2019–20 Serie A
The 2019–20 Serie A is the 118th season of top-tier Italian football, the 88th in a round-robin tournament, and the 10th since its organization under an own league committee, the Lega Serie A. Juventus were the eight-time defending champions and they successfully defended their title following a 2–0 win against Sampdoria on 26 July 2020.
The season was originally scheduled to run from 24 August 2019 to 24 May 2020. However, on 9 March 2020, the Italian government halted the league until 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Serie A did not resume play on this date, citing it would only resume once "health conditions allow it". On 18 May, it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June. On 28 May, it was announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June.
Events
On 14 April 2019, Chievo returned to Serie B after 11 years. Following this on 5 May Frosinone was relegated after one year while the last team to be relegated was Empoli also after just one year.Teams that were promoted directly from 2018–19 Serie B were Brescia and Lecce while the last team to join was Hellas Verona by winning the promotion play-off on 2 June.
On 28 June 2019, Milan were excluded from the Europa League after breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations. Roma were then moved to the Europa League group phase while Torino entered the preliminary round.
On 22 February 2020, Prime Minister of Italy, Giuseppe Conte, suspended all sporting events in the regions of Lombardy and Veneto, which included three Serie A matches in those regions, as well as one in Piedmont, that were to be played the following day, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The following week, six matches were initially to be played behind closed doors due to scare of the outbreak, however, all were later outright suspended. On 4 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy would be played behind closed doors until 3 April. On 9 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy be suspended until 3 April. Serie A did not resume play on this date, citing it will only resume once "health conditions allow it". On 13 May, it was announced that team training would be resumed on 18 May, and on 18 May it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June. On 28 May, Italian Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June. Protocol was established wherein the entire squad would be quarantined for 14 days if one member, player or staff, tests positive for COVID-19. On 18 June, Spadafora approved the softening of quarantine rules which allowed for the quarantining of only the individual who tests positive for COVID-19, whereas the rest of the squad will ramp up testing, including a rapid-response test the day before a match.
Teams
Stadiums and locations
| Team | Home city | Region | Stadium | Capacity | 2018–19 season |
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Lombardy | Stadio Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | 3rd in Serie A | |
| Bologna | Bologna | Emilia-Romagna | Stadio Renato Dall'Ara | 10th in Serie A | |
| Brescia | Brescia | Lombardy | Stadio Mario Rigamonti | Serie B champions | |
| Cagliari | Cagliari | Sardinia | Sardegna Arena | 15th in Serie A | |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Tuscany | Stadio Artemio Franchi | 16th in Serie A | |
| Genoa | Genoa | Liguria | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 17th in Serie A | |
| Hellas Verona | Verona | Veneto | Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi | Serie B playoff winners | |
| Internazionale | Milan | Lombardy | San Siro | 4th in Serie A | |
| Juventus | Turin | Piedmont | Juventus Stadium | Serie A champions | |
| Lazio | Rome | Lazio | Stadio Olimpico | 8th in Serie A | |
| Lecce | Lecce | Apulia | Stadio Via del Mare | 2nd in Serie B | |
| Milan | Milan | Lombardy | San Siro | 5th in Serie A | |
| Napoli | Naples | Campania | Stadio San Paolo | 2nd in Serie A | |
| Parma | Parma | Emilia-Romagna | Stadio Ennio Tardini | 14th in Serie A | |
| Roma | Rome | Lazio | Stadio Olimpico | 6th in Serie A | |
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Liguria | Stadio Luigi Ferraris | 9th in Serie A | |
| Sassuolo | Sassuolo | Emilia-Romagna | Mapei Stadium – Città del Tricolore | 11th in Serie A | |
| SPAL | Ferrara | Emilia-Romagna | Stadio Paolo Mazza | 13th in Serie A | |
| Torino | Turin | Piedmont | Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino | 7th in Serie A | |
| Udinese | Udine | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Stadio Friuli | 12th in Serie A |
Personnel and kits
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.Players' awards
MVP">Most valuable player">MVP of the Month
| Month | Player | Club | Ref. |
| September |  Franck Ribéry | Fiorentina | |
| October |  Ciro Immobile | Lazio | |
| November |  Radja Nainggolan | Cagliari | |
| December |  Sergej Milinković-Savić | Lazio | |
| January |  Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus | |
| February |  Luis Alberto | Lazio | |
| June |  Alejandro Gómez | Atalanta | |
| July | Paulo Dybala | Juventus |
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Ciro Immobile | Lazio | 36 |
| 2 | Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus | 31 |
| 3 | Romelu Lukaku | Internazionale | 23 |
| 4 | Francesco Caputo | Sassuolo | 21 |
| 5 |  Luis Muriel | Atalanta | 18 |
| 5 |  João Pedro | Cagliari | 18 |
| 5 | Duván Zapata | Atalanta | 18 |
| 8 | Andrea Belotti | Torino | 16 |
| 8 |  Edin Džeko | Roma | 16 |
| 10 |  Josip Iličić | Atalanta | 15 |
Top assists
| Rank | Player | Club | Assists |
| 1 | Alejandro Gómez | Atalanta | 16 |
| 2 | Luis Alberto | Lazio | 15 |
| 3 | Domenico Berardi | Sassuolo | 10 |
| 4 |  Hakan Çalhanoğlu | Milan | 9 |
| 4 | Ciro Immobile | Lazio | 9 |
| 4 | Lorenzo Pellegrini | Roma | 9 |
| 7 |  Robin Gosens | Atalanta | 8 |
| 7 |  Dejan Kulusevski | Parma | 8 |
| 7 |  Alexis Sánchez | Internazionale | 8 |
| 10 |  Rodrigo Bentancur | Juventus | 7 |
| 10 | José Callejón | Napoli | 7 |
| 10 | Antonio Candreva | Internazionale | 7 |
| 10 | Francesco Caputo | Sassuolo | 7 |
| 10 | Edin Džeko | Roma | 7 |
| 10 |  Seko Fofana | Udinese | 7 |
| 10 | Darko Lazović | Hellas Verona | 7 |
| 10 | Dries Mertens | Napoli | 7 |
| 10 | Radja Nainggolan | Cagliari | 7 |
| 10 | Sandro Tonali | Brescia | 7 |
Hat-tricks
| Player | Club | Against | Result | Date |
| Domenico Berardi | Sassuolo | Sampdoria | 01 09 2019 | |
 Andreas Cornelius | Parma | Genoa | 20 10 2019 | |
| Luis Muriel | Atalanta | Udinese | 27 10 2019 | |
| Cristiano Ronaldo | Juventus | Cagliari | 6 1 2020 | |
| Ciro Immobile | Lazio | Sampdoria | 18 1 2020 | |
| Josip Iličić | Atalanta | Torino | 25 1 2020 | |
| Duván Zapata | Atalanta | Lecce | 1 3 2020 | |
| Andreas Cornelius | Parma | Genoa | 23 6 2020 | |
 Mario Pašalić | Atalanta | Brescia | 14 7 2020 | |
| Ciro Immobile | Lazio | Hellas Verona | 26 7 2020 | |
| Federico Chiesa | Fiorentina | Bologna | 29 7 2020 |
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– Home – Away
Clean sheets
As of 1 August 2020| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 |  Samir Handanović | Internazionale | 13 |
| 1 | Juan Musso | Udinese | 13 |
| 3 | Gianluigi Donnarumma | Milan | 12 |
| 4 |  Thomas Strakosha | Lazio | 11 |
| 4 |  Wojciech Szczęsny | Juventus | 11 |
| 6 | Emil Audero | Sampdoria | 9 |
| 6 | Marco Silvestri | Hellas Verona | 9 |
| 8 | Bartłomiej Drągowski | Fiorentina | 8 |
| 8 | Pierluigi Gollini | Atalanta | 8 |
| 10 | Salvatore Sirigu | Torino | 7 |