The 2009–10 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) is the seventy-eighth season since its establishment. There are three promoted teams from the Serie B, replacing the three teams that were relegated following the 2008–09 season. Nike will provide a new match ball - the T90 Ascente - for this season. Following the season, citing a larger television contract, the seventeen teams that will survive the season and the three promoted sides will form a new league akin to England's Premier League.[4]
The following 20 teams are participating in the 2009–10 season:
Locations of the 2009−10 Serie A teams.
| Club | City | Stadium | Capacity | 2008–09 season |
| Atalanta | Bergamo | Atleti Azzurri d'Italia | 26,393 | 11 11th in Serie A |
| Bari | Bari | San Nicola | 58,270 | 18 Serie B Champions |
| Bologna | Bologna | Renato Dall'Ara | 39,444 | 17 17th in Serie A |
| Cagliari | Cagliari | Sant'Elia | 23,486 | 09 9th in Serie A |
| Catania | Catania | Angelo Massimino | 23,420 | 15 15th in Serie A |
| Chievo | Verona | Marcantonio Bentegodi | 39,211 | 16 16th in Serie A |
| Fiorentina | Florence | Artemio Franchi (Florence) | 47,282 | 04 4th in Serie A |
| Genoa | Genoa | Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | 05 5th in Serie A |
| Internazionale | Milan | Giuseppe Meazza | 80,074 | 01 Serie A Champions |
| Juventus | Turin | Olimpico di Torino | 27,500 | 02 2nd in Serie A |
| Lazio | Rome | Olimpico | 72,698 | 10 10th in Serie A |
| Livorno | Livorno | Armando Picchi | 19,238 | 20 Serie B Playoff Winners |
| Milan | Milan | Giuseppe Meazza | 80,074 | 03 3rd in Serie A |
| Napoli | Naples | San Paolo | 60,240 | 12 12th in Serie A |
| Palermo | Palermo | Renzo Barbera | 37,242 | 08 8th in Serie A |
| Parma | Parma | Ennio Tardini | 27,906 | 19 Serie B Runners-up |
| Roma | Rome | Olimpico | 72,698 | 06 6th in Serie A |
| Sampdoria | Genoa | Luigi Ferraris | 36,685 | 13 13th in Serie A |
| Siena | Siena | Artemio Franchi (Siena) | 15,373 | 14 14th in Serie A |
| Udinese | Udine | Friuli | 41,652 | 07 7th in Serie A |
[edit] Managerial changes
[edit] Before the start of the season
[edit] During the season
- Note 1: Davide Ballardini was removed from his managerial duties on June 5, contemporarily to Walter Zenga's appointment as new head coach. He successively rescinded his contract by mutual consent on June 13.[29]
- Note 2: Gennaro Ruotolo had originally accepted to stay at Livorno as a permanent head coach after he guided the team to success through the Serie B promotion playoffs in June 2009. However, on July 9 the Technical Sector of the Italian Football Federation announced Ruotolo could not serve as head coach in the Serie A, as he was lacking the required UEFA Pro coaching badges. Following these events, UEFA Pro licensed coach Vittorio Russo was appointed as head coach, with Ruotolo actually serving as joint head coach to him despite appearing as assistant manager to Russo himself. He was successively removed from his assistant coaching post on September 20.[30]
- Note 3: Siena Primavera (under-19 team) coach Marco Baroni was appointed permanent first team coach on October 29, only to be moved back to his previous role on November 23.[31]
[edit] League table
Updated to games played on 20 December 2009
Source: lega-calcio.it (Italian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored.
1Winners of the 2009–10 Coppa Italia competition qualify for the play-off round of the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (Q) = Qualified to respective phase of tournament; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
[edit] Results
Updated to games played on 20 December 2009
Source: gazzetta.it
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For coming matches, an a indicates there is an article about the match.
[edit] Top goalscorers
As of December 20, 2009[32]
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
- 9 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
[edit] References
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