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(known as the Serie A TIM for sponsorship reasons) was the 118th season of top-tier Italian
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, the 88th in a
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, and the 10th since its organization under an own league committee, the
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.
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, the eight-time defending champions, secured their ninth consecutive Serie A title with a 2–0 victory over Sampdoria on 26 July 2020. The season was originally scheduled to run from 24 August 2019 to 24 May 2020. On 9 March 2020, the government suspended all sports in the country until 3 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. The Serie A did not resume on this date however, as the league continued to monitor health conditions. On 18 May, the
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announced that the suspension would continue until 14 June. Ten days later, on 28 May, Italy's sports minister said Serie A would restart on 20 June 2020.


Events

On 14 April 2019, Chievo returned to
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after 11 years. Following this on 5 May Frosinone was relegated after one year while the last team to be relegated was
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(on 26 May 2019) also after just one year. Teams that were promoted directly from 2018–19 Serie B were
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(on 1 May 2019, after 8 years of absence) and
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(10 days later, after 7 years) while the last team to join was Hellas Verona (after just one season in Serie B) by winning the promotion play-off on 2 June. On 28 June 2019,
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were excluded from the Europa League after breaches of the UEFA Financial Fair Play Regulations. Roma were then moved to the Europa League group phase while
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entered the preliminary round.


Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Serie A

On 22 February 2020,
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,
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, suspended all sporting events in the regions of
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and
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, which included three Serie A matches in those regions, as well as one in
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, that were to be played the following day, due to the
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. The following week, six matches were initially to be played behind closed doors due to scare of the outbreak, however, all were later outright suspended. On 4 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy would be played behind closed doors until 3 April. On 9 March, the government ruled that all sporting events in Italy be suspended until 3 April. Serie A did not resume play on this date, citing it will only resume once "health conditions allow it". Even there was considered the option of cancelling the championship. On 13 May, it was announced that team training would be resumed on 18 May, and on 18 May it was announced that Italian football would be suspended until 14 June. On 28 May, Italian Minister for Sport Vincenzo Spadafora announced that Serie A would resume starting 20 June. Protocol was established wherein the entire squad would be quarantined for 14 days if one member, player or staff, tests positive for
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. On 18 June, Spadafora approved the softening of quarantine rules which allowed for the quarantining of only the individual who tests positive for COVID-19, whereas the rest of the squad will ramp up testing, including a rapid-response test the day before a match.


Teams


Team changes


Stadiums and locations


Personnel and kits


Managerial changes


League table


Results


Players' awards


Most valuable player of the Month


Seasonal awards


Season statistics


Top goalscorers


Hat-tricks

;Note (H) – Home (A) – Away


Clean sheets


Notes


Footnotes


References


External links


Official websiteSerie A
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Serie A The Serie A (), officially known as Serie A Enilive in Italy and Serie A Made in Italy abroad for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Italy and the highest tier of the Italian football league system. Establish ...