The 2018–19

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(known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 117th season of top-tier Italian

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, the 87th in a

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, and the 9th since its organization under a league committee separate from

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Juventus Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional Association football, football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football leagu ...

were the seven-time defending champions and defended their title following their victory against

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on 20 April 2019. The season was run from 18 August 2018 to 26 May 2019.

Events

Hellas Verona Hellas Verona Football Club, commonly referred to as Hellas Verona or simply Verona, is a professional Italian football club based in Verona, Italy, that currently plays in Serie A. The team won the Serie A Championship in 1984–85. His ...

and

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immediately returned to

after finishing 19th and 20th while

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, finishing in 18th place, were relegated after two seasons in the top flight. On 28 April,

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earned the right to come back to Serie A after one year of relegation. On 18 May 2018,

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achieved promotion having finished second in the 2017–18 Serie B season, just three seasons after their bankruptcy relegation to

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. The last team promoted, after 2 years of absence, was

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, who defeated

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in the Serie B play-off finals 3–2 on aggregate. On 23 July,

were handed a 5-point deduction for the 2018–19 Serie A season, following text messages from Parma player

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"eliciting a reduced effort" from two players of

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during the 2017–18 season, a match

won 2–0 to secure promotion to this season. On 9 August,

had the 5-point deduction expunged. On 14 August, the day of the

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bridge collapse in Genoa, the

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announced a minute's silence would be added for the victims of the collapse before all Serie A matches during the opening weekend that succeeded the incident. On 16 August, the

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postponed the opening matches for both Genoese clubs

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and

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that were originally scheduled for 19 August. On 13 September, Chievo was deducted 3 points after being found guilty of false accounting. On 14 April 2019, Chievo was relegated from Serie A after a 3–1 defeat by Napoli, ending an eleven-year spell in the top flight. On 20 April, Juventus won their 35th title and their eighth in a row with a win over Fiorentina. On 5 May, Frosinone was relegated from Serie A after a 2–2 draw away at Sassuolo, going down after just one season. On 26 May,

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finished third and secured a place in the Champions League group stage, both for the first time in their history. Meanwhile, Empoli which were one point above the relegation zone ahead of Genoa, were eventually relegated to Serie B after they were defeated by

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, while Genoa drew with

. This was also the last season of iconic

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captain

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that left the team after 18 seasons, while veterans

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(from

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(from

) and Emiliano Moretti (from

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) retired from professional football at the end of the season.

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

¹ Piątek played for Genoa until matchday 20 and scored 13 goals.

Hat-tricks

;Note ⁴ Player scored four goals ; (H) – Home (A) – Away

Clean sheets

Awards

In 2019, Serie A introduced the

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for the first time, using calculations from

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and Netco Sports to determine the best players of the season.

Number of teams by region

References

External links

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ESPN Italian Serie A
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