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2015–16 in Italian football

2015–16 in Italian football

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The 2015–16 season was the 114th season of competitive football in Italy.

Quick Facts Season, Men's football ...

Promotions and relegations (pre-season)

Teams promoted to Serie A

Teams relegated from Serie A

Teams promoted to Serie B

Teams relegated from Serie B

National teams

Italy national football team

UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Croatia were deducted one point after charges for racist behaviour in the home match against Italy.
More information Croatia, 1–1 ...
More information Italy, 1–0 ...
More information Italy, 1–0 ...
More information Azerbaijan, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 48,000[4]
More information Italy, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 30,000[5]
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Friendlies

31 March 2015 Friendly Italy  1–1  England Torino, Italy
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Pellè 29' Report Townsend 79' Stadium: Juventus Stadium
Attendance: 31,138
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
13 November 2015 Friendly Belgium  3–1  Italy Brussels, Belgium[6]
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Vertonghen 13', Yellow card 25'
Witsel Yellow card 33'
De Bruyne 74'
Batshuayi 82'
Report Candreva 3'
Éder Yellow card 27'
Chiellini Yellow card 34'
Antonelli Yellow card 90'
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
17 November 2015 (2015-11-17) Friendly Italy  2–2  Romania Bologna, Italy[7]
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Marchisio 55' (pen.)
Éder Yellow card 56'
Gabbiadini 66'
Candreva Yellow card 90'
Report Stancu 8'
Hoban Yellow card 15'
Andone 89'
Chiricheș Yellow card 90'
Stadium: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara
Attendance: 22,511
Referee: Adrien Jaccottet (Switzerland)
24 March 2016 Friendly Italy  1–1  Spain Udine, Italy
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00) Insigne 68' Report Aduriz 70' Stadium: Stadio Friuli
Attendance: 23,300
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)
29 March 2016 Friendly Germany  4–1  Italy Munich, Germany
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) Kroos 24'
Götze 45'
Hector 59'
Özil 75' (pen.)
Report El Shaarawy 83' Stadium: Allianz Arena
Attendance: 62,653
Referee: Oliver Drachta (Austria)

League season

Serie A

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Source: Serie A, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Draw.[8]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2015–16 Coppa Italia, Juventus, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to fifth-placed team and the spot awarded to the fifth-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the sixth-placed team.
  2. Empoli ahead of Genoa on head-to-head goal difference; Empoli +1, Genoa –1.
  3. Torino ahead of Atalanta on head-to-head points; Torino 6 points, Atalanta 0 points.
  4. Palermo ahead of Udinese on head-to-head points; Palermo 6 points, Udinese 0 points.

Serie B

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: Lega Serie B
(C) Champions; (E) Eliminated; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Cesena at the beginning was deducted one point for financial irregularities, then the deduction was removed.[9]
  2. Novara was deducted two points for administrative irregularities.[10]
  3. Virtus Lanciano was deducted four points for financial irregularities.[11]

Lega Pro

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Serie D

Cup competitions

Supercoppa Italiana

More information Juventus, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Luca Banti
Juventus
Lazio
GK1Italy Gianluigi Buffon (c)
CB15Italy Andrea Barzagli
CB19Italy Leonardo Bonucci
CB4Uruguay Martín Cáceres
RWB26Switzerland Stephan Lichtsteiner
LWB33France Patrice Evra
RM27Italy Stefano Sturarodownward-facing red arrow 90'
CM8Italy Claudio Marchisio
LM10France Paul Pogba
CF11France Kingsley Comandownward-facing red arrow 61'
CF17Croatia Mario Mandžukićdownward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutes:
GK25Brazil Neto
GK34Brazil Rubinho
DF2Chile Mauricio Isla
DF24Italy Daniele Rugani
DF42Italy Giulio Parodi
MF20Italy Simone Padoin
MF37Argentina Roberto Pereyraupward-facing green arrow 90'
MF40Italy Mattia Vitale
MF43Colombia Andrés Tello
FW7Italy Simone Zaza
FW14Spain Fernando Llorenteupward-facing green arrow 80'
FW21Argentina Paulo Dybalaupward-facing green arrow 61'
Manager:
Italy Massimiliano Allegri
GK22Italy Federico Marchetti
RB26Romania Ștefan Radu
CB6Argentina Santiago Gentiletti
CB3Netherlands Stefan de Vrij
LB8Serbia Dušan Basta
RM32Italy Danilo Cataldidownward-facing red arrow 75'
CM20Argentina Lucas Biglia (c)
LM23Nigeria Ogenyi Onazi
AM10Brazil Felipe Andersondownward-facing red arrow 87'
AM87Italy Antonio Candreva
CF11Germany Miroslav Klosedownward-facing red arrow 61'
Substitutes:
GK55Italy Guido Guerrieri
GK99Albania Etrit Berisha
DF2Netherlands Wesley Hoedt
DF4Spain Patric
DF29France Abdoulay Konko
DF33Brazil Maurício
MF7England Ravel Morrisonupward-facing green arrow 87'
MF21Serbia Sergej Milinković-Savić
MF70Australia Chris Ikonomidis
FW9Serbia Filip Đorđevićupward-facing green arrow 61'
FW14Senegal Keita
FW88Netherlands Ricardo Kishnaupward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
Italy Stefano Pioli

Coppa Italia

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Milan
Juventus
GK99Italy Gianluigi Donnarumma
RB96Italy Davide Calabria
CB17Colombia Cristián ZapataYellow card 50'
CB13Italy Alessio Romagnoli
LB2Italy Mattia De Sciglio
DM18Italy Riccardo Montolivo (c)downward-facing red arrow 108'
CM27Slovakia Juraj Kuckadownward-facing red arrow 112'
CM16Italy Andrea Polidownward-facing red arrow 84'
RW10Japan Keisuke HondaYellow card 88'
CF70Colombia Carlos Bacca
LW28Italy Giacomo Bonaventura
Substitutes:
GK1Spain Diego López
DF4Italy José MauriYellow card 119'upward-facing green arrow 108'
DF5France Philippe Mexès
FW7France Jérémy Ménez
FW9Brazil Luiz Adriano
FW19France M'Baye NiangYellow card 101'upward-facing green arrow 84'
GK32Italy Christian Abbiati
DF33Brazil Alex
FW45Italy Mario Balotelliupward-facing green arrow 112'
MF72Ghana Kevin-Prince Boateng
MF73Italy Manuel Locatelli
MF91Italy Andrea Bertolacci
Manager:
Italy Cristian Brocchi
GK25Brazil Neto
CB24Italy Daniele RuganiYellow card 120+2'
CB15Italy Andrea BarzagliYellow card 105'
CB3Italy Giorgio Chiellini (c)Yellow card 117'
RWB26Switzerland Stephan Lichtsteinerdownward-facing red arrow 75'
CM18Gabon Mario Lemina
CM11Brazil Hernanesdownward-facing red arrow 108'
CM10France Paul PogbaYellow card 62'
LWB33France Patrice Evradownward-facing red arrow 62'
CF21Argentina Paulo Dybala
CF17Croatia Mario Mandžukić
Substitutes:
GK1Italy Gianluigi Buffon
FW7Italy Simone Zaza
FW9Spain Álvaro MorataYellow card 119'upward-facing green arrow 108'
DF12Brazil Alex Sandroupward-facing green arrow 62'
FW16Colombia Juan Cuadradoupward-facing green arrow 75'
MF20Italy Simone Padoin
MF22Ghana Kwadwo Asamoah
MF27Italy Stefano Sturaro
GK34Brazil Rubinho
MF37Argentina Roberto Pereyra
Manager:
Italy Massimiliano Allegri

Match rules


References

  1. "Russia given abandoned Montenegro tie by forfeit after riot". BBC Sport. 8 April 2015.
  2. "Italy vs. Malta". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  3. "Italy vs. Bulgaria". Retrieved 16 September 2015.
  4. "Azerbaijan vs. Italy - 10 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  5. "Italy vs. Norway - 13 October 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  6. "Comunicato Ufficiale n. 262/A" (PDF) (in Italian). FIGC. 27 January 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 25 April 2016.
  7. "TFN: -1 alla Virtus Lanciano, penalizzate anche 7 società di Lega Pro e Dilettanti" (in Italian). FIGC. 3 November 2015. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  1. Due to punishment handed by UEFA for crowd trouble in their home match against Norway on 28 March 2015, Croatia must play their next home qualifying game behind closed doors, and the Croatian FA were fined €50,000.[1]

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