The 2021–22 Serie A (known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 120th season of top-tier Italian

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, the 90th in a

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, and the 12th since its organization under an own league committee, the

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were the defending champions. On 22 May 2022, following victory in their final match against

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were crowned champions for the first time since the 2010–11 season, earning a nineteenth overall title.

Teams

Twenty teams competed in the league—the top seventeen teams from the previous season and three teams promoted from the

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(both relegated after only one year in the top flight) and

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(relegated after three years in the top flight) were relegated to the

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. On 4 May 2021,

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secured promotion to Serie A after a two-year absence. Six days later,

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officially confirmed a return to the top flight after 22 years of absence. The final team to be promoted were

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, who defeated

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on 27 May in the final of the

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, returning to the top flight after a nineteen-year absence.

Stadiums and locations

Number of teams by region

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

¹ Vlahović played for Fiorentina until matchday 23 and scored 17 goals.

Hat-tricks

;Notes ⁴ Player scored 4 goals
(H) – Home team
(A) – Away team

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

* Most yellow cards: 14 ** Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) ** Gianluca Mancini (Roma) * Most red cards: 2 ** Kelvin Amian (Spezia) **

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(Venezia) **

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(AC Milan) ** Leo Skiri Østigård (Genoa) ** Roberto Soriano (Bologna) **

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(Bologna) **

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(Roma)

Team

* Most yellow cards: 106 **

* Most red cards: 9 **

* Fewest yellow cards: 63 **

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* Fewest red cards: 1 **

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Awards

Monthly awards

Seasonal awards

References

External links

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