bergamo CFC genoa US Palermo Lazio Rome AC Siena Torino FC Reggina Calcio Catania Calcio AC Chievo Verona Bologna FC US Lecce
Inter Milan 3: 3 1-0 2-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 1 4: 3 0-0 2: 2 2-0 3-0 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 2: 1 4: 2 2: 1 1-0
AS Roma 0: 4 1: 4 1-0 2: 2 2-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 3-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 3: 2 3: 2 3-0 4: 3 0-0 2: 1 3: 2
Juventus Turin 1: 1 2-0 1-0 4: 2 1: 1 1-0 1-0 2: 2 4: 1 1: 2 2-0 1-0 2: 3 1-0 4-0 1: 1 3: 3 4: 1 2: 2
AC Florence 0-0 4: 1 1: 1 0: 2 1-0 4: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 0: 2 1-0 1-0 2: 1 1-0 3-0 2-0 2: 1 1-0 1: 2
AC Milan 1-0 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 3-0 5: 1 1-0 3-0 1: 1 3-0 4: 1 2: 1 1-0 5: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 2 2-0
Sampdoria Genoa 1: 1 2: 2 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 2: 2 2: 2 1-0 0: 1 0: 2 3: 1 2: 2 3: 3 1-0 5-0 3-0 1: 1 2-0 3: 2
Udinese Calcio 0: 1 3: 1 2: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 3-0 2: 2 3: 1 3: 3 2: 1 6: 2 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 2-0
SSC Naples 1-0 0: 3 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 2-0 2: 2 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 0: 2 2-0 2: 2 1: 2 3-0 1-0 3-0 1: 1 3-0
Atalanta Bergamo 3: 1 3-0 1: 3 1: 2 0: 1 4: 2 3-0 3: 1 1: 1 2: 2 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-0 0: 1 1-0 0: 2 0: 1 0-0
CFC genoa 0: 2 3: 1 3: 2 3: 3 2-0 3: 1 2-0 3: 2 1: 1 1-0 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 3-0 4-0 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 4: 1
US Palermo 0: 2 3: 1 0: 2 1: 3 3: 1 2: 2 3: 2 2: 1 3: 2 2: 1 2-0 2-0 5: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 4 3-0 4: 1 5: 2
Lazio Rome 0: 3 4: 2 1: 1 3-0 0: 3 2-0 1: 3 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 3-0 1: 4 1: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 3 2-0 1: 1
AC Siena 1: 2 1-0 0: 3 1-0 1: 5 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1: 2
Cagliari Calcio 2: 1 2: 2 0: 1 1-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 4 1-0 0-0 1: 1 1-0 2-0 5: 1 2-0
Torino FC 1: 3 0: 1 0: 1 1: 4 2: 2 1: 3 1-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 3 1-0 1: 3 1-0 0: 1 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3-0
Reggina Calcio 2: 3 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1 1: 2 0: 2 0: 2 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1 0-0 2: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2: 2 2-0
Catania Calcio 0: 2 3: 2 1: 2 0: 2 0: 2 2-0 0: 2 3: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0: 3 2: 1 3: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 2 1: 1
Chievo Verona 2: 2 0: 1 0: 2 0: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 2 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1
Bologna FC 1: 2 1: 1 1: 2 1: 3 1: 4 3-0 0: 3 0: 1 0: 1 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 1: 4 0: 1 5: 2 1: 2 3: 1 1: 1 2: 1
US Lecce 0: 3 0: 3 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 2: 2 1: 1 2: 2 0: 2 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 2-0 3: 3 0-0 2: 1 2-0 0-0

List of goalscorers

Zlatan Ibrahimović
Pl. Nat. player society Gates
1 SwedenSweden Zlatan Ibrahimović Inter Milan 25th
2 ItalyItaly Marco Di Vaio Bologna FC 24
ArgentinaArgentina Diego Milito CFC genoa 24
4th ItalyItaly Alberto Gilardino AC Florence 19th
5 BrazilBrazil Kaká AC Milan 16
6th BrazilBrazil Alexandre Pato AC Milan 15th
7th ItalyItaly Robert Acquafresca Cagliari Calcio 14th
UruguayUruguay Edinson Cavani US Palermo 14th
ItalyItaly Fabrizio Miccoli US Palermo 14th

Dismissal / change of coach

Trainer society successor Dismissal / resignation
Mario Beretta AC Siena Marco Giampaolo May 27, 2008
Davide Ballardini Cagliari Calcio Massimiliano Allegri May 29, 2008
Roberto Mancini Inter Milan José Mourinho June 2, 2008
Giuseppe Papadopulo US Lecce Mario Beretta June 23, 2008
Stefano Colantuono US Palermo Davide Ballardini September 4, 2008

Champions team

(The games and goals are given in brackets)

Master trainer José Mourinho
Inter Milan
Inter Milan

Web links