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2008–09 Serie A

107th season of top-tier Italian football

Field	Value
competition	Serie A
dates	30 August 2008 – 31 May 2009
season	[2008–09](2008-09-in-italian-football)
winners	Internazionale
17th title
relegated	Torino
Reggina
Lecce
continentalcup1	[Champions League](2009-10-uefa-champions-league)
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Internazionale
Juventus
Milan
Fiorentina
continentalcup2	[Europa League](2009-10-uefa-europa-league)
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Genoa
Roma
Lazio
league topscorer	Zlatan Ibrahimović
(25 goals)
biggest home win	Sampdoria 5–0 Reggina
biggest away win	Roma 0–4 Internazionale
Siena 1–5 Milan
Palermo 0–4 Catania
highest scoring	Udinese 6–2 Cagliari
matches	380
total goals	988
average attendance	25,324
prevseason	[2007–08](2007-08-serie-a)
nextseason	[2009–10](2009-10-serie-a)

17th title Reggina Lecce Juventus Milan Fiorentina Roma Lazio (25 goals) Siena 1–5 Milan Palermo 0–4 Catania

The 2008–09 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th season of top-tier Italian football, the 77th in a round-robin tournament. It began on 30 August 2008 and ended on 31 May 2009, with the announcement of the list of fixtures made on 25 July 2008. 20 teams competed in the league, 17 of which returned from the previous season, and three (Chievo, Bologna and Lecce) were promoted from 2007–08 Serie B.

20 clubs represented 13 different regions. The most represented region was Lombardy with three teams: Atalanta, A.C. Milan, and Inter Milan. Piedmont, Liguria, Tuscany, Lazio and Sicily featured two teams each while Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia-Romagna, Campania, Apulia, Calabria, and Sardinia were represented by one team each. There was a record number of southern teams in the top division with six teams: Cagliari, Catania, Lecce, Napoli, Palermo, and Reggina.

The new match ball was the Nike T90 Omni.

On 16 May 2009, Internazionale won the league by holding an unassailable lead after A.C. Milan's loss away to Udinese.

Rule changes

The 2008–09 season saw new rules relating to the transfer of player registration introduced. Clubs without non-EU players in their squad were allowed three incoming non-EU player transfers (whereas previously only newly promoted clubs could have three). Clubs with one non-EU player were allowed two such transfers and clubs with two non-EU players were permitted one transfer and a further one if they cancelled the registration of one of their non-EU players or that player gained EU nationality. Clubs with three or more non-EU players were given two conditional quotas with the caveat that the release (as opposed to transfer) of two non-EU players as free agent would only allow for one further non-EU signing.

Teams

Three teams were promoted from Serie B: Chievo, Bologna, and Lecce. The first two earned direct promotion, while Lecce won the promotional playoffs, defeating AlbinoLeffe 2–1 on aggregate in a two-legged playoff final.

Stadiums and locations

Club	City	Stadium	Capacity	2007–08 season
Atalanta	Bergamo	Atleti Azzurri d'Italia	26,393	[9th in Serie A](2007-08-serie-a)
Bologna	Bologna	Renato Dall'Ara	39,444	[2nd in Serie B](2007-08-serie-b)
Cagliari	Cagliari	Sant'Elia	23,486	14th in Serie A
Catania	Catania	Angelo Massimino	23,420	17th in Serie A
Chievo Verona	Verona	Marc'Antonio Bentegodi	39,211	Serie B Champions
Fiorentina	Florence	Artemio Franchi (Florence)	47,282	4th in Serie A
Genoa	Genoa	Luigi Ferraris	36,685	10th in Serie A
Internazionale	Milan	San Siro	80,074	Serie A Champions
Juventus	Turin	Olimpico di Torino	27,500	3rd in Serie A
Lazio	Rome	Olimpico	72,700	12th in Serie A
Lecce	Lecce	Via del Mare	33,876	Serie B Playoff Winners
Milan	Milan	San Siro	80,074	5th in Serie A
Napoli	Naples	San Paolo	60,240	8th in Serie A
Palermo	Palermo	Renzo Barbera	37,242	11th in Serie A
Reggina	Reggio Calabria	Oreste Granillo	27,454	16th in Serie A
Roma	Rome	Olimpico	72,700	2nd in Serie A
Sampdoria	Genoa	Luigi Ferraris	36,685	6th in Serie A
Siena	Siena	Artemio Franchi (Siena)	15,373	13th in Serie A
Torino	Turin	Olimpico di Torino	27,500	15th in Serie A
Udinese	Udine	Friuli	41,652	7th in Serie A

Personnel and sponsoring

Team	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Atalanta	ITA Luigi Delneri	ITA Cristiano Doni	Asics	Sit in Sport, Daihatsu
Bologna	Serbia Siniša Mihajlović	ITA Marcello Castellini	Macron	Unipol, COGEI
Cagliari	ITA Massimiliano Allegri	URU Diego López	Macron	Tiscali, Sky
Catania	ITA Walter Zenga	ITA Davide Baiocco	Legea	SP Energia Siciliana, Provincia di Catania
Chievo	ITA Domenico Di Carlo	ITA Sergio Pellissier	Lotto	Paluani/Banca Popolare di Verona
Fiorentina	ITA Cesare Prandelli	ITA Dario Dainelli	Lotto	Toyota
Genoa	ITA Gian Piero Gasperini	ITA Marco Rossi	Asics	Eurobet
Internazionale	POR José Mourinho	ARG Javier Zanetti	Nike	Pirelli
Juventus	ITA Claudio Ranieri	ITA Alessandro Del Piero	Nike	New Holland
Lazio	ITA Delio Rossi	ITA Tommaso Rocchi	Puma	Pro Evolution Soccer 2009/Groupama/Cucciolone Algida
Lecce	ITA Mario Beretta	ITA Andrea Zanchetta	Asics	Salento, Lachifarma
Milan	ITA Carlo Ancelotti	ITA Paolo Maldini	Adidas	Bwin
Napoli	ITA Edoardo Reja	ITA Paolo Cannavaro	Diadora	Lete
Palermo	ITA Davide Ballardini	ITA Fabio Liverani	Lotto	BetShop
Reggina	ITA Nevio Orlandi	ITA Francesco Cozza	Onze	Gicos, Regione Calabria
Roma	ITA Luciano Spalletti	ITA Francesco Totti	Kappa	Wind
Sampdoria	ITA Walter Mazzarri	ITA Angelo Palombo	Kappa	Erg/Air One (in cup and UEFA matches)
Siena	ITA Marco Giampaolo	ITA Simone Vergassola	Umbro	Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
Torino	ITA Walter Novellino	ITA Alessandro Rosina	Kappa	Movida/MG.K Vis/Renault Trucks, Reale Mutua
Udinese	ITA Pasquale Marino	ITA Antonio Di Natale	Lotto	Lotto/Automobile Dacia, Regione Friuli/Il Granchio

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Replaced by	Date of appointment
Siena	ITA Mario Beretta	Contract expired	27 May 2008	ITA Marco Giampaolo	27 May 2008
Cagliari	ITA Davide Ballardini	Contract expired	27 May 2008	ITA Massimiliano Allegri	29 May 2008
Internazionale	ITA Roberto Mancini	Sacked	29 May 2008	POR José Mourinho	2 June 2008
Lecce	ITA Giuseppe Papadopulo	Contract expired	23 June 2008	ITA Mario Beretta	23 June 2008
Palermo	ITA Stefano Colantuono	Sacked	4 September 2008	ITA Davide Ballardini	4 September 2008
Bologna	ITA Daniele Arrigoni	Sacked	3 November 2008	SER Siniša Mihajlović	3 November 2008
Chievo Verona	ITA Giuseppe Iachini	Sacked	4 November 2008	ITA Domenico Di Carlo	4 November 2008
Torino	ITA Gianni De Biasi	Sacked	8 December 2008	ITA Walter Novellino	8 December 2008
Reggina	ITA Nevio Orlandi	Sacked	16 December 2008	ITA Giuseppe Pillon	16 December 2008
Reggina	ITA Giuseppe Pillon	Sacked	25 January 2009	ITA Nevio Orlandi	25 January 2009
Lecce	ITA Mario Beretta	Sacked	9 March 2009	ITA Luigi De Canio	9 March 2009
Napoli	ITA Edoardo Reja	Sacked	10 March 2009	ITA Roberto Donadoni	10 March 2009
Torino	ITA Walter Novellino	Sacked	24 March 2009	ITA Giancarlo Camolese	24 March 2009
Bologna	SER Siniša Mihajlović	Sacked	14 April 2009	ITA Giuseppe Papadopulo	14 April 2009
Juventus	ITA Claudio Ranieri	Sacked	18 May 2009	ITA Ciro Ferrara	18 May 2009

Juventus youth sector chief Ciro Ferrara was originally appointed on a temporary basis for the two final weeks of the season. The appointment was made permanent on 5 June 2009.

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

Source: gazzetta.it

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	SWE Zlatan Ibrahimović	Internazionale	25
2	ARG Diego Milito	Genoa	24
ITA Marco Di Vaio	Bologna
4	ITA Alberto Gilardino	Fiorentina	19
5	BRA Kaká	Milan	16
6	BRA Alexandre Pato	Milan	15
7	ITA Robert Acquafresca	Cagliari	14
URU Edinson Cavani	Palermo
ITA Fabrizio Miccoli	Palermo
10	ITA Alessandro Del Piero	Juventus	13
ITA Filippo Inzaghi	Milan
ROU Adrian Mutu	Fiorentina
ITA Sergio Pellissier	Chievo
ITA Fabio Quagliarella	Udinese
ITA Francesco Totti	Roma
ARG Mauro Zárate	Lazio

Attendances

Source:

#	Club	Avg. attendance	Highest
1	AC Milan	59,731	79,057
2	Internazionale	55,345	76,437
3	SSC Napoli	39,851	60,240
4	AS Roma	39,396	61,198
5	SS Lazio	34,626	55,490
6	ACF Fiorentina	31,200	41,839
7	Genoa CFC	26,583	32,744
8	UC Sampdoria	23,323	34,395
9	US Città di Palermo	23,228	35,293
10	Juventus FC	21,218	24,862
11	Bologna FC	20,762	34,571
12	Calcio Catania	18,167	20,738
13	Torino FC	17,552	23,982
14	Udinese Calcio	16,880	27,497
15	ChievoVerona	13,352	28,924
16	Cagliari Calcio	12,442	20,000
17	Atalanta BC	12,231	21,814
18	US Lecce	12,171	29,658
19	Reggina Calcio	11,805	21,033
20	AC Siena	11,026	15,446

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https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ita/aveita09.htm

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