The 2014–15 Serie A (known as the
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...
TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 113th season of top-tier Italian
football
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, the 83rd in a
round-robin tournament
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, and the fifth since its organization under a league committee separate from
Serie B
The Serie B (), currently named Serie BKT for sponsorship reasons, is the second-highest division in the Italian football league system after the Serie A. It has been operating for over ninety years since the 1929–30 season. It had been ...
. It began on 30 August 2014.
A total of 20 teams compete in the league: 17 sides from the
2013–14 season and three promoted from the
2013–14 Serie B campaign.
Juventus
Juventus Football Club (from la, iuventūs, 'youth'; ), colloquially known as Juve (), is a professional football club based in Turin, Piedmont, Italy, that competes in the Serie A, the top tier of the Italian football league system. Founded in ...
were the defending champions, successfully defending their title for the fourth consecutive time. On 2 May 2015, Juventus won the scudetto for the fourth consecutive time.
Events
The season will feature the return of
Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for its ...
after only one season in the second division and
Empoli
Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The comm ...
, whose last appearance was in the
2007–08 season.
Cesena
Cesena (; rgn, Cisêna) is a city and '' comune'' in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy, served by Autostrada A14, and located near the Apennine Mountains, about from the Adriatic Sea. The total population is 97,137.
History
Cesena was ...
, the play-off winner, returned to the top level after two years in Serie B.
The pre-season saw two ownership changes:
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
was sold from
Massimo Cellino to Milanese entrepreneur Tommaso Giulini, a former board member at
Internazionale.
Sampdoria was sold by Edoardo Garrone (son of the late
Riccardo Garrone) to Rome-based film businessman Massimo Ferrero.
The season was also influenced by serious financial problems surrounding
Parma
Parma (; egl, Pärma, ) is a city in the northern Italian region of Emilia-Romagna known for its architecture, music, art, prosciutto (ham), cheese and surrounding countryside. With a population of 198,292 inhabitants, Parma is the second m ...
, involving two controversial takeovers during the season, its last chairman Giampietro Manenti being arrested on 18 March 2015 under accusation of money laundering, and the club being ultimately declared insolvent by the local court on the very next day.
The Serie A this season had the most goals on average than any of the five other top leagues in Europe.
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Teams
Number of teams by region
Stadiums and locations
#
Sassuolo plays in
Reggio Emilia
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.
Personnel and sponsorship
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Additionally, referee kits are now being made by Diadora
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, and Nike has a new match ball, the Ordem Serie A.
Managerial changes
Ownership changes
League table
Results
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
Most clean sheets
Hat-tricks
References
External links
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Italy
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