2019–20 in Italian football

Football in Italy
Season	2019–20
Men's football
Serie A	Juventus
Serie B	Benevento
Serie C	Monza; Vicenza; Reggina
Serie D	not awarded
Coppa Italia	Napoli
Supercoppa Italiana	Lazio
Women's football
Serie A	Juventus

The 2019–20 season was the 118th season of competitive football in Italy. On 9 March 2020, the Italian government halted all sports events in Italy until 3 April 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.^[1] On 18 May, it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June.^[2] On 28 May, it was announced that Serie A and Serie B would resume starting 20 June.^[3] Serie C and Serie D, however, did not resume with table leaders announced as champions in Serie C,^[4] and no winners announced.^[5]

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

Men

Italy national football team

Friendlies

TBD	Italy	v	San Marino	Cagliari, Italy
		Report		Stadium: Sardegna Arena
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 29 May 2020, but was postponed on 1 April 2020, to a date to be determined due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[6]

TBD	England	v	Italy	London, England
		Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 27 March 2020, but was cancelled on 13 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[7] The match was later rescheduled to be played in June,^[8] but was postponed on 1 April 2020, to a date to be determined.^[6]

TBD	Germany	v	Italy	Nuremberg, Germany
		Report		Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 31 March 2020, but was cancelled on 13 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[9] The match was later rescheduled to be played in June,^[8] but was postponed on 1 April 2020, to a date to be determined.^[6]

TBD	Italy	v	Czech Republic	Bologna, Italy
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Note: The match was originally scheduled for 4 June 2020, but was postponed on 1 April 2020, to a date to be determined due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[6]

UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying

Group J

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	10	10	0	0	37	4	+33	30	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	2–0	2–1	9–1	6–0
2	Finland	10	6	0	4	16	10	+6	18	Qualify for final tournament	1–2	—	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–0
3	Greece	10	4	2	4	12	14	−2	14		0–3	2–1	—	2–1	2–3	1–1
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	4	1	5	20	17	+3	13	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	0–3	4–1	2–2	—	2–1	5–0
5	Armenia	10	3	1	6	14	25	−11	10		1–3	0–2	0–1	4–2	—	3–0
6	Liechtenstein	10	0	2	8	2	31	−29	2		0–5	0–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

5 September 2019 (2019-09-05)	Armenia	1–3	Italy	Yerevan, Armenia
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)	Karapetian 11'	Report	Belotti 28' Lo. Pellegrini 77' Ayrapetyan 80' (o.g.)	Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium Attendance: 13,680 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

8 September 2019 (2019-09-08)	Finland	1–2	Italy	Tampere, Finland
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Pukki 72' (pen.)	Report	Immobile 59' Jorginho 79' (pen.)	Stadium: Tampere Stadium Attendance: 16,292 Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)

12 October 2019 (2019-10-12)	Italy	2–0	Greece	Rome, Italy
20:45	Jorginho 63' (pen.) Bernardeschi 78'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 56,274 Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

15 October 2019 (2019-10-15)	Liechtenstein	0–5	Italy	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45		Report	Bernardeschi 2' Belotti 70', 90+2' Romagnoli 77' El Shaarawy 82'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 5,087 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

15 November 2019 (2019-11-15)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–3	Italy	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45		Report	Acerbi 21' Insigne 37' Belotti 52'	Stadium: Bilino Polje Attendance: 8,355 Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

18 November 2019 (2019-11-18)	Italy	9–1	Armenia	Palermo, Italy
20:45	Immobile 8', 33' Zaniolo 9', 64' Barella 29' Romagnoli 72' Jorginho 75' (pen.) Orsolini 78' Chiesa 81'	Report	Babayan 79'	Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 27,800 Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

UEFA Euro 2020

On 17 March 2020, UEFA confirmed that UEFA Euro 2020 had been postponed by one year in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[10]

Women

UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	10	9	1	0	48	1	+47	28	Final tournament	—	0–0	2–0	8–0	4–0	14–0
2	Italy	10	8	1	1	37	5	+32	25	Final tournament	1–3	—	2–0	5–0	12–0	6–0
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	10	6	0	4	19	17	+2	18		0–4	0–5	—	2–0	1–0	7–1
4	Malta	10	3	1	6	11	30	−19	10		0–8	0–2	2–3	—	1–1	2–1
5	Israel	10	2	1	7	10	30	−20	7		0–3	2–3	1–3	0–2	—	4–0
6	Georgia	10	0	0	10	3	45	−42	0		0–2	0–1	0–3	0–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

29 August 2019	Israel	2–3	Italy	Ramat Gan, Israel
17:30 (18:30 IDT)	Goor 32' Awad 90+1'	Report	Girelli 45+2' Bartoli 64' Giacinti 71'	Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium Attendance: 1,430 Referee: Volha Tsiareshka (Belarus)

3 September 2019	Georgia	0–1	Italy	Tbilisi, Georgia
14:15 (16:15 GET)		Report	Girelli 24'	Stadium: Mikheil Meskhi Stadium Attendance: 150 Referee: Vivian Peeters (Netherlands)

4 October 2019	Malta	0–2	Italy	Ta' Qali, Malta
17:30		Report	Bartoli 69' Girelli 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Attendance: 764 Referee: Ivana Projkovska (North Macedonia)

8 October 2019	Italy	2–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Palermo, Italy
17:30	Girelli 3' Giugliano 28'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Renzo Barbera Attendance: 5,100 Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)

8 November 2019	Italy	6–0	Georgia	Benevento, Italy
17:30	Linari 10' Guagni 25' Girelli 27' Sabatino 32', 45+1' Rosucci 52'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Ciro Vigorito Attendance: 3,973 Referee: Iuliana Demetrescu (Romania)

12 November 2019	Italy	5–0	Malta	Castel di Sangro, Italy
14:15	Cernoia 27', 37' Sabatino 42' Giugliano 45' Greggi 90+3'	Report		Stadium: Stadio Teofilo Patini Attendance: 2,955 Referee: Eleni Antoniou (Greece)

2020 Algarve Cup

4 March 2020	Portugal	1–2	Italy	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
	Silva 34'	Report	Linari 75' Girelli 90+4'	Stadium: Estádio Algarve Referee: Francia González (Mexico)

7 March 2020 SF	New Zealand	0–3	Italy	Parchal, Portugal
		Report	Girelli 20' Bonansea 56' Bartoli 68'	Stadium: Vista Municipal Stadium Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

11 March 2020 F	Italy	Cancelled	Germany	Parchal, Portugal
		Report		Stadium: Vista Municipal Stadium

League season

Men

Serie A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	38	26	5	7	76	43	+33	83	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Internazionale	38	24	10	4	81	36	+45	82
3	Atalanta	38	23	9	6	98	48	+50	78^[a]
4	Lazio	38	24	6	8	79	42	+37	78^[a]
5	Roma	38	21	7	10	77	51	+26	70	Qualification for the Europa League group stage
6	Milan	38	19	9	10	63	46	+17	66	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round
7	Napoli	38	18	8	12	61	50	+11	62	Qualification for the Europa League group stage^[b]
8	Sassuolo	38	14	9	15	69	63	+6	51
9	Hellas Verona	38	12	13	13	47	51	−4	49^[c]
10	Fiorentina	38	12	13	13	51	48	+3	49^[c]
11	Parma	38	14	7	17	56	57	−1	49^[c]
12	Bologna	38	12	11	15	52	65	−13	47
13	Udinese	38	12	9	17	37	51	−14	45^[d]
14	Cagliari	38	11	12	15	52	56	−4	45^[d]
15	Sampdoria	38	12	6	20	48	65	−17	42
16	Torino	38	11	7	20	46	68	−22	40
17	Genoa	38	10	9	19	47	73	−26	39
18	Lecce (R)	38	9	8	21	52	85	−33	35	Relegation to Serie B
19	Brescia (R)	38	6	7	25	35	79	−44	25
20	SPAL (R)	38	5	5	28	27	77	−50	20

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. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Atalanta finished ahead of Lazio on head-to-head points: Lazio 3–3 Atalanta, Atalanta 3–2 Lazio.
^ Napoli qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2019–20 Coppa Italia.
^ ^a ^b ^c Positions determined by head-to-head points: Hellas Verona: 10 pts; Fiorentina: 5 pts; Parma: 1 pt.
^ ^a ^b Udinese finished ahead of Cagliari on head-to-head points: Udinese 2–1 Cagliari, Cagliari 0–1 Udinese.

Serie B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Benevento (C, P)	38	26	8	4	67	27	+40	86	Promotion to Serie A
2	Crotone (P)	38	20	8	10	63	40	+23	68	Promotion to Serie A
3	Spezia (O, P)	38	17	10	11	54	40	+14	61	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
4	Pordenone	38	16	10	12	48	46	+2	58^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs semi-finals
5	Cittadella	38	17	7	14	49	49	0	58^[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs preliminary round
6	Chievo	38	14	14	10	48	38	+10	56
7	Empoli	38	14	12	12	47	48	−1	54^[b]
8	Frosinone	38	14	12	12	41	38	+3	54^[b]
9	Pisa	38	14	12	12	49	45	+4	54^[b]
10	Salernitana	38	14	10	14	53	50	+3	52
11	Venezia	38	12	14	12	37	40	−3	50
12	Cremonese	38	12	13	13	42	43	−1	49
13	Virtus Entella	38	12	12	14	46	50	−4	48
14	Ascoli	38	13	7	18	50	58	−8	46^[c]
15	Cosenza	38	12	10	16	50	49	+1	46^[c]
16	Perugia (R)	38	12	9	17	38	49	−11	45^[d]	Qualification for relegation play-out
17	Pescara (O)	38	12	9	17	48	55	−7	45^[d]	Qualification for relegation play-out
18	Trapani^[e] (R)	38	11	13	14	48	60	−12	44	Relegation to Serie C
19	Juve Stabia (R)	38	11	8	19	47	63	−16	41
20	Livorno (R)	38	5	6	27	30	67	−37	21

Source: Lega Serie B (in Italian) SOCCERWAY (in English)
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.^[11]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Pordenone finished ahead of Cittadella on head-to-head points: Pordenone 0–0 Cittadella, Cittadella 0–2 Pordenone.
^ ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Empoli 9, Frosinone 5, Pisa 2.
^ ^a ^b Ascoli finished ahead of Cosenza on head-to-head points: Ascoli 3–2 Cosenza, Cosenza 0–1 Ascoli.
^ ^a ^b Perugia finished ahead of Pescara on head-to-head points: Perugia 3–1 Pescara, Pescara 2–2 Perugia.
^ Deducted 2 points for administrative irregularities.

Promotion play-offs

Preliminary round			Semi-finals					Final

			8	Frosinone	0	2	2
5	Cittadella	2	4	Pordenone	1	0	1
8	Frosinone (a.e.t.)	3						8	Frosinone	0	1	1
								3	Spezia	1	0	1
			6	Chievo	2	1	3
6	Chievo (a.e.t.)	1	3	Spezia	0	3	3
7	Empoli	1

Serie C

Group A (North & Central West)

Group B (North & Central East)

Group C (South)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Monza (C, P)	27	61
2	Carrarese	27	45
3	Renate	27	43
4	Pontedera	27	42
5	Alessandria	27	40
6	Robur Siena (D, R)	27	39
7	Novara	26	38
8	AlbinoLeffe	27	39
9	Arezzo	27	37
10	Juventus U23	27	36
11	Pro Patria	26	32
12	Pistoiese	27	33
13	Como	26	32
14	Pro Vercelli	26	31
15	Lecco	26	28
16	Pergolettese (O)	27	27
17	Giana Erminio	26	26
18	Olbia (O)	27	25
19	Pianese (R)	27	24
20	Gozzano (R)	27	22

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	L.R. Vicenza (C, P)	27	61
2	Reggio Audace (O, P)	27	55
3	Carpi	26	53
4	Südtirol	27	48
5	Padova	26	44
6	Feralpisalò	26	44
7	Piacenza	26	41
8	Triestina	27	40
9	Modena	27	40
10	Sambenedettese	26	33
11	Fermana	27	33
12	Virtus Verona	27	32
13	Cesena	27	30
14	Vis Pesaro	27	28
15	Gubbio	27	28
16	Ravenna	27	27
17	Imolese (O)	27	23
18	Arzignano (R)	26	22
19	Fano (O)	27	21
20	Rimini (R)	27	21

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	Pts
1	Reggina (C, P)	30	69
2	Bari	30	60
3	Monopoli	30	57
4	Potenza	30	56
5	Ternana	30	51
6	Catania	30	45
7	Catanzaro	30	43
8	Teramo	30	41
9	Virtus Francavilla	30	40
10	Avellino	30	40
11	Vibonese	30	39
12	Viterbese Castrense	30	39
13	Cavese	30	38
14	Paganese	30	36
15	Casertana	30	36
16	Sicula Leonzio (O, D, R)	30	29
17	Bisceglie	30	20
18	Rende (R)	30	18
19	Rieti (R)	30	15
20	Picerno (O, D, R)	30	32

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

Serie D

Women

Serie A (women)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Juventus (C)	16	14	2	0	48	10	+38	44	Qualification to Champions League
2	Fiorentina	15	11	2	2	40	15	+25	35	Qualification to Champions League
3	Milan	15	11	2	2	35	15	+20	35
4	Roma	16	11	1	4	41	17	+24	34
5	Sassuolo	16	7	2	7	29	19	+10	23
6	Inter	16	5	4	7	20	27	−7	19
7	Florentia	16	7	3	6	24	26	−2	24
8	Empoli	16	5	4	7	22	24	−2	19
9	Verona	16	3	3	10	16	39	−23	12
10	Pink Bari	16	1	8	7	14	26	−12	11
11	Tavagnacco (R)	16	2	4	10	9	32	−23	10	Relegation to Serie B
12	Orobica (R)	16	0	1	15	6	51	−45	1	Relegation to Serie B

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Cup competitions

Coppa Italia

Final

17 June 2020

21:00 CEST (UTC+2)

Napoli	0–0	Juventus
	Report
Penalties
Insigne Politano Maksimović Milik	4–2	Dybala Danilo Bonucci Ramsey

Stadio Olimpico, Rome

Attendance: 0^{[note 1]}

Referee: Daniele Doveri

Supercoppa Italiana

22 December 2019

19:45 AST

Juventus	1–3	Lazio
Dybala 45'	Report	Luis Alberto 16' Lulić 73' Cataldi 90+4'

King Saud University Stadium, Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)^[18]^[19]

Attendance: 23,361

Referee: Gianpaolo Calvarese

^[18]^[19]

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MCI	ATA	SHK	DZG
1	Manchester City	6	4	2	0	16	4	+12	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	5–1	1–1	2–0
2	Atalanta	6	2	1	3	8	12	−4	7	Advance to knockout phase	1–1	—	1–2	2–0
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	1	3	2	8	13	−5	6	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	0–3	—	2–2
4	Dinamo Zagreb	6	1	2	3	10	13	−3	5		1–4	4–0	3–3	—

Source: UEFA

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	JUV	ATM	LEV	LMO
1	Juventus	6	5	1	0	12	4	+8	16	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–0	3–0	2–1
2	Atlético Madrid	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	2–2	—	1–0	2–0
3	Bayer Leverkusen	6	2	0	4	5	9	−4	6	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	2–1	—	1–2
4	Lokomotiv Moscow	6	1	0	5	4	11	−7	3		1–2	0–2	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	LIV	NAP	SAL	GNK
1	Liverpool	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13	Advance to knockout phase	—	1–1	4–3	2–1
2	Napoli	6	3	3	0	11	4	+7	12	Advance to knockout phase	2–0	—	1–1	4–0
3	Red Bull Salzburg	6	2	1	3	16	13	+3	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–2	2–3	—	6–2
4	Genk	6	0	1	5	5	20	−15	1		1–4	0–0	1–4	—

Source: UEFA

Group F

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	DOR	INT	SLP
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	0	9	4	+5	14	Advance to knockout phase	—	3–1	2–1	0–0
2	Borussia Dortmund	6	3	1	2	8	8	0	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–0	—	3–2	2–1
3	Inter Milan	6	2	1	3	10	9	+1	7	Transfer to Europa League	1–2	2–0	—	1–1
4	Slavia Prague	6	0	2	4	4	10	−6	2		1–2	0–2	1–3	—

Source: UEFA

Knockout phase

Round of 16

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Atalanta	8–4	Valencia	4–1	4–3
Lyon	2–2 (a)	Juventus	1–0	1–2
Napoli	2–4	Barcelona	1–1	1–3

Quarter-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Atalanta	1–2	Paris Saint-Germain

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Torino	7–1	Debrecen	3–0	4–1

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Torino	6–1	Shakhtyor Soligorsk	5–0	1–1

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Torino	3–5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	1–2

Group stage